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Máire Ní Bhraonáin, better known as '''Máire Brennan''' (born August 4 , 1952 , Gweedore , County Donegal , Ireland ), is a Celtic folk singer. She began her singing career when her family formed the band Clannad in 1970 . Brennan released her first solo album in 1992 , '' Maire '', on Atlantic Records . '' Misty Eyed Adventures '' on BGM followed three years later. In 1998 , Brennan signed with Word Records and released '' Perfect Time '', and '' Whisper To The Wild Water '' a year later. The album was nominated in the Grammy Awards Of 2001 for Best New Age Album . Her music is usually classified as New Age or Celt ic, through many of her songs have a Christian theme, often showing Catholic influence. The songs ''Song of David (Psalm 67)'', ''Pilgrim's Way'', ''Peacemaker'', and ''Mary Of The Gaels'', are good examples. In 2000 , she wrote an Autobiography called ''The Other Side of The Rainbow'', which was translated into German . Since 2002 , she has promoted herself as Moya Brennan — a spelling closely resembling the phonetic pronunciation of her name for those not familiar with the Irish variant of the spelling. Under this moniker she released an album entitled "Two Horizons" in 2003 under her new label, Universal. She is the elder sister of the singer Enya , who was also briefly a member of Clannad in the early 1980s. Moya Brennan has two children, Aisling and Paul, with her husband Tim Jarvis, a photographer. They live in Dún Laoghaire in Dublin, Ireland. She is also known for her work with the dance artist Chicane for performing the singing for Saltwater, which was also featured in the VisitScotland advertising campaign, as well as having been used by Bord Fáilte to promote Ireland, and by Belfast city council, both in television adverts. DISCOGRAPHY Chronological listing
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