Frances Black (born June 25, 1960, Dublin) is an award-winning Irish singer. She also works in the field of addiction counselling. Childhood Black was born into a very musical family. Her father Kevin was a plasterer by trade. He also played fiddle and mandolin and was from Rathlin Island, off the north coast of County Antrim. Her mother Patty was from the Liberties in the heart of Dublin, and she sang at dancehalls. Frances is the youngest of five children, and has three older brothers Shay, Michael and Martin, and one older sister, Mary Black. She grew up on Charlemont Street in Dublin, and attended school at St. Louis' in Rathmines. Musical career Black's musical career began at 17, when she began singing with her siblings, in her family group, known as the Black Family. She gained confidence in her singing abilities and enhanced her performing skills through joining the band Arcady in 1988,

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