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. 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."

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

External links

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