Dolores O’Riordan, musician, singer and songwriter was a native of Limerick, Ireland. She became lead singer with the rock band The Cranberries in 1990. The band went on to become an international success selling over 40 million albums.
Dolores O’Riordan was born Mary Eileen O’Riordan on September 6th 1971 in Ballybricken, a town 18km south of Limerick City. She was educated locally and received her second level education at Laurel Hill FCJ in Limerick. O’Riordan joined the Cranberries at the age of 19 and the band had its first success with the album ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’ in 1993. During the following years five more successful albums were to follow.
In September 2003 the band members decided to pursue solo careers for a time. From then until the band reformed in 2009 Dolores O’Riordan pursued a successful solo career. She collaborated with several artists and was the winner of the EBBA award in 2008. The Cranberries began a tour of Europe in June 2016.
Dolores O’Riordan, musician, singer and songwriter who was a native of Limerick, Ireland, died aged 46 in the year 2018 On This Day.
Dolores O’Riordan
