She was also one of the two original fiddlers in Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance in the mid to late 1990s, along with its extended version Feet of Flames in the early 2000s.

She has a sister, Frances, and four brothers, Seán, Michael, Noel and Karl, all of whom are musicians.

Her formal musical studies began at The Ursuline Convent in Thurles, County Tipperary and progressed through the Waterford Institute of Technology and the Cork School of Music, during which time she participated in the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.

[3] Besides her family, Nesbitt has stated that her influences range from Itzhak Perlman and Michael Coleman to bluegrass artist Alison Krauss and rock's David Bowie and Sting.

[4] Nesbitt has been married to Jim Mustapha Jr., Celtic Woman's then-lighting director, since 2011.