Nollaig: A Christmas Journey (album)

Christmas comes early! Celtic Woman is excited to announce our brand new Christmas album ‘Nollaig: A Christmas Journey,’ out on November 7, 2025. Pre Save and pre-order now.

Digital pre-order:
https://celticwoman.lnk.to/nollaig

CD pre-order:
https://www.celticcollections.com/collections/celtic-woman/products/celtic-woman-nollaig-a-christmas-journey-cd

A festive 13 track Christmas album featuring special guests, Sibéal, and multi instrumentalist Tara Howley.

Vocalist Sibéal and instrumentalist Tara Howley join Muirgen, Mairead, Tara, Ciara, and Caitríona on various tracks!

Description (from the CD pre-order page):

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Experience the magical sound of Celtic Woman this holiday season.

In the stillness of winter, as the world quiets, familiar melodies drift like snowflakes; gentle, timeless, and full of wonder.

Celtic Woman’s album is a reflection of that magic. Encompassing tradition and newness, and capturing the spirit of Christmas in its most delicate form, each song is a window into a winter’s evening; some familiar, some reimagined, all wrapped in a feeling of joy.

Celtic Woman’s brand-new album Nollaig - A Christmas Journey features some of your favourite Yuletide classics: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Little Drummer Boy, Silver Bells, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas & more, along with brand-new composition Nollaig na mBan and some Irish songs & tunes with a Christmas twist.

The word Nollaig is the Irish word for ‘Christmas’. It is also the name for the month of December, and a given name for many people born within the month of December. For Celtic Woman, it epitomises the spirit of the entire Christmas season.

Newest members Caitríona Sherlock and Ciara Ní Mhurcú make their Celtic Woman debut on Nollaig - A Christmas Journey. Sean-Nós singer Caitríona and fiddle player Ciara join sopranos Mairéad Carlin & Muirgen O’Mahony, along with fiddle player Tara McNeill, on this 13 track studio album produced & arranged by Golden Globe-nominated composer Brian Byrne.

Drawing from our rich heritage of Irish female musical talent, Nollaig - A Christmas Journey also features a guest appearance by Sean-Nós singer Sibéal on 3 songs, and award-winning multi-instrumentalist Tara Howley joins the Celtic Woman band playing Uilleann Pipes & Whistles.

Celebrate the holiday season with Grammy-nominated multi-platinum Irish singing sensation Celtic Woman.

1. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (2:29)

2. Nollaig na mBan (4:45) (featuring Sibéal)

3. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (3:00)

4. River (4:59)

5. Codail a Linbh (3:21) (featuring Sibéal)

6. Silent Night (4:16)

7. Wexford Carol (4:06)

8. Little Drummer Boy (3:05)

9. Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil (2:24) (featuring Sibéal)

10. Silver Bells (3:45)

11. In the Bleak Midwinter / Goin’ Home (4:34)

12. The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve / Navan in the Snow (3:38) (featuring Tara Howley)

13. Auld Lang Syne (4:50)


Note: I got the the featured performers on individual tracks from the track metadata on Spotify.

So excited! I got to see Howley playing when she was on tour with Riverdance, so this is sure to be an album to deliver!

Good to Know! Thanks Tom as always!

The moment I saw Tara on it made me thought did they do this with only the newest singer at first!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm guessing Nollaig na mBan is an original?

I know Codail A Linbh is a lullaby.

Wow! They are really good at keeping secrets. Interesting how Tara and Ciara are both on the album.

I tried to preorder a CD off celtic collection site Man I reall hope someone messed up it is charging $60.00 to ship in to the states making it the most expensive CD I would ever buy but I will wait and see. Anyone else have this problem

Wow. That's pretty crazy.

There were 2 shipping options for me. I think the cheaper one was $17 to Canada.

When I ordered the Gothard Sisters CD it was $33 for the CD, $32 for shipping. 🤣

I don't want to use the "t-word" but I wonder if import fees have something to do with the shipping cost. Duties and such might be built into it.

  Haha! The "t-word"! 

It's on Amazon for pre-order. FYI

here is the link to Amazon it's $23.97 with shipping

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FS7W3QGX

I have to say I would normally buy from CW but in this case $60.00 to ship is just out of line so everyone use the amazon link and Save $58.03

Wow! They are really good at keeping secrets. Interesting how Tara and Ciara are both on the album.

They must've recorded most if not all of it in July since Mairead was in the Faroe Islands in the second half of June making her solo album and Tara's baby was born in August (wonder if both Tara & Ciara are on some tracks).
It seems like a trend for christmas albums to be secrets (especially with no special going with it -- I remember The Magic of Christmas being a surprise as they never announced recording of that one. They just posted about "learning some music" and that was all).

I also recognize The Bells of Dublin / Christmas Eve as being from The Cheiftans Christmas album. Navan in the Snow must also be an original