New album?

Any word if next year will be a new show/album or if it's going to be a second year of Postcards from Ireland?
The last show to last two years was Believe.
Everything since then (Emerald Musical Gems, X, Destiny, Voices of Angels, Homecoming and onward) has been only one year.

It will likely be a new tour next year.

As for new album, I'm not sure. They have not yet recorded a new album since Postcards from Ireland and the shows in Ireland were not recorded for DVD / PBS.

I think we could probably expect a new album. They’ve likely already got a pretty good idea about who the next new member is going to be since applications closed around a month ago. Also they’ve got a long break now until Christmas where they could start working on a new album and preparing promo for the 2023 tour. I’m not sure about a pbs concert being recorded before Christmas though.

It will likely be a new tour next year.

As for new album, I'm not sure. They have not yet recorded a new album since Postcards from Ireland and the shows in Ireland were not recorded for DVD / PBS.

They must've ended up deciding against recording in Killarney. Was Killarney exactly the same as the United States was song wise?

I think we could probably expect a new album. They’ve likely already got a pretty good idea about who the next new member is going to be since applications closed around a month ago. Also they’ve got a long break now until Christmas where they could start working on a new album and preparing promo for the 2023 tour. I’m not sure about a pbs concert being recorded before Christmas though.

Yeah. I know anywhere between July--September (maybe June sometimes) is usually "about the time of year" that they're recording/taping a PBS concert (if there is one) so maybe in September they'll be recording.
Looking at the past.
*Original Show -- Recorded September 2004. PBS taping: 9/15/04. released March 2005.
*A Christmas Celebration -- Recorded June 2006 (between North american tours). Released October 2006. PBS taping: 7/17-7/18/07.
*A New Journey -- Recorded August 2006. PBS: 8/23-24/06. Released January 2007.
*New tracks on Greatest Journey --- Recorded Summer 2008. Released October 2008.
*Songs from the Heart -- Recorded July 2009. PBS: 7/29-7/30/09.  Released January 2010.
*New tracks on Lullaby --- Recorded Summer 2010 (Either between North American tours or between the second NA tour & the Australia tour). Released November 2010 (PBS), February 2011 (retail).
*Believe -- Recorded Summer 2011. PBS: 9/6-9/7/11. Released January 2012.
*Home for Christmas -- Recorded August 2012. Released October 2012. PBS Taping: 8/7/13.
*Emerald -- Recorded June/July 2013 (Not seen dates but I know Chloe is included as that one is Chloe/Lisa L/Susan/Mairead N). PBS taping: 4/9/13. Released February 2014.
*Destiny -- Recorded August 2015. Taping: 8/13/15. Released January 2016.
*Voices of Angels -- Recorded August 2016. Released November 2016 
*Homecoming -- Recorded live September 2, 2017. Released January 2018.
*Ancient Land --- Recorded July--August 2018 (they posted a cryptic studio pic to indicate the beginning of recording and a pic outside Real World Studios when they'd finished). PBS: 9/13-9/14/18. Released digitally end of September & CD October 2018.
*The Magic of Christmas --- Recorded July/August 2019 (They didn't post when they were recording this one but I know the orchestra was recorded in Prague on August 6-7, 2019). Released October 2019.
*Postcards from Ireland -- Recorded June/July 2021. Released October 2021.
So they could easily record in September and either pull a VOA move and release soon before the christmas symphony tour or else similar to ANJ/SFTH/Believe/Destiny/Homecoming where it's released in January before the annual 3-4 month USA tour starts.

We'll have to wait and see, but so far, next year's tour will be what I like to call a "Date Tour".

What is a "Date Tour"? It's a tour that literally has the year in the official name. The last time we had something like this was on the 2013 tour, which is often wrongly said about "Believe 2", the stage aesthetic was the same as Believe, the dresses were slightly changed but they were very similar in fact. But the official name was "Celtic Woman: 2013 World Tour" after all, the set list was completely different from the 2012 Believe tour.
Well, next year (ten year of the 2013 World Tour by the way) we will have (so far) a "Celtic Woman 2023 Tour".

Option 1: Maybe they'll release some new album together with a PBS later this year and change the name of next year's tour to something more specific "Celtic Woman (next album name) Tour"

Option 2: Only the album will be released, and the PBS special will be recorded during next year's tour, just like they did with a 2013 World Tour show and released later as "Emerald"

Option 3: Nothing new this year, and next year's tour will be like a "best of" songs with a few new songs here and there. And in the summer of 2023 we will have a new album with a PBS recorded in a castle. It would be more interesting...

Any word if next year will be a new show/album or if it's going to be a second year of Postcards from Ireland?
The last show to last two years was Believe.
Everything since then (Emerald Musical Gems, X, Destiny, Voices of Angels, Homecoming and onward) has been only one year.

Usually the dynamic what use to for a long time is when a new member comes they do the same show with the new member. That's probably changed since with Megan. Would they do Postcards of Ireland again.. I doubt it but rather do like a mix show: some POI songs, fan favorites, new spoiler new songs intention for next album
including songs only for this tour.

Any word if next year will be a new show/album or if it's going to be a second year of Postcards from Ireland?
The last show to last two years was Believe.
Everything since then (Emerald Musical Gems, X, Destiny, Voices of Angels, Homecoming and onward) has been only one year.

Usually the dynamic what use to for a long time is when a new member comes they do the same show with the new member. That's probably changed since with Megan. Would they do Postcards of Ireland again.. I doubt it but rather do like a mix show: some POI songs, fan favorites, new spoiler new songs intention for next album
including songs only for this tour.

So perhaps could we be in for something a La 2013 or 2018?
2013 I say because that one started with Awakening just like 2012.
2018 they started with a new song they recorded later that year which opened the 2019 show.

So darragh posted today that he was at windmill lane recording studios which is in Dublin. Tara also posted of the three girls who must be staying at her home which is also in Dublin……. Could they be recording their new album this week?

So darragh posted today that he was at windmill lane recording studios which is in Dublin. Tara also posted of the three girls who must be staying at her home which is also in Dublin……. Could they be recording their new album this week?

Maybe? They seemed to quit recording at Windmill Lane for a while but have returned to recording there lately.
I wonder if they'll go the Voices of Angels route and release CD only and then a live album similar to Homecoming.
And I wonder if the release will be a late fall release (like Voices of Angels) or January (A New Journey, Songs from the Heart, Believe, Destiny).
So is it Megan, Chloe, Muirgen with Tara or is it Megan, New girl, Muirgen who seem to be staying with Tara.

From the photo on Instagram it only seems to be muirgen Megan and Tara who are together and they were on the phone to Chloe while they were there. No mention of the new member yet!

So are we hoping for an all new album (like A New Journey, Songs from the Heart, Believe, Destiny, Ancient Land, postcards from Ireland), something 50/50 (half old half new) like Voices of angels or something all old like emerald?

I'd like all new, but I'd settle for anything with better mixing than the Postcards album. Lol.

Voices of Angels was my most favorite. It had Meav it had an original member on song(s) they never sang while with CW. A Part II with new versions of the other classics imagine that. Ancient Land Bonus songs did a Part II in short. Thanks to Meav and Gavin for all that!

I would love for an album of all new songs, but I want better harmonies than what we got on POI; that's what Celtic Woman is known for and something we did not get on POI at all.