Irish songwriters

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 74. Chapters: Bob Geldof, Ryan Tubridy, Cathy Davey, Gary Lightbody, Chris de Burgh, Gary Moore, Dave Couse, Carmel Gunning, Julie Feeney, Gavin Friday, David Flynn, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Glen Hansard, Siobhan Fahey, Phil Coulter, Dillie Keane, Ciarán Farrell, Chris Singleton, Shay Healy, Darren Holden, Dominic Behan, Luka Bloom, Keith Forde, Cecil Sheridan, Roma Ryan, Mundy, Mark Geary, Percy French, Paddy Casey, Dick Farrelly, Peadar Kearney, Jimmy Walsh, Thomas Duffet, Jimmy Kennedy, Dáithí Sproule, Arthur Warren Darley, Johnny Tom Gleeson, Paul Woodfull, Niall Breslin, Cathal Coughlan, Andy White, Jonathan Kelly, Patrick Cassidy, Don Baker, The Guggenheim Grotto, Den Hegarty, Suzanne Rhatigan, Sinéad Lohan, Arthur Colahan, Johnny Patterson, Riocard Bairéad, Noel Hogan, John Keegan Casey, Freddie White, Karl Nesbitt, Johnnie Fingers, Kelly Kilfeather, George Desmond Hodnett, Ciara Newell, Rob Smith, Pete Briquette, Paddy McGuigan, Caruso, Patsy O'Brien, Mickey MacConnell, Patrick Joseph McCall, Samuel Lover, Noelie McDonnell, Dominic Mulvany, John Kennedy, Pól Brennan, Brendan Graham, Cathal O'Byrne, Donagh O'Leary, Johnny McCauley, Leo Maguire, Colm de Bhailís, Paul Casey, James Lynam Molloy, Roesy, Billy McGuinness, Martin McCann, Martin Kelleher, Pete Courtney, Joe Jewell, Brian Warfield, Liam Harrison, Sean McCarthy, Leslie Dowdall. Excerpt: Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas?", one of the best-selling singles of all time. He starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's 1982 film Pink Floyd The Wall. Geldof is widely recognised for his activism, especially anti-poverty efforts concerning Africa. In 1984, he and Midge Ure founded the charity supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. They went on to organise the charity super-concert Live Aid the following year and the Live 8 concerts in 2005. Geldof currently serves as an adviser to the ONE Campaign, founded by fellow Irish humanitarian Bono. A single father, Geldof has also been outspoken for the fathers' rights movement. Geldof has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was granted an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II, and is a recipient of the Man of Peace title which recognises individuals who have made "an outstanding contribution to international social justice and peace", among numerous other awards and nominations. Geldof was born and raised in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland, and attended Blackrock College. His father, Robert, (known as Rob) was the son of a Belgian immigrant, Zenon (sometimes mistakenly spelt Lenon) Geldof (born 1881), a hotel chef, and Amelia "Minnie" Falk, a Jewish Englishwoman (born 1873 in London). Zenon Geldof and Amelia Falk were married in 1906 in Westminster and also had two daughters, Cleo Zenobie Geldof (born 1906 in Grantham), and May Geldof (born 1909 in Dublin). At the age of 41, Geldof's mother Evelyn complained of a headache and died shortly thereafter, having suffered a haemorrhage. Geldof attended Blackrock College in Dublin,