Welcome to the new release of

Deirdre's website 2008

~*~ A time for reflection ~*~

This past year has been marked by a wealth of activity for Deirdre.  Having completed her tour with The Celtic Tenors, Deirdre has opted to embark on new endeavors.

The release of her debut album Deirdre Shannon which featured the songs The Prayer and She Moved Through The Fair, earned her not  only one award for 'Album of the Year', but two more awards for 'Track of the Year' from two American based radio stations Celtic Radio and Highlander Radio and the Scottish based radio program No Celtic Boundaries.

Deirdre joined forces with Debra Stuart (Scottish Mezzo Soprano) and Gina Hanley (Irish Soprano) to form The Celtic Divas.  They made a new album One More Day with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the musical direction of David Munro and successfully toured with The Canadian Tenors this past year.  More recently, Deirdre combined her talents with Derek Moloney and Cora Smyth in Frank McNamara's new show If You're Irish, which also successfully toured the US.

Currently, Deirdre has returned to the stage portraying Erin the Goddess in Lord of the Dance, and is due to tour Europe later this year with the Irish show Ragus. Deirdre is also planning a new album, details of which will feature on this website soon!