Clannad

Clannad is a famous Irish musical group. Their music has been variously described as being folk music, new age, and Celtic. Clannad are M?ire Brennan, Ciar?n Brennan, P?l Brennan, Noel Duggan and Padraig Duggan. Enya Brennan, M?ire's sister, used to be a member of the group in the early Eighties. The band won a Grammy Award in 1999 for Best New Age Album.

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Clannad, whose name is taken from an Clann as Dobhar meaning the family from the townland of Dobhair, was formed by the Brennan family in 1970. M?ire, Ciar?n and P?l Brennan joined uncles Noel and Padraig Duggan and began performing in their father Leo's tavern. M?ire's sister, Enya, joined the band in 1979 and left three years later to pursue a successful solo career. M?ire has also enjoyed a simultaneous career as a solo singer, starting with her 1992 album entitled M?ire, and recently altered the spelling of her name to Moya Brennan.

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"Harry's Game", the group's theme song for a television thriller, was used in a commercial for Volkswagen in 1992 and won Clannad newfound popularity in the United States. Their song "I Will Find You" also featured prominently on the soundtrack for the 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans.

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