Enya recorded a song entitled " Boadicea " for her 1987 LP Enya.

In 2001 Enya recorded " May It Be ", which was featured in the first installment of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number one.

In 2006 Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material.

In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O ' Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya, Mary Black, and Donal Lunny.

" Orinoco Flow ", also known as " Orinoco Flow ( Sail Away )", is a 1988 song written and recorded by the Irish singer Enya.

* Orinoco River, Venezuela ( the London studio where the song was recorded was also called " Orinoco " and, due to the title of the song, Enya became known in Venezuela ).

" Only Time " is a song composed and recorded by Irish singer Enya, first released in November 2000.

In 2001, Enya recorded May It Be, which featured in the first installment of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Fellowship of the Ring, and was her second consecutive single to enter the German charts at number 1.

In 2006, Enya released several Christmas-themed CDs with newly recorded material.

* " Orinoco Flow ", a 1988 song recorded by Enya at Orinoco Studios

In 1997 Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint the Sky with Stars: The Best of Enya, again a top five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky with Stars " and " Only If ..."; " Only If ..." later became a single.

On 10 October 2006 Sounds of the Season: The Enya Holiday Collection was released containing six songs: the previously released " Oíche Chiúin " ( a. k. a. " Silent Night ") and " Amid the Falling Snow ", new recordings of the standards " Adeste Fideles " ( a. k. a. " Oh Come All Ye Faithful ") and " We Wish You a Merry Christmas " as well as two original songs, " Christmas Secrets " and " The Magic of the Night ".

Enya has performed several songs relating to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, including 1991's " Lothlórien " ( instrumental ), and 2001's " May It Be " ( sung in English and Quenya ), and " Aníron " ( in Sindarin )— the latter two, which she composed, appearing in Peter Jackson's movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and its soundtrack album.

In addition, Enya is shown performing the theme song, " The Celts " at the start of each episode, and two episodes also include music videos of her performing the songs " I Want Tomorrow " and " Aldebaran.

In 1997, Enya released her greatest hits collection, Paint The Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya, again a Top Five smash in the UK and Germany, which featured two new songs: " Paint the Sky With Stars " and " Only If ...".

In 1982, shortly before Clannad became internationally renowned for " Theme From Harry's Game ", producer and manager Nicky Ryan left the group and Enya joined him to start her own solo career.

The music she produced was featured on her first solo album, Enya ( 1987 ), but it attracted little attention at the time.

Donegal musical artists such as the bands Clannad and Altan and solo artist Enya, all from Gaoth Dobhair, have had international success with traditional or traditional flavoured music.

Her sister Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, who spent a while with Clannad, continues to pursue a very successful solo career under the name Enya.

There are versions by Enya ( sung in Gaelic ), Andrea Bocelli ( sung in Italian ), Stevie Nicks, Bing Crosby, Mahalia Jackson, an acoustic version by American R ' n ' B group Boyz II Men, and an instrumental version by Mannheim Steamroller.

The first single " I Don't Wanna Know " was based on a sample of the Fugees ' 1996 hit single " Ready Or Not ", which itself was based on a slowed-down sample of the instrumental track " Boadicea " by Enya from her 1987 self-titled album.

Enya performs all percussion, instruments, and vocals in her pieces unless specified.

It appears on a promotional Japanese CD called, The Best of Enya, and does not include the French lyrics.

On 23 November 2009 Enya released a new album called The Very Best of Enya.

" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.

Enya ( born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin,, anglicized as Enya Brennan, 17 May 1961 ) is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and songwriter.

Enya was born and brought up in Gweedore ( known in Irish as Gaoth Dobhair ), County Donegal, in the northwest corner of Ireland.

Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.

Another early appearance on record followed in 1987, where Enya provided spoken ( not sung ) vocals in Irish on the song " Never Get Old " on Sinéad O ' Connor's debut album, The Lion and the Cobra.

A 1989 recording of Enya singing " Oíche Chiúin ", an Irish language version of " Silent Night ", has been reissued at least twice: on The Christmas EP ( which otherwise contains several non-holiday related previously issued recordings by Enya ) and the 1997 edition of the charity album A Very Special Christmas.

Enya was awarded the World's Best-Selling Irish Act award at the World Music Awards in London on 19 November 2006.

As a musical group Enya represents a partnership between three people: Enya herself, who composes and performs the music ; Nicky Ryan, who produces the albums ; and Roma Ryan, who writes the lyrics in various languages, except Irish, in which Enya will render the lyrics herself.

In 2006, Enya made it to the number three spot in the ranks of wealthy Irish entertainers with an estimated fortune of € 109 million ( i. e., £ 75 million or US $ 165 million ), and number 95 in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 of the 250 Wealthiest Irish People.

* May 17 – Enya ( Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin ), Irish musician

* The Celts ( album ), a 1992 album by Irish musician Enya

Gaoth Dobhair in County Donegal is the largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland, which is home to regional studios of RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta and world-class musicians, such as Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Altan, Moya Brennan ( Máire Ní Bhraonáin ), Enya ( Eithne ), and Clannad, who were all raised with Irish as their first language.

She also appeared in the music video for the song " Caribbean Blue " by Irish singer Enya.

However, the most successful genres have been rock, popular and traditional fusion, with performers such as U2, Enya, Westlife, Boyzone, Phil Lynott and Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Horslips, Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Stiff Little Fingers, Altan, Frank Patterson, The Corrs, The Dubliners, The Chieftains, The Bothy Band, De Dannan, The Divine Comedy, Josef Locke, The Irish Tenors, Van Morrison, Therapy ?, The Saw Doctors, Planxty, The Wolfe Tones, Snow Patrol, The Cranberries, In Tua Nua, The Undertones, Ash, B * Witched, Nadine Coyle, The Hothouse Flowers, The Script, Two Door Cinema Club, Something Happens, The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Dana, Mundy, Sinéad O ' Connor, Paul Brady, Christy Moore, Dónal Lunny, Val Doonican, Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ruby Murray, Peter Cunnah ( of D: Ream ), Daniel O ' Donnell, Bridie Gallagher, Brendan Bowyer, Gilbert O ' Sullivan, Mary Black, Sir James Galway, Johnny Logan, Bill Whelan ( of Riverdance fame ), Damien Rice, Phil Coulter, Glen Hansard, and Celtic Woman achieving success nationally and internationally.

Enya fused traditional Irish elements with New Age to create a unique sound which has made her Ireland's second biggest-selling act of all time.

The Irish musician Enya has been inspired by the works of Parrish.

Irish musician Enya has received four awards.

Notably, the Irish singer Enya renamed her Dublin castle Manderley Castle.

* " Exile " ( song ), a 1988 song by Irish singer Enya