 Her career began when her sister Moya asked her to join as a vocalist at Clannad's live performances.Over the next seven years she accompanied Clannad on tours in Ireland and abroad, and took part in recording on some of their albums and appeared with Moya Brennan on the television shows "Later... with Jools Holland" in the UK and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno in the United States.She went on to work along with her other sisters Olive and Deirdre on Moya Brennan's solo projects, including the first and second solo albums "Máire" and "Misty Eyed Adventures".