The family group Clannad (two brothers, two sisters and their two uncles) succeeded in bringing Irish music to a new audience. This they did by elements of pop and New Age to add music to a typical Irish instruments. The group was founded in 1973 in Gweedore, a village at the most northerly point of Ireland. Clannad sold over fifteen million copies of their CDs and was the first group scored a big
… hit in the Irish language (Theme From Harry's Game 1983). Another worldwide hit scored the group In A Lifetime, a duet with U2 singer Bono. The singing sisters Enya and Maire (later 'Moya' called) Brennan then focus both on solo careers with particular Enya was successful. After the album Landmarks (1997) the last group a long pause. The silence is only broken in 2013 with the new album Nadur.more