The Cranberries: 

DOLORES O’RIORDAN

Full Name: Dolores Mary Eileen O’ Riordan (Burton).
Born Place: Ballybricken, Ireland (8 miles from Limerick, the third most important city after Dublin and Cork)
Born Date: September 6th, 1971
Parents: Terence O’Riordan and Eileen Greensmith
Siblings: one sister and five brothers (Dolores is the youngest of the family).
Studies: “Mhodh Scoll” Limerick Elementary School
              “Lauren Hill” Limerick High school
Her favourite course was history.
Musical Studies: Piano since age 5.
Childhood: Dolores wasn’t a regular girl, she didn’t want to play with dolls, and she ripped their heads off and buried them on the backyard. Her father used to call her “Delsey, Delsey”
On The Band: Vocals, Second guitar, keyboards and others.
Musical Influences: R.E.M, Duran Duran, Sinead O’Connor, The Sundays, and Celtic Music.
Hobbies: Shopping, fishing (with Noel), cooking and watching The Simpsons.
Status: Married to Don Burton (July 18th 1994) who already had a child named Donny.
Three Kids:
        Taylor Baxter (23rd November  1997)
        Molly Leigh (27th January 2001)
        Dakota Rain  (10th April 2005)
She Hates: The songs “Chrome Paint” and “A Fast One” but she loves “Hollywood”

NOEL HOGAN

Full Name: Noel Anthony Hogan
Born Place: Moycross, Ireland
Born Date: 25th December 1971
Parents: Noel And Ann Hogan
Siblings: Mike Hogan
Status: Married to Catherine Nash (8th July 1996).
Two Daughters:
               Rachel (December 1999).
               Sophie (26th March 2001).
Studies: "Salesian" kindergarden
“John Kennedy” Limerick Elementary School
“San Nessans”. Limerick High school
Musical Studies: self-taught
On The Band: Acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin and backing vocals
Musical Influences: The Smiths, The Beatles, The Sundays, R.E.M.
Hobbies: Watching movies, collectioning motor cycles and fishing with Dolores.

MIKE HOGAN

Full Name: Mike Gerard Hogan
Born Place: Moycross, Ireland
Born Date: 29th April 1973
Parents: Noel And Ann Hogan
Siblings: Noel Hogan
Status: Married to Siobhan O'Carrol (6th July 1998)
Two Kids: Jamie Patrick (8th October 2001)
                Lilly (2nd June 2004)
Studies: "Salesian" kindergarten
“John Kennedy” Limerick Elementary School
“San Nessans” Limerick High school
Musical Studies: self-taught
On The Band: Bass
Musical Influences: The Smiths
Hobbies: Go to the pub 

FERGAL LAWLER

Full Name: Fergal Patrick Lawler
Born Place: Parteen, Ireland
Born Date: 4th March 1971
Parents: Myles And Audrey Lawler
Siblings: Two sisters
Status: Married to Laurie Guerin (16th April  1997)
Three kids:
             Jacob (2nd March 2000)
             Nathan (XX September 2002)
             xxx  (XXX xxx xxx)
Studies: "Salesian" kindergarten
“John Kennedy” Limerick Elementary School
“Saint Munchins” Limerick High school
Musical Studies: self-taught
On The Band: Drums and Percussion
Musical Influences: The Smiths
Hobbies: Riding motor cycles

  

 
Supporting Artists: 

Name: Russell Burton
Birthday: ---
Birthplace: Toronto
Role: Keyboards 

Name: Declan Hogan
Birthday: ---
Birthplace: Limerick
Role: Bass
Additional Info: Declan was the bass and drums technician,
played bass in some appearances on TV when
Mike was busy with some family affair.

Name: Marco Mendoza
Birthday: ---
Birthplace: Mexico
Role: Bass, background vocals 
Additional Info: Marco played bass at some shows of the WUASTC tour
due to Mike’s absence. The reasons are still unknown. 

Additional Band members: During the Stars promotion,
The Cranberries had a guest guitarist and drummer when
Fergal had his second child and Noel left when he had a family emergency.

Guest Musicians:

Michael Kamen – orchestration    
Henry Daag – saw ("Salvation")             
Richie Buckley – tenor saxophone ("Salvation")             
Michael Buckley – baritone saxophone ("Salvation")           
Bruce Fairbairn – trumpet ("Salvation") 
Randy Raine-Reusch – additional percussion