Neil Hannon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil Hannon
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1970(1970-11-07)
Age	54
Birthplace	Derry
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northern Ireland
Horoscope	Scorpio

Neil Hannon Biography

Neil Hannon is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on November 7, 1970 in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Singer, songwriter and lead singer for chamber pop band The Divine Comedy.

He was the one who wrote the lyrics to Charlotte Gainsbourg’s song, “Somewhere Between Waking And Sleeping.”

Hannon was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, the son of Brian Hannon, a Church of Ireland minister at the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and later Bishop of Clogher. He spent some of his youth in Fivemiletown before moving with his family to Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, in 1982. While there, he attended Portora Royal School.

Hannon is founder and mainstay of The Divine Comedy, a band which achieved their biggest commercial success in the mid to late 1990s with the albums Casanova (1996), A Short Album About Love (1997), and Fin de Siècle (1998). Hannon continues to release albums under The Divine Comedy name, the most recent being Office Politics (2019).

He is the son Brian Hannon. Willow is his daughter with Orla Little.

Neil Hannon Net Worth

Neil Hannon is one of the richest Pop Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Hannon 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

During the Belfast Festival, he performed with the Ulster Orchestra.

He composed the theme music for The IT Crowd, Father Ted.

Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the creator and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band’s sole constant member. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Neil Hannon height 5 ft 7 in Neil weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Neil Hannon Dating?

According to our records, Neil Hannon married to Orla Little. As of December 1, 2023, Neil Hannon’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2006 it was announced that Hannon was to lend his vocal ability to the Doctor Who soundtrack CD release, recording two songs — “Love Don’t Roam” for the 2006 Christmas special, “The Runaway Bride”, and a new version of “Song For Ten”, originally used in 2005’s “The Christmas Invasion”. On 12 January 2007, The Guardian website’s “Media Monkey” diary column reported that Doctor Who fans from the discussion forum on the fan website Outpost Gallifrey were attempting to organise mass downloads of the Hannon-sung “Love Don’t Roam”, which was available as a single release on the UK iTunes Store. This was in order to attempt to exploit the new UK singles chart download rules, and get the song featured in the Top 40 releases.

Facts & Trivia

Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Neil Hannon celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.

Hannon contributed to a musical version of Swallows and Amazons, writing the music while Helen Edmundson wrote the book and lyrics, which premiered in December 2010 at the Bristol Old Vic.

Top Facts about Neil Hannon

1. Edward Neil Anthony Hannon (born 7 November 1970) is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter.
2. He is the founder and front man of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy, and is the band’s sole constant member.
3. He wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd.
4. Hannon has collaborated with Thomas Walsh, from the Irish band Pugwash, to create a cricket-themed pop album under the name The Duckworth Lewis Method.
5. Hannon won the 2007 Choice Music Prize for his 2006 album, Victory for the Comic Muse.
6. He is credited with composing the theme music for the sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd.
7. Hannon won the 2015 Legend Award from the Oh Yeah organisation in Belfast.
8. He wrote the score for the 2023 musical film Wonka.
9. Hannon is the son of Brian Hannon, a Church of Ireland minister in the Diocese of Derry and Raphoe and later Bishop of Clogher.
10. Hannon and Joby Talbot contributed four tracks for Ute Lemper’s collaboration album, Punishing Kiss.
11. Hannon wrote the music and Helen Edmundson wrote the book and lyrics for the musical version of Swallows and Amazons.
12. Hannon wrote music for the opera Sevastopol, which premiered in December 2010.
13. Hannon wrote the score for To Our Fathers in Distress, a kind of oratorio which premiered at the Royal Festival Hall in London in March 2014.
14. Hannon collaborated with Joby Talbot for the movie version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
15. Hannon is described as “a thoroughly leftie, Guardian-reading chap, but of the champagne socialist variety”.

Where is Neil Hannon now?

Hannon now lives in Co Kildare with the indie singer-songwriter Cathy Davey. He also has a teenage daughter Willow with his ex-wife Orla Little.

Did Neil Hannon write my lovely horse?

Neil Hannon has opened up about his cult hit My Lovely Horse, revealing he still gets asked to perform it to this day. The Divine Comedy frontman not only sang and wrote the music of the comical Eurovision parody song, but also wrote the theme song for Father Ted.

Where does Neil Hannon live?

Personal life. Hannon’s partner is Irish musician Cathy Davey. The couple live in the Dublin area.

Who wrote Father Ted theme tune?

He may be best known for writing the theme to Father Ted, but there’s much more to Co Fermanagh man Neil Hannon than that. The Divine Comedy, aka singer-songwriter Hannon, has delivered many stunning songs over the past 30 years with wit, emotion and intelligence.

Who is Cathy Davey married to?

Since 2009, Davey has been in a relationship with Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. The couple live in Kildare. Davey is an animal lover: She and Hannon have several dogs and are patrons of the Irish animal charity My Lovely Horse Rescue.