ArtistInfo

Celtic Woman

Band, *2004 IE
Folk and World

Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish musical ensemble conceived and created by David Kavanagh, Sharon Browne and David Downes, a former musical director of the Irish stage show Riverdance. In 2004, he recruited five Irish female musicians who had not previously performed together: vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly and Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, and shaped them into the first line-up of the group that he named "Celtic Woman." Downes chose a repertoire that ranged from traditional Celtic tunes to modern songs.

Members

	Lynn Hilary voc *1982 IE
	Alex Sharpe
	Hayley Westenra voc *1987 NZ
	Órla Fallon voc, hrp *1974 IE
	Méav Ní Mhaolchatha voc IE
	Chloë Agnew voc *1989 IE
	Máiréad Nesbitt vn IE
	Tara McNeill hrp
	Éabha McMahon voc IE
	Susan McFadden voc *1983 IE
	Máiréad Carlin voc IE