Ierse groep van enya biography

Nicky plays one of the bonus tracks from the album. “We always controlled the music,” he says. “From the beginning, we never allowed an A&R man here, or anyone who wanted to deviate or move the album in any direction.” Enya has never worked with anyone other than Nicky and Roma — and, since pairing with Enya, Nicky and Roma have never worked with anyone but her.

He starts to say more, but there’s a bustling sound at the door: “The girls are here!” Roma and Enya enter, a flurry of kisses and velvet overcoats.

“Welcome to our home!” Enya says. “Did you get a chance to see Dalkey? It’s a nice wee village. Did you do the trip to Bono’s house?”

“Neil Jordan lives out on the point,” Nicky adds. “You’ll see him walking about the park.”

It’s unclear whether it’s just happenstance that every major Irish celebrity lives within five miles of one another. “When I moved out here, I had no idea about who lived here,” Enya tells me.

“But it’s the Bel-Air of Dublin,” Nicky says.

“I had no idea!” Enya insists.

“Well, your house was the first one on the lane!”

Enya laughs, concedes. When she laughs, as when she speaks, it’s even-toned, like there’s an upper register of emotion to where she’ll allow herself. “It was, it was, back in Victorian times." Now she overlooks Bono’s house. “It’s really quite covered,” she says bashfully. “There’s a lot of trees. But you do see the top of his house.”

“We meet very often,” she admits. “Because of the areas we frequent to eat, I see a lot of him.”

Like at a small seafood place down near the shore, where the trio would break for lunch every day at 1:30 while recording. But it’s different here than in America — there are no paparazzi waiting to catch them. “You can get your privacy,” Nicky says. “Enya can go there undisturbed.”

“We go in for a little bit of conversation, a little banter with the staff about their weddings; it’s so tiny, noisy. Brilliant food and so fast,” Enya adds.

And then it’s back to the studio, where they

Die Ierse taal (Iers: Gaeilge, [ˈɡeːlʲɟə], of Gaeilge na hÉireann, "Iers-Gaelies") vorm saam met Skots-Gaelies en Manx-Gaelies, die taal van die Eiland Man, die Gaeliese of Goideliese groep van die Keltiese tale. Die woord "Goidelies" is afgelei van die Oud-Ierse goídel "Ier".

Iers is die oudste taal van die Goideliese groep en bestaan reeds in die vroeë Middeleeue as 'n literêre taal, terwyl Skots en Manx voor die sewentiende eeu nie as selfstandige skryftale beskou word nie.

Iers is vandag danksy sy historiese rol as nasionale taal die eerste ampstaal (an phríomhtheanga oifigiúil) van die Republiek Ierland, en sowat 1,6 miljoen van die 4,1 miljoen burgers kan tans Iers praat. Daar is ook enkele duisend Ierssprekers in Noord-Ierland, die Verenigde State, Kanada en Australië. Volgens 'n besluit, wat deur die Europese Ministers van Buitelandse Sake op 13 Junie 2005 geneem is, het Iers op 1 Januarie 2007 ook een van die amptelike tale van die Europese Unie geword.

Behalwe vir klein gebiede in die weste van die Ierse eiland (die sogenaamde Gaeltachtaí) – veral in Waterford, Wes-Kerry, Wes-Cork, Connemara, Mayo en Donegal (Ulster, Noord-Ierland) – word Iers nie meer as moedertaal gepraat nie en is grootliks deur Engels verdring. Iers is die daaglikse omgangstaal vir sowat 120 000 mense. 'n Bykomende 165 000 sprekers in Noord-Ierland en 25 000 in die Verenigde State besig Iers óf as hulle huistaal óf het 'n behoorlike kennis daarvan.

Taalgeskiedenis

Die oudste bekende inskripsies in die sogenaamde Ogham-skrif dateer uit die 4de eeu n.C., die tydperk van die argaïese Ierse taal. Tydens hierdie periode het drie belangrike verskynsels vir die eerste keer opgetree: die apokopee (woordverkorting), die sinkopee (die weglating van 'n beklemtoonde klinker binne 'n woord) en die palatalisering (die aanpassing van 'n medeklinker aan die opvolgende klinker).

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