14 Facts About Eimear Quinn

Eimear Quinn is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 with the song "The Voice".

Eimear Quinn was born in Dublin and joined her first choir at four years of age.

Eimear Quinn recorded two albums Omnis and Deep Dead Blue, featuring as a soloist on a number of tracks.

Eimear Quinn toured internationally with the choir participating in performances in Spain, France and the UK.

Eimear Quinn's performance won, and she then travelled to Oslo and was victorious in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996.

Eimear Quinn made many television appearances and presented Television and Radio programming for RTE and TV3.

In 2006 Eimear Quinn released the album Gatherings, a collection of music she had recorded over the previous decade.

Eimear Quinn performed "The Voice" later that year while appearing at "Ireland's Finest in Concert", a gala celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National Concert Hall.

In 2007, Eimear Quinn was chosen by the National University of Ireland to promote the studying of Music at NUI Maynooth in a nationwide campaign.

Eimear Quinn appeared on the album 'Yann Derrien' by Spanish artist Carlos Nunez and she toured Europe with Nunez.

December 2007 saw the release of O Holy Night a collection of carols, ancient chants and new compositions from Eimear Quinn, who produced and arranged the album with Martin Eimear Quinn at JAM Studios.

Eimear Quinn performed a special concert with the Symphony Orchestra in the National Concert Hall, Dublin in October 2012.

Eimear Quinn has performed at other state occasions such as the Royal Albert Hall event in April 2014 to celebrate the state visit of Irish President Michael D Higgins to the UK, the Visit of Pope Francis to Ireland in 2019, and HRH Prince Charles for St Patricks Day celebrations in London 2019.

Eimear Quinn is married to Noel Curran, a radio and television producer, former Director-General of RTE and current Director-General of the EBU.