Eleanor Shanley

Eleanor Shanley is an Irish Roots musician, from Keshcarrigan in County Leitrim in the North West of Ireland.

During the day she worked in FAS, the state recruitment agency; in the evenings she studied drama with Betty Ann Norton and joined the "Leitrim Wild Roses" Tops of the Town group.

[2] She made her first appearance as a singer with traditional group De Danann in 1990, and sang with them for five years[3] She went on to sing with Ronnie Drew.

Shanley has recorded with Ronnie Drew, Sharon Shannon, Eddi Reader, Tommy Fleming, Desmond O'Halloran, Dolores Keane, Christie Hennessy and The Dubliners.

Her cover version of the Thomas Moore classic Gorgeous and Bright was the most played track on RTE 1 Radio in the summer of 2015.