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Chapters: Moya Brennan, Patrick Byrne, Cearbhall Og O Dalaigh, Maire Ni Chathasaigh. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Maire Philomena Ni Bhraonain (Irish pronunciation: ), better known as Maire Brennan or Moya Brennan (born 4 August 1952, Gweedore, County Donegal), is a Grammy Award-nominated Irish folk singer, 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), County Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland, a Gaeltacht area in which the Irish language and tradition continue to flourish. Her mother Maire (better known by her nickname, Baba)(nee Ni Dhugain or Duggan in English) was a music teacher and her father Leo Brennan 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 (better known as Enya), Olive, Bridin and her brothers are Ciaran, Pol, Leon and Bartley. She sang along with her siblings in the family pub, Leo's Tavern, in the village of Meenaleck, a short distance from the family home. She also took part in many pantomimes in Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair, the local theatre, usually dancing and singing. After leaving secondary school Brennan spent a few years at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin studying the harp, the piano and singing. She later taught music at Holy Cross College in Falcarragh, County Donegal. Moya performing with Clannad at a reunion in Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal, in 2005. It was during this time in 1970 that Brennan joined her two brothers Pol and Ciaran and their mother's twin brothers Noel and Padraig ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=20255
