Singer Maura O'Connell: 'I was a famous poor person. I would have more money working in the fish shop in Ennis'

I guess that was one of the reasons I decided to leave the business. It seems like one has to share pictures of your life in public, be your own publicist and talk yourself up these days. That's not my style.

Not long after putting down the phone from her home in Nashville after an hour-long conversation last Monday, Maura O'Connell sent this text: "Hey Barry. I'm sorry I wasn't very forthcoming in my interview earlier. I have always been very uncomfortable sharing my private life with the media."

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