ANN Breen comes from Downpatrick, a lovely little town nestling at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
On Saturday the delightful Irish songbird will be charming the audience at the Wharf, Tavistock with her lilting voice.
Ann won her first competition at the age of nine. At 16 she was singing with a local country band and did so for several years.
In 1981 she recorded her first album ?Country Songbird?.
?Pal of My Cradle Days ? was released as a single and went straight to number one in the Irish charts; then soared up the British National charts to number 47.
In 1983 Ann formed her own band and commenced touring as a professional singer.
During 1984 she represented Ireland in the Gold Star Awards in Holland and she also appeared on numerous television programmes throughout Ireland and the UK, winning endless awards for her singing and entertaining.
In 1994 Ann recorded ?Sweet Sixteen?, a song which was used as the theme tune in a Swedish film ?The Last Dance?. The single was released in Scandinavia and this led to her making her first appearance on Swedish Television in Stockholm.
Touring on the mainland in the early 90s became so demanding for Ann that she moved residence to Buckinghamshire, England and still lives there.