Favourite Solos From Each Member?

So now, each member to have appeared on an album has had at least two solos (I thought Alex only had one but apparently she had more on the DVD, so I’ll trust the more experienced on this one and count her  )

So what are your favourite solos by each of them? Here’s mine:

Órla: Isle Of Innisfree 

Méav: Danny Boy, although I think Sí Do Mhaimeó Í shows off her voice best, Danny Boy never fails to make me cry. Méav is absolutely perfect, and her haunting, soulful voice makes this rendition perfect.

Lisa K: The Voice

Chloë: Galway Bay

Máiréad N: The Lost Rose Fantasia

Hayley: Lascia Ch’io Pianga

Lynn: My Lagan Love

Alex: The Voice (Live 2008)

Lisa L: Black Is The Colour

Susan: Caledonia (2013 Version) or The Voice (2013 Version ) (I don’t want to put the same track over and over but I love this song so much 😭) also My Land because that’s basically a solo for her with Éabha and Mairéad’s backing vocals towards the end

Mairéad C: County Down (her most underrated solo)

Éabha: Moorlough Shore

Tara: For The Love Of A Princess (I also love Ancient Land…I know that Mairéad C, Megan, and Éabha are also on there but I really view it as more of a Tara song with a small choral part)

Megan: The Lakes Of Pontchartrain

Muirgen: A Stór Mo Chroí

Emma: Spancil Hill

Caitríona: Don Oíche Úd I mBeithil (live)

Ciara: The Bells Of Dublin/Christmas Eve/Navan In The Snow

These change from time to time, but here are my current favourite solos from the Celtic Woman albums:

Alex: You'll Be In My Heart (Songs from the Heart)

Chloë: Nella Fantasia (Celtic Woman)

Éabha: Garden of Eden (Ancient Land)  ... she has other fantastic songs that show off her voice, like How Can I Keep from Singing, but she wrote Garden of Eden herself and it's super-fun to listen to, so it's my pick.

Emma: Rainbow (20th Anniversary)

Hayley: Scarborough Fair (A New Journey)

Lisa Kelly: Follow On (Believe)

Lisa Lambe: Bridge Over Troubled Water (Emerald)

Lynn: Carolina Rua (Songs from the Heart)

Mairéad Carlin: County Down (Ancient Land)

Máiréad Nesbitt: Granuaile's Dance (A New Journey)

Méav: Silent Night (Home for Christmas)  ... the Christmas Celebration version is great too, but that last note on the Home for Christmas version is divine)

Megan: Faith's Song (Ancient Land)

Muirgen: A Stór Mo Chroí (20th Anniversary)

Orla: Isle Of Innisfree (Celtic Woman)

Susan: It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Home for Christmas DVD / O Christmas Tree EP)

Tara: Tara's Tunes (Ancient Land). Tough one between that and For the Love of a Princess.

Fun thread! I like to see what other people's favs are too. I love the songs listed so far!

That's a hard question for me. I'll do half right now. The other ones take more thought. Hmm...

Éabha: Ard Uí Chuain / Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh (sung together)

Emma: Rainbow

Hayley: Lascia ch'io pianga

Lisa Lambe: Auld Lang Syne

Lynn: Carolina Rua

Mairéad Carlin: Ae Fond Kiss

Orla: Isle of Innisfree

Tara: For The Love of a Princess; (close 2nd) Love & Honor

Fun thread! I like to see what other people's favs are too. I love the songs listed so far!

That's a hard question for me. I'll do half right now. The other ones take more thought. Hmm...

Éabha: Ard Uí Chuain / Sadhbh Ní Bhruinneallaigh (sung together)

Emma: Rainbow

Hayley: Lascia ch'io pianga

Lisa Lambe: Auld Lang Syne

Lynn: Carolina Rua

Mairéad Carlin: Ae Fond Kiss

Orla: Isle of Innisfree

Tara: For The Love of a Princess; (close 2nd) Love & Honor

I felt like doing the rest of my favs. That was fun.

Alex: You'll Be In My Heart

Chloë: When You Believe

Lisa Kelly: The Voice

Máiréad Nesbitt: Skyrim (Dragonborn)
> Yes, I know this is not one of her classics. But I really like this song!

Méav: Oró Sé Do Bheatha 'Bhaile

Megan: can't decide between: The Lakes Of Pontchartrain & Faith's Song

Muirgen: A Stór Mo Chroí

Susan: She Moved Through The Fair
> This is a fav of mine now because of the total performance, e.g. the dancing, the pipes, etc.

Ooh fun! 

Méav: Dúlaman

Órla: Carrickfergus

Chloë: When You Believe

Lisa K: Fields Of Gold

Máiréad N: The Butterfly

Hayley: Lascia Ch’io Pianga

Lynn: Carolina Rua

Alex: You’ll Be In My Heart

Lisa L: Black Is The Colour

Susan: The Whole Of The Moon

Mairéad C: Ae Fond Kiss

Éabha: Moorlough Shore

Tara: The Calm Of The Day/The Banshee

Megan: The Lakes Of Pontchartrain

Muirgen: Dia Do Bheatha (live in 2023) or A Stór Mo Chroí

Emma: Rainbow

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Nice list of favs. Most interesting is Dia Do Bheatha from Muirgen. I don't remember it unfortunately. Is it posted online somewhere?

Also, introduce yourself in the New Members sub-forum if you like. Welcome!

@AeFondAshley

Nice list of favs. Most interesting is Dia Do Bheatha from Muirgen. I don't remember it unfortunately. Is it posted online somewhere?

Also, introduce yourself in the New Members sub-forum if you like. Welcome!

Unfortunately I don’t think there’s been a recording of it uploaded. I took a full video of it on the tour but haven’t figured out a way to post it onto YouTube or anything. I really hope they cover that version again at some point on an album!

So now, each member to have appeared on an album has had at least two solos (I thought Alex only had one but apparently she had more on the DVD, so I’ll trust the more experienced on this one and count her  )

So what are your favourite solos by each of them? Here’s mine:

Alex’s second solo on a CD/DVD is True Colours
Originally I’d assume My Heart Was Home Again would been her solo if she had stayed on for Believe.

If we are choosing by songs from an album or DVD or release then great, I would make another list from including tour performances for example Lynn’s version of The Voice and Danny Boy is out of this world!   

Méav: Dúlaman, or Lay Your Head Down

Órla:  Isle of Innisfree or Siuil a Run

Chloë: Nella Fantasia, or Someday

Lisa K: Send Me a Song, or Caledonia

Máiréad N: "The Lost Rose Fantasia” or Skyrim

Deirdre: Si Do Mhaimeo I, She Moved Through the Fair -Solo Album

Hayley: Lascia Ch’io Pianga

Lynn: Scarborough Fair , or My Lagan Love

Alex: You’ll Be In My Heart

Lisa L: Black Is The Colour, or A Spaceman Came Traveling

Susan: Sometimes a Prayer Will Do, As She Moved Thru the Fair

Mairéad C: A Time For Us, Cinema Paradiso

Éabha: Moorlough Shore, or Isle Of Hope, Isle of Tears

Tara: For the Love of a Princess, or Across the World

Megan: The Lakes Of Pontchartrain, Bonny Portmore I chose for her voice ability

Muirgen: The Dawning of the Day Solo , A Stór Mo Chroí

Emma: Rainbow

Máiréad N: The Lost Rose Fantasia

Tara: For The Love Of A Princess …

Hands Down!!!! Those two songs are tearfully the most beautiful thing I've ever heard from both!

Máiréad N: The Lost Rose Fantasia

Tara: For The Love Of A Princess …

Hands Down!!!! Those two songs are tearfully the most beautiful thing I've ever heard from both!

Indeed…

Sometimes it’s wonderful to just sit down and listen to a slow piece and let the music move you…there’s a special sort of magic in it…and a violin can move you in ways no other instrument could…I also love Máiréad N’s Mná Na hÉireann and Shenandoah/The Contradiction for this reason…

There are other Celtic Woman songs that have that magic as well, like Harry’s Game or The New Ground/Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears…arguably, all Órla solos have that effect…there’s something so beautiful about her quiet grace, very angelic and haunting…