"Healing Angel" is the first (and thus far, only) recording released by Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 actress and Touched By An Angel

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

 star Roma Downey. It was issued in 1999 on RCA Records. The album features Downey reading ancient Celtic

Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...

 texts, while Phil Coulter (who also produced the record), plays the music.
It peaked very high on the New Age chart, reaching number 5. To date, it has sold in excess of 42,000 copies.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Phil Coulter, except where noted.

1. Be Thou My Vision (trad.; arr. Coulter) 4:24
2. Loving 3:12
3. In Perfect Harmony 3:41
4. The Old Man 3:39
5. Peace & Healing 3:28
6. My Little Angel 3:08
7. Walk On Ancient Ground 3:16
8. A Simple Prayer (Coulter, St. Francis Of Assisi) 2:46
9. Longing 3:30
10. Suffer Little Children 3:28
11. Til Death Do Us Part 4:22
12. Sunlight On The Water (instrumental) 3:07
13. I Am The Wind 3:22
14. Gold & Silver Days (Coulter, Sean O'Riada) 3:04
15. An Irish Blessing 3:55

Production

• Executive Producer: Steve Gates
• Produced By Phil Coulter
• Engineers: Tony Harris
• Assistant Engineers: Aaron Gant, Frances Murphy, Dave Slevin
• Mastering: Ray Staff

Personnel

• Roma Downey: Spoken Word & Narration
• Brian Kennedy, Reilly: Additional Vocals
• Phil Coulter: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano, Multi-Instruments
• Malachy Robinson, Liam Wylie: Bass
• Lloyd Byrne: Percussion
• Brendan Monaghan: Uillean Pipes
• Brona Cahill, Diana Daly, Frank Gallagher (also viola & whistles), Donagh Keough, Gloria Mulhall, Kate O'Conner, Ken Rice, Louis Roden, Anita Vedres, Gillian Williams: Violin
• Emily Hazelhurst, Nicholas Milne, Joachim Roewer, Rachel Walker: Viola
• Donagh Collins, Alison Hood, Arun Rao: Cello
• Catherine Mary Clancy: Harp
• Arranged By Phil Coulter & Dave Gold