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« on: October 24, 2026, 09:37:05 PM »
Another single was released yesterday, a cover of Enya’s Caribbean Blue, which most of ye have probably heard even if you didn’t realise it.
I personally liked it! It’s a bit more synth-heavy compared to the other Enya songs CW has covered, which is a bit of a challenge for an act that doesn’t use any electronic instruments—not even electric guitars! CW made up for the synths with heavy orchestral backing, acoustic guitar, and some wonderful fiddle work from Kate.
I can’t tell if Mairéad’s on this or Eiméar. It sounds different from Jolene, so it may be Eiméar…the only solo line is from Caitríona in the beginning, the rest is all three together. But I think it works in a sense to make up for the heavy vocal layering Enya uses. CW’s original cover of Orinoco Flow was very similar. And Kate’s fiddle is lovely.
It’s Eiméar on the song! She confirmed it in the video they posted and on her instagram story! 😁
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« on: September 23, 2026, 09:28:26 PM »
I have to say that it was definitely one of the first things that i noticed, Eiméar’s looks identical to Susan’s, but when i looked at this other photo it looks like its floor length, when Susan’s was higher in the front and long in the back. I wonder if it could be photoshopped in the picture to be floor length since I’m like 100% sure that it is Susan’s? ☺️ But I guess we’ll see if these end up being the final dresses for the tour since they sometimes change them, however I’m in love with all of them! I was truly hoping they would do green again this year!!
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« on: September 09, 2026, 05:14:33 PM »
I’m so excited for this new album! I hope they put Jolene on it. Also I believe Eiméar has already left her theater show so I wonder what’s going on from now until September 20-ish when Caitriona flies out to the US.
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« on: September 05, 2026, 02:27:44 PM »
Méav has made a few posts recently about her upcoming album, Sweet Sorrow, which will be released come autumn. Here’s a teaser for one of the album’s songs, “Near”: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbVfKMGpKqr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link.
Thanks for the info on the timeframe of the release.
Did she say on any of her posts if there will be a physical CD?
She posted on her instagram story that if you were subscribed to her newsletter you’d get a discount code for the cd so I’m pretty sure there will be! 🥳
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« on: August 29, 2026, 08:49:25 PM »
That doesn't sound right. Maybe they are confused by seeing Tara in the latest videos & shorts?
I'd love to see Tara back, but that doesn't sound fair to Kate. Stating the obvious.
Yeah, Kate’s barely been here 😭 the only reason I could see her rejoining (unless management just completely disregarded Kate, but that’s thankfully unlikely) is as a temporary replacement for Mairéad C, since Tara also sings. But that’s still incredibly unlikely. Your theory does seem likely, as they’ve been posting a lot with Tara lately.
Kind of odd and unrelated but I did have a dream a few days ago that Tara came back because they were recording an album and they needed someone to replace Mairéad so Tara ended up doing vocals for an album? And then on the tour they had her as a violinist, so her and Kate were both violinists and they had three vocalists. It was weird but I’ve also had a lot of psychic dreams so who knows? 😂🤷♀️ highly doubt it though 😁
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« on: August 16, 2026, 03:28:52 AM »
Oh my god. I suppose congratulations must be in order.
How far along would she be by Christmas? There’s a slim chance that she might still be able to go. Susan toured up till she was around six months pregnant, right?
I hope she’ll still stay with CW…but we’ve lost Emma and Tara for the same reason as well. I do wonder if maybe it’s to do with CW management not being able to provide accommodations for an infant on tour. But Mairéad just announced a new single early next year, so she’ll still maintain her solo career. Obviously, what’s most important is her happiness and health, but I am afraid this could mean another lineup change for CW.
I mean i highly doubt she’ll be on this next tour, she took all references to cw out of her bios about four months ago. I take it that is when she officially left, but I’m just glad we got to have her back for about three more years after she had originally left before postcards.
I noticed this as well. I also think that's why none of the ladies posted about the Christmas tour yet. It would look odd if only 3 of the 4 re-posted the Christmas tour promos. I am guessing they are waiting to see if she will be on the Christmas tour (wishful thinking) or who her replacement will be. Please let it be a former CW, like Emma.
I am also glad she came back after her first break from CW. I am super thankful I got to meet her in person.
I’m really hoping we get Chloë back at least for a tour, kind of doubtful about if she would, but I just think that her voice would be amazing paired with Caitriona’s and Muirgen’s. I feel like it would sound a bit more like Postcards which of course is darling. 🥰 But a new member would also be lovely! Hopefully they announce it sooner than last year with announcing Caitriona and Ciara, I do prefer more timely updates, especially since I think that for a lot of people, deciding whether or not to go to the tours depends on who the members are, more so now that you might have to make a full trip out to see them.
If it's just for a temp 3-4 weeks for the Symphony tour, I'd love to see Susan.
I kind of like what you said earlier about Emma potentially rejoining…Méav was kind of the go-to replacement person for transitional periods for a while, and then it was Susan, so it would be interesting if Emma would be a sort of third-generation successor to that role. But it probably is more likely that Susan would take over if this was temporary. I would rather there be an old member returning than there be a new one, especially if it’s a temporary replacement. But it could also be nice to see some new talent, so I’m not opposed to someone new, change just frightens me.
I feel like them bringing back older members, even for temporary times, is also great for marketing since more people and casual fans would know them. Like back in 2024 with Lisa Lambe, they sold out at least one or a few of the shows. 😁
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« on: August 13, 2026, 05:02:38 PM »
Oh my god. I suppose congratulations must be in order.
How far along would she be by Christmas? There’s a slim chance that she might still be able to go. Susan toured up till she was around six months pregnant, right?
I hope she’ll still stay with CW…but we’ve lost Emma and Tara for the same reason as well. I do wonder if maybe it’s to do with CW management not being able to provide accommodations for an infant on tour. But Mairéad just announced a new single early next year, so she’ll still maintain her solo career. Obviously, what’s most important is her happiness and health, but I am afraid this could mean another lineup change for CW.
I mean i highly doubt she’ll be on this next tour, she took all references to cw out of her bios about four months ago. I take it that is when she officially left, but I’m just glad we got to have her back for about three more years after she had originally left before postcards.
I noticed this as well. I also think that's why none of the ladies posted about the Christmas tour yet. It would look odd if only 3 of the 4 re-posted the Christmas tour promos. I am guessing they are waiting to see if she will be on the Christmas tour (wishful thinking) or who her replacement will be. Please let it be a former CW, like Emma.
I am also glad she came back after her first break from CW. I am super thankful I got to meet her in person.
I’m really hoping we get Chloë back at least for a tour, kind of doubtful about if she would, but I just think that her voice would be amazing paired with Caitriona’s and Muirgen’s. I feel like it would sound a bit more like Postcards which of course is darling. 🥰 But a new member would also be lovely! Hopefully they announce it sooner than last year with announcing Caitriona and Ciara, I do prefer more timely updates, especially since I think that for a lot of people, deciding whether or not to go to the tours depends on who the members are, more so now that you might have to make a full trip out to see them.
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« on: August 13, 2026, 03:27:00 PM »
Oh my god. I suppose congratulations must be in order.
How far along would she be by Christmas? There’s a slim chance that she might still be able to go. Susan toured up till she was around six months pregnant, right?
I hope she’ll still stay with CW…but we’ve lost Emma and Tara for the same reason as well. I do wonder if maybe it’s to do with CW management not being able to provide accommodations for an infant on tour. But Mairéad just announced a new single early next year, so she’ll still maintain her solo career. Obviously, what’s most important is her happiness and health, but I am afraid this could mean another lineup change for CW.
I mean i highly doubt she’ll be on this next tour, she took all references to cw out of her bios about four months ago. I take it that is when she officially left, but I’m just glad we got to have her back for about three more years after she had originally left before postcards.
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« on: July 30, 2026, 03:47:52 AM »
Aww what a Beautiful hidden Mickey..haha
In case you do want to catch it find the full concert video on youtube because just the clip of Over Rainbow ends right before it. 
The version of the video they reposted on YouTube last year actually has it at the end! And here’s a link to Susan’s instagram post from when she was in the audience for the filming of Ancient Land https://www.instagram.com/p/BnyieKgHg8G/?igsh=aGRlOHA2cjJ3eDY0 🩷
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« on: July 19, 2026, 07:45:30 PM »
Hey all! I was just wondering if anyone happened to have a link or some kind of a recording of Megan’s song “Maybe” it seems like it’s no longer on streaming and it hasn’t been since last year, I was just reminiscing about it and wondered if anyone had a way to listen to it? Much love 🫶
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« on: May 19, 2026, 03:31:49 PM »
I looked through my cd of Nollaig from last year and the credits are also a bit confusing. Some of the songs list either Ciara or Tara, but some have no violinist listed at all. It’s also perplexing how Tara Howley is only credited on one song (The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve/Navan in the Snow), making it seem like she’s a special guest on the album (which she was), yet on the other side of the pamphlet it has a list of the members of cw (Mairéad, Muirġen, Caitrionas, Tara M, and Ciara) then it has the “special guest” listed as just Sibeal, and Tara Howley is credited as part of the band!
I always thought that The Bells Of Dublin/Christmas Eve/Navan In The Snow was meant to highlight Tara H rather than be the only song she's featured in, but that definitely is still weird that she only gets that one mention.
I think there are definitely some tracks that don't have a violinist. River is the one I know for certain, I remember that as being the only solo that didn't have Ciara backing at the show I went to. And I think they might have wanted to only credit the vocalists for the solos so they seemed more even. I think it's confirmed that Tara accompanied Muirgen for The Wexford Carol, but I'm uncertain about Don Oiche Ud i mBeithil (on computer). All I can say for certain is that Ciara accompanied Caitriona for the live version. I also wouldn't be surprised if Silver Bells was just the vocalists, but I can't remember how it was live and I'm too lazy to grab my CD from my room (in all fairness, I am supposed to be working  ).
Also, I just now realised that there's an alternate universe where Tara Howley joins CW as a permanent member and we're left with another Lisa/Mairead situation on our hands. Tara McNeill also returns to CW in this universe for maximum confusion.
I went to the same concert, (Grand Prairie, right?) and I got loads of pictures and videos but they’re too hard to look through and see which ones have who playing since the security was real strict about filming and stuff.
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« on: May 18, 2026, 09:14:41 PM »
I looked through my cd of Nollaig from last year and the credits are also a bit confusing. Some of the songs list either Ciara or Tara, but some have no violinist listed at all. It’s also perplexing how Tara Howley is only credited on one song (The Bells of Dublin/Christmas Eve/Navan in the Snow), making it seem like she’s a special guest on the album (which she was), yet on the other side of the pamphlet it has a list of the members of cw (Mairéad, Muirġen, Caitrionas, Tara M, and Ciara) then it has the “special guest” listed as just Sibeal, and Tara Howley is credited as part of the band!
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« on: May 08, 2026, 03:10:06 PM »
It might be possible she’s planning it now, She posted these on her instagram: could just be a lovely day out though 🥰
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« on: May 03, 2026, 08:00:25 PM »
Thanks AeFondAshley! Nice find! That's a good sign!
Did you find it on social media or on a concert/ venue website?
I saw it on the Colorado Symphony page. Someone had posted it on here a while ago, and I had kept that tab open, I reopened it this morning and saw that they had changed the image from one with Emma and Tara to this one! They had also changed it from just saying “Celtic Woman Christmas tour” or “Celtic Woman Symphony tour” to now saying the Silver bells tour!
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