Sharon Corr Sharon Helga Corr, MBE (born 24 March 1970 in Dundalk, Ireland) is a musician and member of the Irish folk-rock band The Corrs. She plays the violin and sings backing vocals. At 5'5", Sharon is the tallest of the three sisters, and the second tallest of the four siblings, after her elder brother Jim. Sharon Corr began learning to play the violin when she was 6 years old, and is now qualified to teach violin. In 2001, she married Belfast barrister Gavin Bonnar. They welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Cathal Robert Gerard, on March 31, 2006.