Twink and Chloe Agnew

ADELE King, aka Twink, has been a household name since the late 1960s when Maxi, Dick and Twink burst onto the music scene. Since then, she’s been a regular on stages and screens all over Ireland.

Although her marriage to oboist David Agnew famously ended in divorce, Twink couldn’t be more proud of her girls Chloe and Naomi. Chloe has followed in her mam’s footsteps, making her first record at the tender age of 11 and signing up to the Celtic Woman tour when she was just 14.

‘I released a charity single when I was 11. Then on the back of that I did a solo album at 12 and another at 13 and later that year I was approached to be one of the original members of Celtic Woman.’

Chloe says growing up in a showbiz family meant she was prepared for the highs and lows.

‘The way the industry is now it is such a cut-throat business. But for me growing up it was the family business. That was how we put bread on the table,’ she said earlier this year.

‘I never saw it through rose-tinted glasses and I knew what was involved. I think I am lucky in that sense.’