In a Lifetime

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michaelmcglynn (7 October 2009). "The Free Design and Clannad " Michael McGlynn". Michaelmcglynn.wordpress.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012 . Retrieved 22 March 2012. a b c "Clannad - Winners of Harry's Game". Belfast Telegraph. 6 November 1982. p.10 . Retrieved 1 July 2023– via British Newspaper Archives. Lynch uncovers his hardnosed relish for the nastier aspects of police work and his softer side too, deriving much pleasure through listening to Irish folk acts such as Clannad in his unmarked police car!". Futuremovies.co.uk. 28 November 2003 . Retrieved 22 September 2014. Landmarks and The Ultimate Collection: "Irish Album Charts 1997 and 1998". UKMIX Forums . Retrieved 17 October 2022.

For a band whose sound has been variously described as ethereal and otherworldly, Clannad have a distinct capacity for producing music that’s grounded in the strongest sense of place. Moya Brennan and her brothers, Ciarán and Pól, had planned to mark their 50th anniversary in 2020, but stages went dark, but there was something deeply fitting about the fact that they performed their farewell Dublin concert in 2023, the 50th anniversary of the release of their debut album.

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a b "australian-charts.com - Discography Clannad". australian-charts.com . Retrieved 17 October 2022. Get Ready for the Return of Moya Brennan And Clannad". Irish Examiner, USA. 13 March 2012 . Retrieved 7 May 2012. The next morning, everybody came in with lyrics of storms and lightning and everything,” Moya added, “and hence the song was born! It was fantastic looking at how Bono crafted the song himself and how he reached those notes and his singing and everything. Everything about it was fantastic. It was just amazing to watch. He just walked in the studio and improvised his vocal in 2 takes, making up a lot of lyrics to fit the song on the spot. The whole thing took about 10 minutes. It was one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen in a studio.” This was a performance marked by poise and precision. Moya Brennan took quiet, unassuming possession of centre stage from the get go, with a delicate reading of Buachaill ón Éirne, from their 1985 album, Macalla. Her voice, deliciously wraithlike and woven like a skein through the lyrics, carries traces of a lifetime of performance, but its essence is still what it was when she first took to the stage at Letterkenny Folk Festival as a teenager. Purcell, Deirdre (6 December 1987). " 'Music Is My Whole Life' ". Sunday Tribune. p.17 . Retrieved 2 July 2023.

University of Ulster News Release– UU To Honour Peacemaker Tutu". News.ulster.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011 . Retrieved 7 May 2012. a b "Clannad Announce 'In A Lifetime' Career-Spanning World Tour". Thatericalper.com. 24 February 2020 . Retrieved 19 August 2021.The Brennans are Ireland's most successful music family; in 2005, the combined record sales of Clannad and Enya exceeded 70 million. [73] Leo Brennan (born Leopold Henry Brennan-Hardin) [74] and Máire "Baba" Duggan are the parents of the Brennan siblings Máire (Moya), Ciarán, Pól, Deirdre, Leon, [75] Eithne (Enya), Olive, Bartley, and Brídín. Brennan was a musician who played in an Irish showband, the Slieve Foy, and Duggan was an amateur musician who taught music at Gweedore Community School and lead the local choir, Cór Mhuire Doire Beaga. The family lived in Dore, a parish in Gweedore, County Donegal. The video was shot in Clannad's hometown of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. It is set in 1930's Ireland and it is based on the lives of local folk around this time. The visuals are very atmospheric and fit well with the song's theme. It shows young children walking along a narrow road in the countryside, followed by a hearse. It also shows old men drinking in a pub. The video, which was directed by Meiert Avis, shows a haunting portrayal of the Irish countryside and old Irish traditions. Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit CHU - COA". Sisältää hitin. 13 August 2015 . Retrieved 17 October 2022. Clannad & Enya Nominated for IMA's!". Clannad.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011 . Retrieved 22 September 2014.

And, of course, we have Moya Brennan and Bono standing on that very same road, singing the song. The landscape seems windswept, wet and foggy, but at the same time there is a beauty in it, and it does feel like you are seeing scenes from a lifetime, and examples of how the passing of time affect us all, thus fitting in with the themes of the song.Clannad Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Clannad". Encyclopedia.com . Retrieved 22 March 2012.