Facts: - instrument: guitar , vocals - birth name: john spillane - origin: cork - label: emi ireland - genre: folk - birth date: 1961 - name: john spillane - background: solo_singer - image: john spillane 2010.jpg - birth place: cork , ireland - occupation: singer , songwriter . Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john spillane .
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john spillane -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- is a singer-songwriter from cork , ireland .he graduated from university college cork with a degree in irish and in english .