Mary Coughlan is an Irish jazz and folk singer and actress born on May 5, 1956,
in Galway. She performed music in the jazz, folk-rock, and Irish traditional
genres. Coughlan began her career in the mid-1980s following a collaboration
with producer Erik Visser. Her debut studio recording, Tired and Emotional
(1985), sold 100,000 copies in Ireland. In 1987, she released the album Under
the Influence, which featured the recording “Ride On”, reaching number 5 on the
Irish rock charts. Coughlan made her acting debut in the 1988 film High Spirits.
Her discography included the studio al...