Clannad to pick up top gong.CLANNAD are to be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards, it emerged yesterday. The Donegal group, whose members include Moya and Enya Brennan, will get the gong gong, percussion instrument consisting of a disk, usually with upturned edges, 3 ft (91 cm) or more in diameter in the modern orchestra, often made of bronze, and struck with a felt- or leather-covered mallet or drumstick. on February 1 in Dublin's Point Theatre. Moya said yesterday: "We are thrilled we are to be presented with the award. "It means a huge amount to us to be honoured in our home country." Formed by siblings siblings npl (formal) → frères et sœurs mpl (de mêmes parents) Moya, Ciaran and Pol Brennan along with their uncles Noel and Padraig Duggan, they found success in 1982 when their Theme From Harry's Game became a UK hit. CAPTION(S): DELIGHT: Moya |
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