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Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Athair Ar Neamh (page 1/1) ------ performed by Enya My number 1 Desert Island disc | Reviewer: John Davey | 11/12/2008 In February 1997 I had been working on an exchange visit with a Science Laboratory on the North Island of New Zealand. When the work was done I took off on my own to tour the South Island for 8 days in a hire car. I had brought from England just one cassette tape with "Watermark" on one side and "Memory of Trees" on the other. I played them over and over and they became woven into every wonderful memory of what I rate as the most beautiful place on earth. In particular, this track from "Memory of Trees" forever speaks to me of a fabulous half hour I spent sitting at the foot (southern end) of the huge glacier-fed Lake Pukaki with the majestic mass of Mount Cook at the far end (about 25 miles away but looking as though I could lean forward and touch it where it rose, glittering, into the clear morning sky). It was very early morning and I was the only person there. It was an awesome experience. The bell that tolls twice during the opening bars of this track just eerily seemed to connect with the huge body of deep, still, ice-blue water of the Lake that morning. All these years later I have chanced upon the translation of the Gaelic lyric and am not surprised to learn of its hymn of praise to God. I wish I could upload the photograph I took that morning. It is still one of my top ten best photographs (and I take an awful lot!). Add Your New Review About The Song