People lose their minds when they meet my icon mum – going on tour was run of the mill & only my brother has normal job
The singer-songwriter enjoyed a more unusual upbringing than most, under the watchful eye of the No Frontiers vocalist who has for decades been one of Ireland's
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Singer Mary Black boasts a legendary decades-long career
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The sensational response to Mary's
'Backstage there was this massive long marquee tent for all the dressing rooms and across from us was My Therapist Ghosted Me's
"I'm such a huge fan of the
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"And Vogue came over, she's so lovely.
'It was like my first time meeting her and she'd come in to say hello to the lads.
"Like, she obviously saw the Coronas on the door.
'And then she saw my mam, she was like, 'Oh my God. Oh my God, holy sh*t. I'm sorry, I have to go get my sister'.
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"Like, ran out of the room and brought her sister back and the two of them just absolutely fangirling over my mam.
'They didn't even say hello to the lads. It was the funniest thing ever.
'HUGE FANS'
"They're actually huge fans. They really love my mam.
"And Vogue and my mam and dad ended up hanging out the whole night, it was so funny.'
She went on: 'And then obviously when mam came on stage that night at Electric Picnic the crowd just lost their minds.
'I've felt a lot of women and men, but particularly my age now, in their mid-to-late 30s, who grew up listening to Mary Black in the back of the car, on the CD player, whole albums that they know off by heart.
"And when they were kids it was uncool.
'But now they're in their 30s and they're like, 'I love
LIFE ON TOUR
Róisín is the voice of the Irish Sun's new podcast,
It is the ten-episode story of the musicians' astonishing successes and failures as the country opened up to become a live-entertainment powerhouse.
Róisín is no stranger to being taken from festival to
So much so that as a kid, it became run of the mill.
'CRAZY STUFF'
Róisín said: 'Being on tour with my mum, a lot of the time we'd be on a tour bus.
"And they'd all go in for soundcheck and I'd get to stay on the bus and watch all the VCR tapes.
'Like of old movies and all, that I just absolutely loved doing that. And I think coming from Ireland, seeing mam's reaction then.
"She was doing crazy stuff like Five Nights At
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'She has the most crazy stories of being at festivals with
Mary, 70, has opened up about the difficulties of touring while she had three young
She had a three week rule, but it was long enough to put her youngest out.
"And Vogue and my mam and dad ended up hanging out the whole night, it was so funny.'
Róisín O
Róisín explained: 'I was on the
"So she came
"But then she had to go again for another two weeks.
'And I was so devastated at the end of the week like, 'You're going back? I thought you were home?'
'Those parts were hard. But then she took me everywhere with her, like when she was on that
MAGICAL CHILDHOOD
"It had a pool and we went to
'I was all over the world as a kid with her, which was really magical.
"But yeah, the pros and cons to it, we definitely missed her.'
As the siblings grew older, their mother's fame was a bit mortifying.
Róisín said: 'When I was really young, say if we were on
'And that stopped abruptly, I'd say about ten or 11 to the point where I would lie. (If I was asked) what does your mum do, I'd reply 'Nothing. Just a stay-at-home mum'.
"And then I got into my 20s and I sort of became a mix of the two.'
SOLO CAREER
Róisín has her own solo career as well as performing with the Coronas, and has mixed emotions about being in Mary Black's shadow.
She said: 'Sometimes it's hard. Obviously, Danny is the same.
'We want people to come to hear our music and it's hard when people are like, 'I'm not going to listen to that, that's Mary Black's daughter'. So they just judge it before they hear it.
'But at the same time, I definitely have fans who heard I was Mary Black's daughter and were like, 'I'm going to go listen to her'.
LABOUR OF LOVE
MUM-to-be Róisín O is going up against Robbie Williams in a bid to put on one last performance before her baby is due.
The Heart and Bones singer goes head to head with the former Take That man when he plays Croke Park on August 23, while she's on stage at Whelan's on the same day.
But with her baby on the way in October, she said: 'I wouldn't usually do a gig in the summer.
'But I'm pregnant so I need to get this gig in before this baby arrives, before I can't move around on stage anymore.
"So Whelan's will be the only gig you'll see me at with 'Bump' on stage.
'So it will definitely be a night to remember. I'm really looking forward to it.
"I was thinking about not gigging and that was driving me crazy. I really want to get some shows in before baby arrives.'
But there won't be any major break for the star who plans to be back in action for the Christmas period.
She said: 'December is the busiest for musicians. I have a load of shows that I could miss but I don't want to. It's the best time of year for gigging.
'I'll probably take about ten weeks off before I get back to work.'
"So for me, it doesn't really matter why people have started to listen as long as they like it then I've won them over in my own merit.
"I don't really don't care. I'm so proud of her as well. She does have this unbelievable career.'
And as for working with her brother's band?
'I LOVE IT'
Róisín said: 'I love it. I'm there as a session musician. I do backing vocals and I play keys.
'I know all the boys. I've grown up with them. We have the best craic on tour. It's really not work.
'It's dangerous how much I love it because in a way it stops me from sometimes doing my own gigs but it's worth it.'
The first two episodes of Fields Of Dreams are available wherever you get your podcasts from July 3
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Mary's kids Danny and Roisin have followed in her musical footsteps
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