I was doing online Facebook concerts with a tip jar and I was well supported thankfully with a decent following on Facebook. A good friend of mine, Kathy McSheffery, told me she thought I'd be a great care worker and gave me an application form. Literally like a punch in the face. I was oblivious to the number of families and people in Derry who needed care and support and it was an absolutely privilege to care for the people and families that we did.
I still keep in touch with many of the families and even made a few friends. I left Glen Caring and moved to another care company after six months to an Administration and Recruitment role.
I worked there up until three months ago and now thankfully I'm back doing what I love, which is music. I take my hat off to anyone that is in care as a profession.
They are literally earth angels. Conor hopes his children fall in love with music, just like him. I was very outgoing as a child and then sort of became very quiet in my early teens.
My Da has a massively wide variety in his music taste and I think that transferred over to me. I keep saying to Aisling, I know he's only four, but I think it's time we take him up to Sandra Biddle in the Millennium, she'd love him. I'd say I had a fantastic upbringing and great childhood memories.
Despite his hopes for his son, Conor did not initially consider music as a career. I was more in the background.
I think I did one role in the school Christmas play and then never sang again really until I was People were telling me that I was half decent. It just happened and progressed naturally from there. Conor has found his music style and sound and knows the music he wants to create and perform.
The diaspora around the world of Irish people appeals to me so much and probably due to the music I was exposed to growing up at home. Despite his music success, Conor gushes that his wife to be and his family are his greatest achievement. To be fair, Aisling was the best thing that ever happened to me. Sometimes If I'm practicing a new song she'll pop in the door and say, "why are you squawking like that? She has Daddy around her wee finger already.
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All that played very much on my mind too. But I drove myself mad after X Factor, thinking it was never going to happen," he says.
Conor warns other young people of the potential pitfalls of going on a talent show contest like The X Factor. I was so young. I was in the Grove Hotel in Watford, England for four days - everything was great.
When I was out, it was 'There's your suitcase, there's a taxi' and they put us up in a Travelodge," he says. It's an amazing feeling when you are up there on stage, but when you are put out and you are put back down, it's hard to take. But I would warn other people that going on the show could have a detrimental impact on their mental health. All the contacts you have built up within that scene, once you're gone, they're gone. There were people there I knew who were 15 or 16, and they were doing their first audition and being wiped out in front of 5, people.
To have your dreams crushed like that, at that age, it's awful. I would urge other people to be cautious before throwing themselves into it. When I did it and got the success and the TV time out of it, I was only a teenager. Looking back on it now, I was too young to deal with the fallout when things don't go according to plan. An X Factor spokesperson responded to the criticism by saying: "The duty of care to our contestants and those auditioning for the show is of the utmost importance to us.
While Conor found it hard to open up about his mental health issues, he was glad he eventually did, because his family and friends rallied around him. He started exercising, lost four stone, and the birth of his son, Daire, drastically changed his outlook.
While Conor never felt suicidal, he believes he has an insight into the darkness that makes people think there is no way out. I had people around me - Aisling, my family and my friends - who helped me get out of that low point and back to where I am now - a place where I can use that experience to help others," he says.
I want to raise awareness and money for those charities who can help.
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