I had such fun in the studio working on Canvas with Aisling and Paul; it was a time full of laughter, joy and healing.Like famous sister Enya, her voice has had many worthy superlatives excitedly tossed at it over the years – 'ethereal', 'evocative', 'haunting' – with Bono raising the bar still further, describing the Brennan vocal as "one of the greatest the human ear has ever experienced". Irish singer, songwriter, and harpist Máire Brennan (later known as Moya Brennan) rose to international success with the Celtic group Clannad, who formed in County Donegal in 1970. Her style was self-contained. I was always afraid of harder drugs, I followed the wrong path for a while.”It set her on a path of deep spirituality for the rest of her life.She said: “It may well have been the first time I spoke to God. In fact she performed with her father Leo Brennan and his family band (Slieve Foy Dance Band) as a young girl. "I had been praying for guidance – I certainly wasn't praying for a husband – but, you know, I really believe that God put Tim in my path. Moya Brennan, Máire Ní Bhraonáin, better known as Máire Brennan or …
It was really lovely but we will certainly miss him.”“It was very difficult. Everyone needs spirituality. In fact she performed with her father Leo Brennan and his family band (Slieve Foy Dance Band) as a young girl.
Clannad star Moya Brennan has revealed her famous family band have always very happy at the success of her enigmatic superstar sister, Enya, who has sold 80 million albums around the globe.
"It wasn't overnight success, or anything, as we had already produced six albums – mainly in Irish," Brennan recalls. This set the foundations for a musical career spanning several decades. "Get the day's headlines delivered directly to your inbox:: More on the Fiddler's Green Festival, Rostrevor, at fiddlersgreenfestival.euHome these days is both Dublin and her beloved Co Donegal, close to where she grew up in Gweedore and not far from Leo's Tavern where she and siblings honed their craft on the open stage of their late father's pub.Faith remains Brennan's bedrock and, in terms of the abortion, she says she dealt with it through her Christianity.And while her most recent "Celtic fusion" albums reveals modern influences – courtesy of daughter Aisling (26), and son Paul (24), who play in her band and collaborated on the 2017 Canvas solo album – it was the old Gaelic harmonies of Clannad that first catapulted her into the mainstream after they caught the ear of producers of Yorkshire Television's Belfast-set drama series Harry's Game.After that, a new tour kicks off, taking the 66-year-old singer, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist across Britain and Belgium before a final date in the Netherlands next April.Then there is another date in the north – at the Abundant Grace Church in Belfast as part of the New Lodge Summer Festival – before a 'Concert in the Dark' for the Christian Blind Mission (of which she is a patron) at Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin in October. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970.