3.6 Any news of Clannad and the rest of the family? (Enya)
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This article is from the Enya FAQ, by Kevin Martin enyafaq@brasscannon.org with numerous contributions by others.
3.6 Any news of Clannad and the rest of the family? (Enya)
Clannad have continued to perform and record. The album "Landmarks" won the
1998 Grammy for Best New Age Album.
Pol left the band in 1989/90 and has recorded with the trio Trisan, who
have released an album of the same name. He also composed music for the
soundtrack of a film, "When the Sky Falls" (2000). Recently he put
together a new band called Dreambard, and is co-composer and producer of an
album by Eimear Quinn.
For many years people have mispronounced Maire as "Marie" or "Mare" --
and so she has now decided to adopt a phonetic spelling of her name much
as Enya did. She will be known professionally as Moya Brennan. You can
see her new website at http://www.moyabrennan.com/
Besides her work with Clannad, she has released four solo albums: "Maire"
(1992), "Misty_Eyed" Adventures" (1994), "Perfect_Time" (1998), and
"Whisper_to_the_Wild_Water" (1999).
She released an autobiography in 2000 called 'The Other Side of the
Rainbow' published by Hodder & Stoughton in hardback and paperback in
English. It is also available in the German language as hardback with the
title 'Mein Irisches Leben' (My Irish Life) by publisher Brunnen Verlag
Basel, Switzerland (released in 2001). Maire's album is a great source of
information on the Brennan and Duggan families.
Moya has been involved in numerous other project in recent years; most
recent is a special album called "New Irish Hymns" with Margaret Becker and
Joanne Hogg, released late in 2001. She also provided backing vocals for
the soundtrack of the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers (2001).
Sisters Deirdre, Olive and Bridin feature on Maire's first two albums, and
Bridin has also toured and recorded with Clannad as a backing vocalist.
Bridin released a CD single 'Hang On' in January 2001 in Ireland (with some
distribution in the U.K.). A full album called 'Deep, Deep, Sleep' will be
released (still pending a deal). Bridin married in October 2001 and now
lives in London. She has a web site at http://www.bridinbrennan.com.
Olive has lived in Sydney, Australia with her husband for several years.
Deirdre now lives in Donegal.
Another brother, Leon (married in 2000) has been living in Dublin for a few
years now, managing Moya Brennan's live concert tours and appearances. He
works closely with Tim Jarvis, Moya's husband and manager.
Leo's Tavern has been turned into a small museum on the career of Clannad
and Enya.
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