Background
Fallon was born in Knockananna, Ireland.
Fallon was born in Knockananna, Ireland.
Fallon studied at Mater Dei Institute of Education, in Dublin.
She plays the harp and sings traditional Irish music, most often in the Irish language. She has performed for the Pope, the President of Ireland and at Carnegie Hall. Early career
Her debut album, The Water is Wide, was released in Europe in 2000 and in North America in 2006.
Celtic Woman
In 2004, Fallon sent a demo offer to composer David Downes, who was then working on the concept of Celtic Woman.
Due to her unique vocal abilities, Downes contacted Fallon and asked if she would like to be a part of Celtic Woman, then only envisaged to be a one-night show. In some songs, Fallon has performed the harp as well as singing - some examples of the songs she has performed are "Isle of Innisfree" and "Carrickfergus".
She has also performed the harp for fellow Celtic Woman member Chloe Agnew"s performance of Guun"s "Avenue Maria". Fallon was featured in the self-titled debut album Celtic Woman, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration and Celtic Woman: A New Journey, as well as in the tie-in Public Broadcasting Service television specials and DVDs filmed in 2004, 2007, and 2006 respectively.
She also toured with the group in 2005 on the inaugural North American Tour, the 2006-2007 A New Journey tour, and again in 2007-2008 on the second A New Journey tour.
Post-Celtic Woman
In 2009, Fallon appeared as a guest vocalist on Jim Brickman"s "lieutenant"s a Beautiful World" tour and Public Broadcasting Service special, and released her second album Distant Shore in September of that year. This was followed in March 2010 with her third album Music of Ireland: Welcome Home. In December 2010, Fallon released a Public Broadcasting Service Celtic Christmas special and tie-in Civil Defense, titled Órla Fallon"s Celtic Christmas, the first time any former Celtic Woman member had starred in their own Public Broadcasting Service special.
In this special, as well as Fallon"s own songs, there were also songs which featured a few guest singers, including former fellow Celtic Woman member Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, in which they sung a duet together ("Do you hear what I hear"), and American Idol runner up David Archuleta, who joined Fallon on stage to perform "Silent Night", "Pat a Pan", and the finale song of "Here we come A-Wassailing", which Ní Mhaolchatha was also featured in.
This was the second Christmas album she recorded, the first being Winter, Fire & Snow: A Celtic Christmas Collection in September 2010. In March 2011, Fallon released another album, Órla Fallon: My Land, which tied in with another Public Broadcasting Service special.
Another solo album, Lullaby Time, was released in 2012.
In 2005, she was featured on The Duggans album Rubicon along with peers Moya Brennan and other members of Clannad. Fallon agreed, and became one of the founding members of the group. In 2009, Fallon announced that she would be leaving Celtic Woman to have a full break and spend time with her family, and was replaced as a member of Celtic Woman by actress and vocalist Alex Sharpe.