Artist Name
Moya Brennan
web link web link web link web link
heart icon off (0 users)
artist logo

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 70%

Members
members icon 1 Female

Origin
flag Donegal, Ireland

Genre
genre icon Pop

Style
style icon Folk

Mood
---

Born

born icon 1952

Active
calendar icon ---Present...

Cutout
transparent

Alternate Name
Máire Brennan

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
5 users heart off Moya Brennan - Change My World
4 users heart off Moya Brennan - Bright Star
4 users heart off Moya Brennan - Ancient Town
4 users heart off Moya Brennan - Sailing Away
4 users heart off Moya Brennan - Sailing Away


youtube icon Music Video Links
No Music Videos Found...



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin, also known as Máire Brennan (born 4 August 1952), is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist. She began performing professionally in 1970 when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music". Moya released her first solo album in 1992 called Máire, a successful venture, her solo career has remained successful to this day, many years after Clannad took a hiatus in 1996. She has been nominated for two Grammys and has won an Emmy Award. She has recorded with many world-famous musicians and has provided music for several soundtracks, including Titanic, To End All Wars and King Arthur. She was born and grew up as the eldest child of a very musical family in the remote parish of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), in Ireland's northernmost county, Donegal, a Gaeltacht area in which the Irish language and tradition continue to flourish. Her mother Máire (better known by her nickname, Baba)(née Ní Dhúgáin 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, 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 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.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
wide thumb


Clearart
transparent

Fanart

transparent icontransparent icon

Banner
artist banner


User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by neaxtech
17th Jul 2018

Socials
social icon transparent iconsocial icon transparent iconsocial icon transparent icon

Streaming
website icon unlocked icon

External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked iconamazon icon