Marlene Enright (born 1985) is an Irish singer-songwriter from

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Early life

Marlene Enright is a native of

Bantry Bantry () is a town in the civil parish of Kilmocomoge in the barony of Bantry on the southwest coast of County Cork, Ireland. It lies in West Cork at the head of Bantry Bay, a deep-water gulf extending for to the west. The Beara Peninsula is ...

Career

Marlene Enright began as part of the Cork folk/

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group The Hard Ground. Her debut solo album was released in 2017 and was nominated for the

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. Her voice has been described as

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Discography

Studio albums *''Placemats and Second Cuts'' (2017)

References

External links

Official website
1985 births 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Living people Musicians from County Cork Irish folk singers Irish mezzo-sopranos Irish women singers People from Bantry {{Ireland-musician-stub