# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cathal-dunne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:06:30.849Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cathal-dunne"
name: "Cathal Dunne"
slug: "cathal-dunne"
description: "Cathal Dunne is an Irish singer. He is most famous for representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song \"Happy Man\". He has since gained a following as Cahal Dunne, performing traditional Irish songs in the United States, where he now lives."
tagline: "Irish singer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.076782666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.cahaldunne.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كاثال دون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%9C_%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "קהל דאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%ED%97%90_%EB%8D%98"
    title: "캐헐 던"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathal_Dunne"
    title: "Cathal Dunne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050757"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump