Ciaran was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. After college, he settled in New York City, where he studied acting with Meisner disciple Kathryn Gately and legendary Broadway director Bobby Lewis.

Currently he is studying voice with David Jones in NYC.

After winning the role of Tom in Hal Prince's acclaimed play Grandchild Of Kings, Ciaran's talent was quickly recognized and rewarded by starring roles on Broadway in such prestigious productions as Les Miserables (Babet, Marius) and The Phantom Of The Opera (1,000 performances as the dashing young Raoul, followed by over 1,000 performances on Broadway and in Toronto, as The Phantom). Broadway stage work also includes Byzantium (W. B. Yeats), The Molly Maguires (James McKenna), and Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt's The Irish...and How They Got That Way, as well as a wide variety of productions at the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City. Television and film work includes appearances on Law And Order, One Life To Live, Late Night With David Letterman, The PBS Presentation of The Irish...and How They Got That Way, Another World, and Married To The Mob. Ciaran's singing engagements include memorable and acclaimed performances on Broadway with such theater legends as Vanessa Redgrave, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Jones, and Rosemary Clooney. He touched the hearts of millions world-wide with his rendition of Danny Boy sung at the internationally televised Memorial Mass for John and Carolyn Kennedy, Jr. at Old St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC.

He has performed the National Anthem at Governor Pataki's inauguration in New York, in 2003. In 2001 Ciaran performed as the Special Envoy to the Governor during the Governor's first pilgrimage to Ireland to his ancestral home. Ciaran opened the dedication ceremonies for the Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City with stirring renditions of both the Irish and American National Anthems. He has sung for the Presidents of both countries. Ciaran has toured extensively in America and Europe, earning standing ovations in venues such as The National Concert Hall in Dublin. On December 7, 2005 Ciaran headlined at Carnegie Hall to a full house. Performing with him were Gay Willis and the Irish Sopranos. When Ciaran and Gay performed "All I Ask Of You" from Phantom the audience applause brought the show to a stop. Later, when Ciaran performed "The Music Of The Night" the audience exploded into the evening's only standing ovation for an individual performance. The climax at the end of the show included the entire cast - Ciaran, Gay, The Irish Sopranos, and over 100 other performers, singing "Silent Night'. This, too received a standing ovation. Ciaran will return to Carnegie Hall in concert in 2007 on February 23 as well as the Christmas concert in December.

Eily O'Grady Patterson, is a recipient of the prestigious gold medal of the Eire Society of Boston, Massachusetts, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Irish culture in the United States. She performs and teaches harp, as well as other instruments. She is the Founder and Director of the Gaelic Singers of New York and the Eily O'Grady Irish Harp Orchestra. Together with her husband Frank Patterson, she has appeared all over the world,and has performed on several acclaimed BBC and PBS specials. Eily has appeared with the finest orchestras and at the world's leading concert halls. She is Dublin-born, and comes from a well-known Irish musical family which includes her sister Geraldine, Ireland's leading violinist.

Award-winning soprano Gay Willis performed the role of Christine in The Phantom of The Opera in Toronto and touring Canadian Phantom Companies, opposite Ciaran and Colm Wilkinson. The Maui News stated "As Christine, Miss Willis' voice has an almost ethereal quality...transporting the audience to unexpected heights emotionally as well as vocally." Gay performed the role of Magnolia for more than two years in Hal Prince's production of "Showboat" on Broadway, Chicago, and on tour. She has played opposite such legends as Chloris Leachman, Elaine Stritch. Other roles include "Into The Woods", "Pirates Of Penzance" (her portrayal of Mabel won her the Carbonell Award for BEST ACTRESS), "Bloomer Girl" at NY City Center, and "Funny Girl" with Whoopi Goldberg. She toured the world with "The Music Of Andrew Lloyd Webber" with Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman, appearing at Royal Albert Hall in London, as well as Radio City Music Hall in New York. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Ciaran in December, 2005. Gay's favorite role to date is that of "mother" to sons Gabriel and Chad in her co-production with husband George.