I was aware of that, Clannad becoming famous after Eithne's time with them, but in 1975 she'd have still been in education (boarding school which included college, and the extra year or so of tutoring) until 1980, probably.
1978-1961 = 17, the age she was (per the 2010 article) when she finished school. The article makes it sound like she had literally just finished school and rode home on the bus that day, lol. Of course, it also goes on to say Nicky Ryan summoned her to join Clannad that day, but we know the math doesn't work out.I wondered that too, I think I've since got a better idea of the timeline, haha. My understanding of it is that she finished lower boarding school at 16 (mid-1977) and her lovely story about her coming home after college was over was likely in summer 1979, age 17.
Well, she had over two years (from late May 1978 until autumn 1980) to do the tutoring and redo the exams, definitely plenty of time!She also mentions in this 1988 article you translated about the following year off, with the tutoring, probably until she redid her exams. Not long after (late 1980) she joined Clannad.
I don't know why she said that. We can see she still had long hair in October 1980, when she was nearly 19 1/2, at the time she joined Clannad.The thing I wonder more about is when she actually cut her hair short?![]()
Enya says she was 18, but from photos she still had long-ish hair then, perhaps shorter than before. I think she got her actual short haircut at 20.
Yes, almost definitely!Eithne would've only been about 17 there. Where did you find the image/about the year?
This has been discussed before. I doubt it is her. Eithne is seen wearing different clothes (looks like a gray sweatshirt with a design on it) while sitting with some other people during the same evening at Leo's. The girl in the gif has seems to have longer hair than Eithne, plus Eithne always tried to keep hers pushed back behind her ears.
Ah, probably the year 1978 like you mentioned). It depends when this summer's (could be spring) day was, [edit: if it was early May 1979 she could've been almost 18, if she retook a year1978-1961 = 17, the age she was (per the 2010 article) when she finished school. The article makes it sound like she had literally just finished school and rode home on the bus that day, lol. Of course, it also goes on to say Nicky Ryan summoned her to join Clannad that day, but we know the math doesn't work out.
There's no documentation of her joining Clannad until autumn 1980. The first newspaper article I have saying she was joining is dated September 27, 1980. It states one of her first appearances onstage with them would be October 30. That is the show recorded by the German film crew for the wonderful old doc.
I thought that too for the school picture (15 here maybe?)I don't know why she said that. We can see she still had long hair in October 1980, when she was nearly 19 1/2, at the time she joined Clannad.The German doc and various photos from the time show it. By the time of the Castlebar Music Festival (1-2 August 1981), she had short hair. This is shown in that wonderful b&w pic of her (wearing overalls
) with the band at the event.
OTOH, her hair did not look long at all in the 1970's school pic...unless she had it pulled back/pinned up.
OK, I see you're confident it's her, lol. The image is from their Facebook page (see link below). I'm not sure about the date...perhaps if I went back through the FB page I could find the original post. I do need to go through it again soon...at a glance it appears they've added more Clannad pics!
Facebook link
Speaking of old Eithne sightings, I can't recall if you've ever weighed on this video...do you think it's her at the very end? The person who posted the video says (in the description) that it is. So do others who commented. I'm not sure. 1976 Clannad at the Embankment
True, though I see it as her. I think Leo's performance was filmed on a different occasion to the appearance below - unless she was Deirdre (her sister, sitting to the left of Eithne in this:This has been discussed before. I doubt it is her. Eithne is seen wearing different clothes (looks like a gray sweatshirt with a design on it) while sitting with some other people during the same evening at Leo's. The girl in the gif has seems to have longer hair than Eithne, plus Eithne always tried to keep hers pushed back behind her ears.
Well, hopefullyI thought the album was coming out this year?![]()
I'm sticking to my conclusion (99% certainty) that they're retired. But maybe I'm just a world-weary cynic.Well, hopefullyI'm switching between 2023 and 2024 because of the Reddit vote result (considering more people's input than just my own intuition).
Hmm, have we had many (any?) Greek letters in the lyrics to date? I never thought about it.
Enya will have a new song featuring particular Greek letters - Sigma Σ , and Epsilon ε.![]()
I'm still unsure why you are that certain. A cynical view, but everyone's world-weary to some extent.I'm sticking to my conclusion (99% certainty) that they're retired. But maybe I'm just a world-weary cynic.![]()
Haha, not Greek letters specifically, but Greek wind gods, and a Greek poet, mentioned in the lyrics of Caribbean Blue and China Roses, respectively.Hmm, have we had many (any?) Greek letters in the lyrics to date? I never thought about it.
Given all the other things that have appeared in the lyrics and the multiple languages (including a made-up language) they've been sung in, the lack of Greek letters would seem to be a glaring oversight!![]()
Note "who can say the way it should be" and Roma chose to describe the hummingbird as "Sappho's comet" rather than "Red-tailed comet" 🕊Who can tell me if we have heaven,
Who can say the way it should be;
Moonlight holly, the Sappho Comet,
Angel's tears below a tree.
Enya said this again in late 2021 or 2022, walking through the town. She was a bit confused by someone shouting "it's Saturday, Sunday", and her response what "what?""Oh, is it Friday?" - Enya, 2015
There are more funny things that Graham says, of course, but Enya's responses are still funny![]()
Enya's favourite Moopy posters are Rachey and COB. She finds disneyteletubby and Castle_Qwean 'a bit much'![]()
Graham's clever haha.
Panda, unicorns and rainbows
At 10:58 he says "you're at the back of a Subaru" (didn't think much of this until recently, when I learnt that Subaru car ads in the 90s/00s famously referred to lesbians)
" Hope Enya got/doesn't mind that oneShe could be, I've seen biromantic too, probably queer, but ace-spec for sure.
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Enya regularly pops into Dublin shoe shops and pours soup into the shoes.
So THAT'S what she was doing here! (2011)
So THAT'S what she was doing here! (2011)