Brendan McCahey is an Irish singer-songwriter and recording artist with

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. McCahey also previously worked in a vintage guitar store. In April 2014, he was crowned winner of

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of the talent competition ''

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''. He was mentored by former

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frontman

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. Brendan became the

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' favourite to win top prize after receiving a score of 28 out of 30 from coaches

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and

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. Following his victory, he released his debut single "

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. McCahey released his debut album ''To Where I Begin'' on 14 November 2014 and is currently touring. He currently resides in Shercock county Cavan near lough Sillan lake. He is married with children

Performances on ''The Voice of Ireland''

Discography

Singles

Albums, singles, EPs and other ventures

Brendan has written and produced two albums prior to his appearance on The Voice of Ireland. He released his debut solo album ''To Where I Begin'' on 14 November 2014, following its lead single ''Sweet Love''. He promoted the song by performing on '' The Late Late Show'' on 31 October 2014, its release date. The album's second single ''Safe and Well'' was released on 10 April 2015. The song was promoted with a performance on

on 12 April 2015. Brendan began work on his second studio album in early 2015, working with songwriters such as

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. Throughout 2015 he released numerous original songs to his

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account to coincide with his gigs in the UK & Ireland. However, a follow-up album to ''To Where I Begin'' has not been officially released. McCahey announced on 24 May 2016 via

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that a new EP titled ''Too Tight'' would be released towards the end of June. To coincide with this announcement, a demo of a song titled ''Guide You Through'' was released to his

account. McCahey also announced that he would upload even more songs to

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that year. After much delay, the EP was released in June 2017. McCahey is continuously gigging as a solo artist and, from time to time, as part of his country group, The Goodgollys. He also continues to upload cover versions of his favourite songs to his SoundCloud account, while still creating original music in the background. It was announced in January 2018 that McCahey was in the running to represent Ireland in the 2018

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, competing against past winners Pat Byrne and

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References

External links

The Voice Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCahey, Brendan Living people Irish male singer-songwriters 21st-century Irish singer-songwriters 1976 births Musicians from County Cavan The Voice (franchise) winners 21st-century Irish male singers Date of birth missing (living people) Musicians from County Monaghan