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Eithne Ni Bhraonain - known as Enya -
was born in 1961, 17 May, and spent her childhood in
Gweedore (in County Donegal, situated in the
north-west of Ireland, one of the main redoubts of
the Irish language). There are nine brothers and
sisters. Apart from Enya, who is in the middle,
there are four other girls and four boys. All the
family have won many competitions and are famous in
national traditional [music] circles.
Whilst at school, Enya studied the piano and
classical music. Three of her brothers and sisters,
M醝re N?Bhraon醝n (Mary Brennan), Ciar醤
?Braon醝n (Kieran Brennan) and P髄
?Braon醝n (Paul Brennan) formed, together with
their uncles P醖raig ?Dug醝n (Patrick
Duggan) and Noel ?Dug醝n (Noel Duggan), a folk
music group (at first with a certain American feel
and then more purely Irish, though influenced by
jazz and by others such as Pentangle). The group was
named Clannad, a contraction of "the family
from Gweedore" in Irish. In 1980, at the
suggestion of their manager, Fachtna O'Kelly, Enya
became a member of the group, participating in the
recording of two of their albums, Crann Ull and
Fuaim. Apart from providing vocals, she played the
Wurlitzer electric piano and later the Prophet 5
synthesizer. She performed with Clannad on many
occasions, until, in February 1982, on completing a
European tour, she left the group, no one really
knowing why. Perhaps she was fed up with being
treated as just the little
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