Speculate Wildly About Enya

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.

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.
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.
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.

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.
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! :laugh:

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.
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. :googlyeyes: 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 :rofl:) 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.
Yes, almost definitely! :happy: Eithne would've only been about 17 there. Where did you find the image/about the year?

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!
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If she is the same person, the girl here must be her too :cool:
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.

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
 
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.
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.
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 year💡].
At first I was thrilled when I 'finished' the first college year at that age, because it was lockdown, staying at home from March until the next academic year! Of course, I eventually had to go back for the following year... but at least I properly discovered Enya and her music in 2021. 🤗
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. :googlyeyes: 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 :rofl:) 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.
I thought that too for the school picture (15 here maybe?)
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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

I've not seen that video before - I'd say that she is almost definitely not Eithne. Beyond the make-up, the girl's eyebrows are more naturally arched, and she has sharper features (nose, cheekbones, jawline) and lips jut out more. Eithne would have been 15 (looks nothing like the boarding school photo) - that girl looks slightly older, and Eithne didn't really wear much make-up beyond stage appearances until she was 22-23. Unless she got out of boarding school for Christmas particularly early, it is rather unlikely to be her anyway. 😅

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.
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:
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Plus, changing one's appearance by wearing glasses and wearing a hairstyle differently isn't that hard! 😎
 
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Since the mid-90s, Enya has been a thrill-seeker, a bit of an adrenaline junkie.💥🌆🎢
That line "and all the years are nemesis" from The Humming is actually in reference to the rollercoaster at Alton Towers. (I've only been twice, with school. That was 2015, same year as the song was released, when I went on Nemesis - probably the most intense rollercoaster I've ridden so far).
The re-opening of Nemesis next year may coincide with the release of the new Enya album :disco:
 
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I thought the album was coming out this year? :tongueout:
Well, hopefully ☺️ I'm switching between 2023 and 2024 because of the Reddit vote result (considering more people's input than just my own intuition).

Enya will have a new song featuring particular Greek letters - Sigma Σ , and Epsilon ε. 🎶
 
Well, hopefully ☺️ I'm switching between 2023 and 2024 because of the Reddit vote result (considering more people's input than just my own intuition).
I'm sticking to my conclusion (99% certainty) that they're retired. But maybe I'm just a world-weary cynic. :whistle:

Enya will have a new song featuring particular Greek letters - Sigma Σ , and Epsilon ε. 🎶
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! :laugh:
 
I'm sticking to my conclusion (99% certainty) that they're retired. But maybe I'm just a world-weary cynic. :whistle:
I'm still unsure why you are that certain. A cynical view, but everyone's world-weary to some extent. 😅
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! :laugh:
Haha, not Greek letters specifically, but Greek wind gods, and a Greek poet, mentioned in the lyrics of Caribbean Blue and China Roses, respectively. 🎨😊
Edit: I also found that the name of that made up language, Loxian, is based on the surname Loxias, of the Greek god Apollo. 💡

Speculation bit: Sappho hints at sapphic. :)🌸
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.
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" 🕊💖
 
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"Oh, is it Friday?" - Enya, 2015
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?":enya:

Some music started playing, and Enya smiled. "Oh, that Nightcrawlers song is sampled in this! Almost as much of a sampling journey as Boadicea has been on." 🤗 :dj:🎵
 

There are more funny things that Graham says, of course, but Enya's responses are still funny :D

Graham's clever haha.
Panda 🐼, unicorns and rainbows :unicorn::rainbow:

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 one :laugh: She could be, I've seen biromantic too, probably queer, but ace-spec for sure. 🤗
 
There IS a Pornhub premium account registered to Enya's email address, but she doesn't know why that is and thinks it must be pranksters.
 
Graham's clever haha.
Panda 🐼, unicorns and rainbows :unicorn::rainbow:

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 one :laugh: She could be, I've seen biromantic too, probably queer, but ace-spec for sure. 🤗

Ace. (JMHO, of course :grin: )

Ah, her orientation. It's been a topic of speculation for decades... https://groups.google.com/g/alt.music.enya/c/HkUtfpUeVgg/m/XNa8pdIuUAEJ
 
She is confused why the box for 'Genre' exists for her when searched on Google - 'Alternative/Indie' and 'New Age'

"It's, er, Enya music." 😊
 
Enya is really looking forward to the new Mission Impossible film.
 
Enya's favourite Rustlers products are the BBQ Rib and the Chicken Sub
 
Enya continued to watch Neighbours when it moved to Channel 5, but has decided she won't follow it to Amazon FreeVee.
 
Despite performing on the Royal Variety, Enya is an anarchist, and good friends with the members of Chumbawamba :D
 
Enya may be commissioning some animated cats to lip-sync for some of her new music videos 😸🎶
Example:

:disco: :enya:
 
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So THAT'S what she was doing here! (2011)


Back in 2011 she'd often do it two or three times a day.

Her close friends Jedward persuaded her to stop and she did from 2013 to 2021. However the pressure of lockdown saw her emptying up to 10 tins of Campbell soup into Louboutins a day. Security guards, say she's unstoppable.

One is quoted as saying "don't fuck with that Enya, she's got a knuckle duster".
 
Enya still likes to bite her nails (when she's not wearing some bitter-tasting dark nail polish) 😅

Enya in the recording studio, 2008 :headphones:
(My 200th post 🤗)
 

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