Noreen

The photo shows Liam with Irish musician and composer Phil Coulder in November 1995 at the American Irish Fund's Annual Dinner in Los Angeles.
Liam and Phil Coulder have been friends and artistic collaborators for many years . Liam lent his voice on several occasions as a narrator for Coulter's music projects. For example , on the album *Lake of Shadow* release in 2001.Their collaboration is particularly well known for the track *The Flight of the Earls* , in which Liam spoke the introductory words.

For Liam's and Natasha's wedding, Phil composed an instrumental piece as a personal wedding gift for the couple, titled *Natasha*.
After Natasha's death,  Coulder added emotional lyrics about love and loss , and renamed the song *Noreen*. In the added lyrics , Phil uses the words "mo Stóirin" right after "Noreen" , which means something like "my little darling" or " my great love" in Gaelic , and symbolizes dearly missed , deeply beloved partner.
The lyrics of the first and second verses of the song are as follows :
¹
"When I dream , I'll be dreaming of Norren.
And the days now forever behind.
And the twilight will always remind me of my Noreen , mo Stóirin , my love."
"Every night I'll be thinking of Noreen.
And the way I would cuddle and kiss her.
Every bone in my body will miss her.
My Noreen , mo Stóirin , my love,"
²
I curse the day that I left her.
And the the people who drove me away .
It's worse than I ever imagined.
Oh God, It gets harder each day.
I curse the day that I left her.
And the people who drove me away.
It's worse than I ever imagined.
Oh God, It gets harder each day.
³
So I pray when my exile is over
With the pain and the heartache behind us
Back in the peace of the valley You'll find us
My Noreen , mo Stóirin and me 
Back in the peace of the valley
That's where we will be 
My Noreen , mo Stóirin and me.

The song was released in 2011 on the album *Heartlands : The Composer's Salute to Celtic Thunder*
The Gaelic spelling of Noreen is Nóirín .
If you'd like to listen to the song , search for Andy Cooney & Phil Coulder  NOREEN on YouTube . Andy Cooney sings this beautiful song there.

❤️🇮🇪🍀💚🤍🧡
   Maidin mhaith a Liam , guím lá iontach síochánta ort agus tá súil agam go mbeimid in ann cupán tae a bheith againn le chéile agus beagán comhrá a dhéanamh go luath. 
Tabhair aire mhaith duit féin agus do do theaghlach agus fan sláintiúil . Is iontach an rud é go bhfuil tú anseo , a Liam. Go raibh míle maith agat as an tacaíocht iontach a thugann tú do UNICEF. 🙏🫶
Tá uaim Natasha le do thaobh. 
Is maith liom tú go mór.

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