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« on: July 27, 2026, 03:26:00 PM »
Ronan was part of the choir/dancers for a couple of the CW tours.
Would that have gotten him in for free, then? Especially since he's married to a cast member...
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« on: July 25, 2026, 10:57:08 PM »
Fuuuun! Will need to rematch. Don't know if anyone has noticed, but Caitriona Sherlock is in the audience clapping at the end of Maeve's Lay Your Head Down!!!!
My first reaction to this thread was very similar.
- Paul Byrom from CT in the audience at the 20th.
- If I remember correctly, Meav, Ronan, Glenn Murphy in the audience of Ancient Land.
What's also fun is spotting people I've met from this forum in the audience. 
I wonder if Méav got a free spot for being the vocal director. I’m also curious if Ronan (or any other family members of the CW cast) got any discounts.
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« on: July 22, 2026, 11:41:00 AM »
I guess CW could do a live special without PBS, but given how much PBS has been a part of CW since the beginning, they may not want to.
I think it could be possible to release a special on YouTube or something...a lot of people have been able to achieve massive successes through that platform. The original version of Teir Abhaile Riu (on computer so no fadas) went semi-viral around 2023 (which is actually how I discovered them), and although it's been some time since then (practically a century in the eyes of the internet), the "Celtic" aesthetic is still something CW could capitalise off of, and something more online-focused might help to garner a younger audience. And I don't necessarily think that a shift to a special on YouTube would be too alienating to the older portion of their fanbase (because it does seem like a lot of their fans are on the older side), because YouTube is a well-known platform. I could be wrong on that front, however, as I'm on the younger side of Gen Z, so someone else on here might have to let me know if many of the 50+ crowd are online very often. Alright, now I'm wondering if I should go into marketing....
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« on: July 19, 2026, 07:19:56 PM »
I try to be as optimistic as possible when it comes to these matters, so I'm holding on to the hope that they are working on something. This could also explain why some members seem to be more vague about the upcoming tour (i.e., them apparently not reposting the Symphony Tour announcement). I doubt we'd get a DVD, though, given the lack of PBS funding and I'm not sure if CW could gather up the funds themselves to produce a special on their own. There are potential alternate ways we could get a live show, but I'm not sure if that would be up to the same quality past specials have been and any ones utilising the internet would probably be out of the picture, as from what I know, most of CW management is on the older side. Maybe, if PBS gets public funding again or changes their business model (hoping for the former rather than the latter, as free sources of reliable information are getting rarer and rarer), we could get a DVD in a few years, similar to the Home For Christmas DVD.
One potential way we could get a DVD is through crowdfunding, however. I know I'd certainly be willing to pinch in some for a CW special, but money is tight for most people, so that still may not yield fruitful results.
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« on: July 09, 2026, 09:19:45 PM »
I wouldn’t be surprised. Hopefully we can see funding restored with new administrations, but for now, we won’t get much. The economy’s also pretty terrible, so people can’t afford tickets like they used to.
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« on: July 01, 2026, 03:02:25 PM »
Ciara has a CD titled Sliabh Na mBan. She uses her "English" name Ciara Murphy.
Aside:
I found it on ebay right now. I would love to get it but the shipping to US is $35. And the customs & import & processing fees are more (IDK at least $20 more). For example, DHL will hold your package hostage until you pay all the import fees.
Maybe it would be available at some BIIRD shows? I know CW did something similar at some of theirs, but I don't know if that's common practise. Also, if anyone's wondering, Sliabh na mBan is a traditional tune meaning 'Mountain of the women". I'm listening to Mary O'Hara's rendition right now!
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« on: June 22, 2026, 08:41:45 PM »
Oh, yeah, it’s absolutely abhorrent what’s going on there and that an attack on an innocent man is now being used as fuel to stoke racist hatred and violence towards completely innocent people. Thanks for spreading awareness about this.
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« on: June 20, 2026, 11:34:15 AM »
It looks like there are only 8 members of BIIRD now, according to this article. (It was 11 before.)
https://www.rrampt.com/event/biird-canada-and-usa-tour
That’s kind of sad. Maybe they just forgot to mention the others??
Who exactly did we lose and what instruments did they play? I hope the Shruti box player is still around. Do any BIIRD connoisseurs know?
2. Claire Loughran, who plays fiddle and harp (which it seems as though every member of BIIRD plays, even if not with the group?). Here’s BIIRD’s post introducing her: https://www.instagram.com/p/C51JZm2siJx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
It seems Claire Loughran is very much still a member of BIIRD. Here’s their latest post with her delivering an inspiring message to their gig’s audience https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZspEkio5AM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link. Also, I counted 9 members their post right before that, and Aisling Sage was another one of them. However, Aoife, the cellist, Hannah, the drummer (and also the only non-Irish member), and Laura Jo, who I think played fiddle, were absent, so those three are at least temporarily gone.
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« on: June 19, 2026, 03:22:54 PM »
Love this!!! I am having a bit of trouble with Chloe as Snow White. 😊Maybe Mairead Carlin as Snow White and Chloe as Rapunzel? Just an idea. Looking forward to the continuation!!
Yeah, Chloe had pretty long hair in her CW days, so she's definitely more of a Rapunzel figure to me as well. Ciara could also be a contender as she also has hair past her waist, and Rapunzel does go brunette at the end of the movie. Mairead C could work as Snow White with the short black bob. I think Lisa K and Eabha could also be contenders for Belle with Lisa K's A Christmas Celebration dress and Eabha's Voices of Angels one.
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« on: June 18, 2026, 03:45:29 PM »
We might have to wait to see more of her fiddling style. But my first inclination is that Kate might be a sorceress. Maybe Ciara was a court jester (which I realise might sound derogatory if one only knows the popular misconceptions about jesters, but jesters were actually quite powerful! They were some of the only people allowed to criticise the monarchs, and were also the ones entrusted to bear bad news to them!).
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« on: June 09, 2026, 02:25:22 PM »
Have any of the ladies re-posted the announcement for the Christmas tour? I don't think so - right?
Do they usually wait til closer to Christmas? I think it's a little odd. But maybe it's normal. With all the lineup changes lately, I start wondering if another change is coming & they need to figure that out.
If we have another lineup change this soon, I'm going to end up in a padded room. I really hope this Mairead (on computer), Muirgen, Caitriona, and Kate lineup stays for at least a year and a half. I do think at least some of them liked the announcement...? I think most of Muirgen's social media has been centred on her EP and Kate's back in Dubai...I don't know about Caitriona and Mairead, though.
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« on: June 04, 2026, 08:49:52 PM »
Is it possible that the dress never ended up being performed in?
However, I think the dress looks quite similar to the attached one Mairéad’s wearing, although that’s much more of a bluish-purple colour. Maybe the mesh sleeves on the one in the video were removed?
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« on: June 02, 2026, 07:10:37 PM »
I'm a bit disappointed with the dates so far...I wish they could do more of Western US. I guess there is Colorado.
Unfortunately, I highly doubt I could make it to Alaska, which is a shame as it is one of my favourite states geographically (can't say much otherwise, as I don't know much about its political status or whatever), but there's no way anyone in my family would be willing to go to Alaska for Christmastime.
I could make Georgia or Mississippi work, though. Last summer, my family stayed at a friend's beach house in Pensacola, so we could stay near there again. Mississippi's on the way, and Georgia's not too far (I fear I am fulfilling that stereotype of Americans being willing to drive 8 hours everywhere) from it. And although neither of my siblings would be too pleased about going to a CW concert, they might be bribed with a beach vacation (and I could see my sister enjoying CW). Arkansas is an option, too, but (no offence to any Arkansasians) is there really anything to do there?
I think CW Christmas tours have traditionally had about 16 dates, so we should hopefully get at least 4 more soon.
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« on: June 01, 2026, 06:49:37 PM »
Nice article! Thanks for sharing. However, I think Kate most definitely is 30 based off this Instagram post where she’s very clearly celebrating her 30th birthday ( https://www.instagram.com/p/DQl_QRngpTR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link). I think the confusion comes from her website, which doesn’t seem to have been updated for a while (at least not the biography part), especially since there’s no mention of Celtic Woman on there at all. But on the biography section of her website, it does say that she’s 27. I guess we’ll have to find out for sure in November if she celebrates 28 or 31.
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