| Shane |
| Shane was born in Sligo, Ireland. He has lived there all his life. He is the youngest of seven. The eldest is Finbarr, 30. Next is Peter, 29. Then Yvonne, 28. The it's Liam, 27. After him it's Denise, 23. Them Mairead, 21. And last but not least the gorgeous Shane, 19. His Mum and Dad, Peter and Mae run a cafe in Sligo called the Carlton Cafe. Shane and his family lived above the cafe on castle street when he was growing up. In his spare time Shane likes to ride horses. His Dad and brother Liam own a business where they buy horses and the keep them for about 6 months and look after them then they sell them again. Shane won loads of trophy when he was little. And he use to ride with them every evening. When he was twelve he was picked for the Kerry Gold Dublin Horse show he wasn't allowed to ride in the end though because he was to small and it would have been to dangerous. Shane loved horses so much that at one point he was going to do what Liam does and work with them full time when he left school. But lucky for us he decided against that and went to college instead. Another thing Shane was good at was Rugby. He use to play for the Connaught team. When he was 18 he started taking it very seriously and had trials for the Irish team. He got into the third stage but decided that he preferred singing instead so he had to give up rugby as the thought of him being injured and not being able to sing scared the hell out of him. It was from then on that Shane started becoming totally committed to performing and wanted more than anything to hear his songs on the radio. Shane's whole world changed when Micheal Jackson brought out the BAD album when he was about nine. He took over his life and Shane spent hours watching the videos and listening to his songs. He use to daydream about being him and wishing that he could be on stage performing with all those screaming fans. When Shane was 12. He got his first taste of being on stage. He was a production of Grease at the Hawkswell Theatre in Sligo. All the parts were for like adults and stuff. So he wasn't going to try out but his brother Finbarr told him that he had a good voice and that he should give it a go. Because there wasn't a role for someone his age they created a special part for him and this other girl and they sang a duet together of We go Together. The reaction he got was huge and from that day on Shane realised he wanted to be a performer. When he was 14 he went to Summerhill college which was an all boys school. Kian and Mark also went there. Although they weren't friends at the time. Every year they use to do musicals. The first one he did was Annie get your Gun where he played a girl and had to dress up in a skirt and bonnet (ahhhhh how cute). He also played the artful dodger in Oliver. When he was 15 he did another production of Grease where he played Kenickie. A couple of years after that he did it again but this time he played Danny who else?. It was through these show which Shane got to know Kian who was a year younger than him. They never really hung out togther though. They just did the shows and go off with there own mates. Shane also got to know Mark through the musicals too. Boyzone were a big insperation to Shane. That was what made him want to be a pop star more than anything. He decided to start a band called SC4. After there school, Summerhill College. It was him and his friends Micheal Garrett who were in it. They asked Kian to join but he just laughed because he was into heavy rock music. So Shane and Micheal got two other guys interested but they didn't show up and that was the end of that. It never lead to anything at that stage because shane thought that there wouldn't be a chance of a normal lad from Sligo becoming a famous pop star |
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