Pauline Scanlon

Pauline Scanlon (born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland) is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music. Dingle is in the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht, which is an area where the population's first language is Irish. Scanlon has been singing professionally since she was 15 years old. Tony Small, a singer from Galway and encyclopaedic collector of traditional songs, gave Pauline a repertoire of old folk tracks that were to become her first gigging material.