Méav gives much of the credit for her love of classical and traditional music to the early influences of her very musical family. In addition, she attended an Irish language school in Dublin where she was exposed regularly to traditional Irish music in Gaelic.
Although Méav received a law degree from the world-renowned Trinity College in Dublin, it did not take long for her to realize her destiny was in music, not law. "Music is part of what I am," Méav says. She did her post-grad work in arts administration, working for an organization called Music Network, which was responsible for arranging tours of classical, jazz and traditional music throughout Ireland. At the same time, she realized that her singing was taking over as her number one interest. "Gradually it came to me that this is what I should be doing all the time," she said.
By 1998, her astonishing vocal clarity and breathtaking range had already caught the attention of producer/composer David Downes, earning his respect and admiration. Little did either one of them know that their lives would change forever with their collaboration on a special project in 2004 called "Celtic Woman."
Méav's fanbase exploded with the airing of "Celtic Woman" on PBS in the United States, and she has been especially appreciative of the loyalty and support of all her fans, both old and new.
After two years of touring with the group, Méav left to resume her solo career. With the success of her first US solo shows last December in NY and NH, Méav promises to come back again to the US to grace her fans with her enchanting performances.
In 2009, Méav was invited to perform the song "Where the Sunbeams Play" for Disney's "Tinkerbell and the Lost Treasure." March of 2010 marked Méav's Carnegie Hall debut with the NY Pops Orchestra conducted by Steven Reineke. Méav with the world renouned Les Rhapsodes Choir also headlined the Quebec Celtic Festival in September.
In spite of all the well-deserved success and acclaim, by far Méav's greatest achievement to date came when she and her husband Tom celebrated the birth of their children Anna in 2005, and Catherine in the summer of 2009.
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A Time Line of Méav's Music Career  2011 September 2011: Méav makes her triumphant return to Québec for two concerts this September 29 - 30; performing with the distinguished and innovative Symphony Orchestra of Québec.
January 2011: Méav was nominated for Top Solo Performer in a conert (US,UK,IE) on the Irish Music Assoc. Website. She received the highest percentage of public votes (420 total. Placed second after members and public votes were tallied.
September 17: Headlined the Quebec Celtic Music Festival and performed with Les Rhapsodes at Palais Montcalm September 2: Filmed a PBS Celtic Christmas DVD in Nashville, TN. Méav was delighted to be invited to sing on Orla Fallon's Christmas Special. March 17: Dr. Ronan Tynan invited Méav as his special guest for a benefit St. Patrick's Day Show at University of Buffalo Center for the Arts.
March 12: Méav's Carnegie Hall Debut with the NY Pops for a special St. Patrick's Day Celebration.
June: Happily announced the birth of her 2nd daughter, Catherine. May: Fauré's Requiem with Tallaght Choral Society and Orchestra, Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rowe St, Wexford
Fauré's Requiem with Tallaght Choral Society and Orchestra, Mount Argus Church, Harold's Cross, Dublin
February: Silver Sea was re-released by Valley Entertainment.
March: Méav was invited to sing both the Irish and the American National Anthem at the re-opening of the American-Irish Historical Soceity in NY.
March 18: Celtic Woman: A New Journey is aired for the first time in Ireland. August: Méav takes a full time break from touring with Celtic Woman to focus on her solo career.
December: Méav returned to the US for a short Holiday tour in NY and NH.
March: Rejoined the Celtic Woman tour in the spring of 2006. Performed on the Regis and Kelly show in New York. June: Recorded with Celtic Woman their second CD, A Christmas Celebration. July: Celtic Woman broke the Billboard record for the longest time spent in the #1 spot on their World Music chart; the first of many records broken by CW. August: Performed at Slane Castle for the video recording of Celtic Woman - A New Journey. Toured with Celtic Woman in Japan. October: Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration was released on October 3.
November: Platinum award received in South Africa (Nov. 24-29 trip to Johannesburg), for the album Celtic Woman.
Took a year break for the birth of her first child, Anna
Méav also performed with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland. As a soloist with the Irish National Chamber Choir, she has toured Brazil, Sweden, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic. Méav sang three songs on harpist Andreja Malir's debut CD entitled Through the Mirror of Sound. The album included two new songs, Suantraí and Goltraí, with lyrics by Méav and music by Andreja, as well as a haunting arrangement of Down by the Salley Gardens.
In September, Méav recorded the CD and the DVD of Celtic Woman for PBS.
Méav performed at the Celtic Festival in Tokyo, and sang in the Beo Festival of Irish Music at the National Concert Hall Dublin in August of 2003. In November she performed in the Netherlands for the first time.
(Méav's 2nd Album) Silver Sea release.
Performed with David Agnew at the Celtic Christmas in Tokyo.
 
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