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Post by Moe on Apr 8, 2022 15:09:24 GMT -5
That last pic (girl in a blue dress) was shown while Baba was talking about Eithne. So I presume that is her. I'd agree that Enya is in the last picture, which can also found amongst others here. True, I mentioned a bit more in this Reddit edit post Although Enya's hairstyle has remained relatively short since then, for the last 4 decades, these Watermark-related photos show that she does wear a ponytail convincingly 1 2 3
That's interesting to point out Possibly something in the background, but I think that is her real hair. I also wonder whether most of the girls in boarding school had to or chose to keep their hair short/manageable. Does anyone have an idea about the 2 family photos?I agree: Enya is on the right, "5 of the younger siblings (4 sisters and 1 brother) - maybe Olive , Deirdre, Eithne, Brรญdรญn, Bartley. In the documentary when this picture is shown, Brรญdรญn is telling their mother Baba a story about how the younger siblings used to go around with the pram, 'pretending it was a sports car' Brรญdรญn confirms that she is the baby sister in the pram. It looks like their youngest brother Bartley is the boy crouching down on the right. Of the 3 sisters standing up, I think Olive is the sister handling the pram on the left, and Deirdre could be the older sister in the middle. I believe Enya is the sister on the right, who is smiling and looking towards the camera " I also think Enya is on the right in the second pic.
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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Apr 8, 2022 16:37:22 GMT -5
In the 2nd family photo I think Enya is in the middle. I think Olive is to the left which probably means that the youngest is Brรญdรญn. Iโm not sure about the 1st family photo.
I think the choir photo was from the late 1979s, maybe 77/78. I think it was on a FB page when the school was celebrating a special anniversary.
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Post by maytriloxia on Jun 1, 2022 14:21:48 GMT -5
Slightly late to this thread, but I'll mention a few of my thoughts about each picture in question: - The first horse picture - no, the woman isn't Enya.
- With Clannad - Hmm... yes, that probably is Enya. Although the lighting makes her look a bit different, it's most likely before Triona joined, a sort of early Enya and Clannad picture.
- Super Trouper ABBA video - probably not The idea intrigues me but I'm sure Enya would have mentioned it if she appeared in this.
- Horse galloping scenes in The Celts video - looks to be a taller stuntwoman (not Enya). Like the above, I think she'd have mentioned somewhere about doing this skilled horse riding if it's her.
- Walking past as Leo sings and plays the accordion - hmm... that could very well be Enya. If it is her, I think she's slightly shy walking past her dad at the stage twice, although he probably didn't mind it too much. I guess the later newspaper image with the glasses convinced me as well, so yes, probably Enya.
- Girl amongst others at Leo's holding a drink - yes, she looks like Enya. Not as sure if her sister Deirdre is the one next to her, might mention it in the new thread 'Enya et al'
- At the Leixlip concert - yes. I've been thinking about this one, and whether she appears later on too. Not as clear from the pictures (see video) but consider that she had waist-long hair before, may have attended alone, and probably dressed casual to this sort of concert in the early 80s. I could be wrong, but the way she (quickly) walks/her gait hints that it could be Enya. Face recognition is one thing, but gait recognition is perhaps even cleverer.
- Childhood photo with the pram - Enya should definitely be in the picture if they're the younger siblings. The side profiles of the first two girls (maybe Olive and Deirdre) don't resemble Enya as much. Could be how the shadows fall on her facial features that hints the girl on the right, looking at the camera is little Eithne, smiling
- Childhood photo with parents - Just like the one above, the shadows lead me to think that the girl in the middle with Brรญdin and Olive either side is Enya. The bonus picture suggests so too
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Sept 4, 2022 15:37:35 GMT -5
Little Enya pictures View Attachment Baba and Leo with 3 of their daughters. Since Enya is the 3rd i.e. the middle of the 5 sisters, I think it would be quite likely for her to be in this photo.
- Brรญdรญn, Eithne, Olive
I would say this is the most likely; continuing with eyes, Brรญdรญn has wider-set eyes, and it looks like the youngest girl in the picture does too. It can change from childhood pictures of course, but I believe Olive smiles the most in general I also think that Olive is the most similar of the sisters to Enya. I reckon the smile of the girl in the middle looks most like Enya's View Attachment*Bonus picture - would help if it was clearer; young (about 12-13 years old?) Eithne - similar long hairstyle in the middle of the 2nd photo ๐ก I was thinking about this picture again - now I am more certain that the girl in the middle is Eithne. Her facial structure to me just seems very similar to her in more recent decades. I would guess she was around 10-12 years old in this. The 2nd 'bonus picture' must also be of her. Eithne's longer hairstyle here seems a bit like when I was about 8-10 with dark wavy/straight shoulder-length hair; now it is long and curly. When Enya was the same age as me she was probably ready to cut it short. I wonder if I should do the same, haha. ๐๐ปโโ๏ธHere is an attempted upscale featuring just her ๐๐บ She seems to resemble the even earlier picture holding the trophy (another close-up from a family picture) ๐ค๐
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 8, 2022 18:14:09 GMT -5
I was looking back on another screenshot from the 1980 video and changed the lighting in the image a bit - I am quite sure that she is one of the sisters, mostly resembling Eithne, or maybe Deirdre. ๐
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 8, 2022 18:57:27 GMT -5
Although I don't check for pictures of Enya's castle (home) or on Google Maps often, I did search on there for Ayesha Castle (Manderley's previous name) and had a little look from around the stone walls. Excuse this random collage ๐
๐๐ฐ There are often people who can be seen around in Street View, and there was a lady who appeared to be jogging along (June 2018) Upon a clearer look from mobile Google Maps, she definitely isn't Enya, but it is possible that Enya walks around here anyway, since this is right outside the grounds of where she lives)๐ก (I also love seeing red climbing acer or maple leaves, nice seeing some on one of the castle towers too ๐คฉ๐ฐ๐)
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Post by smileyanna on Nov 9, 2022 9:31:31 GMT -5
I just checked it on Google Earth, but I donโt think this lady would be Enya. I think the ladyโs hair is in a ponytail, and is a bit chubby to be Enya.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 9, 2022 17:45:30 GMT -5
I just checked it on Google Earth, but I donโt think this lady would be Enya. I think the ladyโs hair is in a ponytail You are probably right about it not being Enya - her hair might not be long enough for that sort of ponytail, if it is like that for the lady in the picture. Enya did have a pretend ponytail and beret for some photos promoting Watermark ^ The person commenting meant Che Guevara, who famously wore a beret. ๐
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 9, 2022 19:34:56 GMT -5
Oh I wouldn't really consider the lady in the picture chubby, maybe a more curvy different body type or wider calves than Enya (though wearing sports leggings could make it look like that). There are a few non-music related photos with Enya and family that we can see from 2018 (same year as the Google image) which aren't that focused on her, apart from 2019 - those photos with her niece Sinead, like the fist bump picture here Weight can fluctuate at any age for nearly anyone though. *This tiny text is just some more of my rambling on, haha. There are some links too if you are interested :-) Anyone can appear a bit slimmer or chubbier at different points throughout their life. Sometimes it is lifestyle-related, other times due to chemical changes in the body (hormones). In around 1997, Enya was considered a bit chubbier than usual, possibly linked to weight gain after head injuries from the car accident. Throughout the 2000s, she did remain mostly skinny, mentioned a bit in this thread. I think (but don't know for certain) that after 2017/the end of officially promoting Dark Sky Island, she has remained a little bit chubbier, hopefully in a healthy way overall. Earlier this year I found out about 'Kibbe body types' (see this) after seeing Enya typed as 'flamboyant gamine' alongside this picture. The Internet seemed to bring this typing concept back, haha. Some celebrities get officially typed, others are guesses. There was even this Reddit thread, but with completely different typings because some might have thought she was 5'8 haha. I agree that Enya is some type of 'gamine' in Kibbe types, quite petite; I thought 'soft gamine' is closer. There is a comparison of those 2 subtypes in this too, but it is still tricky to tell.
After all that, a new point to potentially be continued on here - what Kibbe type could Enya be? ๐ก๐
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Post by smileyanna on Nov 10, 2022 1:59:37 GMT -5
Oh I wouldn't really consider the lady in the picture chubby, maybe a more curvy different body type or wider calves than Enya (though wearing sports leggings could make it look like that). Yes, ๐
I just didn't find the right word. Also, thanks for the fist bump picture, I've never seen that one before.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 10, 2022 3:52:01 GMT -5
Oh I wouldn't really consider the lady in the picture chubby, maybe a more curvy different body type or wider calves than Enya (though wearing sports leggings could make it look like that). Yes, ๐
I just didn't find the right word. Also, thanks for the fist bump picture, I've never seen that one before. It's fine ๐
You're welcome The only thing is that it is from 2019 rather than 2018 which I mistakenly thought. For 2018, there seems to be just one series of photos alongside some family members and others who visited the celebration ( this post from Moe and this )
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 25, 2022 18:06:15 GMT -5
The Police(band), Enya, and YouTube - Returning to Enya at Leixlip Castle in Dublin (1980) for the music festival, there is this upload as well as the clip from the RTร archives. YouTube on the mobile app recently allowed zooming in up to 8x. Slightly closer up, there is a tiny bit more detail.
Large but fuzzy images ahead :
From the above I would be fairly sure that she is Eithne - the shadow falling as she smiles slightly seem resemblant of her I noticed the satchel bag closer up too ๐
- Another random query, not photo/footage-related but sort of asking 'Enya or not?' is this YouTube comment:
The video the comment appears under is an upload of the song Shadows In The Rain by The Police. I discovered this a few months ago while mixing Echoes In Rain with the Police song Enya was 18-19 years old when this song was released, so sort of late teens, and liked to be seen as serious, making it a point earlier on in her career. It sort of seems like something Enya might say, as a fan of The Police (and from the same generation when they were a band) and with a strong appreciation of The Beatles for all-time music bands. Some opposing points - anyone could agree with that statement and happen to be from the same generation. Also the spelling of 'favorite' rather than the British English spelling, which Ireland also uses ('favo urite') could just suggest the commenter is an fan from the US or other region where they use the American English spelling. 'Favorite' is a letter less anyway, and 70s / 80s rather than 1970s and 1980s, just easier, and it is only a YouTube comment. I can be a bit picky with correct spelling though (The only English words that I've seen Enya misspell in written notes are 'recieved' (received) and 'accross' (across), haha). Another helpful new YouTube feature is the @ as well as the channel name ('E Le Strange' had a few different results; this one is @elestrange7620, but it doesn't have any extra content. The numbers seem random - it could be automatically assigned or even linked to email address if not manually changed. The channel creation date (May 8th 2021) made me think that if it was actually Enya, it was just a random thing she should do before she turned 60, haha. Or something new to do during lockdown
So, does anyone else think either of these are Enya?
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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Nov 25, 2022 20:50:06 GMT -5
Are you asking if we believe that these comments are from Enya? I I would have to say no. I do not believe that these are comments posted by Enya. Iโd be 100% sure, well 99.99999% sure that these comments are not from Enya.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Nov 26, 2022 9:49:56 GMT -5
Are you asking if we believe that these comments are from Enya? I I would have to say no. I do not believe that these are comments posted by Enya. Iโd be 100% sure, well 99.99999% sure that these comments are not from Enya. The YouTube comment, and the account it was from, yes.. I was just curious about it, haha - there is a tiny possibility, even if it seems rather unlikely that it would be Enya. What would you say regarding the previous photos? ๐ก
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Mar 15, 2023 19:37:47 GMT -5
Never mind about the YouTube comment The user since changed their name to E Rowena (possibly reference to Rowena Ravenclaw, the Harry Potter house character). Still, Enya could still be a fan of Harry Potter or the mini backstories, haha However, I am quite certain about the picture/still from the U2 Leixlip concert clip (the girl being Eithne) Attachments:
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