Corr was born on 17 March, 1973 (
Saint Patrick's Day) in
Dundalk, Ireland, to Jean and Gerry Corr. Corr has four siblings: an older sister
Sharon Corr, older brother
Jim Corr and a younger sister
Andrea Corr. Their older brother Gerard was killed when he was three years old in a road accident before she and her sister Andrea were born. Caroline was brought up in a Catholic household and was sent to the same school, Dun Lughaidh Convent, as her sisters. Her parents played ballads and folk tunes in local bands, and formed their own band called "Sound Affair". Jean sang and Gerry played the keyboards and they performed covers of songs by various famous bands. Caroline and her siblings were exposed to music from a very young age, and travelled with Jean and Gerry to gigs in the family car. Caroline was taught the piano by her father Gerry at a very early age like her other siblings. She also learnt the bodhrán by watching videos of traditional Irish musicians playing it. The violin was originally intended for Caroline to play but she showed no interest and instead Sharon took up the violin lessons. Caroline learned how to play the drums with the help of a former boyfriend who gave her the lessons. From then on, her drum skills were self taught. She performed
No Frontiers, a cover of a
Jimmy MacCarthy song, on
The Corrs Unplugged along with her sister Sharon. In 2020, Corr was part of an
Irish collective of female singers and musicians called "
Irish Women in Harmony", that recorded a version of
Dreams in aid of the charity
SafeIreland, which deals with
domestic abuse which had reportedly risen significantly during the
COVID-19 lockdown. == Career ==