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Clannad singer and harpist Moya Brennan dies aged 73

By Laura Snapes

The Grammy and Emmy-winning ‘first lady of Celtic music’ was credited with popularising Irish music and lyrics to new audiences Moya Brennan, the lead singer of Irish folk group Clannad, has died aged 73. In her later years, Brennan had been living with pulmonary fibrosis and faced the possibility of a double lung transplant. A statement from her family said she died peacefully in the company of loved ones in her native County Donegal. Continue reading...