Christy Dignam, an Irish musician who was best known as the main singer of the well-liked Irish rock band Aslan, was born on 23 May 1960 and passed away on 13 June 2023. His forty-year career was marked by multiple Irish chart hits as well as persistent issues with drug addiction and recovery. Dignam created Meelah XVIII, an ancestor of Aslan.
What a terrific singer! read a review of a concert to close a toxic dump in Finglas in Hot Press. In 1980, Meelah XVIII produced a tape for The Dave Fanning Show on 2FM. The Aslan triple CD, The “Rarities” disc from “The Platinum Collection,” featured the Meelah XVIII songs “Toy Soldier” and “Meelah Pt. 2.”
Christy Dignam net worth at time of death
Christy Dignam’s estimated net worth at the time of her death ranges from $5 million to $10 million. In his autobiography, This is Christy Dignam, which he co-wrote with writer Neil Fetherstonhaugh and was released by Merlin Publishing, Dignam detailed his struggle with heroin addiction. It “should be required reading for anyone straddling the edges of the drug culture,” according to one reviewer.