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Welcome to Celtic Psalms

About Us

About Us

Welcome to the homepage for four stunning albums by Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths.

Recorded in Northern Ireland, Celtic Psalms Vol. 1 (2013), Celtic Psalms: The Lord’s My Shepherd Vol. 2 (2015), Celtic Psalms: Rest in the Shelter Vol. 3 (2018), and Celtic Psalms: May We Rise Vol. 4 (2022) are four collections of Psalms set to traditional Irish and Scottish melodies.

Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths have performed in Ireland and in North America, and their music has been featured on Irish (RTE) and British (BBC) national television and radio. GIA Music Publishers have published beautiful scores of all of the Celtic Psalms albums. You can find Celtic Psalms music on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and other digital platforms. Celtic Psalms music allows a space for the ancient words of the Psalms, combined with soulful Celtic melodies, to bring people together in shared humanity, across community divides.

Band Members

Band Members

Kelly

McGrath
Vocals

Chloe

McGrath
Vocals

Kiran

Young Wimberly
Songwriter and Vocals

Ellen

McGrath
Vocals

Declan

McGrath
Guitar and Vocals

Upcoming Shows

Upcoming Shows

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Location: Location Address

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Platforms

Platforms

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Watch

Swiper demo

CDs and Books

CDs and Books

Featured on TEDx

Featured on TEDx

Kiran Young Wimberly and Celtic Psalms were invited
to be part of the TEDx Stormont 2024 lineup, with the
theme Restore.

When we encounter the stresses of daily life, we need tools to help us find balance and restoration. The ancient prayers of the Psalms, expressing honest and authentic emotion through poetry and music, can lift the spirit and offer resources to help us face the challenges before us. Kiran Young Wimberly shares her journey with the Psalms, exploring the power of poetry, spirituality, and music to soothe, heal, and restore us when we need it most. Performed along with the Celtic Psalms band.

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Podcast

Podcast

Psalms for the Spirit

Spirituality and Resilience through the lens of the Biblical Psalms

Psalms Journal

Psalms Journal

Psalms for the Spirit Journal

Discover how the ancient Psalms can tap into a deeper understanding of yourself and inspire a more honest and authentic life. Through their musical poetry and emotionally expressive spirituality, the Psalms offer a powerful source of strength and restoration during challenging times.

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A newsletter about music events that brings people together across community divides

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Celtic Pilgrims CIC is a nonprofit that connects people through music, the arts, and spirituality – bringing people from diverse backgrounds together across community divides around a common interest of Celtic music, culture, heritage and spiritual practices. Through intentionally cross-community events, concerts, retreats, and pilgrimages we will join together in song, listen to beautiful music that moves and inspires, and learn from one another.

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Celtic psalms

Welcome to Celtic Psalms

About Us

About Us

Welcome to the homepage for four stunning albums by Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths.

Recorded in Northern Ireland, Celtic Psalms Vol. 1 (2013), Celtic Psalms: The Lord’s My Shepherd Vol. 2 (2015), Celtic Psalms: Rest in the Shelter Vol. 3 (2018), and Celtic Psalms: May We Rise Vol. 4 (2022) are four collections of Psalms set to traditional Irish and Scottish melodies.

Kiran Young Wimberly & The McGraths have performed in Ireland and in North America, and their music has been featured on Irish (RTE) and British (BBC) national television and radio. GIA Music Publishers have published beautiful scores of all of the Celtic Psalms albums. You can find Celtic Psalms music on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon and other digital platforms. Celtic Psalms music allows a space for the ancient words of the Psalms, combined with soulful Celtic melodies, to bring people together in shared humanity, across community divides.

Band Members

Band Members

Kelly

McGrath
Vocals

Chloe

McGrath
Vocals

Kiran

Young Wimberly
Vocals

Ellen

McGrath
Vocals

Declan

McGrath
Guitar and Vocals

Upcoming Shows

Upcoming Shows

Show Name

Date: DD/MM/YYYY
Time: HH:MM PM
Location: Location Address

Show Name

Date: DD/MM/YYYY
Time: HH:MM PM
Location: Location Address

Platforms

Platforms

Featured on TEDx

Featured on TEDx

Kiran Young Wimberly and Celtic Psalms were invited
to be part of the TEDx Stormont 2024 lineup, with the
theme Restore.

When we encounter the stresses of daily life, we need tools to help us find balance and restoration. The ancient prayers of the Psalms, expressing honest and authentic emotion through poetry and music, can lift the spirit and offer resources to help us face the challenges before us. Kiran Young Wimberly shares her journey with the Psalms, exploring the power of poetry, spirituality, and music to soothe, heal, and restore us when we need it most. Performed along with the Celtic Psalms band.

Play Video

Watch

Watch

Swiper demo

Gallery

Gallery

Subscribe

Subscribe

A newsletter about music events that brings people together across community divides

Donate

Donate

Celtic Pilgrims CIC is a nonprofit that connects people through music, the arts, and spirituality – bringing people from diverse backgrounds together across community divides around a common interest of Celtic music, culture, heritage and spiritual practices. Through intentionally cross-community events, concerts, retreats, and pilgrimages we will join together in song, listen to beautiful music that moves and inspires, and learn from one another.

TEDx Stormont 2024

It was a privilege to be invited to contribute to the TEDx Stormont 2024 lineup, with the theme “Restore.”

Talk Description: “When we encounter the stresses of daily life – hectic moments, personal crises, and collective traumas – we need tools to help us find balance and restoration. The ancient prayers of the Psalms, expressing honest and authentic emotion through poetry and music, can lift the spirit and offer resources to help us face the challenges before us. Kiran Young Wimberly shares her journey with the Psalms: turning to them for solace as a child, arranging them to Celtic melodies, and hosting a podcast on the Psalms and resilience. She explores the power of poetry, spirituality, and music to soothe, heal, and restore us when we need it most, and performs with the music group Celtic Psalms.”

Learn more on Kiran’s newsletter

Watch the video here

 

 

 

Announcing Holy Week Candlelight Concerts 25-26 March 2024

We are delighted to announce two Candlelight Concerts during Holy Week

  • 25th March 7:30 Monday – St Augustine’s, Derry
  • 26th March 7:30 Tuesday – Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast

Both concerts will be opened by Guest Performer Eilidh Patterson

We hope you can join us for one of these beautiful and reflective evenings

Book your tickets here

 

Good Friday Agreement Services and 10 Year Anniversary Concert

It was such a privilege to be involved this month in celebrations of the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. You can view two services we were involved with, both of which were extremely moving to be a part of. 

And we’re happy to announce that bookings are open for our 10 Year Anniversary Concert and launch of our new non profit, Celtic Pilgrims CIC. Find out more about the event and book your ticket here. For those who can’t attend in person, there’s an option to donate to the non profit and receive a link to the streamed concert so you can join us from wherever you are.

Celtic Psalms at the Four Corners Festival 2023

It was a joy and a privilege to be involved in the Four Corners Festival in Belfast last week. The purpose of the festival dovetailed well with Celtic Psalms’ hope of bringing people together across community divides.

We sang at the opening event, “Dreaming God’s Dream” with Julieann Morran, about the community-level discernment going on in the Catholic Church at the moment, and the hope of walking together as ecumenical siblings. You can view the event here: https://www.facebook.com/4cornersfestival/videos/697369735306827

We also sang at the BBC Sunday Service, which featured voices from across the city and offered a beautiful and challenging vision of the future of Northern Ireland. You can listen to the service here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hw0s?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile&fbclid=IwAR23TW-VYDRcq2SGL2OIZ3DZ6bFanfTJYWPdzzu6JCjdv55VQ6kRQv1hBVs

Kiran led Nightprayer alongside Jim Deeds every night of the festival, featuring a few Celtic Psalms songs along the way. You can catch up on those 20 minute sessions here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQK4bRPywj2HGZW_PI1X9w

As we hold onto the insights and inspiration from the festival, may we keep dreaming God’s dream together.

Interview with Kiran, New Album Available on Digital Platforms

View interview –> HERE <–

A bit of behind-the-scenes from Redbox Studios where we’ve recorded all the Celtic Psalms albums since 2013. Today, our NEW ALBUM Celtic Psalms: May We Rise is available on DIGITAL PLATFORMS (Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, iTunes etc etc). Oonagh Derby of Redbox was such a warm interviewer, and it was a special opportunity to tell the story behind one song, Love and Mercy, which has been a favorite from the new album that we’ve already sung in many concerts and services. Lovely film work and editing by Cormac O’Kane et al – with thanks to Redbox for the opportunity to talk about the background to this music, which was initially recorded during the Covid summer of 2020. Hope you enjoy the new album.

Here are some easy links to our new album Celtic Psalms: May We Rise (2022):

https://open.spotify.com/album/3mpciwqFmC18qaBfCNmPNP

https://music.apple.com/…/celtic-psalms-may…/1660897244

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B0BQR1GMXF

You can also always download the mp3s directly from our website, which is the best way to support our music… just click on the image above.

Nonprofit

 

Celtic Pilgrims Nonprofit


Celebrating our ten years of working together to build bridges through Celtic Psalms music, we have formed a nonprofit organisation called Celtic Pilgrims.

Our work will benefit a mixed community of people from a variety of spiritual and religious backgrounds (Protestant, Catholic, other or none) with common interest in Celtic (traditional Irish/Scottish) music, culture, heritage and spiritual practices, building bridges across community divides.

In addition, we hope to bring this uplifting music to a wide variety of communities in the coming years through cross community concerts, workshops, retreats and pilgrimages.