Ageing With Attitude: Brendan Shine’s main purpose is to bring happiness

Music has been a driving force for Brendan Shine down through the decades and a means to lift the spirits of his fans, writes Margaret Jennings.

IRISH country music singer and accordion player, Brendan Shine, seems to have been performing forever, but in fact he will only be 68 next month, a mere young lad compared to some of the golden oldies still strutting their stuff worldwide.

He was an early starter in every way though, meeting his wife Kathleen at age 15 and giving up school for music a year later, when he started out professionally with a band.