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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Aug 6, 2022 15:11:14 GMT -5
Yes definitely Brรญdรญn.
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Post by RichardF on Aug 26, 2022 14:26:21 GMT -5
An recently rediscovered image of Eithne from the Fuaim era of Clannad. She does not appear to be a happy bunny in this one. grumpy enya by Richard Fox, on Flickr
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Post by Riene on Aug 26, 2022 19:35:03 GMT -5
Actually, no one looked particularly thrilled there, LOL. Cool photo.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Sept 6, 2022 12:17:30 GMT -5
I would say Enya appears shy and sort of wary there, rather than grumpy, haha. Apart from her brother Pรณl none of them seem that comfortable in the location. Maybe there was a bit too much weaved furniture It's still a nice Clannad group picture, though this group photo outdoors is better ๐ณ๐
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Sept 9, 2022 18:31:13 GMT -5
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Dec 19, 2022 10:33:33 GMT -5
This is a sweet early photo It appears in the 'Clann As Dobhar' documentary - little Eithne, possibly with two of her brothers and her sister. (I think they film across one picture; 3 separate images attached) I'm not sure which brothers are there, but I think the sister here is Deirdre. What does anyone else think? Cute childhood photo! ๐ค A bit harder to tell between the two boys. They could even be their friends, but it's more likely that they are all siblings in the picture. If I had to guess which two brothers, I'd say they could be Pรณl, and Leon (RIP). I'd agree that the girl with her arm around Eithne looks like it could be her sister Deirdre. I think now I would agree with this (the siblings from left to right as Pรณl, Leon, Eithne and Deirdre) - I think the brother next to her looks much closer in age (i.e. Leon, and Enya) than Moya is, and the shy smile resembles Enya more to me. โบ๏ธ โก
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Dec 19, 2022 10:45:09 GMT -5
Also for the family picture with Baba, Leo and 3 of their daughters, I am now almost 100% certain that the sisters are Brรญdรญn, Eithne (Enya) and Olive, from left to right. In particular, for little Olive smiling in the red dress, compared to her smile in the Facebook profile picture here some 50 years later, I think still looks very much the same Here is a larger colourised version of the lovely picture ๐ฅฐ
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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Dec 20, 2022 8:54:39 GMT -5
Should we be posting links to FB pages of Enyaโs siblings here?
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Dec 20, 2022 14:31:42 GMT -5
Probably not, but the link was directly to the profile picture (which is viewable to anyone) not the FB profile itself. Olive commented with emojis on this post by Moya which was how I saw her picture, rather than searching for the profile. Both Olive and Brรญdรญn's profiles don't seem to have a link to their page when tagged (e.g. on the Leo's Tavern page) so are probably private. I have previously appeared in a few photos posted by relatives, but have never had a Facebook account to log into myself, so I wouldn't be able to access much more anyway.
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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Dec 21, 2022 5:45:32 GMT -5
Thatโs ok. Iโm not a moderator here, just an observation. Enya is very private about her personal life and familyโฆ. with good reason. I think it is very important that we always respect that. Iโm not insinuating that you donโt respect it, itโs just why I raised the question to begin with.
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Post by Riene on Dec 23, 2022 22:07:16 GMT -5
Thatโs ok. Iโm not a moderator here, just an observation. Enya is very private about her personal life and familyโฆ. with good reason. I think it is very important that we always respect that. Iโm not insinuating that you donโt respect it, itโs just why I raised the question to begin with. I *am* a moderator here, and we will not be posting links to people's personal FB profiles. These photos have been floating around various sites for years so I'm not going to fuss about them, but let's not harvest or scrape anything from a personal page, ok?
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Dec 26, 2022 10:47:54 GMT -5
...I'll start with these two pictures: Enya with a friend in 1989 and in 2022 Just a thought, is she the same friend in both photos? ๐ Regarding the 2022 pic, the other woman in the photo is a faculty or staff member at Dublin City University. In particular, she's part of the U's Water Institute. Further investigation might actually turn up her name, but I'll leave that for someone else.
Interesting ๐ I don't think I had seen this Tweet before (although @enya is different account to @official_enya, which might be why I hadn't found it, haha) In short, the other ladyโs name is Fiona Regan. dcuwater.ie/people/prof-fiona-regan/ Surprisingly it only took about a minute to find with the previous info (Not to be confused with the Irish musician Fionn Regan, or the English singer-songwriter Fiona Bevan )๐
She appears to be chemistry lecturer at the Dublin City University anongst other roles (primarily works at the uni). I was sort of right here ๐ : For the 2nd picture, I think the lady in the picture with Enya could be an acquaintance instead of a complete stranger ( unless she is someone working at the venue who asked if Enya could join her in a picture). It should come up on Google with information about her work in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental chemistry, etc. There is a scientific book that she co-wrote about nanoparticles too. I find chemistry rather interesting - I definitely don't miss it at A-Level, but nearly always enjoyed Chemistry when I was younger, and more recently, I liked the Biochemistry module at university in the first year. ๐๐งชAccording to the graduation years mentioned in the DCU Water Institute page (and that they can start university at 17 years old with the 'Higher Leaving Certificate' qualification they get in Ireland instead of A-Levels) I worked out that Fiona is probably around 10 years younger than Enya. (If she was 20-21 in 1991 when graduating, while Enya was 30 when Shepherd Moons was released, that is.) Fiona Regan is more known for her work in STEM ๐ฉโ๐ฌ rather than the Arts ๐จ. Enya is the real inspiration here, though I now find both of these ladies quite inspirational in their respective specialties. ๐ I like it when people encourage going beyond in science subject with creative elements, and vice-versa, with scientific elements in arts and humanities subjects. ๐ A little off-topic but still Enya-related: I was searching for and just rediscovered the speech that Enya did for the University of Ulster where she also got an honorary degree at (listen from around here onwards).๐๐ Enya mentioned the importance of innovation, her cousin (that he has been involved in linking the sciences with the arts) and that her own work with Nicky and Roma has demonstrated this too. ๐ค There definitely is some sort of physics with the use of synthesisers, and the idea of the lowest frequency at the beginning of the universe, in Enya's song The Humming. ๐ก๐ถ๐ Who knows what innovative ideas are next for the trio? ๐ฐ๐ฎ
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Jan 3, 2023 13:24:19 GMT -5
I often wonder where is Enya at this 2018 event while all of her siblings are together celebrating the 50th anniversary of Leo's Tavern in 2018. Baba is there too, Brรญdรญn's two daughters, and Daniel O'Donnell. A bit of a shame that Enya wasn't there, unless she was filming it all www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZj-R3nG8lQ&list=PLwxTcrfBJvX9YdS413yfS_ySbQMBprZY3&index=58 of the Brennan siblings together (Ciarรกn, Bartley, Olive, Brรญdรญn, Moya, Deirdre, Leon and Pรณl) apart from Enya Perhaps Enya preferred to film and take photos on that day instead; could this have been her? ๐
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Edit - I saw a different lady in the YouTube upload who seems to be the same person above (probably not Eithne). Aw, she should have been there, but at least they're all together for the celebration holidays of the year ๐ค
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Post by Draรญocht an Dรบlra on Jan 4, 2023 9:28:44 GMT -5
Enya wasnโt present at the celebrations in 2018 - she wasnโt at any of the public events anyway.
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Post by ใค๐โณโฒ๐ง ๐
๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ on Feb 4, 2023 13:28:11 GMT -5
The early bit of Enya's career (when Eithne left Clannad and went to lodge with the Ryans in this seemingly ordinary semi-detached house) is particularly fascinating. ๐ก๐น Roma had 2 small girls born within that time, and Nicky built the trio's first recording studio, and both gladly accommodated Eithne. ๐ต๐ญ Also interesting to consider how much she trust she had put in them, and wondering what she might have done to help/ put up with too, and that it was somehow better than just staying at home ๐
Picture-wise, since Nicky and Roma's daughters Ebony and Persia don't seem to be publicly photographed much with the trio, I was wondering about (edit), and whether the other lady next to Eithne is Ebony (or Persia, not sure which is older). Her smile look similar enough to be Roma's daughter. I would guess that the man is her husband, and the 4 girls and the boy are Nicky and Roma's grandchildren. If Eithne was considered Persia and Ebony's 'surrogate aunt' (used to be mentioned in the Wikipedia page) then to their children, she is the great-aunt That is, if they are related to any of the others her in the first place, haha, or if they are just a lucky young family who got a photograph with Enya. We do know that Roma and Eithne are there, and I would guess the photo is from 2014-16 according to her appearance in photos around that time. Most of those children there would be teenagers now Does anyone know of this picture, and if it the others do have any relation to Roma? Edit: yes that was the Sellens family, as explained. I have since seen a photo of Persia as a grown-up, but is she (one of the girls, not Enya's 'mini-me') in the music video for On My Way Home?
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