![]() From a young age, Enya appeared in many pantomimes onstage at Gweedore's local theatre and sang with her siblings in her mother's choir at St Mary's Catholic Church, Derrybeg. Her grandparents were in a band that played throughout Ireland, her father was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band before opening Leo's Tavern, and her mother played in a dance band and later taught music at Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair. Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue. She is part of an Irish-speaking, Catholic musical family, the sixth of nine children. A sign for Leo's Tavern in Gweedore, which reads "The home of Clannad & Enya"Įnya was born and raised in Gweedore, County Donegal, in the northwest corner of Ireland. Life and career 1961–83: Musical upbringing and Clannad
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