Pauline Scanlon was born in Dingle, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Dingle is a Gaeltacht, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish. Pauline is a singer of contemporary and Irish Traditional Music. John Street, Dingle Dingle (An Daingean Mór in Irish) is a growing town in County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic coast some 50 km west-south-west of Tralee and 80 km west-north-west of Killarney. ... County Kerry (Irish: Ciarraí) is a county in the southwest of Ireland, in the Munster province of the Republic of Ireland, the county is informally referred to as The Kingdom. ... The Gaeltacht, also called An Ghaeltacht, refers to any of the regions in Ireland where the Irish language is officially the major language, i. ... Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic politically divided between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...
Pauline has been singing proffessionally since she was 15 years old. She has toured the pub and club scene on the Dingle peninsula with her friend and mentor Tony Small.
Pauline has toured extensively worldwide with Sharon Shannon.
Pauline left Kerry during her teenage years, travelling through Europe and Australia, where each stopover brought a new song to learn, a new language to master, a new musical style to consume.
Pauline attributes Donoghs understanding of the delicate balance between music, tradition and modernism as a key factor in the overall feel of her album.
Sharon heard Pauline at a session in a pub in Galway and was hugely impressed with her vocal style, describing it as unique, gorgeous and bursting with passion and sincerity.