The album was the idea of a broker, John Kearns, working for Hibernian Insurance.

[7] Several labels turned Kearns down before Lunar records agreed to produce the album.

[1] The album was produced by Bill Somerville-Large and overseen by musical director John Tate.

[6] Tenor Frank Patterson, soprano Regina Nathan, the Monks of Glenstal Abbey, youth choir RTÉ Cór na nÓg, and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir made contributions to the album.

[3] The success of the record led the album's promoters to arrange concert performances in the Dublin's Point Depot and New York City's Carnegie Hall.