Michael Patrick Kelly (Paddy Kelly) was born on December 5, 1977. He is an Irish-American singer, musician and composer. Kelly was born in
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
. He came to fame as the third-youngest member of the pop and folk band
The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family is an Irish-American music group consisting of a multi-generational family, usually nine siblings who were joined occasionally on stage in their earlier years by their parents. They play a repertoire of rock, pop, and folk music ...
, who belong to the commercially most successful acts in Europe with over 20 million records sold since the mid-1990s. After years in the public eye, Kelly released his debut solo album ''
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Film and television
* ''In Exile'' (film) or ''Time Runner'', a 1993 science fiction film
* ''In Exile'' (TV series), a 1998 UK sitcom
Literature
* "In Exile" (short story), an 1892 short story by Anton Chekhov
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'' and shortly thereafter retired to a monastery in France.
After six years he returned to the music business in 2011. Kelly currently resides in Germany.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
* 2013: ''In Live – Solo & Unplugged'' (as Paddy Kelly)
Singles
Other releases
* 2015: "Beautiful Soul"
* 2017: "How Do You Love"
* 2017: "Awake"
* 2017: ''Sing meinen Song: Das Weihnachtskonzert Volume 4'', various artists
Video album
* 2013: ''In Live – Solo & Unplugged'' (as Paddy Kelly)
Awards and nominations
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Michael Patrick
1977 births
Irish people of American descent
Performers of Christian music
Irish Christian monks
Living people
Singers from Dublin (city)
Irish expatriates in France
Irish expatriates in Germany
20th-century Irish male singers
20th-century American male singers
20th-century American singers
21st-century Irish male singers
21st-century American male singers
21st-century American singers