The group first featured on a musical special of the same name on American television broadcaster PBS, which filmed the group's concert at the Helix Theatre in Dublin, Ireland in September 2004 and broadcast it in March 2005 in the United States.

[1][2] This success led the group's composer and musical director, David Downes, to adopt the title of "Celtic Woman" as their permanent name.

Although originally intended as a one-time-only event, the group's music was so warmly received by the public that they immediately followed up with their first concert tour in the United States and Japan.

[3] The album and special feature vocalists Chloë Agnew, Órla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, and fiddler Máiréad Nesbitt, all of whom had never previously performed together prior to the group's formation.

[4] Celtic Woman Musicians The Irish Film Orchestra Aontas Choral Ensemble