Dana

International recording artist Dana is one of Ireland's most successful entertainers, enjoying acclaim for best-selling recordings, top-rated television performances and major concerts both in Ireland and internationally. She has sung for popes and written songs at their request.

Her song “We are One Body”  was the theme song of the 1993 World Youth Day in Denver.

 
International recording artist Dana

Her albums “The Rosary” and “The Healing Rosaries” are among the more than 30 singles and 30 albums that have become worldwide hits.

As Ireland’s first winner of the prestigious Eurovision Song Contest, she surpassed internationally recognized singers such as Julio Iglesias of Spain with her song “All Kinds of Everything. ” The Derry schoolgirl then became an overnight singing star, beginning her music career with a number one record throughout Europe. Years of recording success followed with chart-topping albums and singles. Additionally, Dana continued to gain fame as a television personality on major domestic and international programs, including her own hit series, A Day Out with Dana (BBC), Wake Up Sunday (BBC), and the Dana Series (RTE).

In 1987, Dana was invited to lead 86,000 young people in singing her composition "Totus Tuus " for Pope John Paul II in the New Orleans’s Super Dome. Later that year, she was invited to sing at three of Dr. Billy Graham’s Crusades in the United States and London’s Wembley Stadium.

At the 1993 World Youth Day in Denver, she again sang for John Paul, leading more than 280,000 young people with her song “We are One Body. ” 

In 1995, she sang alongside Placido Domingo, at the Holy Father’s open air Mass in Central Park, New York. In 1997, she performed at World Youth Day in Rome.

Dana has remained close to her Irish roots, working tirelessly for peace, Christian family values, and respect for life. Her music and witness to family values has earned her respect in the United States and in Europe as a spokesperson for the Christian family and the pro-life movement.

In the spring of 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded the highly acclaimed San Benedetto (St. Benedict) Award in Subiacco, Italy, for her outstanding work in defending family and life. She was personally congratulated by then Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, who subsequently became Pope Benedict XVI.