NIALL HORAN OF ONE DIRECTION NEWS, VIDEOS, PHOTOS, TWEETS ETC. If you love Niall and One Direction then you will love this new Fan app Niall Horanwas born 13th September 1993is from Mullingar, Ireland.One Direction was formed in 2010. Before he competed in the UK and Ireland singing competition The X Factor, he was already working as a singer and heplayed numerous gigs including working as a support act for Lloyd Daniels in Dublin.Niall Horan was a pupil at Coliste Mhuire, Mullingar, a boys CBS secondary school. Horan plays the guitar since his childhood, in an interview he referred to his guitar as the best present I ever received for Christmas.He then took up the challenge of applying to the X Factor 2010 whereby he entered as a solo artist. His first audition infront of judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Cheryl Cole and guest judge Katy Perry didnt fair too well as he gave them his rendition of Neyos So Sick. Louis, Simon and Katy all put Niall through as they saw something special in him. However, Cole wasnt as impressed. He was set on proving her wrong.In boot camp, he was put into a boyband named One Direction. The other members are 4 British lads: Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne.He has gotten numerous solos throughout the competition in songs such as Kids In America and Viva La Vida, and All You Need Is Love.One Direction finished third.Simon Cowell did not hesitate to sign them to his label SYCO. They released a book titled Forever Young, which went on to become a Sunday Times bestseller.Niall and his bandmates first single release What Makes You Beautiful made it straight to number 1 in the Irish and UK charts.