Niall Breslin
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Bressie with The Blizzards at Junction 7.08, June 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Niall Breslin |
| Born |
22 October 1980 Artane, Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Soft rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, television personality, former footballer |
| Instruments | Guitar, drums, piano |
| Labels | Sony Music |
| Associated acts |
The Blizzards Brendan McCahey Michael Bohan |
| Website | bressiemusic |
| Date of birth | 22 October 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Artane, Dublin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker, Second row | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2002-04 | Leinster | 14 | ((0)) |
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Niall Breslin (born 22 October 1980), known as Bressie, is an Irish musician and former Westmeath Gaelic footballer and Leinster Rugby player. Breslin found success as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter with pop band The Blizzards, as a co-writer and producer with XIX Entertainment and as a solo artist. He was the winning coach on the first and third seasons of The Voice of Ireland.
Born in Dublin to father Enda and mother Mandy, Breslin is the second youngest of five children, including siblings Ronan, Laura, Julie and Andrea. At the age of two, he and his family moved to Mullingar. As a result of Enda's military deployment when Bressie was 13, the family relocated to Israel for five months. They then returned to Mullingar, where he discovered a love and talent for sports as well as music.
Breslin attended University College Dublin on a sports scholarship, graduating with a degree in commerce.
Breslin represented his native county team, Westmeath, in Gaelic football at Minor, and U-21 Championship levels. He won a Leinster Under-21 Football Championship medal with Westmeath in 2000. He was also a professional rugby player with Leinster Rugby. He had a scholarship in UCD for rugby and also represented Ireland at Under-21 level in the World Cup.
In 2015, Breslin published his first book Me and My Mate Jeffrey, a combination memoir/self-help book. "Jeffrey" is a personification of Breslin's anxiety disorder. The book won the 2015 Irish Book Award for popular non fiction.
With childhood friends, Breslin formed The Blizzards in 2004. They released two albums that achieved commercial success, A Public Display of Affection in 2006 and Domino Effect in 2008. The band split up in 2009. Following the band's split, Breslin joined Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment as a songwriter and producer in 2010.
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