 The trio have been singing together since they boarded in the 1970s as students at St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower, County Antrim.After signing a deal with SonyBMG in April 2008, the priests, all from the Diocese of Down & Connor, recorded their debut album, "The Priests", in Northern Ireland and Rome, with the unusual honour of having been allowed to record in St. Peter's Basilica, The Vatican.The eponymous album was released in Ireland on 14 November 2008 by Epic Records 
and has since been released worldwide in over thirty countries and preceded by an ITV documentary and PBS special in the United States.