Nicky Byrne Biography

Name : Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne.

Date Of Birth : 9th October 1978.

Place Of Birth : Dublin, Republic Of Ireland.

Star Sign : Libra.

Hair Colour : Blonde.

Eye Colour : Blue.

Height : 5ft 9ins.




Information.

Nicky grew up with a small family around him, only having one brother (Adam), and one sister (Gillian), Nicky is the middle child. His Mum and Dad are called Nicholas and Yvonne. He only has one mark, and thats a tatoo on his lower back of a celtic design. Nicky's previous job was a footballer for Leeds United.

The first school that Nicky went to was called Baldoyle Boys National School, then he went to Pobalscoil Neasain, then finally he went to Baldoyle Secondary School. Nicky Also went to Plunkitt College. At school Nicky was a bit of a joker, but he got on really well with all of his teachers.

Nicky really loves football, and from the age of 6 he played for Home Farm in Dublin, He played for them for 9 years, he then played for Sy Kelvins and then went onto Leeds United. Nicky supports Manchester United. He also enjoys playing snooker with fellow band mates.

The songs that Nicky co-wrote are -

* When You Come Round.
* Don't Let Me Go.
* Imaginary Diva.

Nicky Married Georgina Ahern (The Irish Prime Ministers daughter) on the 9th August 2003, and they now live in Baldoyle, Dublin.

Likes / Dislikes.


* Favourite Sport : Football / Snooker.
* Favourite Team : Manchester United.
* Favourite Film : Titanic / Die Hard / Armegeddon.
* Favourite Actor : Bruce Willis / Brad Pitt.
* Favourite Actress : Demi Moore / Cameron Diaz.
* Favourite Female Singer : Natalie Imbrglia.
* Favourite Male Singer : Phil Collins.
* Favourite Song : Against All Odds - Phil Collins / What I Want Is What I've Got.
* First Record Brought : I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Monogue.
* Fisrt Concert : The Cranberries in Dublin.
* Person Most Like To Meet : Phil Collins / Madonna.
* Favourite Breakfast : Sugar Puffs.
* Favourite Food : Sunday dinner / Mum's cooking / Japanese.
* Favourite Soft Drink : Pepsi
* Worst Food : Prawns.
* Favourite Colour : Blue / Black / White.
* Favourite Book : The Mammy - Bruce O'Carroll.
* Favourite Designer : Gucci.
* Favourite Clothes : Smart clothes.
* Favourite Perfume Women : CK Eternal.
* Favourite Perfume Men : Dolce and Gabana.
* Favourite Place To Visit : Caribbean / New York / Sydney.
* Favourite Place To Chill : My couch in living room in Dublin.
* Likes : Football, eating out, shopping, and travelling home to Ireland to see family.
* Dislikes : Smoking / Nasty people.

Choose This Or That
* U2 / B*Witched: U2
* BSB / Boyzone: Boyzone
* McDonalds / Burger King: McDonalds definitely
* Studio or Live?On stage, definitely!
* Piercing or Tattoo: Probably a piercing. But not in the ear, but maybe in one of the eyebrows.
* Dog or cat? Dog! I hate cats! But I like mousses!
* Crisps or Popcorn? Crisps tastes better to a cool beer
* Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen?It’s an impossible choice.
* King or president? President, but I have to say that Sweden has a cute princess.
* Christmas or Easter?Without a doubt Christmas.
* Sweden or Norway? Sweden for me, easy!
* Costume or T-shirt? I go for T-shirt
* Electric shaver or Safety razor? I almost never shave, but when I do, I do it with an safety razor.
* "The crazy cowillness" or the Birdflue? I like to take both of them, crazy birdflue, what a kick!


Nicky Say's.
* I never thought that west life play two nights at Lansdowne road to 80,000 people.
* My favourite west life moment was meeting the pope and our dads performing on our T.V show she’s the one.
* The other’s would say that I’m the longest in the shower.
* My favourite west life track is world of our own.
* My favourite west life video is world of our own
* When I’m not working I like to spend time with my wife and walk our little pups
* My motto is smile, enjoy life, live every day like its your last.
* I would describe myself as thoughtful, reliable and trustworthy.
* The phase I often use is “Le Gra” ( With Love in Irish).


Nicky On Westlife.
SHANE

Shane is great and we get on very well, we have a good laugh, and he can take joke. He's pretty cool and he is very popular with the girls, but he can be quite vain, particularly with his hair. He can't past a mirror without looking into it. He's quite into clothes, too, but he's got the worse fashion sense out of the whole band. He doesn't have a clue. We've always warning him the fashion police will be after him, so when he arrives in the morning with a dodgy outfit we pretent to go over and handcuff him. He'll happily wear white socks, jeans and shoes, or a brightly coloured trousers that doesn't match his shirt, but the worse ever was when we were in Tenerife to shoot If I Let You Go video. We had a day off beforehand and we were all down at the pool. He came down in a vest, really short shorts, flip-flops and socks, a bum bag tied to his waist - with a pair of shades. He just looked like a typical tourist, but the worse thing was that he thought he looked cool. It was terrible!

MARK

Mark is the deceptive one. When I first met him he wouldn't say boo to a goose and he wouldn't open his heart out to any of us, but when you get to know him you'll discover the boy is mad! Sometimes we have to do a day of solid interviews from nine in the morning till nine at night, and he'll just get so fed up answering the same questions hour after hour that he starts making things up. He doesn't do it in England or Ireland because he'll get found out, but when he's in a foreign country it's different. We all do it a bit, but Mark is the worse. The code phrase is "This one time in Cyprus..." and then he starts to tell them this unbelievable story. None of us have ever been to Cyprus, but he tells it like it's really happened, we're in stitches and none of the interviewers can work out why. Mark also lies about his age, when he is chatting up girls. He's only 20 but sometimes in clubs if he's with a girl who's a bit older, he'll turn to me and say in irish "I'm 23 by the way". We always speak in irish when we don't want people to know what we're saying.

Kian

Kian is the most serious in the band, and the most passionate about what we do. He always seems to have a point to make. He's thinking about Westlife all the but the other side of it is he has a fiery temper. He'll lose his head and start swearing, but then we all swear. Spend and hour with us and a swear box and you'd be rich! I remember one occasion and we'd been at a party all night. We'd literally had 20 minutes sleep, and what got on a plane from East Germany to Amsterdam. Everyone was conked out on the flight but i'll tour manager woke up and took Kian's watch from his wrist without him noticing. When Kian got off the plane, he realised it had gone, and because he had been drunk he couldn't remember when he'd last seen it. He'd spent 2,500 on it and it wasn't insured. He was just about to brawl his eyes out when the tour manager gave it back to him. If that was me, I would of been so relieved that I would of given the guy a hug, but Kian was the opposite and was really annoyed. He freaked out and started shouting at him: "Don't you ever do that to me again". He'll look back on it now, and think it was halarious, but he wasn't happy at the time!

Westlife On Nicky.
SHANE

Nicky is a top guy, and the person I talk to the most. We have a similar personality, the same taste in cars and girls. If I meet a girl, and I've been out with her a few times, I'll always ask Nicky for his opinion. He's good at spotting girls for me too. Both of us like very sexy girls with long legs and high heels, and when we're out he'll say "Shane you'll like her over there" and I won't notice her. Or he'll be sitting at the bar chatting to a girl and shout "Come over here Shane, there is someone you should meet" He's nearly always right - he's matched me up with a girl a few times! Nicky is definitely the most daring when it comes to fashion. He brought a £1.500 pair ofsky blue leather trousers recently, and he always wears these stupid, lucky irish green socks. He's got about ten pairs, all covered in shamrocks. Nicky's a great guy. We're always planning stuff together - we'd love to open a restaurant or club together. I can talk to Nicky about anything - he really listerns and gives me proper advice. He's like an older brother, and I look up to him an awful lot. He loves to shop just as much as I do, we're the same taste in clothes.

MARK

Nicky's the romantic one of us all. He was once away for Valentine's Day and he and his girlfriend Georgina were bitterly disappointed that they weren't going to see each other. He never said anything to her, but he flew back to Ireland and when she was in the shower he sneaked into her house and went up to her bedroom and filled it with balloons. So when she came back into the room all upset that she wasn't going to see her boyfriend, there he was lying on the bed with a box of chocolates! It's one of the most romantic things I've ever heard of and I've always wished the story was about me and that I'd done it for a girlfriend of mine. Nicky is quite sensible and mature normally, but he's definitely got a wild streak and he changes the most in drink. When he's got a few beers in him he gets very brave. He'll come up and give you a punch on the jaw just to be friendly. He thinks he's being playful but it really hurts. I think out of all of us Nicky was meant to be famous. He missed out on playing football for Leeds United because they dropped him when he was 16. He was destined to be a star.
Nicky has become much more laid back in the recent months. He used to worry about everything, but he's much more chilled now. And he's very stylish. He loves clothes, and, even if the rest of us look like we've been dragged backwards through a hedge, Nicky keeps it together

KIAN

Nicky's got a lot of phobias. He gets scared in lifts and he doesn't like small spaces. We can't resist teasing him, we do it all the time. We'll get in a lift with him and jump up and down to make it move or pretend it's broken. He really freaks out and if the lift gets crowded, he starts pleading with people to get out. I'm just in tears laughing at him. He worries about mobile phones and bought an earpiece in case they give you cancer. He's frightened of flying and he's got all these strange superstitions. He insists on ringing every person he knows just before they get on a plane and again once they've landed.
Nicky's very committed to the band and feels strongly about things. He's very headstrong. If he makes a point and then realises he's wrong, he'll still argue that he's right. This week, we were discussing whether to do a new dance routine on a TV show next week. The rest of us thought we should wait because we didn't know it well enough, but he was determined that we go ahead. He kept saying: "We have to do it, we have to do it." I reckon Nicky's most likely to get married first. He's been with his girlfriend for six years. They really love each other and he's very lucky in that respect

Nicky In His Own Words

* My Favourite Way To Relax :

There's a couch in the front room of my house, and I lie down on that and go to sleep. I love that couch! Mam's talked about getting rid of it, but I won't let her - I'd haul it out of the rubbish skip if I had to. And I love playing a few games of snooker with my mates, or hanging out with Georgina, watching videos and eating Chinese takeaway. I like to go out, but it can be hard in Ireland and Britain, 'cos you can feel people staring. Some are thrilled to see you, and some are cursing you. it can be very weird.

* The Worst Moment Of My Life :

The lowest point for me was in February 1998, when my ousin Kenneth was killed in a car crash. He was in a coma for a week before he dird. He was on twenty-one, when he died. I went to mass, but I had to miss burial, as the band - Westside as they were then - had our official lauch in the Cafe De Paris in London. On stage that night, my heart wasn't in it. Sometimes I find death very hard to accept. I dedicated the first album to him.

* My First Kiss :

I think I was about nine years old., When I kissed the daughter of one of Mam's best friend in our back shed. But my first proper kiss was when I was about twelve, in the bushes with a girl from up the road. I felt a bit sick after it - but I got used to it very quickly!

* Marriage :

At one time, all the newspapers decided that Georgina and I were getting married. They even photographed Georgina's finger, which had a ring on it! But it was rubbish. I plan to get married eventually. I'd love to have kids and a family and a house, but not in the near future! But I've been brought up to believe that you grow up, settle down, have kids, and live happily ever after.

Q & A

* Who is your best friend in the band ? Nobody really, we all get on well, and I can go to any of the lads at any time about anything.
* Are you a morning person or night owl ? Definitely a night owl.
* Do you read your horoscope ? No- I used to, but not anymore.
* Do you believe in aliens ? If so, what do you imagine they look like ? Yes- I reckon they could look like Bryan!
* How useful are you in the kitchen ? What can you rustle up if you had to ? I can do a good irish fry-up, but thats about it - I'm very good at opening the brown bag from the local chipper and put chips on a plate!
* What part of your body would you change, if you could ? Nothing really - I wouldn't mind sorting out my bottom teeth though!
* Would you consider cosmetic surgery ? No, never.
* Are you ticklish ? If so, where? My neck is incredibly sensitive. Just someone touching it cracks me up!
* What is the most expensive thing yoou're ever brought ? Probably my first car.
* What is the most useless thing you're ever brought ? It's hard to decide! I've probably far too many pairs of shades and too many baseball caps.
* What is the worst present you have ever received ? One christmas I got a selection box from a girl who lived up the road from my house, and I brought her a silver ring!
* Have you ever been in hospital ? Yes, three times: once for a bad chest infection when I was young, and two for operations on a broken elbow and a hernia.
* Hangover cures - what is the most effective ? Anadin Extra - without them, my life would be over!
* If you ever went on a blind date, who would you most like to find sitting on the bar stool ? Liz Hurley.
* Have you ever written poetry ? No - the stuff I wrote in school was like 'The man in the van lived in a flat with his cat'!
* What is your most embrassing item of clothing ? My yellow leather trousers!
* What scares the living daylights out of you ? I worry about everythimg.
* Are you superstitious ? Yes - I'm superstitious about loads of things.
* Did you enjoy school ? What was your favourite subject ? School was a great laugh. I liked English and - eh- music!
* What false name have you used in the past when checking into a hotel ? Mr White.
* Do you have a lucky charm ? If so, what is it ? I've loads of lucky and holy items that travel with me.
* Are you romantic ? Yes - well, I like to think so,
* Do you lose your temper easily ? Sometimes. I try to walk away, but on the football pitch I lose it all the time (I'm a very bad loser!).
* Do you cry easily ? No, unless someone close to me dies.
* What do you imagine your life will be like in ten year's time ? You never can tell!


Nicky's Loved Ones

His Wife

Name : Georgina Aher-Byrne

Date Of Birth : 4th May 1979

Place Of Birth : Dublin Ireland

Star Sign : Taurus



The Kids

* Name : Rocco Bertie Byrne
* Date Of Birth : 20th April 2007 (Baptism 15th July 2007)
* Place Of Birth : Dublin, Ireland
* Star Sign : Gemini
* God Parents : Adam Byrne + Cecelia Ahern



* Name : Jay Nicky Byrne
* Date Of Birth : 20th April 2007 (Baptism 15th July 2007)
* Place Of Birth : Dublin, Ireland
* Star Sign : Gemini
* God Parents : Gillian + Mark Gallagher