Rita Connolly

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Rita Connolly, born in Dublin, Ireland, is a soprano known for her contributions to classical music and traditional Irish singing. At 14, she began performing with her sisters as The Connolly Sisters, releasing their first album Ten Years On in 1977. Connolly's breakthrough came when she met composer Shaun Davey, leading to collaborations on symphonic works such as The Pilgrim (1983), Granuaile (1985), and The Relief of Derry Symphony (1990). She released two solo albums, Rita Connolly in 1992 and Valparaiso in 1995. In 2003, she contributed to the hymn "May We Never Have to Say Goodbye" for the Summer World Games opening ceremony, which was widely acclaimed.

Top tracks

10	The Spanish Armada (feat. Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			06:18
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey

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Discography

Albums

Valparaiso

℗ 1995 Tara Music, a division of Universal Music Ireland Limited: 01-01-1995

Valparaiso

01	Ocean Floor	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			04:55
	Composers: Sonny Condell
02	Valparaiso	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			03:57
	Composers: Rita Connolly
03	Lizzie Finn	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			05:10
	Writer: Sebastian Barry / Composers: Shaun Davey
04	Ripples In The Rockpools	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			03:35
	Composers: Shaun Davey
05	Piccadilly	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			04:46
	Composers: Leo O'Kelly
06	His Name Is Elvis	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			03:18
	Writer: Sebastian Barry / Composers: Shaun Davey
07	Two White Horses	Rita Connolly	Valparaiso			02:39
	Composers: Shaun Davey

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Rita Connolly

℗ 1992 Tara Music, a division of Universal Music Ireland Limited: 01-01-1992

Rita Connolly

01	Venezuela	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:52
	Composers: Traditional
02	Miracles	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:23
	Composers: Shaun Davey
03	Factory Girl / Same Old Man	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:24
	Composers: Traditional
04	Stormy Weather	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:38
	Composers: Harold Arlen - Ted Koehler
05	Alice In Jericho	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:29
	Composers: Thom Moore
06	Fanny Hawke	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			03:46
	Composers: Shaun Davey - Sebastian Barry
07	It's Really Pouring	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly			04:47
	Composers: Rita Connolly

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Granuaile

℗ 2024 Shaun Davey Music: 01-01-1985

Granuaile

01	Dubhdara	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			04:05
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
02	Ripples in the Rockpools (feat. Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			03:34
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
03	The Defence of Hen's Castle (feat. Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			02:22
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
04	Free and Easy (feat. Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			04:17
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
05	The Rescue of Hugh De Lacy	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			03:34
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
06	Hen's March (feat. Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			03:57
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
07	Death of Richard-an-Iarainn (Intro) (feat. Aisling Drury-Byrne)	Shaun Davey	Granuaile			01:08
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey

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EPs

Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs

℗ 2024 Shaun Davey Music: 20-12-2024

Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs

01	The Moon Shines Bright (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			02:38
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
02	Christmas Singalong (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			02:39
	Writer: Rita Connolly - Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
03	Carol of the Birds (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			03:28
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
04	The Joys of Mary (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			03:23
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
05	Happy the Child (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			02:32
	Writer: Shaun Davey - Rita Connolly / Composers: Shaun Davey
06	Sing Tra-La for Christmas Morning (feat. Shaun Davey)	Rita Connolly	Rita Connolly Sings Shaun Davey Christmas Songs			03:20
	Writer: Rita Connolly - Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey

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Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin

(P) 2002 Byg Production: 01-01-2002

Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin

01	Comme je voudrai!	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			02:32
	Writer: Gilles Servat - Nicolas Quemener / Composers: Gilles Servat
02	Où nous entraîne...	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			05:02
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
03	Er soudared zo gùisket e ru (Les soldats sont vêtus de rouge)	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			04:50
	Writer: Nicolas Quemener - Traditionnel / Composers: Traditionnel
04	To Scots Friends (Aux amis écossais)	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			04:18
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
05	Erika, Erika	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			03:42
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
06	Au bord du lac Pontchartrain	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			04:29
	Writer: Gilles Servat - Traditionnel / Composers: Traditionnel
07	On Raglan Road	Gilles Servat	Coffret : Comme je voudrai / Touche pas à la blanche hermine / Sur les quais de Dublin			04:20
	Writer: Traditionnel - Patrick Kavanagh / Composers: Traditionnel

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Sur Les Quais De Dublin

(P) 1996 Byg Production: 17-05-1996

Sur Les Quais De Dublin

01	Vieille ville de merde (Dirty Old Town) (feat. Ronnie Drew)	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			03:23
	Writer: Ewan MC Coll / Composers: Ewan MC Coll
02	Il est des êtres beaux	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			05:14
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
03	Yezhou Bihan (feat. Rita Connolly)	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			04:30
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
04	A White Horse	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			04:21
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
05	Men du	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			03:40
	Writer: Gilles Servat - Per Jakez Helias / Composers: Gilles Servat - Per Jakez Helias
06	Sur les quais de Dublin	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			04:01
	Writer: Gilles Servat - Dónal Lunny / Composers: Gilles Servat - Dónal Lunny
07	Chantez la vie, l'amour et la mort	Gilles Servat	Sur Les Quais De Dublin			03:59
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat

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Escales

(P) 2003 Sony Music Entertainment France S.A.: 16-01-2002

Escales

01	Tregont blé zo (Il y a trente Ans)	Gilles Servat	Escales			03:14
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
02	The Foggy Dew (feat. Ronnie Drew)	Gilles Servat	Escales			04:29
	Writer: Gilles Servat - Traditionnel / Composers: Gilles Servat - Traditionnel
03	Yezhou Bihan (feat. Rita Connolly)	Gilles Servat	Escales			04:30
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
04	La route de Kemper	Gilles Servat	Escales			05:54
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
05	L'hirondelle	Gilles Servat	Escales			04:10
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
06	La maison d'Irlande	Gilles Servat	Escales			05:03
	Writer: Gilles Servat / Composers: Gilles Servat
07	Er soudared zo gùisket e ru (Les soldats sont vêtus de rouge)	Gilles Servat	Escales			04:50
	Writer: Traditionnel - Nicolas Quemener / Composers: Traditionnel

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Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle

℗ 2024 Shaun Davey Music: 01-06-2007

Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle

01	Cuairteóir (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney & Eoin Ó Be	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:17
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
02	Bealtaine na Maighdine (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:29
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
03	Nell Sé, Bean Jack (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney & E	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:59
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
04	Fearaibh na bhFeoibh (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney &	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			05:01
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
05	Spraoí (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney & Eoin Ó Beagla	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:38
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
06	Dán Lae Breithe (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney & Eoin	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:30
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey
07	Bás Mrs. Price (feat. Béal Tuinne, Seamus Begley, Rita Connolly, Éilís Kennedy, Daithí Ó Sé, Jim Murray, Lawrence Courtney & Eoin	Shaun Davey	Béal Tuinne: Live at St. James' Church, Dingle			03:27
	Writer: Caoimhin O Cinneide / Composers: Shaun Davey

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Year of the Fire Horse 2026

℗ 2026 UMG Recordings, Inc.: 03-04-2026

Year of the Fire Horse 2026

01	A Horse With No Name	America	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			03:44
	Writer: Dewey Bunnell / Composers: Dewey Bunnell
02	Wild Horses	The Rolling Stones	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			05:42
	Writer: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards / Composers: Mick Jagger - Keith Richards
03	Black Horse And The Cherry Tree (Radio Version)	KT Tunstall	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			02:51
	Writer: KT Tunstall / Composers: KT Tunstall
04	Pink Pony Club	Chappell Roan	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			04:18
	Writer: Daniel Nigro - Kayleigh Rose Amstutz / Composers: Daniel Nigro - Kayleigh Rose Amstutz
05	Horses	Maggie Rogers	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			05:05
	Writer: Maggie Rogers - Thomas Edward Percy Hull / Composers: Maggie Rogers - Thomas Edward Percy Hull
06	A Good Horse	The Cardigans	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			03:17
	Writer: Nina Persson / Composers: Peter Svensson
07	Things We Lost In The Fire	Bastille	Year of the Fire Horse 2026			04:01
	Writer: Dan Smith / Composers: Dan Smith

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May We Never Have To Say Goodbye

℗ 2024 Shaun Davey Music: 01-04-2006

May We Never Have To Say Goodbye

01	The Battle of Cúl Dremne (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Dave Rickard, Noel Harford, Edward Harford & Noel Eccles)	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			02:48
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
02	Music of the Spheres (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & Noel Eccles)	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			03:30
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
03	Pilgrim's Sunrise (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra & Edelmiro Fernández)	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			04:54
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
04	Fill to Me the Parting Glass (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Seamus Begley, Triona Marshall, Noel Eccles, Liam O'Flynn & N	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			05:40
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
05	The Irish Sea (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Liam O'Flynn & Triona Marshall)	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			03:02
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
06	Two Galician Dances (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Edelmiro Fernández, Noel Harford, Edward Harford & Dave Rickard)	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			05:50
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey
07	Dia Do Bheathasa (feat. RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, The Voice Squad, Terry Tully, St. Laurence O'Toole Pipe Band, Nollaig Cas	Shaun Davey	May We Never Have To Say Goodbye			04:04
	Writer: Shaun Davey / Composers: Shaun Davey - Noel Eccles

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So Ends This Day

2020 Éilís Kennedy: 18-06-2020

So Ends This Day

01	When I Sleep	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			04:30
	Composers: Aileesh Catherine Kennedy
02	Petticoat Whalers	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			03:10
	Composers: Aileesh Catherine Kennedy
03	Ciumhais Charraig Aonair	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			05:14
	Composers: Aileesh Catherine Kennedy - Shaun Carrick Davey
04	Love Was True to Me	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			04:18
	Composers: Aileesh Catherine Kennedy
05	The Emily Anna ( A Greenhand's Tale)	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			06:00
	Composers: Aileesh Catherine Kennedy
06	Franklin's Crew	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			04:01
	Composers: Traditional American - Aileesh Catherine Kennedy
07	A Sailor's Trade	Éilís Kennedy	So Ends This Day			04:19
	Composers: Traditional Irish - Aileesh Catherine Kennedy

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Celtic Woman 2

℗ 2000 CWR Ltd.: 18-04-2000

Celtic Woman 2

01	Our World (feat. Moya Brennan)	Máire Brennan	Celtic Woman 2			06:09
	Writer: Denis Woods - Maire Brennan - Tim Jarvis
02	Vanities' Child	Aine Furey	Celtic Woman 2			02:38
	Writer: Martin Furey
03	Valparaiso	Rita Connolly	Celtic Woman 2			03:57
	Writer: Rita Connolly
04	Brighid's Kiss	Là Lugh	Celtic Woman 2			02:47
	Writer: Eithne Ní Uallacháin - Gerry O'Connor
05	Home of the Whale	Caroline Lavelle	Celtic Woman 2			04:49
	Writer: Owen Hand
06	Camera	Orla	Celtic Woman 2			03:35
07	I Still Hear Your Voice	Marian Bradfield	Celtic Woman 2			03:19

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Celtic Woman

℗ 1999 Valley Entertainment Inc.: 26-01-1999

Celtic Woman

01	Moorlough Shore	Emm Gryner	Celtic Woman			04:43
02	Venezuela	Rita Connoly	Celtic Woman			04:51
03	13 Wishes	Aine Furey	Celtic Woman			04:13
04	Tonight Is Just for Us	Marian Bradfield	Celtic Woman			04:51
05	Is Fada Liom Uaim	Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill	Celtic Woman			03:56
06	Newry Town	Katie McMahon	Celtic Woman			02:43
07	Trees	Fiona Joyce	Celtic Woman			04:33

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The Relief of Derry Symphony

℗ 2024 Shaun Davey Music: 01-01-1990

The Relief of Derry Symphony

01	First Movement (feat. Ulster Orchestra)	Shaun Davey	The Relief of Derry Symphony			13:33
	Composers: Shaun Davey
02	Second Movement (feat. Ulster Orchestra)	Shaun Davey	The Relief of Derry Symphony			15:24
	Composers: Shaun Davey
03	Third Movement (feat. Ulster Orchestra, Rita Connolly & Liam O'Flynn)	Shaun Davey	The Relief of Derry Symphony			10:08
	Composers: Shaun Davey
04	Fourth Movement (feat. Ulster Orchestra & Gerard McChrystal)	Shaun Davey	The Relief of Derry Symphony			15:09
	Composers: Shaun Davey