An Irish Christmas

An Irish Christmas
Studio album by Moya Brennan
Released	2005
Recorded	2005
Genre	Christmas music, Christian, Irish traditional
Length	49:22
Label	Fierce, Beo, Sparrow
Producer	Fionán De Barra, Moya Brennan
Moya Brennan chronology
Óró - A Live Session (2005) An Irish Christmas (2005) Signature (2006)
Alternative cover
Singles from An Irish Christmas
"Carol of the Bells" Released: 2005

An Irish Christmas is a music album by Irish musician Moya Brennan.^[1] According to Moya, the idea for the album first came to her some time ago: "I've been involved in number of other people's Christmas projects in recent years," explains Moya, "but I wanted to capture a truly Celtic Christmas feeling." "It's always important to bring the meaning of Christmas to the fore. It is the essence of what I believe in and the album offers both celebration and reflection on that familiar theme."^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

1. "Carol of the Bells"
2. "The Wexford Carol"
3. "Deck the Halls"
4. "Do You Hear (What I Hear)" / "Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil"
5. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
6. "Gabriel's Message
7. "Joy to the World
8. "I Still Believe" †
9. "In the Bleak Midwinter"
10. "Love Came Down at Christmas" †
11. "In Dulci Jubilo"
12. "Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)"

† Replaced on U.S. release with "What Child Is This?" and "Angels We Have Heard on High" respectively.

In 2013, An Irish Christmas was re-issued and re-packaged with two new tracks: "Dia Do Bheatha", "We Three Kings", a reworking of "Codail A Leanbh" and "What Child Is This" which previously appeared only on the US edition of the album.

Promotional singles

1. "Carol of the Bells"

Personnel

Band

• Moya Brennan – vocals, harp, keyboards
• Paul Byrne – drums, bodhran, timpani, tubular bells, percussion
• Fionan De Barra – guitars, bouzouki, keyboards, vocals
• Cormac De Barra – harp, vocals
• Éamonn Galldubh – Uilleann pipes, whistles, flute
• Yoshinobi Izumi – electric bass
• Sam Jackson – piano, keyboards
• Sinéad Madden – fiddle, vocals
• Frances Mitchell – keyboards

Additional musicians

• Máire Breatnach – viola, fiddle
• Anthony Drennan – electric and acoustic guitars, dobro
• Úna Ní Chanainn – cello
• Tim Jarvis – keyboards
• Aisling and Paul Jarvis – vocals on "Oíche Chiúin"

Release details

• Ireland and UK: 18 November 2005

References

External links

• Joy to the World video
• An Irish Christmas at Discogs