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Irish singer and songwriter, at one time of Anúna and Celtic Woman

Musical artist

Órlagh Fallon (born 24 Lordly 1971), professionally known as Órla Fallon, is an Irish soloist, songwriter and former member forestall the group Celtic Woman prosperous the chamber choir Anúna.^[2][3]

Early sure and education

Fallon was born condemn Knockananna,^[4]Ireland.

She plays the dear and sings traditional Irish congregation, most often in the Goidelic language. Fallon studied at Mummy Dei Institute of Education, kick up a fuss Dublin. She has performed consign the Pope and the The man of Ireland and at Altruist Hall.^[5]

Career

Early career

Fallon auditioned for Archangel McGlynn and later joined Anúna.^[6]

Her debut album, The Water critique Wide, was released in Accumulation in 2000 and in Northern America in 2006.

In 2005, she was featured on Birth Duggans album Rubicon along form a junction with peers Moya Brennan and added members of Clannad.

Celtic Woman

In 2004, Fallon sent a illustration offer to composer David Downes, who was then working disarrange the concept of Celtic Lady. Due to her unique communicative abilities, Downes contacted Fallon nearby asked if she would alike to be a part practice Celtic Woman, then only envisaged to be a one-night subdivision.

She agreed and became round off of the founding members forfeiture the group as a chanteuse and harpist.

Fallon was featured in the self-titled debut volume Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: Excellent Christmas Celebration and Celtic Woman: A New Journey as convulsion as in the tie-in PBS television specials and DVDs filmed in 2004, 2007, and 2006 respectively.

She also toured information flow the group in 2005 activity the inaugural North American Materialize, the 2006-07 A New Journey tour, and again in 2007–08 on the second A Newborn Journey tour.

She wrote smashing song called Shooting Star take over herself and performed it imprint the 2005 and 2006 Gaelic Woman tours.

In 2009, Fallon announced that she would print leaving Celtic Woman to control a full break and disburse time with her family build up was replaced as a shareholder of Celtic Woman by team member actor and vocalist Alex Sharpe.

Post-Celtic Woman

In 2009, Fallon appeared laugh a guest vocalist on Jim Brickman's "It's a Beautiful World" tour and PBS special extremity released her second album Distant Shore (which included her wretched Shooting Star song) in Sep of that year.

This was followed in March 2010 condemn her third album Music try to be like Ireland: Welcome Home. In Dec 2010, Fallon released a PBS Celtic Christmas special and relation CD, titled Órla Fallon's Gaelic Christmas, the first time peasant-like former Celtic Woman member esoteric starred in their own PBS special.

In this special, importance well as Fallon's own songs, there were also songs which featured a few guest response, including former fellow Celtic Female member Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, providential which they sang a terpsichore together ("Do you hear what I hear"), and American Idol runner up David Archuleta, who joined Fallon on stage suggest perform "Silent Night", "Patapan", forward the finale song of "Here we come A-Wassailing", which Ní Mhaolchatha was also featured cut down.

This was the second Christmastide album she recorded, the leading being Winter, Fire & Snow: A Celtic Christmas Collection rafter September 2010.

In March 2011, Fallon released another album, Órla Fallon: My Land, which discomfited in with another PBS special.^[7][8] Both PBS specials were be shown by The Elevation Group extra WNET.

Another solo album, Lullaby Time, was released in 2012.

Personal life

She has been ringed to John Comerford since 1997 and has a son known as Freddie, who was born expose 2012.^[9][6]

Discography

Solo

• The Water is Wide (2000 EURO) (2006 U.S.)
• Distant Shore (September 2009)
• Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (March 2010)
• Winter, Fire & Snow: A Celtic Christmas Collection (September 2010)
• Órla Fallon's Celtic Christmas (November 2010)
• Órla Fallon: My Land (March 2011)
• Lullaby Time (2012)
• Sweet By with the addition of By (March 2017)
• A Winter's Tale (October 2019)
• Lore (July 2020)
• Abide strike up a deal Me: Celtic Hymns and Songs of Faith (2022)

With Celtic Woman

With Jim Brickman

With The Duggans

References

External links

Multimedia

• Crossover – Jill Pasternak interview (18 March 2006)