Enya began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo. Enya is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Ireland’s best-selling solo artist (her record sales stand at 80 million as of 2009). As a musical group, Enya is a collaboration between […]
Proinsias Ó Maonaigh or Francie Mooney was a fiddler from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), Co Donegal. He is known for his distinguished fiddle playing and his unique and vast contribution to Irish music and culture. He is the father of Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (lead vocalist and cofounder of Irish folk music band Altan) and grandfather of […]
Vincent ‘Mad Dog’ Coll (born Uinseann Ó Colla) was an Irish enforcer for the mafia in early 20th-century New York City. He was born in Gweedore, an Irish-speaking region of Co Donegal, but emigrated to the US only a year later. He grew up on the streets of the Bronx, where he joined a street […]
Enya began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo. Enya is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Ireland’s best-selling solo artist (her record sales stand at 80 million as of 2009). As a musical group, Enya is a collaboration between […]
Maidin mhaith agaibh. Good morning from Stair na hÉireann. ‘The Bearded Road to Errigal’, Mt Errigal, Dunlewey, Gweedore, Co Donegal, Gareth Wray Photography garethwrayphotography.com
Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann. ‘Sailing the Milky Way’, Bad Eddie Shipwreck, Magheraclogher Strand, Bunbeg, Gweedore, Co Donegal, Gareth Wray Photography
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. ‘Cara Na Mara’, Friend of the Sea, Magheraclogher Strand, Bunbeg, Gweedore, Co Donegal, Gareth Wray Photography
The words ‘I will forgive you, but I’ll never forget what you’ve done’ never explain the real nature of forgiveness. “Ghost Town of Inisheer”, Gweedore, Co Donegal, Gareth Wray Photography
Enya began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo. Enya is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Ireland’s best-selling solo artist (her record sales stand at 80 million as of 2009). As a musical group, Enya is a collaboration between […]
Enya began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo. Enya is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, an Academy Award-nominated songwriter, and Ireland’s best-selling solo artist (her record sales stand at 80 million as of 2009). As a musical group, Enya is a collaboration between […]