The Parting Glass - Ceiliuradh at the Royal Albert Hall

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  • @convinceme6676
    @convinceme6676 Год назад +184

    As a Yank ( retired NYC firefighter] who has lived in Ireland the. past 12 years, no group of people in the world has captured the folly of life with its tragedies, successes, joy and sorrow has expressed it better than the Irish in its songs, written word and poetry. Love each other, no matter you’re geographic location or religious belief ( or non belief)

    • @peterdonnelly6804
      @peterdonnelly6804 Год назад

      What ?

    • @ko0974
      @ko0974 11 месяцев назад +2

      Well you have picked up the flow of words perfectly, so I hope feeling at home ..good happiness and health to you

    • @Genekellystand
      @Genekellystand 10 месяцев назад +8

      Reading your comments. Well put indeed. I’m the proud son of a drogheda lady and your so right. There is an irony that the Irish have an ability to make the written word sound like a song or a poem. But then that’s the Irish for ya. Thanks Yankee boy and love to you all .💙❤️

    • @thedarkhugheshughes2640
      @thedarkhugheshughes2640 9 месяцев назад +1

      Well said enjoy our country in all its beauty

    • @Murphy1968
      @Murphy1968 9 месяцев назад +1

      God bless you. Wish you knew Ireland before it became woke.
      I have great memories of a great ireland.

  • @johnmcgarry7149
    @johnmcgarry7149 2 года назад +237

    We sung this walking home after a few beers....it was my friends favourite song ....he was tragically killed in 1998....at his funeral his brother said how the memory of this song was so special to him,,,,he sung it and slot of the crowd either joined in or cried....it was a special moment I shall cherish...along side his wonderful vibrant memory...

    • @1234T-x7i
      @1234T-x7i 2 года назад +5

      Sorry to hear that my son.

    • @marycjackson6170
      @marycjackson6170 Год назад +2

      As it

    • @jamesodonnell6399
      @jamesodonnell6399 Год назад +6

      God bless you my friend ❤

    • @francesmallon6979
      @francesmallon6979 Год назад +4

      I think it's lovely when people join in with songs at a funeral especially if it was a favourite of the dear departed.

    • @paulquinn843
      @paulquinn843 Год назад +2

      So sorry for your friend. Hope his spirit thrives in the west coast. I've no doubt of that.

  • @Labradorite_Honu
    @Labradorite_Honu 2 года назад +106

    I cry every time I hear this song. And this time of year I'm feeling all the losses of my 52 years. Faces and voices that should be at the table tomorrow night for Thanksgiving dinner. And yet, my heart sings for having known them all. And this is just such a lovely lovely version of this song.

  • @kitsmith806
    @kitsmith806 2 года назад +73

    This makes me think of my dad ,long gone (1983) a great father,so loving and kind to everyone, he was born in the West Indies to an Irish mother (my gran was born in Ireland) and a Dominican father (it's a long story of how they met but anyway my dad was their youngest child and he named me after his mom (Kit is just a nickname) anyway I miss my dad but I can now think of him without tears , now these years past I think of him with joy in my heart and gratefulness that GOD sent me through such great parents especially my beloved dad🙏🏽❤️

  • @danbytp
    @danbytp 4 года назад +106

    Everytime I hear this song I think back to my Irish grandmother taking care of me when I was 5 in 1965 when my parents were on vacation.My God rest her Soul!

  • @Genekellystand
    @Genekellystand Год назад +37

    You might not like the Irish. That’s your mistake, but you’ll never beat us ,or ignore us . And eventually you’ll like us. Because we love life .and love people.

    • @patriciamahoney8812
      @patriciamahoney8812 8 месяцев назад +1

    • @cathiemarvellous
      @cathiemarvellous 7 месяцев назад +4

      ... and unlike many many people around the world, we know how to laugh, at ourselves, not just others!

    • @citythink
      @citythink 5 месяцев назад +2

      Who doesn’t like the Irish?

    • @kevinmunley
      @kevinmunley 4 месяца назад

      And yet your immigration policies are going to destroy the Irish identity… Wake up before it’s too late.

    • @michaelmax5161
      @michaelmax5161 4 месяца назад +1

      Calm down mate! 🙏🏻🇨🇮
      No one said so...
      Always loved you...
      Thank you for you being beside us! ❤🇩🇪🕊🥹👍🏻🙏🏻🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @rogerscott9332
    @rogerscott9332 5 лет назад +122

    I love the fact the audience, even the little ones, were singing right along with them.

  • @davidbirks7166
    @davidbirks7166 4 года назад +32

    On what would have been my brother Bill's 77th birthday, there's no more appropriate song for me than this one.
    🎵So, fill to me the Parting Glass.
    Goodnight and joy be with you all.🎵
    I love you, my brother!🍀

  • @martinryan3318
    @martinryan3318 4 года назад +103

    The first time I ever heard this,was actually at my Father of blessed memory’s funeral.
    Sung by my sister and the female cousins around the coffin before it left the church after the mass.
    It really was so appropriate for my old man!!

    • @saundrastephen1367
      @saundrastephen1367 3 года назад +8

      That just brought tears to my eyes! What a beautiful send off for your father!

    • @mariecleary420
      @mariecleary420 3 года назад

      @@saundrastephen1367
      Cnquincy

    • @mariecleary420
      @mariecleary420 3 года назад

      Dublin is a great addition to the gg

  • @paulmathews7021
    @paulmathews7021 2 года назад +65

    Fiona gave a really fantastic reading of Seamus’s poem. Brilliant.
    And Andy, Paul, John Sheehan, Elvis and all the greats of Irish culture.
    I’d love to have been there!

    • @rowanaforrest9792
      @rowanaforrest9792 Год назад +1

      Is this Fiona Shaw doing the reading? I saw her for the first time about 6 months ago in the Star Wars series "Andor." She is wonderful in that. I stumbled across this video tonight looking for versions of "The Parting Glass," and here she is! What an unexpected treat.

    • @frankwalton1628
      @frankwalton1628 Год назад

      Elvis Costello was born in London and has zero to do with Irish culture.

    • @raywade6034
      @raywade6034 7 месяцев назад

      Never get an actress to read a poem

    • @katesmith3034
      @katesmith3034 18 дней назад

      @@raywade6034 ???

  • @janebouttell8073
    @janebouttell8073 5 лет назад +46

    'he Parting Glass' - mass singing at my ninety five year old mother's wake. Still evokes tears

  • @infoscholar5221
    @infoscholar5221 Год назад +11

    I'm Irish/Welsh, from Alabama. My da, who fought in WWII, sang this when someone from the old days passed. I think I have fourth or fifth cousins in County Tyrone, and near Swansea. So many Irishmean and Welsh in the world. Alas, we keep it going,

  • @maxine-charliemaxcaulfield
    @maxine-charliemaxcaulfield 4 года назад +45

    One of my all time favourite songs......sends a shiver down my spine n makes me tear up.....just so beautiful ☘☘☘

  • @ts-eu6mp
    @ts-eu6mp Год назад +7

    How beautiful, how special, how obviously and truly heartfelt. Thank you ALL. Terri S.

  • @MileHighInTheSky
    @MileHighInTheSky 3 года назад +42

    This song always invokes tears. Love it. I want this to be played at my funeral, and everyone toasts with a dram of Laphroaig.

    • @ThePeterWilliam
      @ThePeterWilliam 2 года назад +2

      try a redbreast. It's pot still Irish.

    • @katesmith3034
      @katesmith3034 18 дней назад

      @@ThePeterWilliam You do know this is a very old Scottish song ? It was sung at funerals and partings and Hogmanay until Rabbis Burns’ Auld Lang Syne became a world wide anthem

  • @xorxzorz6995
    @xorxzorz6995 5 лет назад +28

    I play this every night last thing before bed. It just makes my day end on a perfect note.

  • @thewhiskeytrail3568
    @thewhiskeytrail3568 3 года назад +46

    From time to time I listen to this wonderful piece of verse and song, and allow my heart to be blown open.

  • @chuckhendee565
    @chuckhendee565 3 года назад +36

    It may be because my grandfather was named Campbell, but there is something deep that stirs in me when I hear Celtic songs like this. I can see a campfire and hear voices raised to the heavens!

    • @tomthumb3500
      @tomthumb3500 3 года назад +2

      🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍👍👍

    • @sammurray9644
      @sammurray9644 2 года назад +4

      Campbell is not an Irish name

    • @59jalex
      @59jalex 2 года назад +9

      Hmm, maybe some people need to do their research? The Parting Glass is indeed a Scottish song, and a Campbell has the right to feel the emotions this tune brings.

    • @verali164
      @verali164 2 года назад +2

      @@59jalex Yes he has the right, we are both part of the Celtic nation. Alot of people comment on things they haven't a clue about. Waltzing Matilda is not an Irish song, neither is Danny boy.

    • @AnnesleyPlaceDub70
      @AnnesleyPlaceDub70 Год назад

      ​@@verali164Thank feck, both songs do my head in.

  • @ianmorton1799
    @ianmorton1799 Год назад +13

    There's nothing more Irish than a sad song. And this one will pull the tears from a body two days dead

    • @Martainn-z9x
      @Martainn-z9x 18 дней назад +2

      You do know that this is an old Scottish lament ? Adopted by the Irish but it isn’t theirs.

  • @georgelippitt7362
    @georgelippitt7362 4 года назад +23

    Scottish and Irish blood runs through my vains and come rain or shine i will love my brothers and sisters to the end. God rest my brother.

  • @woodiethompson526
    @woodiethompson526 4 года назад +4

    There are those among us now or were before with the ability to pick certain words from among our vocabulary and place them in a certain order to paint pictures and direct our mind to places we've not even considered bringing tears or smiles that were till that moment incomphrensible. Leaving us in awe

  • @jonodw2
    @jonodw2 6 месяцев назад +5

    Brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to this.Glen Hansard is the modern Luke Kelly,Liam Clancy,Shane McGowan Ronnie Drew etc.ect.each and every one of these artists are outstanding.Love Love Love all the way.❤❤❤❤

    • @sarahl398
      @sarahl398 17 дней назад

      Glen Hansard, the modern day Luke kelly. 😂😂😂

  • @PanglossDr
    @PanglossDr 5 лет назад +54

    Seamus Heaney's wife taught my daughter. At one Christmas concert she recited one of his poems. We only realised after that he was in the audience. It was fantastic to have met him.

    • @uelrobson9361
      @uelrobson9361 3 года назад +1

      Bore off.

    • @celticbedou
      @celticbedou 3 года назад +1

      ​@@uelrobson9361 I would give so much to meet Mr.Heaney. Your comment does not deserve time or attention, a reply from you will be past with our understanding that you simply don't understand. One day, maybe some day ... and for you I I hope soon... you will awake. God bless you UEL.

    • @uelrobson9361
      @uelrobson9361 3 года назад

      @@celticbedou .. yawn.

    • @TheAdamNorton
      @TheAdamNorton 3 года назад +2

      @@uelrobson9361 What an unpleasant remark. Shame on you.

    • @uelrobson9361
      @uelrobson9361 3 года назад

      @@TheAdamNorton ... Bore and yawn💤😴🛌

  • @emilya.stroman3697
    @emilya.stroman3697 7 лет назад +120

    Sitting at work listening to this on my headphones, quietly crying like a little baby (especially seeing the little girl singing along at 3:59)

  • @DeirdreCatherineDoyle
    @DeirdreCatherineDoyle Год назад +2

    Heart, Soul, Use of Words. We have such great use and command of who we are..

  • @michaelmax5161
    @michaelmax5161 4 месяца назад +4

    How could anyone dislike this...? ❤🇩🇪🕊🙏🏻👍🏻

  • @gavindoyle692
    @gavindoyle692 3 года назад +7

    I probably shouldn’t be watching this living almost 9,000 kilometres from Ireland, and with no chance to get “home home” for Christmas because of Covid.
    The song reminds me of the last time I was with old friends in a Dublin pub with pints of creamy Guinness all about and song in the air.
    Let’s hope that 2021 will see us all reunited: Irish at home, Irish emigrants, our new Irish and the diaspora around the globe. Till then, we raise a parting glass.

  • @victoriatalbot6374
    @victoriatalbot6374 5 лет назад +46

    Ahh you having a drink for him for he's passed and it is beautiful and full of love the best I have seen on u tube

  • @isurvivedjustjust6338
    @isurvivedjustjust6338 6 лет назад +19

    Thank God for the blessed love from the Irish. I'm Dublin Irish descendant

    • @Martainn-z9x
      @Martainn-z9x 18 дней назад

      Although you do know it’s actually a beautiful old Scottish lament , the Irish have adopted it as their own and that’s fine but it not Irish

  • @ruthjacobs2714
    @ruthjacobs2714 10 месяцев назад +7

    My mother in law..was of Irish decent ...I bow my head in her memory

  • @gaian2000
    @gaian2000 6 лет назад +111

    My ex-wife sang this at a funeral of a friend once. There was not a dry eye in the house. Thank you Dee.

    • @delby66
      @delby66 4 года назад +5

      Understandable Larry. This is one of the most beautiful song's written and you must of been so proud of your ex- wife. God bless her and God bless you for sharing this comment. Take care and stay safe.

  • @Morethanbobsonofbob
    @Morethanbobsonofbob 8 лет назад +169

    As an Irishman this makes me laugh, smile and cry tears of joy all at the same time.

    • @Morethanbobsonofbob
      @Morethanbobsonofbob 8 лет назад +7

      @ Catherine Murphy. I'm a contradiction myself. One foot in two different countries. Born in Eire and lived all my life in the UK. This stirs the Irish side of me in ways I can't explain but it makes me sad I missed living it (not an issue living in UK ever) but happy to know its there when I need to find it.

    • @jasonscott8323
      @jasonscott8323 7 лет назад +6

      I’m australian born and bred. But my Irish heritage was definitely acting up with this one!!!

    • @eynshamdevil3926
      @eynshamdevil3926 7 лет назад +2

      It just makes me cry. Why is the London Irish centre which is meant to be supporting Irish men abused by the police performing for the royal family along with the Irish guards (guards to the queen) and the Royal Irish regiment. This is sick.

    • @JosephE-yd6ks
      @JosephE-yd6ks 7 лет назад

      Get it together Bob

    • @dublindave78
      @dublindave78 6 лет назад

      And for another emotion, you should know that this is a Scottish song. *headfuck*

  • @michaelroebuck1340
    @michaelroebuck1340 4 года назад +14

    Stop the disagreements and enjoy. I have ancestors of English , Irish , Welsh . My grandfather English , grandmother Irish on my fathers side. Welsh grandfather on mothers side English grandmother . I married here in South Africa her Dad Scotish ancestors her Mom of 1820 English . My sons born in Malawi , one married a girl with Scotish Ancestors, the other with Afrikaans & Hungarian ancestors. All music loved in our family and 5 beautiful grandchildren to love. 3 girls , twin boys . So those who feel the need to dispute origin of a song stop being petty . ENJOY RELAX .

    • @katesmith3034
      @katesmith3034 18 дней назад

      @@michaelroebuck1340 The origin isn’t disputed it is Scottish. What’s wrong with clarifying that ?

  • @maryshawroberts5045
    @maryshawroberts5045 6 лет назад +16

    That was so beautiful. My eyes are full of tears

  • @davidwebster7179
    @davidwebster7179 2 года назад +24

    Imelda’s voice always has such a warmth. Beautiful.

    • @louzander
      @louzander 11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for that! I thought she looked familiar.

  • @markhooper4532
    @markhooper4532 Год назад +2

    Winnie Wallace.... The parting glass is just such a wonderful song.When you sing the words your heart swells with love and Joy and memories of others past and present.

  • @brettcurtis5710
    @brettcurtis5710 5 лет назад +268

    The Irish took the English language … and shamed us all... Poetry became Magic.....!!!

    • @smck001
      @smck001 4 года назад +12

      It's a Scottish song.

    • @purebloodirishman9389
      @purebloodirishman9389 4 года назад +22

      @@smck001 We made it better ha

    • @terryhanvey1518
      @terryhanvey1518 4 года назад +1

      REAL EYES REALIZE LIES 2020 brilliant

    • @cathalodiubhain5739
      @cathalodiubhain5739 4 года назад +5

      @@colinarmst yea where do you think you got you Gaelic culture from? how do you think you have the name Scotland?

    • @colinarmst
      @colinarmst 4 года назад +11

      Cathal Ó Diubháin - Married as I am to a native Gaelic speaker from North Uist I’m perfectly well aware of the shared cultural heritage with Ireland. Indeed I am a huge fan of Irish music, both traditional and contemporary. Christie Moore is one of my favourite artists. I was simply pointing out that a Borders song written and sung in ONLY English is an odd choice to be Ireland’s most popular folk song. That’s all I’m stating, nothing more 😃

  • @elizabethfitzgerald3448
    @elizabethfitzgerald3448 4 года назад +41

    So Emotive. I'm very proud and thankful for my Irish heritage!

    • @Peggyanns
      @Peggyanns 4 года назад +3

      Me too: County Cork, County Waterford, County Roscommon and County Mayo, God Help Us.

    • @paulkarageorgis7301
      @paulkarageorgis7301 3 года назад

      **

    • @pathart8854
      @pathart8854 2 года назад

      Kerry

    • @Martainn-z9x
      @Martainn-z9x 18 дней назад

      You do know this is adopted by the Irish and that’s okay but this is an old Scottish lament

  • @pmathews109
    @pmathews109 5 лет назад +53

    God, didn’t Seamus would have been very proud I’m sure to hear Fiona Shaw’s brilliant interpretation of his lovely poem,

    • @patrickambrose5372
      @patrickambrose5372 3 года назад +2

      She read it beautifully, and her phrasing was excellent!

    • @aidanrice5038
      @aidanrice5038 3 года назад +1

      It's incredible "... Blow it open" gets me every time

    • @howardanglin1711
      @howardanglin1711 3 года назад

      Except she misread the key line: “Useless to think you’ll park and capture it / More thoroughly.” Such a shame as the rest is brilliant.

  • @eileenfitzsimons812
    @eileenfitzsimons812 5 лет назад +24

    Great bunch of lads and women. The man who "Of all the Comrades" has such a great voice.

    • @officedotie
      @officedotie 2 года назад +1

      indeed he has do you knowwho he is

    • @dowdallerno1
      @dowdallerno1 3 месяца назад

      Peter Coughlan is the man's name. 👌☘️🍀

  • @laughinghyena001
    @laughinghyena001 9 лет назад +98

    Imelda May...such a sweet voice...I could listen to her reading the phone book and still be amazed by her talent!

    • @VladsGamingCH
      @VladsGamingCH 9 лет назад +2

      Laughing Hyena the saying is singing the phonebook but aayy lmao

    • @davidmacdonald3103
      @davidmacdonald3103 9 лет назад +3

      +Damian Kidd The version I know is reciting the phonebook but I think she could read, recite or sing the labels off her messages and we'd pay more attention and no harm would be one.

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 5 лет назад +18

    Elvis is in the house....beautiful memorial to a great people's poet...

  • @Theyellowchild
    @Theyellowchild 5 лет назад +56

    Played this at my brothers funeral fitted him so well miss him so much

    • @mcgrudo
      @mcgrudo 5 лет назад +5

      Sorry for your loss mate

    • @noreenryan2590
      @noreenryan2590 4 года назад +1

      My Brother sang it at my Brother's funeral. R.I.P Tony ❤❤xx

  • @brendan3174
    @brendan3174 5 лет назад +99

    Some bastard must have just started cutting onions. Beautiful.

  • @joemdee
    @joemdee 5 лет назад +34

    What a wonderful concept and joyous programme. Wish I had made it. Lovely to see Andy Irvine. I remember him sitting next to me in the Sunflower Folk Club in the dark days of the troubles. Lovely man.

    • @kieransavage3835
      @kieransavage3835 5 лет назад +2

      It’s mythical....

    • @jppmccrea
      @jppmccrea 4 года назад

      poor fool....the parting glass in the albert hall - shameful and insulting to.......well, pick and choose - quite a choice hehe.........the poor english:) slainte

  • @sunsetsarenice
    @sunsetsarenice 6 лет назад +11

    Listening to this at work, the end had me choked up. Beautiful work all 'round. Tapadh le!

  • @CarlyCorrigan1
    @CarlyCorrigan1 4 года назад +26

    Everytime I hear this song I think of the beautiful jade McCann. May her beautiful souls rest easy with her fabulous dad 🥰❤ xxxx

  • @danremenyi1179
    @danremenyi1179 4 года назад +7

    What a beautiful piece of poetry and lovely music to boot!

  • @marcusvendt8866
    @marcusvendt8866 6 лет назад +18

    Tthis is the most Beautiful version of the song i've ever heared by far!!
    Greetings from germany :)

    • @Roucasson
      @Roucasson 5 лет назад

      Marcus Vendt look for the retirement ceremony of General Martin Dempsey... THAT is the best interpretation of this song! (The version with the soldiers in red is the best ).

    • @suelalor352
      @suelalor352 4 года назад +1

      Listen to Liam Clancy

    • @peggyrogers7620
      @peggyrogers7620 3 года назад

      Happy Christmas from Ireland .

  • @1370tinkerbelle
    @1370tinkerbelle 5 лет назад +21

    awww made my hurt out of joy..this is beautiful!

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 3 года назад +10

    Magnificent, no less than that ever. Thank you so much for uploading this moving performance of this classic here.

  • @WyoTeacherDude
    @WyoTeacherDude 3 года назад +11

    This is shatteringly beautiful. I've got dust in my eyes.

    • @jamesbradshaw3389
      @jamesbradshaw3389 3 года назад +1

      Buffallo Will a very tall state should be erected in honor of you, in your most favorite town for those/ your most brilliant 4 words that I have seen written and I repeat This is shatteringly beautiful, Seamus Heaney would have been a very happy man if he had written those words or did he

  • @dkalbryte6774
    @dkalbryte6774 3 года назад +53

    Fiona Shaw must have had a cold, and despite that, she beautifully interpreted his poem. Great actress. Beautiful song. I've not a drop of Irish blood but have always had an affinity to Irish culture, especially their music. One day I hope to visit 🇮🇪! The Royal Albert has perfect acoustics. Go raibh maith agat

    • @ruthsmith2447
      @ruthsmith2447 3 года назад +4

      She is so talented. I always feel there are precious few able to recite Poetry well-she demonstrates how it can and should be done.

    • @dkalbryte6774
      @dkalbryte6774 3 года назад +1

      @@ruthsmith2447 well said and true!

    • @parami2u
      @parami2u 3 года назад +5

      it is scottish song but hey, we are all celts together

    • @rosemariewatters9673
      @rosemariewatters9673 3 года назад +1

      @@ruthsmith2447 RTE offer the best listening when we are home. Rose Marie Watters

  • @Martin-pr6ps
    @Martin-pr6ps 5 лет назад +9

    I'm from the west county Clare that is. The most beautiful place on earth

    • @StiofanGaillimh
      @StiofanGaillimh 9 месяцев назад

      I spent nearly all of my life living in and between both Galway and Donegal, but I absolutely love Co. Clare. Absolutely beautiful county. The Burren is one of my favourite places on this Island.

  • @patriciajanegerrie
    @patriciajanegerrie 7 лет назад +69

    Imelda May has the voice of an angel.

    • @Mj-lb7nl
      @Mj-lb7nl 3 года назад +4

      She truly has it cuts clear and amazing, I was watching her performance with Sinead o Conner and I thought Sinead’s Mike was down in sound abit .... but you can tell even in this performance that it’s just her voice that has such clarity it’s gorgeous it just naturally peaks above others

    • @jaypeckay5898
      @jaypeckay5898 3 года назад +1

      the voice of a traitor

    • @helengolden9594
      @helengolden9594 3 года назад

      @@jaypeckay5898 8

    • @robertgamble915
      @robertgamble915 3 года назад +1

      @@jaypeckay5898 what a ridiculous comment.

  • @JohnScott-yq2bj
    @JohnScott-yq2bj 6 лет назад +5

    She has a unique ability to convey mere words into a visual experience very well done

  • @johnmarshall9081
    @johnmarshall9081 4 года назад +166

    Whether Scottish or Irish what a phenomenal song. Cousins 4ever

    • @bettyjeanblanchette4855
      @bettyjeanblanchette4855 3 года назад +8

      My great great grandmother was Scottish very proud

    • @dublindave78
      @dublindave78 3 года назад +14

      @@bettyjeanblanchette4855 ..... Speaking as a Scot living in Dublin with Irish daughters, we're all celtic cousins. Bonds that will last through the generations!

    • @bettyjeanblanchette4855
      @bettyjeanblanchette4855 3 года назад +7

      @@dublindave78 proud to be Scottish

    • @andreapierce976
      @andreapierce976 3 года назад +4

      Yes!

    • @joalexsg9741
      @joalexsg9741 3 года назад +8

      @@dublindave78 Celtic brethren would be more accurate:-) Too close to be even cousins!

  • @robertanderson9878
    @robertanderson9878 8 месяцев назад +1

    My love Patti forever would have loved this thank you.

  • @martinwalsh1231
    @martinwalsh1231 4 года назад +28

    There's a Giant amongst them all, appreciating others. Elvis Costello. What a gent.

  • @jmmacb03
    @jmmacb03 4 года назад +25

    Cheers, from Toronto ☮
    Of all the money that e'er I had
    I spent it in good company
    And all the harm I've ever done
    Alas, it was to none but me
    And all I've done for want of wit
    To memory now I can't recall
    So fill to me the parting glass
    Good night and joy be to you all
    So fill to me the parting glass
    And drink a health whate'er befalls
    Then gently rise and softly call
    Good night and joy be to you all
    Of all the comrades that e'er I had
    They're sorry for my going away
    And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
    They'd wish me one more day to stay
    But since it fell into my lot
    That I should rise and you should not
    I'll gently rise and softly call
    Good night and joy be with you all
    Fill to me the parting glass
    And drink a health whate'er befalls
    Then gently rise and softly call
    Good night and…

  • @jasonscott8323
    @jasonscott8323 7 лет назад +5

    This makes me emotional! And Imelda what a shining light!!!! Wow 😮

  • @jamesodonnell6399
    @jamesodonnell6399 Год назад +2

    This is wonderful it's us and it's himself all in one

  • @KieranKelly-o9s
    @KieranKelly-o9s Год назад +3

    As the son of wonderful Irish parents this is in my soul
    Kieran Kelly

  • @micklenihan5206
    @micklenihan5206 4 года назад +6

    Truly wonderful he makes the ordinary worthwhile thank you Michael clonakilty

  • @kierankenneally3377
    @kierankenneally3377 2 года назад +3

    I was moved and proud to be Irish in equal measures watching this.

  • @xorxzorz6995
    @xorxzorz6995 4 года назад +15

    Nothing like this might ever happen again. Glad it's on electronic media.

  • @tombarnwell5051
    @tombarnwell5051 5 лет назад +27

    One of my favourites of all time

  • @mariecullen4120
    @mariecullen4120 5 лет назад +21

    Paul Brady - legend! And Imelda May, Glen Hansard, Fiona Shaw - ..WOW

    • @amandaorourke3036
      @amandaorourke3036 2 года назад

      Don't mention that talentless fool hansard in the same breath as a true genius like Paul Brady...wash your mouth out with soap...

  • @seano1955
    @seano1955 10 лет назад +4

    What great talent from the UK and Éire .. Thank you for such a great night ...

  • @maureenmckay180
    @maureenmckay180 2 года назад +3

    No matter who you are and who you know depart ,on a note of caring and compassionate . Music and lyrics as this song is it goodbye to to you all you compassionate people .

  • @clarebolton5932
    @clarebolton5932 5 лет назад +3

    beautiful video....loved the reading and the song.

  • @michaelmcginnis2995
    @michaelmcginnis2995 7 лет назад +36

    l would love to hear Imelda sing that song on her own ..

  • @MixaBuckley
    @MixaBuckley 10 лет назад +11

    Beautifull Peter. One of ours. A tear shead

  • @deenibeeniable
    @deenibeeniable 7 лет назад +15

    What a spectacular reading. Really something.

  • @thedarkhugheshughes2640
    @thedarkhugheshughes2640 6 лет назад +263

    Irish folk music the best music in the world 🇮🇪🍀

    • @JohnCena-mp7ue
      @JohnCena-mp7ue 6 лет назад +21

      Scottish pretty good also, Robert Burns wrote some great songs, auld Lang syne probably the greatest song ever

    • @suehaden2568
      @suehaden2568 6 лет назад +24

      It’s a Scots song sung by Irish singers - still good though!

    • @donaldo5879
      @donaldo5879 6 лет назад +14

      It's s Scottish song ,

    • @jerryoshea3116
      @jerryoshea3116 6 лет назад +7

      @@JohnCena-mp7ue Absolutely Correct..Even though I was brought up on Traditional Irish Music..I still will always make time for other&different kinds of Music..It just depends where u are&what is Approriate at a given Time.

    • @like2surf
      @like2surf 6 лет назад +11

      It's NOT Scottish, it's IRISH.

  • @cynthiabowkett4082
    @cynthiabowkett4082 4 года назад +15

    LOVE YOU ALL FROM MOMS HOME COUNTY CLARE SIX MILE BRIDGE CHRISTINA FAUL FAMILY.XX GODS BLESSINGS

  • @yobhsiFehT
    @yobhsiFehT 5 лет назад +17

    My kingdom for an album of Imelda May and Glen Hansard doing Irish trad =|
    ... Why am I crying?

  • @kathleenriley4643
    @kathleenriley4643 3 года назад +3

    I’ve listened to this so many times,I feel Blessed , now that I’m unable to go back to Kerry ,I’m heartbroken,1st time since 1985 that I’m not going home

  • @Hjdman2
    @Hjdman2 5 лет назад +12

    Play this at my funeral please!

    • @Cassie-t1i
      @Cassie-t1i 3 года назад

      Are you still aLive?

  • @gregmirr
    @gregmirr 4 года назад +20

    It takes an Irish song to raise the spirits even though sad it be ... I sit alone with a tear in me eye and thank Ireland for all she gives .

    • @lc7327
      @lc7327 3 года назад +10

      It's a Scottish song though

    • @brianstockwell4069
      @brianstockwell4069 2 года назад

      @@lc7327 Good one!

    • @lc7327
      @lc7327 2 года назад +3

      @@brianstockwell4069 A cheeky wee google search does wonder pal

    • @lc7327
      @lc7327 Год назад

      @@TheWrensHouse im not even going to try and argue with a mug like yourself

    • @jamesfitzgerald6636
      @jamesfitzgerald6636 Год назад

      Scots are dour people unfortunately, never write a song like this, the scots wasted money, mever

  • @jackieshmueli1850
    @jackieshmueli1850 5 лет назад +16

    So beautiful ,touching the soul , with love and thanks from Israel.

  • @Macca1000001
    @Macca1000001 5 лет назад +87

    The Irish Diaspora has huge role to play in Ireland's future, they must not be forgotten by the Irish Govt.

    • @nigelmurphy6761
      @nigelmurphy6761 5 лет назад +3

      They won't be.

    • @patriciamay3779
      @patriciamay3779 5 лет назад +6

      Tell that to Varadka!!! whatever way you spell it!

    • @Princycharming
      @Princycharming 5 лет назад +1

      patricia may hello 👋

    • @zeroireland
      @zeroireland 4 года назад

      The Diaspora has specific recognition in the Constitution, they're good.

  • @dougmiller4223
    @dougmiller4223 2 года назад +3

    I don't wish to upset any of you unduly, but this is a Scottish song, going back to the 18th Century. Robert Burns mentions it in one his poems. It was traditionally sung as a parting song until Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne. But, having said all of that, no one can sing it better than the Irish. It brings tears to my eyes.

    • @Bgmac1951
      @Bgmac1951 2 года назад

      Irish or Scottish does not really matter Doug...it's Celtic and it ROCKS!! I want this played at my Wake!

    • @dougmiller4223
      @dougmiller4223 2 года назад

      @@Bgmac1951 I couldn't agree more, Greg. I also want it played at my wake. Ethnically, I am Scot-Irish.

  • @christinagonzales3733
    @christinagonzales3733 6 лет назад +36

    I’d love to hear Imalda May sing this whole song 😍

    • @andrewkling9530
      @andrewkling9530 6 лет назад +14

      I'd love to hear Imelda May sing the phone book

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  • @jimhogg9145
    @jimhogg9145 4 года назад +22

    Imelda May's voice: transcendent . .

    • @John-ro1iv
      @John-ro1iv 4 года назад +2

      She is also a good writer of poetry.

  • @bredaprendergast9020
    @bredaprendergast9020 3 года назад +1

    What a great show thank you

  • @annewatkis9600
    @annewatkis9600 4 года назад +4

    Mum died four years ago in November 2016. I didn’t think I’d miss her but I do. RIP mum

  • @Ann-qf5vk
    @Ann-qf5vk Год назад

    Another talented Shaw. Thank you Fiona you are so talented

  • @karenslijkhuis1961
    @karenslijkhuis1961 5 лет назад +12

    This is really amazing! Tears in my eyes!

  • @lisasfanno1
    @lisasfanno1 10 лет назад +110

    this instantly became one of my favourite videos ever. beautiful indeed. and i finally fell for imelda's voice here! fiona brilliant as always. love this so much and thank you so much for posting it!

  • @braveheart1780
    @braveheart1780 2 года назад +4

    Love this song, perhaps my Irish blood coming through. I'm Scottish, however on my dad's side Irish (Friel) from Donegall, remembering in my youth visiting relatives back in Ireland.

    • @CradaOC
      @CradaOC 2 года назад

      Is that Donegall or Donegal , difference - Donegall is in Belfast, Donegal is a county in the NW

    • @braveheart1780
      @braveheart1780 2 года назад +1

      @@CradaOC Opps. its County Donegal.

    • @barryfrazer4304
      @barryfrazer4304 Год назад

      Probably Scotch/Irish. Friel is from the same Scots roots as Frazer. Respect.

    • @dubhlochan
      @dubhlochan Год назад +1

      No it’s your Scottish blood coming through as it’s a Scottish song

  • @anto687
    @anto687 Год назад

    I heard Ed Sheeran do a version of this at his concert, which made me seek out the Hozier version, which then brought me here. I wasn’t expecting to cry listening to it, but I did. So there. Goodnight and joy be with you all.

  • @michaelbaldwin4156
    @michaelbaldwin4156 7 лет назад +10

    This pulls at my Irish heart !! 😪

    • @sammurray9644
      @sammurray9644 2 года назад

      @@colinarmst youre so pathetic replying that to every comment haha, get a grip

  • @SF-ry3gg
    @SF-ry3gg 6 лет назад +15

    Peter Coughlan ya legend!!! Best voice of the whole lot by a mile..!!

  • @paranormalyears7674
    @paranormalyears7674 6 лет назад +4

    That was really good, I would have loved to have been there that night

  • @joemcshane8044
    @joemcshane8044 Год назад

    There's not a day I miss home, I often wonder if my wandering heart would have been satisfied there. But one things for sure, Ireland will always be wonderful and always be there. And if the time comes she will have me back in a heartbeat 💚

  • @marymcmullen5150
    @marymcmullen5150 5 лет назад +7

    For my Dad who loved Ireland........ I have more to tell.

  • @mikehubbard5493
    @mikehubbard5493 7 лет назад

    40 years since I've turned myself on to Rock ,and Roll. Not any more after hearing music like this. I gotta quote Tho Who; "Rock is dead.

  • @catherinehiggins4476
    @catherinehiggins4476 Год назад +3

    I Love London Irish Story and Song,s too ❤❤❤

  • @catherineoconnell3213
    @catherineoconnell3213 4 года назад +4

    May Eire Emerald Isle live on & on..........may God bless & keep the Irish heart beating 🍀🇮🇪💚