You could call them the boys who made Bill Clinton cry, or the first trio ever to record “All Out of Love” with 70s supergroup Air Supply, or you could just call them three lads from Ireland. With the voices of angels.

The Celtic Tenors have been wowing and wooing audiences around the world since they first joined their vocal talents six years ago. If you can’t be cozied up in a snug in a pub in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, listening to a traditional band or an amazing solo singer, seeing this group at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton is the next best thing.

The Celtic Tenors perform there March 17 with a program ranging from classical and modern to traditional Irish, including their rendition of the song that is practically the Irish national anthem, “Danny Boy.” That’s the one that made Pres. Clinton cry, when they performed it for him in 2002 at the Dublin Castle.

The group also performed a private concert for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and his wife Nane when they visited Ireland in 2004. That concert was presented as a gift to the Annans by The Celtic Tenors’ fellow Irishman and global humanitarian, Bono.

They’ve also played for much bigger audiences, including a sold out show in Hamburg, Germany, where they filmed the concert as Ein Grosse Irischer Abend (A Great Irish Evening). That concert was shown on PBS in the United States.

The trio consists of Matthew Gilsenan, Niall Morris and James Nelson.

Gilsenan is known as one of Ireland’s most accomplished young tenors, and has a hefty classical portfolio. His oratorio performances include Beethoven’s “Mass in C, Symphony No. 9,” Mendelssohn’s “Walpurgesnacht,” and Handel’s “Messiah.”

Morris is a Dubliner who attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and completed his studies at the National Opera Studio. He spent several years touring with opera companies and creating roles for the opera before joining The Celtic Tenors.

Nelson is from Sligo, and holds a music degree from University College Dublin. Before joining The Celtic Tenors he kept busy touring internationally performing opera. His operatic roles include Pinkerton in “Butterfly,” Alfredo in “Traviata” and Basilio in “Figaro.”

The three tenors have come a long way from Gilsenan’s living room, where they used to gather to sing.

After they decided to band together, they auditioned for the international record label EMI in London, and were signed on the spot. Their self-titled debut album hit the No. 2 spot on the UK classical charts, and No. 1 in Ireland and Germany, where it won the Echo Award for Best Classical Crossover Album of 2002. That’s the German equivalent of the Grammys.

The album was followed by “So Strong” in 2002, and “Remember Me,” released just last month on the Telarc label.

Singer Morris said of their most recent album, “It is so exciting for us to have so many original songs on this album, many of which were written for us by some of the leading songwriters of our time.”

Those leading songwriters include Simon May, who provided “We Are Not Islands,” and Ronan Hardiman, composer for Michael Flatley’s “Lord of the Dance” production. He contributed “Angel of Mercy.”

Phil Coulter wrote the title track, a tale of three Irish soldiers fighting in the Spanish Civil War. Although the Republic of Ireland does not have troops involved in any international conflict at the moment, Morris said, “When we sing it in our stage shows, we dedicate it to all those service men and women at this time who are serving abroad and risking their lives. We always sing it with a prayer that they will come back safely.”

The Celtic Tenors perform at 8 p.m., March 17 at the Admiral Theatre, 515 Pacific Ave., Bremerton. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m., reservations required.

Tickets are $63 main floor dinner show, $32 main floor show only and loge, and $25 balcony, available at the box office 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or by phone at (360) 373-6743.