Nominees

Louise Morrissey has long been one of Ireland's best loved singers and entertainers.  She has achieved great success in both Ireland and the UK and has toured with Charlie Pride, Foster & Allen, and Dominic Kirwan.  Louise has brought her easy style of country and folk to many other countries, including the USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East including Lebanon where in 1994 she and her band entertained the Irish UN Peacekeeping troops.

Louise is the second youngest of her family of six. Born and raised in Bansha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, she has two sisters and three brothers.  Louise's career began at the age of fourteen with her brothers Billy and Norman, as part of the Morrissey's folk group. They regularly toured Ireland, the UK, and Canada and had hit songs included "The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill" and "Sweet Forget-Me-Not".