# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frankie-kennedy
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:22:50.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frankie-kennedy"
name: "Frankie Kennedy"
slug: "frankie-kennedy"
description: "Frankie Kennedy was a flute and tin whistle player born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was also the co-founder of the band Altan, formed with his wife Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. The popular Frankie Kennedy Winter Music School was founded in 1994 in his honour."
tagline: "Irish traditional musician (1955-1994)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/FrankieKennedy.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-09-30"
deathDate: "1994-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.6117
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.frankiekennedy.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A"
    title: "فرانكي كينيدي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Kennedy"
    title: "Frankie Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Kennedy"
    title: "Frankie Kennedy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b7d15d3-e00c-40aa-94e9-15313bcf98bb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/424875"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578871"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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