They've chosen this name（Bellefire）to show others that they're from Ireland and that they're proud of it. The word Bellefire is derived from the word Balcanac, which means May in Irish. It also is a Celtic festival.这名字很有爱尔兰特色，直译就是“爱尔兰的五月”，同时也是一个凯尔特民族的节日名字。

她们组队已有4年了，原本有四位成员。Ciara和Kelly在一个爱尔兰的选星秀里一见如故，连同Cathy，第二天以三人合唱团的姿态出现在选拔赛中引起了比赛策划人的注意。于是，2000年再加上另一女歌手Tara，这四人女子组和正式签约维京唱片公司（Virgin），首发的两首单曲都打入英国榜的前20位；她们翻唱U2乐队的《All I Want Is You》在爱尔兰也有近双白金的销量。2001年，他们还作为同乡的爱尔兰组合Westlife的演唱嘉宾跟随他们进行巡回演出，反应热烈。2003年他们离开了维京唱片公司，Tara也决定投身到她真正向往的时装界，BelleFire正式解散。

与以前的专辑相比，新专辑《Spin the Wheel》更突显这三人在音乐造诣上经多番磨练后所散发出的一股全新的成熟韵味。专辑里流淌着让人久听不厌的流行旋律，现代与古典的和谐结合。《Spin the Wheel》一曲没有用太多爱尔兰传统乐器，释放出更多明亮欢快的流行音乐元素；三个年轻女歌手正走出The Corrs的阴影，成为具有其独特音乐风格的女子组合。Kelly概述这专辑的创作初衷——“如今的流行音乐舍本逐末。若某人用了某种音乐模式，则人人都效仿。但好的歌曲永不过时，我们就希望这张专辑有经久不衰的音乐，有经历十年仍为我们所热衷演唱的歌曲。”They first formed in 1999 (see 1999 in music), backstage at an audition for a boy-girl band in which Louis Walsh was a judge. According to the Irish Independent, Walsh was disappointed with the standard of male entrants and opted to sign a girl group instead. The intention was to aim towards a “a more mature niche in the pop market” than what was becoming the norm for vocal groups at the time.After recording their debut album After the Rain, they released two singles, both of which were top twenty hits in the UK. The second of these “All I Want Is You” received a lot of airplay and got them an appearance on Top of the Pops. However, just as the album and another single were due for release, their record company Virgin unexpectedly dropped them and the album was never released, except in Japan, due to a new boss at Virgin who decided to do away with artists that were not money makers. A disillusioned Tara left to become a fashion student, while the other three girls continued without their top harmonist[citation needed] and developed a new repertoire. They were signed by WEA in 2003 and moved their base to London. They subsequently recorded a new album entitled Spin the Wheel.Their first single as a trio was “Say Something Anyway”, which peaked in the UK at #26, but spent only three weeks on the charts. The planned follow-up single for the summer of 2004, “You Were Meant for Me”, was shelved. Bellefire spent the summer of 2004 promoting their upcoming single and album release around the UK at various festivals, but due to the album and single being continually pushed back, the summer promotion did little to boost their reputation and sales. After the failure of their next UK single, the title track “Spin the Wheel” in October 2004, Bellefire completed their tour of Southeast Asia and returned to Ireland. The UK release of the Spin the Wheel album and a third single was pushed back several times until it was eventually cancelled.After the failed release of the “Spin the Wheel” single, Bellefire and Atlantic Records parted company. The group then went their separate ways. Very little is known about the current activities of the Bellefire girls, although numerous articles concerning the members pursuing various solo projects have surfaced. Ciara has recently been credited as a backing vocalist for Blue member Lee Ryan's solo album, Cathy was a judge on the 2005 Irish television show Star Stream Final, Tara is currently working in the fashion industry with a potential return to music and Kelly is working with Little Tardis Studios on solo material with a release planned in 2007.