mark feehily

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MARK FEEHILY!!!!!!!!

Mark Patrick Michael Feehily is from Sligo, in the North West of Ireland, home to three fifths of Westlife. He was one of the original members of the band, having come from the IOU line up.

A Cancerian, Mark was born on June 26th 1980. He joined Westlife before he finished school, but like the sensible boy he is, he stayed in his school, Summerhill College to complete his final exams!! According to Mark, if he wasn't in Westlife, he'd probably have repeated his exams, because he wasn't happy with the results. Poor Baby! Somehow I don't think the Leaving Cert is going to make much difference to his life from here on!!!! Career wise, he would like to have been a teacher or work with computers.

Mark's hobbies include Tennis (anyone West of the Shannon who plays tennis seems to know him really well) and also Football and Snooker.

His Ideal girl would have a good personality, be "deadly craic" but serious when she needs to be. (I can do that...........hint hint!) His Ideal date would be to go to a nice restaurant, followed by a nightclub........how sweet!!

Mark has two brothers in his family, Barry and Colm, both younger than him. His favourite football team are Liverpool, and he is into Comedy Films.

Mark's musical tastes vary from R n B to the Verve.... and Mark has a bit of an obsession with MARIAH CAREY!!!!

Apparently Mark is the shy one of the band, well I can't say that I find him shy!! He is so friendly and easy to talk to, one of those people who it seems like you've known them for ever!!!!

He has a deep soulful voice, easily the most recognisable in Westlife, and stunning good looks, complemented by his deep sky blue eyes. Mark Feehily is the meaning of the word " babe".!!!!!!

***** Goss from an old school friend of Mark's*****When Mark was in school he used to mess in class a lot, and when his teacher asked him what he wanted to do with his life, he would say, "I'm going to sing, sir" His teacher didn't believe him, and told him not to be stupid.... how wrong he was!!!!

Feehily happy to be a gay role

Irish boy band Westlife, from left, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne, Shane Filan and Kian Egan.
March 2, 2006

Westlife singer Mark Feehily says he doesn't mind being a gay role model but worries he may say the wrong thing.

Feehily came out as gay at the end of last year, and the 25-year-old Irish singer is now dating former V band member Kevin McDaid.

"If somebody does come out that is in the public eye then they are going to represent [all homosexuals]," he said.

"I don't know that I necessarily like it too much because, knowing me, I would probably say the wrong thing.

"But in that sense all I can do is try and share what I have learnt through my experience."

Westlife arrived in Australia last week, their first trip since 1999, to promote their latest album Face to Face.

The group - Feehily, Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan and Shane Filan - has had 13 No. 1 singles in the United Kingdom, with songs such as You Raise Me Up, Flying Without Wings, Against All Odds and Unbreakable.

Despite being in a boy band with the majority of fans being women and young girls, Feehily said there had been no negative reaction to his coming out.

"I am so much happier now and I think our fans can see that," he said.

"Through the years of getting to the point where I wanted to come out, I had to go through every kind of emotion, but I can honestly say that the day before I came out, I didn't care what the reaction was going to be.

"That was the hardest point to get to."

Feehily said he did not intend on getting married any time soon but was happy to know he could in Britain with the recent introduction of the country's Civil Partnership Act.

"I think it is fantastic that gay people can now get the same benefits as a straight couple," said Feehily, whose partner is travelling with him in Australia.

"It is not something I am looking into at the moment."

Meanwhile, Byrne said the band was still friendly with ex-Westlife member Brian McFadden, who is dating Delta Goodrem.

This month marks the two-year anniversary since McFadden left the group to pursue a solo career.

"With no disrespect to him [McFadden], we kind of got rid of the person who didn't want to be part of it," said Byrne.

"Brian was always the person who never really wanted to put the real workload into it and that was always going to be a problem."