The Foggy Dew (Irish War Song)
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Well sung. The Foggy Dew is best sung as a lament, in addition to a war song. We grieve our fallen fathers, and we honor their fight. Well sung, indeed. I appreciate this a lot.
Agreed. I have a small collection of various versions of the song from various groups and the diversity is interesting: a few sing it as a rousing call to arms for the struggle in general; some sing it as an acknowledgement of the sacrifice and tribute to the fallen; and some few sing it as a lament. A group called "The Jolly Beggarmen" did a rather defiant version (with a totally different third verse, btw) exemplifying the first type and the rendition by Sinead O'Connor and the Chieftains is, to me, the best of the last type. The music dropping away to leave Sinead's voice crying out to the fallen is powerful to put it mildly. @Colm you did a great version of this amazing song -- thank you for this. If you're doing more of these, then yes please!
Just discovered this gem. As a proud decendent of the Britons of the isles of Man, this song gives me shivers. Helps me remember the struggles and glorious triumphs of the brave Warrior Celtic Spirit which shall never die so long as we remember and Honner their sacrifice of both body mind and souls of our honorable dead.
@@tylerhaddock6999 as a none-too-proud descendant of Britain, I too got the shivers
That explains why I almost just commented “💪😭”. I just didn’t think it would make sense to most people. Thanks for using words to say it. Spot on. Strange how many Irish songs are 💪😭.
Quite stirring ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm an Irishman living abroad, getting ready for my trip home in August. Real people, real music and real Guinness.
I've had real Guinness right from Dublin and the swill they serve here in the states does NOT deserve to be called Guinness. The Guinness they serve in Ireland is a far superior beer than what we have here in the US.
@@mbyrd9223 Of course, Guinness is only right in Ireland.
are ya all vampires now tho? worshiping corn/chaos? i ask because my father is og of tir na nog and he intends on destroying the world in the next few weeks and i dunno wtf to do
Lyrics, for anyone interested:
As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I
There, armed lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by
No pipe did hum no battle drum did sound its loud tattoo
But the Angelus Bells, o'er the Liffey's swell, rang out in the foggy dew
Right proudly high in Dublin Town, hung they out a flag of war
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud-El-Bar
And from the plains of Royal Meath, strong men came hurrying through
While Britannia's Huns, with their long-range guns, sailed through in the foggy dew
The bravest fell, and the Requiem bell rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Eastertide in the springing of the year
While the world did gaze, with deep amaze, at those fearless men, but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light might shine through the foggy dew
And back through the glen, I rode again, and my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men, whom I never shall see no more
But to and fro in my dreams I go and I kneel and pray for you
For slavery fled, O glorious dead, when you fell in the foggy dew
thank you)
if im not mistaken im pretty certain its "no battle drum, did sound its loud **sad tune**" and "but the **angel's bells**, o'er the liffey's swells"
Edit: please stop replying I got it I'm wrong here I'm tired of getting notifications for this
Thank you
Thank you!
No time to look at lyrics when you're too busy admiring this man's *amazing* vocal capabilities. 😂
(Jokes aside, thanks.)
What a powerful voice! What a glorious fight for freedom. Long live Irish people and their music !!!
There's another verse that's not included in most versions, but it's so good.
Oh the night fell black, and the rifles' crack made perfidious Albion reel,
'Mid the leaden rain, seven tongues of flame flashed over the lines of steel.
By each shining blade a prayer was said that to Ireland her sons be true.
And when the morning broke, the war flag shook its folds out o'er the foggy dew.
The first version I listened to included that verse
Where can I find a version that includes this?
@@epicsakura101 These guys have it:
ruclips.net/video/IKU1UxRlE0Q/видео.html
Perhaps the single most sung verse, when I break this out amongst my co-workers, and they look at me incredulously, like I've come from a distant land. Predominantly Norse/Scottish on mine father's side, but my mother's blood is Irish, and when I think of a distant land, Ireland comes to mind. Even though my Father's blood goes farther back...
and I must explain Perfidious, and Albion to those around me.
@epicsakura101 this excellent version by Daoirí Farrell has it ruclips.net/video/2lw1T-M_FNc/видео.html
Things have a way of returning.
Do not forget these verses.
Now more than ever.
@Robbikelly no there is no invasion and destruction Irish peoples homes by those who feel no care for their new home and have seized seats of power, no clue what you speak of
And some of us have equal amounts of English and Irish blood.
@@anthonyhulse1248half blood who ??? Britain is dead
IRELAND FOR THE IRISH
I WOULD DIE FIGHTING THE ENGLISH BESIDE YE, COLM MCGUINNESS
Erín Gó Braugh!
I mean, steady on, old boy. Most of us are quite civilized, nowadays *sips brandy
@@kurtisdeakin Oh, Aye? Ye can take that up wi' The Morrígan, when we make her an offering o' yer feckin' milk-white liver! * smears face with woad.
Ведь Падди с самого детства терпеть не мог англичан.
Let's GO, brother bear!
I'm a metalhead at heart but this and songs like it call to my Cornish, Irish and Viking ancestry.
My great grandfathers on my dad’s side were in the Post Office and at Bolands Mill in 1916. I never got to meet them but they both lived through to see their republic flourish. Even if they were on opposite sides of the ensuing civil war. 🇨🇦🇮🇪
A common thing during the civil war, entire families became estranged from each other.
@@MrGeorocks Common thing during any civil war.
My great grandfather fought then left Ireland in 1914 for the US, great Nana followed with the kids the next year. We still have our family estate in Belfast that we go stay at. I knew my great grandparents, on both sides, very well. We’re Scottish as well. They fought in WWI & grandfather’s fought in WWIII for the States. We’ve all dual citizenship so we go back and forth often! I was the only one to work and take up arms for the US, keep the tradition going. Our daughters now work as contractors for the US. We’ve never forgotten where we hail from through and keep all the Irish/Scot traditions alive.
No conflict is ever black and white and absolutely does divide families , why do you think people say "never mention politics or religion at the dinner table".
I'm PROUD to say I've both family members who've joined the British army to fight the Germans and who also..........stayed at home to deal with domestic issues. I raise a glass to both
I'm related to Tom Clarke, one of the founders of the IRA.
I am from Argentina, but I feel a deep and inexplicable admiration for the Irish brothers and their culture. This song and others like The Parting Glass or Ireland's Call move me to the verge of tears. Long live the Irish people!
Admiral William Browne.
Las Islas Malvinas Argentina
I believe the parting glass is actually scottish
@@Rob-cq9hq oh my bad. I assume it was Irish. Sorry for that 🤦♂️
@@Lechu20111 You can still say you admire the Scottish. They are Afterall cousins 😉
United by one cause, pure in purpose and design:
*"Fuck the British and fuck the Empire."*
Dude, im literally walking home at night and a massive fog rolled in. The timing of this song is immaculate
I almost cry every time the fog rolls in
😂
You might have just incurred the Wrath of the spirits
it was St Patrick's Day last year and I tried to sing this song like you're doing, full voice and putting my heart in it. At the line "Who bore the fight that freedom's light might shine through the foggy dew" I started crying, that's just how powerful this line is. Next time I'll have your voice to do it for me
I can't sing it either I shatter too at that line
I'm almost weeping now
If you do it often enough you will get used to it. Persist
Every so often
There comes a time.
When people
That would rather be left alone,
Choose to turn and face the Jackals of Slavery It is at that time
The Jackals learn
One Lion is it takes.
The Wolf
Shame on you to sing this on St Patrick day
The breath control this requires even at normal speed is intense and he took it slower. I'm blown away. The instrumentalization behind this is breathtaking too, especially in the beginning around "The Angelus Bells".
Wow. THIS is the reason I love Irish folk music - so much emotion. It cuts deep and tells stories you feel...and Colm, your voice is one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. Please never stop singing and making music. You're so talented. Your music speaks to my very core.
I love it too! It's not just because it's in my blood; it's just awesome, beautiful, & complex!
"For the great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, for all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad."
-G.K. Chesterton
What she said!
Yeah, he has an incredible range too. He can achieve deep lows and piercing highs just the same. Very talented singer!
I'm American. I have no Irish ties (that I know of), yet by like, the 6th note of this song, I was RARIN' to fight some English!
If theres one thing that will always bring countrymen from all across the world together, its their shared hatred for the english
Fun fact: On the Celtic Circle CD featuring this wonderful song performed by The Chieftains and Sinéad O'Connor , the track on the disk is actually called The Froggy Dew if you check the track names through a computer. Listened to it so many times growing up
Now I imagine the Easter Rising happening in a different universe where frogs were dominant species...
@@silviasanchez648 Gotta love this picture : All these froggies going to war … they would have croaked until the enemies would give up 😀
@@silviasanchez648 Watership Down: Bog Wars
@@Caramelle58 Frog of Cambreadth!
As we all know... it's not easy being Green. :p
So moving for anyone with Irish blood.
Also for us Italians, I assure you. We too had to fight against invaders in the past! 🔥
I'm Northumbrian a Scotts descendant. It brings tears to my eyes every time.
If a Chinese can contribute to this thread.... I think many many many many cultures can relate to the concept of "fighting the English for independence." we are more alike than unalike
@@justa.american8303 All over the world at least once a month, there is a celebration of freedom from the English
@@daunaltromondo I agree. I am mixed TallyScot + Irish and Siebenburger ( Saxon from Transylvania) and it is the most moving song
One of my favorite things about this artist is that his voice is so full of emotion. It's one thing to be good in a technical sense but his voice just has so many colors to it, I love it!
The banjo is a lovely addition, a nod to the American Irish.
I like how his first word was sung alongside fog coming out of his mouth.
My family came over a century-ish ago. I've never felt like anything other than American.
But I feel this song in my bones. You did it beautifully.
As America deteriorates, we long our ancestral homes, homes we have never seen. The Modernist try to erase Nationalsm, Patriotism, Religion and Tradition, but as long as Mankind live on this Earth, those things will never die.
Welcome Brahm.
The celtic fighting spirit permeates the American experience.
For almost a millenia, we resisted an alien power; in America, we threw off that power once and for all.
@Three Dog I called my grandfather pop he was hard core Irish 🥺🥺🥺🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪😭😭😭😭💪💪💪
@@IggyTthunders one could argue we replaced one alien power for another.
Your keening is so strong, I got shivers. The vocal fry adds to your lament so well. My family was Catholic in what's now Northern Ireland...fled Ireland for many reasons long before the Easter Rising. We diaspora need to educate themselves on things like this, our fathers' brothers are still family, and they fought like hell for a free Ireland.
This song is NOW available on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1Qmfwnt68HuY3n4Rsdq84y?si=7fcd71879735443c
Thanks so much for checking this out!
I'm going to start doing more Irish music, since it's what I tend to enjoy the most and by the looks of things, so do you!
Please leave any suggestions below.
And keep staying very handsome!
You sir are worth a tavern and friends every time you sing. Thank you once again.
I'd love to hear you cover Back Home in Derry or Van Diemen's land
If you haven't already, I would love to hear you sing Wild Mountain Thyme, or The Orange and The Green.
personally id like to hear the tale of cu chulainn :D
There’s an Irish American song called “The Irish volunteer” it was sang by the Irish soldiers during the American civil war. I think you could do it really well
I felt those pipes in my SOUL.
Anger, grief, defiance, you could feel it in your chest with the drums as they played.
This is the same effect Sabaton has when you feel patriotism for a country you don't even know.
I have something one may call "hype"
The hype was met. Good ass song.
As a Filipino, the emotional factor of this cover really hits home, as we, too, know how it feels to fight and die against greedy colonial powers. I wish and pray for all of Ireland to be independent, but you guys know how to fight hard. Erin go bragh 🇵🇭💖🇮🇪
Beautiful comment ❤
Beautiful comment ❤
These are the full lyrics, including the verse he omitted.
"As down the glen one Easter morn
To a city fair rode I.
There armed lines of marching men
In squadrons passed me by.
No pipe did hum, no battle drum
Did sound its loud tattoo
But the Angelus bell o'er the Liffy's swell
Rang out in the foggy dew.
Right proudly high over Dublin town
They hung out the flag of war.
'Twas better to die 'neath an Irish sky
Than at Suvla or Sud el Bar.
And from the plains of Royal Meath
Strong men came hurrying through;
While Brittania's Huns with their long-range guns
Sailed in through the foggy dew.
[Oh the night fell black and the rifle's crack
made perfidious Albion reel.
Mid the leaden rain seven tongues of flame
did shine o'er the lines of steel.
By each shining blade a prayer was said
that to Ireland her sons be true.
When the morning broke still the war flag shook
out its fold on the foggy dew.
'Twas England bade our wild geese go
That small nations might be free.
But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves
Or the fringe of the grey North Sea.
Oh had they died by Pearse's side
Or fought with Cathal Brugha,
Their graves we would keep where the Fenians sleep
'Neath the shroud of the foggy dew.]
Oh the bravest fell, and the requiem bell
Rang mournfully and clear
For those who died that Eastertide
In the springing of the year.
And the world did gaze in deep amaze
At those fearless men but few
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
Might shine through the foggy dew.
Back through the glen I rode again
and my heart with grief was sore
for I parted then with valiant men
whom I never shall see the more
but to and fro in my dreams I'll go
and I'll kneel and pray for you
oh slavery fled oh glorious dead
when you fell in the foggy dew"
Back again. I am memorizing this now. I have a hard timer getting through it without tears. They flow both for my ancestors/people and all they gave in so many ways for Irish freedom, and for us now who face the same challenge, and how meaningful that is.
❤
This song shakes me to my heart each time I hear it. The fight of the comrades against British imperialism will never be forgotten, long live the republicans!
Yes!
Nice one son I'm a McGuiness on my mother's side and there's a lot of us out there love light and blessings to you ☘️
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I am in a class called Irish History, I personally have majority of my family from Tuam, Galaway, and when my teacher and I met up the teacher that day the queen passed as we sang this song, I felt the irish pride coming through from my grandmother and from her family who faught through the troubles fearlessly and proud.
In that case listen to rocky road to Dublin Where he leaves the girls of Tuam so sad and broken hearted
It was awesome when the old hag died
wayy im from Tuam its a terrible city never visit it
I am oddly descendant of 2 Irish clans Doherty and Carroll so this song rings true to me
@@joedonnelly6721 Saluted Father dear, kissed me darlin' Mother
GRAB YOUR SWORDS MEN! TONIGHT WE FIGHT FOR IRELAND!
Celts!!!
When?
Are ladies allowed in the rank? If so then I shall Raise arms
*confused not Irish noises*
Where did this sword come from? Who are you guys? Why am I even here? Why are we charging the English?
You will fight for Ireland with speaking the language of the saxons?
I love the traditional songs you’ve covered, and it’s fantastic that you are bringing them a modern feel and keeping them alive for a new generation.
The Foggy Dew is like...old school Mississippi blues. You can't fake the pain as in many war songs we (Slavic people) have. And you indeed did this masterpiece justice.
Are you a slav in Mississippi
@@ohioisastate8574 What?? An American that can read AND write?? Good job little buddy
Tamo Daleko 🙏
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Foggy Dew sounds much more like "I'm a good old Rebel" :D
@@weaselGRM what?
These songs are dangerous, I'm autistic and they make me so excited (or hyped or something, idk, emotions) that I start flapping my hands, regardless of if I'm holding my phone or a sharp object. One of these days Colm is gonna cause me to break my phone or put out someone's eye.
Your voice is a gift to my ears. Greetings from México 🇲🇽❤️ 🇮🇪
WOW! Yes please, more traditional songs. There is power there worthy of your voice. This will help bring the old songs to a younger audience and keep tradition alive. It does help that these fine songs and ballads are just as appropriate today as the day they were written. May they inspire new voices and new songs of rebellion. 🦊Riki2Tails
Indeed! I also love learning about the history of it!
As a student I lived in Dublin for several months. I will never forget this time, by the simple fact of being who they are, Irish taught me to be proud of me and my own culture. Can't wait to come back with kids.
Colm has graced us with badassery AGAIN! Someone send him a sweater.
Classic Clancy brothers sweater
The Young Dubliners version of The Foggy Dew was always the definitive version of this song for me... until now. Well done, brother
I so wish I could sing like that. That ability to "break" the voice while singing carries the grief of this song. And that running through several notes real quick that Irish people seem to have in their genes, I'm soo jelly! Big kudos from a Spanish lass ^^
Beautiful! Greetings from the US my Irish brothers. Sláinte
The Irish fought the English for 700 years, from the 13th century to the 20th century.
And now sing about it in English, tells you how things went 😂
@@STKS1991 The English outlawed Gaelic but it is making a comeback.
From Grief, hardship, tragedy, and uncertainty…came an unwavering and fierce sense of pride and spirit.
That’s why they’re called The Fightin’ Irish👌👌👌
JUST SO NICE AND GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS MY FAMILY ARE FROM IRELAND MISS IT SO MUCH
This song hits my heart with mourning, for my family the O' Daly Clan fought in the Easter Rising of 1916 with the ICA(Irish Citizen Army).
Indeed, my great uncle and great grandfather fought alongside the IRB of kildare, my uncle was killed in action towards the end of the war . You can visit his memorial on your way to the hill of tara by the manowar pub
your proper Irish name is O'Daligh, do not have the Gaelic letters to spell it properly in Irish, seeing your Name in proper Gaelic you would love it, yours Brien Boru
@@mkeibergin3775 there are times that I forget the proper spelling, but that should not be the point, the point should be that a lot of families were affected and their descendants are still and continue to be affected to this very day.
@@Mr.krabz2182 When I get a chance to visit Ireland I shall pay my respects with honor.
Though my family long since have left the land of my ancestors, I won't forget the heritage of my family's roots, and your renditions really help that.
Clan Duffy, Donegal Sept.
I'm not even Irish but somehow these songs still make me feel a sense of pride!!
Every time you make a new video, it ends up on a playlist for a D&D character. This one is no different. Great work!
It gave me an idea for an Irish zealot barbarian that calls forth through song his ancestors fallen in battle to grant him his strength.
@@ticoticoelosomagnifico4041 interesting fact scottish men in clans would actually say the names of their ancestors passed down from oral tradition in the hopes it summons them to assist them in battle it's really fascinating
Me and one of my closest friends did this for a concert, I played guitar for most of it while he sung but when we started to end the song our chorus of tenor and alto perfectly matched. We are both of Irish heritage, he being born in Killarney and moving here when he was 4. We both love this version and we salute to you Colm, youve inspired us to travel to our home and learn our people.
I’m an American but my grandfather was always beyond proud to be Irish and is my mother
So I’ve always identified as Irish and now it’s a battle to learn my culture as all my family who knew it died when I was to young to understand the value of culture
62 reside in the United States what a pair of pipes this is way better than any junk out here on the radio anymore
I'm so accustomed to hearing this as a much more upbeat song that this version threw me for a loop.
Amazing rendition of this classic song. I grew up listening to my dads Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem and Dubliner albums and these songs hold a special place in my heart.
This stirred up my Irish blood so much that a shamrock spontaneously appeared on my hat. Absolutely epic!
I'm an Anglo-Fin, but I support the Irish fight for freedom! Great song! Will be writing a story about a Prussian ww1 vet, who fights alongside the Irish rebels, soon.
The moment when there's a new cover in the evening but you have to work before and 1 hour feels like a day. I shall learn patience today:)
Edit: the irish army must have been fearsome if they were supported by bards like you
Love your profile photo. I thought you were me. Haha.
While a college kid in Binghamton, New York way back in the 80's, a local band named Doneen got me into Irish folk. Haven't lost my love of the music since.
this song really gives you that feeling of facing a titan and i fucking love it
"and the sweaters are so thick, even the boniest finger nun could poke you in the chest and it wouldn't bother you none."
😅
Tis to shtop the cold poke of the auld banshee
I like to believe that Mr. Colm McGuinness channels his power into becoming One with music. He is an entity that cannot be explained. Thank you Colm for singing this song. Luke Kelly would have been proud.
Yeah that Guy is very good, but calm down haha
Nothing beats the Foggy Dew
Everything about this man stirs the very depths of my Irish soul. On a lighter note, though, as a knitter, I am obsessed with the sweaters that appear in his videos. 😅
Long Live Ireland!!
Salute from your brethren in the Americas!
My ancestors are from Killeshandra, County Cavan.
MAN.. what a Voice! Just right for this grateful song... greetings from Germany, keep up the good work..👍👍
The way your voice matches power and ferocity with your brows: truly inspiring.
This song hits like an irish Star-spangled Banner😭
This song is much better than star spangled banner, in my opinion.
☦️
@@ElonMuskrat-my8jy Christ is in our midst!
@@tynytian He is and ever shall be! Blessed Lent, brother!
This US-rag is tainted with the blood of hundred innocent peoples.
A folk battle tune, beautiful visuals, and a sweater sideshow... can't go wrong with that. Cheers, keep up the content.
The lad has got some pipes. Appreciated by an old Canadian. " LIVE LIFE LARGE, it's shorter than you think"
Не могу остановиться, раз десять уже послушала. Это ведь не просто песня, это история.
Екатерина, согласен - сильное исполнение.
Вот вариант на русском от группы "Гуси". Он совсем другой но мне очень нравится перевод.
Out of all the versions of The Foggy Dew this version of the song tops it the vocals you can feel the emotions great song Lad 🇮🇪☘️🔥
I just love this song. It hits all the right notes, a fight song to get your blood up but also a memorial to the dead. Just absolutely one of my favorite peices of music. Thank you Colm for another magnificent cover ❤️
My mother sang this to me when I was very young. I never heard it again until now. My mother has since passed away and I wish I could share this with her now.
Let me apologize for any comments (I promise the were pro Irish) I made several nights ago-- I was sleep walking badly because I was missing my father dearly, who passed July 25of 21. Not only was it Christmas was a few days ago, but his birthday was December 29th, and I'm wont to sleepwalk badly from the 23rd to the middle of January. So please forgive any stupidly worded posts or replies between then and future me. I'm just actually native American but appreciate the hell outta your music.
I listened like ten times in a row to just the last line. That final foggy dew is breathtaking.
Which is not to say the rest isn't, it's beautiful.
I heard you first on some Jonathan Young shantie and soon went through every single one of your videos. Your singing, arrangements and original compositions are top-notch. Thank you for making such wonderful music!
Haunting. One of my favorites.
Another absolutely spectacular cover 👏👏👏 The war drums, banjo and whistle was a great choice of instrumentation and your voice conveyed the emotion of a solid soldier. 🔥 This cover made me feel like I was actually standing on a battlefield 🤩 Well done, Colm 👍👏👏
To right! I could hear the Lewis guns chattering and Lee Enfield's matching them minute for minute!
I heard this song once when I was only about five or so years old and have been looking for it since then and never could find it. Now at 30 years old I finally did and didn't even know it because I never knew the title. Thank you, Colm! I owe you a debt like no other. Your voice is brilliant by the way. I take great pride in my half Irish ancestry thanks to people like you.
Lo
Ahh, from the taverns to war. Poetic. Can’t wait for it!
I am not Irish, but an American of Swiss descent. Like the Irishmen of this song, I have a deathly allergy to tyranny. Respect to those men.
Being an Englishman with Irish grandparents makes this an awesome yet conflicting listen, either way, amazing song!
I mean you weren't doing it. You just need to recognize what your country did and is doing. And push back where you can.
So what you're saying you are half English or You live in England?
@@aidandurkan15 Lool, you clearly not from Ireland or England are you. All of that is long in the past.
@@mysteryhombre81 yeah you can go talk to my dad and his brothers and sisters or my grandad that couldnt fish on his own land. If you mean 40-50 years is old then yeah I guess. Also, my uncle works very hard to recover my families history and others as so many records were destroyed by the British in an attempt to wipe out the Irish culture. I don't live there but the vast majority of my family still live there.
@@mysteryhombre81 also yeah just because it was in the past doesn't mean you don't need to recognize it?? That's insane, the Holocaust was in the past so we don't need to recognize it? Big brain logic you got there.
Few know how deep this goes. Blessing's. Gird thy loins brothers
I can't stop listening to your amazing voice.
I was born and raised in Canada. I did a tour of Ireland and went to Glendalough. Once I set foot in the Monastic City, I never felt more at home in my life. Just seeing all of the O'Toole headstones and knowing some were my kin. It didn't hurt that so many Irish said Welcome Home!
As an Australian of Celtic heritage, it gives me great pride to say: Eirinn gá breá! Truly incredible, Colm!
Truly inspired. To Battle! Love both rhe vocals and the musical arrangement. Ierland needs this right now.
"Let me grab my gun, kiss my wife goodbye and we'd meet at the bridge in the morning mist"🫡
Great and intense version, thank you
This song moves me to tears, but only when sung properly. You and Sinead O’Connor are the only ones I’ve heard do it in such a way that touched my heart so.
Chills! Absolute chills! You NEVER cease to amaze us with each and every song. Thank you for blessing us with your music.
I feel too often the culture of the isles is covered up and lost to many, and this brings part of that spirit back to life. Kudos and An-obair!!
Loved the sneak peak video on Twitter! Looking forward to listening to the full song; the vocals and musical arrangement are sure to be awesome as always.
I love ireland so much, my whole life, and will at for ever. I am german,69, woman. Because there see allways the thrus.❤❤
i am off scottish and welsh blood your songs and voice bring out the fight in me for my and your country man for the right to their own lands. you make my blood flow with more passion to feel proud off my heritage
Really bringin' out my Irish pride here,
me too
I found your channel once when searching for irish music and i instantly loved all the covers you did, keep up the good work
I know you probably won't see it this , but as my ancestors were Irish this really resonates with me...I've listened to you sing this more then once probably quite a few times. I love your voice and the flute and everything thank you for sharing your talent I ALSO have been listening to things on the Irish war of independence and the history that it entails one day I will make it to Dublin one day!
I'm loving these Irish songs so much! So much, in fact, that you've inspired me to start learning the Irish language! Hopefully I can take a study abroad trip there someday. Go raibh maith agat!
Good luck! :D
As an Irish person, Irish is only properly spoken in a couple towns and villages so if you really want to experience it I'd recommend looking up where the gealtact areas are first
Best of luck to you! Irish is really hard but don't let people get to you too bad if you dont say it their specific way. There's 4 main ways of speaking it but I say if you manage to even get one even remotely down, then you've done something amazing
its a very strange language, given the size of the country yet we have a different dialect in every town down south
if your ever interested in testing out your language skills.... honestly idk, most of the gaelteachts dont even speak it outside of the schools anymore, you could head to one of the irish colleges where they only speak irish, good craic there
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🏴For me it isn't strange. My homeland, Cashubia, is very smaller than Ireland, and Cashubian language is very dialectal diverse too. Nay, people even say, that in every village is other Cashubian. Unfortunately, our beautiful language, same like Irish, is strictly endangered. But I hope, that Cashubian and Irish languages and cultures will reborn and blossom like lovely roses in heavenly garden. Cheerful greetings from Cashubia for every Irish brothers and sisters! Go mbeannaí Dia duit féin agus do thír dhúchais!
I come back to this one more than any of the others. I think you absolutely knocked this one out of the park. Your vocal control is just astounding!
One of the very first songs I learned to play on the harp and I love it so much! Have never heard the words to it, but now i love it even more
You have a wonderful voice. It’s both chill-inducing and enthralling. And the emotion you manage to express is really amazing.