Louise Morrissey's Biography Louise Morrissey has long been one of Ireland's best loved singers and entertainers. She has achieved great success in both Ireland and the UK, and has brought her easy style of country and folk to many other countries, including the USA, Canada, Europe and the Middle East. She has toured the UK with Charlie Pride, Foster & Allen, and Dominic Kirwan. Louise and her band visited the Lebanon in 1994, where they entertained the Irish UN Peacekeeping troops. Louise is the second youngest of her family of six. She has two sisters and three brothers. She was born and raised in Bansha, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Early Career Louise's career began at the age of fourteen with her brothers Billy and Norman, as part of the Morrissey's folk group. They regularly toured Ireland, the UK, and Canada. Their hit songs included "The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill" and "Sweet Forget-Me-Not". Louise went on to form her own band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.