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« on: January 25, 2026, 08:17:37 PM »
Sal is Kat's sister. She released an eponymous album (Sal) in 2020. Kate did perform on the album as well. Source: https://www.mayonews.ie/news/local-news/1128847/a-day-in-the-life-sal-heneghan.htmlThe name of the album is simply ‘SAL’. It’s a traditional Irish album of my style of music with some of my favourite tunes on it. There are ten tracks on the CD and I play the fiddle and the harp on it. I also have two songs on the album. My family feature on it as well. My Mom plays fiddle, my sister Kate plays the fiddle, my sister Maggie plays harp and my brother Paddy sings and plays the uileann pipes. It was a little bit of a family project.I come across another fun fact too: Sal is a member of Biird, which of course is the same group Ciara is in.
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« on: January 23, 2026, 09:02:51 PM »
Megan's new single Mo Chroí (which translates to "My Heart") releases on March 6th, 2026.
She performed it at Éabha's 2025 Celtic World Forum and it was well-received.
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« on: December 26, 2025, 10:26:19 AM »
2025 got off to a slow start, with no spring tour. But in spite of that, there was no shortage of news this year.
Celtic Woman welcomed 2 new members: vocalist Caitríona Sherlock and violinist Ciara Ní Mhurchú. In addition, multi-instrumentalist Tara Howley performed with Celtic Woman on the their new Christmas album and on the Christmas symphony tour.
Ronan was announced as the new musical director of Celtic Thunder.
A lot of new music was released this year!
Albums and EPs:
- Nollaig: A Christmas Journey (Celtic Woman)
- The Secret of Christmas (Alex Sharpe)
- ‘Till The Sun Burns Out (The Brave Collide)
- Time (Brian McGrane, as Engrane)
- Christmas Piano (Brian McGrane, as Engrane)
- Spreag (Caitríona Frost)
- Bittersweet (Chloë)
- Motherland Songs (Edel Murphy, Ewan Cowley)
- Moment (Gavin Murphy)
- Wintersong (Glenn Murphy)
- Nightvisiting Live (Lisa Lambe)
- Two Stories (Lisa Lambe)
- 2016 (Lisa Lambe)
- Chapters of Time (Rebecca Winckworth)
Noteable singles:
- Cherokee Ave (The Brave Collide)
- I Will Follow You Into the Dark (The Brave Collide)
- December (The Brave Collide)
- I Love You Always Forever (Chloë)
- Lonely Joy (Lynn)
- Purple Peace (Lynn)
- Cover Me Up (Tara Howley)
- Our Song (Tara Howley)
- Auld Lang Syne (Tara Howley)
In addition, Lynn re-released Saturn Return with two new tracks.
The third annual Celtic World Forum was held at Fitzpatrick Castle in Killiney. The event included 3 full days of panels, workshops, song circles, and concerts. Numerous Celtic Woman performers participated, including Éabha, Meg, Muirgen, Chloë, Tara McNeill, Tara Howley, Caitriona and Glenn. One of the highlights was a Celtic Woman reunion medley with Gavin Murphy!
Caitríona, Ciara, and Tara Howley all made their Celtic Woman concert debuts on the Christmas Symphony tour.
Chloë started her own Patreon page. She hasn’t used it much so far, but we’ll see what she does with it next year. She also joined Cameo, so you can now order video messages from her.
Brian McGrane and Chloë were very active with online shows on StageIt.
Éabha, Tara McNeill, and Emma all welcomed babies to the world.
PBS has been with Celtic Woman from the very beginning. It brought concert specials into our homes. It promoted the tours. It gave us opportunities to meet the girls. It remains to be seen how badly the funding cuts in 2025 are going to hurt Celtic Woman. What is for certain is that the group will depend on its loyal fans more than ever to spread the word, not just online, but within our communities.
The Celtic Woman Forum got attacked by bots for a while, but our admin Glen worked with the hosting company to successfully protect the Forum.
Looking forward to 2026:
For a while, it looked like we were going to have another spring without Celtic Woman. But when it seemed all hope was lost, Celtic Woman announced a spring tour: A New Era! Thus far, it appears it will be a shorter tour than normal, focused almost entirely in Canada and the eastern United States. But there may be more tour dates coming, either in the US or elsewhere in the world.
Éabha will likely host her 4th annual Celtic World Forum.
Both Meg and Mairéad Carlin are planning to release long-awaited original music in 2026. Muirgen also announced she’s releasing new music in the new year. Lisa Lambe has another album coming in spring 2026 as well, which can be pre-ordered on Patreon.
The debut album of The Brave Collide, ‘Till The Sun Burns Out, officially releases in spring, although it’s already available as a digital download and as a CD pre-order. I already have my copy.
Tara Howley ran into a licensing issue that prevented her Christmas album from releasing this year. Now we have something to already look forward to for Christmas 2026!
Celtic Woman is up to 20 members now, past and present, and there are lots of band and choir members to follow as well. Whatever awaits us in 2026, there will be plenty to enjoy from the performers we love.
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« on: December 11, 2025, 12:13:13 AM »
If you have a chance, watch The Celtic Tenors new PBS special "Live at the Empire." It was airing recently and is on PBS Passport for those with active PBS memberships.
There are some great harmonies!
You'll see a few familiar faces, including:
- John O'Brien on pipes, whistles and guitar. He played whistles for Celtic Woman for a while, including on Destiny. He was also in Riverdance and Celtic Thunder.
- Matt Gilsenan (Deirdre Shannon's brother)
- George Hutton (He's the new member of The Celtic Tenors. You might recall him from Megan's stories a few years ago or from his recent work with the legend Phil Coulter.)
- If you pay close attention during the credits, David Hayes did musical arrangements for the show. He's done plenty of work with Glenn Murphy over the years.
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« on: November 25, 2025, 08:52:23 PM »
Albums:
Singles:
Celtic Woman Albums:
Nollaig: A Christmas Journey (2025)
Celtic Woman Singles:
Contributions to Other Albums:
Celtic Woman DVDs:
Not much to populate here yet, especially since I'm not listing album teaser-singles as singles. But maybe one day we'll see the sections fill up.
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« on: November 14, 2025, 09:07:08 PM »
Albums and EPs
Hello World EP (Glenn & Ronan) (2017)
Horizon (Glenn & Ronan) (2018)
Wintersong (2025)
Singles
Come Home (Glenn & Ronan) (2016)
All of the Stars (Glenn & Ronan) (2016)
To Build a Home (Glenn & Ronan) (2017)
Safe & Sound (Glenn & Ronan) (2017)
Dear Harp of My Country (2021)
Both Sides Now (2020)
Celtic Woman Albums
Homecoming (2018)
Contributions to Other Albums
Invisible Stars: Choral Works of Ireland & Scotland, tracks:
The Skye Boath Song
Peace
Celtic Woman DVDs
Homecoming (2018)
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« on: November 09, 2025, 11:30:02 PM »
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« on: November 08, 2025, 03:37:26 PM »
Caitríona Frost, who did percussion with Celtic Woman for a few years, is releasing her own album on November 9, 2025! Spreag is a debut album of vibrant percussion music steeped in the Irish tradition. You can get it in digital, CD format, or both: https://caitrionafrost.bandcamp.com/album/spreagIf you want one mailed out, you still have a few hours before she goes to the post office! This remains a really tough time for artists, especially musicians, who don't get compensated nearly enough for the amount of time and effort it takes them to be so amazing. As Caitríona herself has pointed out, basic income for musicians in Ireland is a good start, but there's still a long way to go. If supporting her and getting her awesome music wasn't incentive enough already, look carefully at the other artists on the album. You might spot a familiar name or two. 
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« on: November 06, 2025, 11:42:56 PM »
What are your favorite tracks from Nollaig: A Christmas Journey?
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« on: October 06, 2025, 06:44:32 PM »
Lisa was working on some songs back around 2016 and they've finally been released! https://lisalambe.ie/product/2016-album-digital/The album "2016" is a digital only release (no physical CD available). Track list: 1. We are only dust 2. Heartbeat 3. Hazelwood 4. Let’s Get Lost 5. Bog of Stars 6. Hope You’re Happy Now 7. Infinity Line 8. Don’t Hide Your Love 9. Shelter 10. Venus Gate 11. Glide 12. I am a Lover 13. Oh Love 14. Turn the Lights Out
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