The idea for the song had its origin in the name of the recording location, Orinoco Studios. Roma Ryan was naturally playful – and curious. It didn't take long for her to make the link to the Orinoco River, which flows through Venezuela and Colombia and is the fourth largest river in the world.

I've never done a heartbreak song before." One of the things that plays so well into the Enya enigma is that she lives alone, and by all accounts always has done. Home is a large castle just outside Dublin. She has never married, never had children.

"May It Be" is a song by the Irish recording artist Enya. She and Roma Ryan composed it for Peter Jackson's 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number one in 2002, and Enya performed it at the 74th Academy Awards.