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Place of Birth: Fennagh, County Carlow, Ireland
About Richie Kavanagh
- Richie Kavanagh (born 19 March 1949) is an Irish entertainer who writes and performs his own songs.
- Famous for the song "Aon Focal Eile", he now has a number of hits to his name.
- Richie was born and raised in the Raheenwood area of Fenagh, Muine Bheag, County Carlow in Ireland where he still currently resides.
- Despite Psoriasis crippling Richie’s hands at the age of 44, he went on to harness his talents as a singer/songwriter and burst onto the national entertainment scene with the song Aon Focal Eile.
- Tony Keogh in Southeast Radio was the first man to play the CD and when Gerry Ryan began playing it on his morning show, the song became a runaway hit. On 9 February 2011, while being interviewed on the Sue Nunn Programme on KCLR Radio, Richie announced he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
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