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In a world where some stars cannot order oatmen unbounded on Instagram, Enya – which turned 64 on May 17 – an inconsistency. The singer, best known for ubiquitous seizures from the 80s and 90s as “Orinoco Flow (Away Sail)” and “Only Time,” has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, making it the most successful Irish artist ever and has been quoted as an influence by everyone of all everyone of all Taylor Swift to Moby i, uh, Spencer Pratt.
In January 2025, the Reality Star Pratt Tiktok became viral with Videos of itself Eat burritos for one of her songs, “Echoes in rain.” He even said he wanted to travel to Ireland to ask the singer for permission to remix her work with music from his wife, Monday heidi – But wisely fans told him to stay well! And in 2023, “Enyacore” was widely celebrated on -lein, with fans creating fantasy videos set to their music, bringing a new generation of listeners.
And yet, the star has managed to avoid everything that usually comes with fame.
Eithne Pádraigín was born in the county of Donegal, Ireland, Enya has never been in a Twitter row, appeared on a reality show or had a wardrobe malfunction at an awards ceremony. In fact, there are very few red carpet appearances and her press interviews-and that’s why she is often described as restorative. However, a further investigation reveals that she simply lives the Involer Dream, leading a quiet life outside Dublin in the castle she bought in 1997 for 3.8 million euros (just over $ 4.1 million) with only her cats for a company.
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The singer ganged out of his family band Clannad in the 1980s with his unique sound, Ethereal: Choral, New Part, New Synth New Part. It means she tracked several holiday shows, lunch parties and small town yoga classes, for the best part of four decades. One of her most well -known and soothing songs, “Only Time,” released in 2000, became a grievous television coverage of 9/11.
Over the years, and often with long hiatuses, she has released eight studio albums and won four grammys, as well as an Oscar nomination in 2002 for her work on the Lord of the rings A soundtrack, but she has never been on tour or even performed a single concert. Instead, she has created her own private haven from all the madness that success can bring. Her home – yes, the castle – has high walls and phenomenal scenes.
“It’s a right castle on the outside,” he told The guardian in 2000, in a rare interview. “But he is largely home inside. He really is a very small castle and fell in love with him.” He added: “In the morning, I open the lids – you note in the castle that it is shutters, not curtains – and I’m looking out on the Irish Sea. It’s beautiful and inspiring.”
Boner – whose band, U2, is the only export of Irish music more successful than she is – a neighbor, but they do not socialize, although they sometimes cross trails in some of Dublin’s fancy restaurants. In fact, Enya’s creative cycle is small: she has worked with the producer Nicky Ryan and his wife, lyrical Roma Ryan Since she started out, and they have lived closely.
Reclusive, though? Not exactly. She enjoys the luxuries of life; She is selective about who she shares. She has never married or had children, but has been in relationships. They have just been kept very, very private.
“I am not married and I have no children is my choice,” he said in the same Guardian Interview. “I don’t feel I missed out in any way. At school other girls spoke about getting married, but it was never on my list of things to do. I was looking at something else. In fact what I went through wasn’t as traumatic as I did. I didn’t think that much about it.
The star knows that some fans and critics get her quiet life is difficult. “My private lifestyle worries a lot of people,” he added. “It’s not a crime to hang on to nightclubs. What happened to choose? My choice is after some promotion, I feel it’s going to be very fake and then I’m not interested. When the album has been out for, say, 10 months, people will start to focus on me and I don’t like that.
Enya spoke more about her love of privacy in an interview with The Irish times In 2015. “It was important for me to keep privacy, because I was kind of worried that fame could interfere with my writing, with my music; it could have changed what I was working on,” he said. “I was guarding everything very carefully and closely.”
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The same year, he said The independent: “I have never tried to create an enigma. I have always been a very independent person.”
In fact, she has focused so much on her music, that she wondered if she is one of the reasons she has never been married. “There have been … relationships,” he said in the same interview. “It’s pretty hard to get someone to accept that – well, it’s not that they are second to the music, but that I need some space for it.
Although most fans respect the star’s solid boundaries, over the years it has broken its privacy in a terrifying style. In 2005 one fan broke into their castle and tied a maid while looking for the star and stealing personal items, but no money or valuables. Enya himself managed to hide in a panic room, and a man was arrested. Even further back, in 1996, she stabbed an Italian fan who had been dragging her for over a year in her parents’ pub when asked to leave.
“It’s been traumatic,” she said in her 2015 interview with The independent. “I get letters from people saying they come to meet me. But, you know, I sympathize with these people because I sense they are very disturbing. They are leaning towards the music, or for me, for other reasons. They need help.”
Thankfully, most fans leave Enya well alone, happy that she is happy. But what does she do while she nailed up in that castle? “I’m doing Pilates,” he told The independent. “Not classes; I have a trainer who comes to me. I do it in the privacy of my own home.”
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She said too The believer Magazine in 2017 she watched a lot of TV and movies, listing Alfred Hitchhock’s Rebecca Like his favorite classical movie. “There are many things on television that I am not really interested in, such as soaps and things like that,” she said, before revealing that she is delighted Breaking Bad. “A huge spot,” he said. “It’s wonderful. My own, Nicky, and Roma are huge fans of Breaking Bad. We didn’t miss a chapter. I like Mad men also. “
He also revealed, contrary to her supplemental image, that she was going out – and sometimes even recognized. “Sometimes you think you’re in an environment where no one will know you,” he said in the same interview. “In Australia and walk into a shop with my sister – and the next thing, what do I get, here’s what I get: ‘You know who you look like?’ And I’m standing there, and because I’m not saying anything they go, ‘are you?’ And then I feel it’s not fair to say no, so then I will – my smile puts it away. ”
He added: “My fans understand me and give me a place. They’ll ask for a signature and they’ll leave. They really understand the way I like to live, and to the fact that I’ve always pushed the music, rather than myself, on. I always say that fame and success are two different things.”
It’s been time since Enya released anything brand new: her last album, Dark Sky Islandcame out in 2015. In 2023, a new version of “Orinoco Flow” fell, alongside a new vinyl version of its 1988 iconic album, WatermarkAnd licking paint was placed on her official website at the time, but it has been dormant since then. In February 2025, he won the RTE award for a classical Irish album, but did not attend the ceremony personally.
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Instead, he issued a statement: “I am very honored tonight. When Watermark Having come out, I was so glad I was able to make music. My love for music has always been my power and any success always feels like a great bonus, as I’ve been determined to create music that is true to myself from a very young age. Watermark Really started my career and has always remained very special to me. “
Meanwhile, neighbors in the Irish village of Dalkey, close to where she lives, says it remains difficult to find. In a Sunday times A feature in April 2025 called “In Search of Enya, the star who sailed away from the spotlight”, some said they had seen her chauffeur driven in a Mercedes Brown limo from time to time. And the owner of a local restaurant, Jérôme FernandesShe said she had last dinner, the guinea pig, before the pandemic. “Although rarely seen these days, Enya is still largely respected in Dalkey as it brings so much positivity to the area,” he said. “When she was here before Covid she was clearly not looking for attention and was not standing out compared to anyone else.”
But, as long as Spencer Pratt makes Tiktoks, they need sound tracks on boats with boats and yoga teachers want to create the perfect but ultimate but uplifting environment, unique, timeless music will continue to get attention – and keep her and her beloved cats warm, cozy and include in their castle.
