Harrie is an Irish singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 and professional vocalist from Tara, Co.Meath

County Meath

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, Ireland

Ireland

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. Harrie is the daughter of the late Robert Harrington

Robert Harrington

Robert Harrington may refer to:* Robert G. Harrington, astronomer, worked at Palomar Observatory* Robert Sutton Harrington , astronomer, worked at the US Naval Observatory...

 a renowned Irish musician and founding member of "Na Sultoiri". Hailing from musical stock she has performed along side her uncle Paul Harrington (Eurovision

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 winner 1994) and her uncle Derek Harrington (Juno Award

Juno Award

The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...

 winner and producer of "The Irish Descendants

The Irish Descendants

The Irish Descendants are a folk group from the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. All the members, born of Irish emitters, were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990 out of the remnants of two former Newfoundland bands – The Descendants...

").

Harrie performed solo on the 2005 You're A Star

You're A Star

You're a Star was a singing contest in Ireland,similar to th X Factor in the United Kingdom and American Idol in the USA created by Screentime ShinAwiL and Radio Telefís Éireann. It was shown weekly on RTÉ One over the winter months of each year...

 series for Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). In 2008 Harrie made an appearance along side Kitty B as backing vocalist representing Ireland in the Eurovision.

She fronts the big band

Big band

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 style cover group "The Egomaniax" and is the vocalist and song writer for "Harrie and the Maniax" who have topped the polls in this years Arthur's Day

Arthur's Day

Arthur's Day refers to a series of music events which were first organised in 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewing company by its owner Diageo plc....

Finals.

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/egomaniax myspace
• http://www.ahbbs.net/p-eddarragh-1.htm Guinness competition footage
• http://www.meathchronicle.ie/whatson/roundup/articles/2010/08/04/3999068-harrie-and-the-maniax-seek-arthurs-day-support/ The Meath Chronicle Newspaper