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Phil Coulter Musician - Born February 1, 1942 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK

Birth Name Philip Coulter

Mini Bio (1) Phil Coulter was born on February 1, 1942 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland as Philip Coulter. He is married to Geraldine. They have six children. He was previously married to Angela Coulter.

Angela Coulter (? - ?) ( divorced) (3 children)

Geraldine Brannigan (? - present) (6 children) Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina

In November 1998, Coulter married Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests.

Trivia (4) 1. Attended St. Columb's Roman Catholic College, Londonderry, as did John Hume, Richard Doherty, Brian Friel, Seamus Heaney & Seamus Deane, to name a few. 2. Father was a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary. 3. Studied at Queen's University, Belfast. 4. One of Coulter's most famous songs "The Town I Loved So Well" (released in 1973) was popularized by folk singer Luke Kelly, one of the members of Ireland's most famous ballad group The Dubliners.

Phil Coulter (born 19 February 1942) is a musician, songwriter and record producer from Derry, Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Gold Badge from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors in October 2009.

Personal life Coulter's first marriage was to Angela Coulter; their first child was born with Down's Syndrome and later died aged four. He wrote the song "Scorn Not His Simplicity" to help him get through the difficult time with the encouragement of Luke Kelly. Kelly recorded the song and it appeared on The Dubliners 1970 LP Revolution, becoming the definitive version, later being recorded by several artists.

In 1974, Coulter was approached by Luxembourg to write a song for the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest, following his success with "Puppet on a String", which won for the UK in 1967, and his "Congratulations" (recorded by Cliff Richard), which nearly won in 1968. Whilst looking for a singer he saw Geraldine Brannigan in a Guinness TV advert in Dublin and felt that he had to meet her. She went on to represent Luxembourg and came in fifth place. He later said in an interview on Miriam Meets... on RTE Radio 1 it was love at first sight.

In November 1998, Coulter married Brannigan in a low-key ceremony at Wicklow registry office, witnessed by their six children, Danielle, Dominique, Alexandra, Daragh, Ryan and Georgina, and 16 guests.