Enya’s music is suffused with an aura of mysticism so nebulous it borders on the occult nevertheless it enraptured a man so Catholic he would interrupt family holidays with cheerful visits to Marian shrines. Her music wasn’t like anything else he listened to, but then, it’s not much like the music anyone else makes either. ![]() My father’s fascination with Enya was mysterious. But none of those artists struck me like my father’s personal favorite, Enya. ![]() The cheerful ribaldry of the Dubliners, Christy Moore’s “Live at the Point” and the earnest, heart-tugging confessionals of Eleanor McEvoy and Mary Black all soundtracked our winding trips through the unending swatches of green that formed the Irish countryside. Many of these would be familiar to any Irishman from that time. ![]() ![]() On the long drives through Ireland that peppered my childhood like bouts of flu, my father played songs from a small pool of classic albums.
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