Amhrán Mhaínis - JOHN BEAG Ó FLATHARTA:
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2010
- AMHRÁN MHAÍNIS / THE SONG OF MWEENISH
John Beag's voice is powerful and compelling and this performance bears witness to his emergence as one of Gaelic music's most popular and important ambassadors. No surprise then to learn that he has been the Connemara King of Song since the 1980s.
'Amhrán Mhaínse' (also known as 'Amhrán Mhuínse') - gut churning and heart rending in its extraordinary emotional power - has become popular around the Connemara area in the last fifty to sixty years. It is not known to me or to anyone else as far as I can see, who wrote the mighty words, who composed the grand melody,
Be that as it may, the song expresses the longing and wish of a woman from Maínis, who was married on the other side of Cuan Chill Chiaráin in a place called Leitir Calaidh, to be buried amongst her own people in the graveyard in Maínis. It is now sung at funerals where they replace the name of Maínis graveyard with the name of the graveyard where their deceased is being buried.
In the first verse the unknown woman says that if she was three leagues out to sea, or on faraway hills, with no earthly being, or with no shelter in a blizzard but could just could talk with her Taimín Bán (fair Tommy) she would not feel the night pass by.
The song goes on to express her wish that Páidín Mór (Big Paddy) would bring her remains to Maínis in his sailboat and that her coffin be made of the finest pale wood, and that, if he is still living there, the coffin be made by the hands of Seán Ó hEidhin of Maínis.
In the final verse she imagines her last journey across Cuan Chill Chiaráin towards her final resting place in Maínis.
At Inse Ghainnimh, an island off Leiter Caladh, there will be a big swell and her wish is not to be brought there as her people are not there.
Instead she wishes to be brought to Maínis where the resounding cries of her own people will be heard. There will be welcoming lights on the sand dunes and she will never feel lonely there.
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AMHRÁN MHAÍNIS
Dá mbeinn trí léig i bhfarraige
Nó i sléibhte i bhfad ó thír
'S gan aon neach beo i mo ghaobhar ann
Ach a' raithneach glas 's fraoch,
An sneachta á shéideadh ó thuaidh is ó dheas
'S an ghaoth 'gá fhuadach dhíom,
'S mé a bheith ag comhrá le mo Teaimín Bán
'S níorbh fhada liomsa an oíche.
A Mhuire dhílis, céard a dhéanfas mé?
Tá na geimhreadh seo 'teacht fuar,
'S a Mhuire dhílis, céard a dhéanfas mé
Leis an teach seo is a bhfuil ann?
Dá mba tusa fhéin a d'imeodh uaim
Agus mise fanacht beo,
Bheinn ag comhrá le do chlainne
Is ní aireoinn oíche ná ló.
Agus gearraidh amach mo chóntró dhom
As fíorscoth gheal na gclár.
'S má tá Seán Ó hEidhinn i Maínis
Béadh sé déanta uaidh ina láimh.
Béadh mo chaipín 's mo ribínín iata istigh dhe
'S iad go ródheas ar mo cheann,
'S tabharfadh Páidín Mór go Maínis mé
Nó is garbh a bhéas an lá.
'Dhul siar le hInse Ghainimh dhúinn
Beidh an fharraige ag éirí ard.
Ach ná tugaidh i Leitir Calaidh mé
Mar ní ann atá mo dhream.
Ach tugaidh siar go Maínis mé
An áit a gcaoinfear mé os árd,
Beidh soilse ar na dumhachannaí
'S ní bheidh uaigneas orm ann.
THE SONG OF MWEENISH
If I were three leagues out at sea
Or on mountains far from home,
And without any living thing near me there,
But the green fern and heather,
The snow being blown on me from the north and the south
And the wind whipping it off me,
And if I were conversing with my fair Tommy,
I would not find the night long.
And, dear Mary, what will I do?
This winter is coming on cold.
And, dear Mary, what will I do
With this house and with all those in it?
If it was yourself that would part from me
And me who would stay alive,
I would be talking with your children
And I wouldn't notice night or day.
Cut my coffin out for me
From the choicest of white planks.
And if Seán Hynes is in Mweenish
Let it be made by his hand.
Let my cap and my little ribbon be inside in it
And they nicely placed on my head,
And have Big Paddy take me to Mweenish
For it will be a rough that day.
And as we go west by Inse Ghainimh,
The sea will be rising high,
But do not take me to Leitir Calaidh
For that's not where my people are.
But bring me west to Mweenish
The place where I will be mourned out loud,
There will be lights upon the dunes
And I'll not be lonely there. 
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This was played at my fathers funeral, he was a proud Connemara man.
RIP dad.
martin flaherty
Los canticos y canciones asturianas, gallegas, cantábricas y vascas son lo mismo, que bonico es el recuerdo de pueblos milenarios
beautiful...my heart feels squeezed when I listen to the language and tone of his voice
traditional.
Must be one of the greatest funeral songs I have ever heard in any language - it was the only song worth playing for such a proud Connemara man...
always play this for my nan xx miss her so much.
We played this song at my dads funeral a proud Connemara man
An absolute amazing singer John Beag is and although I'm not from Connemara and have very little Gaelic speaking in me I think between John Beag & Beairtle O'Domhnaill they are probably the finest singers I have ever heard and I've heard some mighty Irish singers in my time in London and back home in Ireland. Thanks for posting !! 5 Stars !!
Somos pueblos hermanos y me enorgullece mucho.
B’fhearr liom é gan an sintéiseoir!
Muisire.........go raibh míle maith agat. Amhrán fíor láidir ó Conamara agus amhranai den scoth !
Love the songs and music. Go raigh maith agat a Eireann agus Sean Beag!
my fathers from truskin lettermullen ,amazing song
I wonder how this would sound in a North Antrim accent. This is very heavenly.
Aw dia... Seo go hiontach!
Go raibh fada buan é John Beag
Brilliant voice
Great singing ...one of the best!
Ta se seo go halainn ar fad. Brod orm Gaeilge a bheith agam agus fir ar nos John Beag a bheith beo beathaioch. FérPlé
Visited Cormac McCarthy's chapel in the 1980's No frilles nor lights! Go raibh maith agat ! Seo go Hiontach!
Tá an amhrán seo go hiontach ar fad! Má tá amhránaí níos fearr, níor chuala é fós. Ná lagadh Dia thú John Beag.
Go raibh maith agat le haghaidh an fís,
Pádraig Ó Loirgneáin
Ta an t'amhrainn seo go brea. Na lagidg dia thu, john beaf
iongantach!
Craoch suas e a John Beag. Bhuail me leis i gcupla amna nuair bhim i mo chonai i Indreabhan agus bhi se ag seint ceol i Poitin Stil. fearr alainn e.
An-leagan anseo ach dar liom níl sárú ar leagan Áine Ní Dhroighneáin ó scannán Chré na Cille
The rocks of bawn
Seo go hiontach ! Go raibh maith agat! Slan abhaile ! Risteard MacSuibhne
Iontach,
@nora curran:
Breá liom gan aon agó de bharúil faoi John Beag agus a stíl amhránaíochta dochomparáite. Ní fhaighim aon locht ar an amhrán sár uasal atá á chanadh aige ach oiread...
@Brian Mackle: Go raibh míle maith agat as a bheith buíoch díom faoi an t-amhrán seo a chur ar fáil anseo. Scoth de amhrán agus togha amhránaí chomh maith is ea atá againn anseo...
Iontach uilig.Se john beag is fearr.Ni feidir a ghlor a bhualadh. Nar lagadh Dia thu a John.
Nora sheanin.
cinnte, amhran iontach ar fad, an cead am a chuala me john beag ag casadh an ceann sin,.. amhranai nios fearr?? ta se deacair chun a ra ach, nil alan idir an beirt, john beag agus bearithe o domhnaill, ta suil am go mbeidh nios no amhrani mar seo ar u tube i gcupla seachtain,
Nil moran daoine abaltar ceoil go maith leis an Fhear seo.
@Ruthybobz19
'Sea, go hiontach ar fad! Amhranai le dealramh is ea John Beag agus taithnionn se go mor liom - agus is as Cathair Chorcai me feinig...
GRMA as do bharuil...
@muisire ,ya, ta ceart agat faoi sin alrit, ta john beag docreithe, agus cad faoi mairtin seoighe ag casadh an amhran seo, ar an clar siar an bothar, , thar cinn fresian
@truskinboy never herd truskin.
An amhrán é - dar liomsa tá sé i measc na n-amhrán is áille dár chuala mé riamh in Éirinn nó sa Bhreatain Bheag.
Tá an ceart agat, ar ndóigh, faoi Áine Ní Droighneáin - leagan thar fóir amach is amach....
@switzercraftbullet i think its spelt letir meallain
@muisire Is mór an trua nach dtugann aon ollscoil céim honoracha dó. Gan dabht ar bith tá sé aimsithe aige le haghaidh an méid atá déanta aige le haghaidh na gaeilgeoirí
ni maith liom johnn beag ach thationn an amhran go leoir liom
@irishmanandproud
Cheap me go raibh Liadan go hiontach ag canadh an amhrain seo agus ceapaim fos e sin.
Ach cuireann John Beag an dlaoi mullaigh air mar amhran gan dabht ar bith.
Maith thu do theachtaireacht
I have just uploaded a John Beag classic from the Album Tá'n Workhouse Lán just follow the link to my uploads... Enjoy!!
@Chrissy06astra go hiontach ar fad ..cuireann se gliondar croi orm!
A pity more would not listen to him ...traditional and musical..good diction , phrasing and sense of melody ...the backing a bit dodgy here and there ..but not to worry!
An bhfuil fhios ag aon duine Amhrán Rath cairn??
is cinnte go bhfuil!
Iontach, an bhfuil se ag canadh faoi Muighinis? (in aice le Carna) no ait a chint eile. Nior chuaile me an cheann seo roimh, is mion liom and stil sin,
daithimacc7 tà sè at canagh faoi oileain mhuinse
Sea an toilean in aice le Carna.
There was an O Flaherty on Inis Mór in around 1980. He was a dangerous and violent man. I saw him physically attack a tourist who was camping there one time.
I've never forgotten it.
6 mm955 die und das, dass ich-