Moya Brennan

Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin (Irish pronunciation: [mˠaːrʲə nʲiː vɾˠiːn̪ˠaːn]), better known as Máire Brennan or Moya Brennan (born 4 August 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic folksinger, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970, and is widely regarded today as the "First Lady of Celtic Music". Brennan grew up as the eldest in a v... more

Máire Philomena Ní Bhraonáin (Irish pronunciation: [mˠaːrʲə nʲiː vɾˠiːn̪ˠaːn]), better known as Máire Brennan or Moya Brennan (born 4 August 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland), is a Grammy Award-nominated Celtic folksinger, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970, and is widely regarded today as the "First Lady of Celtic Music". Brennan grew up as the eldest in a very musical family in the remote parish of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), in the northwest of Ireland, a Gaeltacht area in which the Irish language and tradition continue to flourish. Her mother Máire (or Baba) was a music teacher and her father was a member of a cabaret band with whom she performed as a child. Moya is the eldest of nine children, her sisters are Deirdre, Eithne (now known as Enya), Olive, Brídín and her brothers are Ciarán, Pól, Leon and Bartley. She sang along with her siblings in the family pub, Leo's Tavern, in the village of... less