Soundtrack to my life: CMAT's favourite songs - from  Dolly and Boney M to the White Stripes 

Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson – CMAT to her fans – is a singer from Dublin with an encyclopaedic knowledge of music. She knows what she likes (‘feminine melodies with well thought out lyrics’) and what she doesn’t (‘The Rolling Stones are shit. They just are’). Here, she tells us about the songs that have designed her life

CMAT's music tastes include The Beatles, the White Stripes and The Nolans.  Picture: Sarah Doyle

Brown Girl in the Ring, by Boney M 

As a child, we had a Boney M compilation CD and this was my favourite song. I was about five when I became obsessed with them, so it makes sense that I loved Brown Girl in the Ring the most because it is essentially a nursery rhyme that they did a funky beat over and performed in the Euro disco style.