Fiachna Ó Braonáin (born 27 November 1965) plays the guitar and sings vocals with the Irish band

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. Born in

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, he received his school education at Scoil Lorcáin, Monkstown, County Dublin and

Coláiste Eoin Coláiste Eoin is a Catholic voluntary Gaelcholáiste (Irish language scondary school) for boys, under the trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust, in Booterstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It has hurling and Gaelic football teams, traditio ...

, Stillorgan, County Dublin. The Hothouse Flowers were founded as a

street-performance act called the Incomparable Benzini Brothers by Fiachna and his schoolmate

Liam Ó Maonlaí Liam Ó Maonlaí (born 7 November 1964 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician best known as a member of Hothouse Flowers. Ó Maonlaí formed the band in 1985 with his schoolmate Fiachna Ó Braonáin. Biography He attended ...

. Fiachna appears on a duet with

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on her 2007 release, '' Voila''. In September 2007, he released an album with his other band PreNup. Fellow musicians are

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(Ex-Pogues) and Dave Clarke (Hothouse Flowers). In addition to that, Fiachna also previously hosted "Poetic Champions", a radio show that aired on

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every Sunday night from 7–8pm with the program involving Irish musicians who discuss the various albums that had an influence on them and their careers. In 2020, he released his first solo album, ''Bougainvillea''.

Discography

Solo

* ''Bougainvillea'' - album, 2020 * ''Winter Sun'' - EP, 2020 * ''Her Coat And No Knickers'' - single, 2021

With Hothouse Flowers

* ''

People The term "the people" refers to the public or Common people, common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. I ...

'' - 1988 - UK No. 2 * ''

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'' - 1990 - UK No. 5 * ''Songs From the Rain'' - 1993 - UK No. 7 * ''Born'' - 1998 * ''Live'' - 1999 * ''Hothouse Flowers: The Best Of'' - 2000 * ''The Vaults: Volume 1'' - 2003 * ''Into Your Heart'' - 2004 * ''Hothouse Flowers: The Platinum Collection'' - 2006

With PreNup

* ''Hell to Pay'' - 2007

With Michelle Shocked

* ''Artists Make Lousy Slaves'' - 1996

Guest appearance

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'' (1989) *

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– ''

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'' (1993)

References

External links

* 1965 births Living people Irish buskers Irish rock guitarists Irish male guitarists Musicians from County Dublin People educated at Coláiste Eoin 21st-century Irish guitarists 20th-century Irish male singers 21st-century Irish male singers Hothouse Flowers members Irish-language singers {{guitarist-stub