Culture That Made Me: Niamh Kavanagh on Fargo, Wuthering Heights and Maria Callas 

In advance of her gig at the Everyman, the Eurovision winner shares her love for Ella Fitzgerald, The Eagles and more
Culture That Made Me: Niamh Kavanagh on Fargo, Wuthering Heights and Maria Callas 

Niamh Kavanagh includes the film Fargo, and opera great Maria Callas, among her touchstones.

Born in 1968, Niamh Kavanagh grew up between Finglas and Glasnevin, Dublin. In 1993, she won the Eurovision Song Contest at Millstreet, Co Cork, singing ‘In Your Eyes’. In 2017, she won Celebrity MasterChef on TV3. She lives in Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, with her guitarist husband Paul Megahey and two sons. 

The Illegals with Niamh Kavanagh, 8pm, Saturday, 29 April, The Everyman, Cork. See: www.everymancork.com.

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