# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/moya-brennan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:46.469Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/moya-brennan"
name: "Moya Brennan"
slug: "moya-brennan"
description: "Moya Brennan, also known as Máire Brennan, was an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist and philanthropist. She began performing professionally in 1970 when her family formed the band Clannad. Brennan released her first solo album in 1992 called Máire, a successful venture. In 1999, she collaborated with Chicane on the single \"Saltwater\", which reached the top ten in multiple countries and was certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI)."
tagline: "Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist (1952–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moya_Brennan_-_backstage_at_Glastonbury_2011.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-08-04"
deathDate: "2026-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           73.1
  momentum:             4.508592666005946
  historical:           24.31688533333334
  currentAttention:     7.620602081268582
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 9200
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/moyaclannad"
    handle:    "moyaclannad"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/moyabrennan/"
    handle:    "moyabrennan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/MoyaBrennanOfficial"
    handle:    "MoyaBrennanOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1198998/"
    handle:    "nm1198998"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3ZvmmlF8EMEpnnK90jfuJv"
    handle:    "3ZvmmlF8EMEpnnK90jfuJv"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.moyabrennan.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrCFjMlvTeX9lJU7tB65QFg"
    handle:    "@moyabrennanofficial"
    followers: 9200
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مويا برينان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مويا برينان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مویا برنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan"
    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan"
    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan"
    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan"
    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moya_Brennan"
    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%9F"
    title: "מויה ברנן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Moya Brennan"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/51823891-6035-4d6c-a007-b70a86747023"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19042"
    title: "Maire Brennan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump