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Irish singer songwriter

Aoife Scott is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. She was a finalist in the Liet International song contest for minority languages in 2011.

Career

Scott's first album was released in 2016 and entitled Carry The Day. Scott has performed on RTÉ's The Late Late Show. She has toured in the US and UK.

Her recording of Grace with cousins Danny O'Reilly and Róisín O, as part of the Centenary concert, topped the Irish iTunes chart in 2016. Her solo single All Along the Wild Atlantic Way also topped the chart.

Her album Homebird, a Radio 1 "Album of the week", was released in January 2020.

Scott was a guest judge on TG4's Réalta agus Gaolta talent show.

Personal life

Aoife is a Gaeilgeoir (Irish language speaker).

A part of the extended Black Family singers, Scott is the daughter of singer Frances Black and the sister of solo artist and producer Eoghan Scott. As of July 2023, Scott has been in a relationship with musician Andy Meaney since 2014.

References

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  3. "Aoife: "I come from the Black family of singers, but I get so shy on stage"". BelfastTelegraph. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  11. Gallagher, Jim (12 August 2020). "'People assume I'm a fluent Gaeilgeoir' - Róisín O 'nervous' ahead of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 'Fleadh TV' gig". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  13. "Frances Black: Since I started my own recovery from alcoholism, life has been amazing ... Now I look back and see that it was meant to be". BelfastTelegraph. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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  16. "Bondings: Black is the colour - how singer Aoife Scott knew Andy Meaney was the guy for her". Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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