Career
He comes from a very musical family. Besides singing, he plays guitar, bass guitar and keyboards. O'Shaughnessy started studying at age of 12 for four years with Irish jazz guitarist Eugene Macari.
In 1995, the two brothers performed as the duo "2 of a kind" which became very popular in cabarets, clubs and pubs. Gary O'Shaughnessy had competed in the local Irish Eurovision Song Contest preselection twice previously, before winning the right to represent his homeland in the Eurovision Contest in 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark with "Without Your Love" written by Pat Sheridan. He had previously entered the Irish Eurosong 1997 contest, coming third with "Love and Understanding".
Also, in 1999, he had taken part with the song "I'll Be There" coming fifth.
