Anne Rynne steps out of Barry and Christy Moores' shadows with first album - at 68

Anne Rynne knew she’d be referred to as the sister of Barry and Christy Moore, but that didn’t stop her recording her first album at the age of 68, writes Trish Flanagan.

It’s not easy to escape musical immersion when you’ve lived in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, for 40 years. It’s even more difficult when two of your siblings, Christy and Barry Moore (Luka Bloom), are household names in Irish music. But Anne Rynne has only recently started to perform.

“Both my parents were fantastic singers,” she says. “My dad died when we were very young, but I remember him singing in the car going to visit granny. My mother, Nancy, had a beautiful soprano voice. She was the keeper of music in our house, and encouraged us all.”