To all the Irish (and Scots): Please, never stop learning and speaking Gaelic. You are in possession of a great treasure, don't lose it. Greetings from Belgium
@@raifteri I feel the British get too bad a wrap nowadays, they have actually helped our fledgling state quite a bit, while they still control the north people seem to forget about the good Friday agreement. And what you said may be the case but it is equally the Irish government and people's fault for the language getting to the state it's in today. The British aren't stopping people from learning the language anymore yet we're still losing speakers at an alarming rate.
@@ricemango7502 will lucky for use down south, you only had to sell out Ulster to get the brits to be nice to use. while us in the North suffered for not wanting to leave Irish Ulster. are you talking about the peace agreement the brits where forced into by europe and USA? and lets be honest it would of been through in the bin by the brits but USA and Europe are bigger than britain so, forced
@@iamdbatatnight5600 Not enough is being done to keep it alive, the efforts made by the government and education system are shallow. Naturally, it's up to folk to keep their traditions alive, not politicians. Hope to teach my children Irish some day.
That was the dream of Douglas Hyde, Patrick Pearse and many other of the heroes who sought to restore Irish as the first national language. The Constitution prepared by De Valera in the late 1930s gave Irish priority over English but no practical steps were taken to bring that about. Somethings were done, however, such as making the teaching and the learning of Irish compulsory for all pupils in all schools. It was that policy which enabled me to become fluent in Irish. I am grateful for that.
The line “And if Seán Hynes is in Muínis, let it [the coffin] be made by his hand” absolutely destroys me every time. Her voice and inflection are incredible.
Such beautiful song I'm from Ireland to hear singing in Irish Gaelic fills my heart with joy and Irish pride long may we hear singing in Irish Gaelic it's our culture may it remain so God bless you Ireland 💚
There's a loud and defiant courage to the words. Defying not nature but notions and fear that bring us nowhere. The sound of a brave woman, ready to wander where the darkness lies. Visiting or for good, there is no fear. Only preparedness and a moment for the beauty that remains.
Beautiful song. Your language is the roots of your culture. If you loose it you lose what defines you and yours as a nation and as a community. Don't let bureaucrats put you off your birth right or your heart's desire (for those who embrace your culture from abroad). It is not for politicians to give you the knowledge but for each of you to fully accept the responsibility to maintain your own identity. Some things are worth working for. Greetings from a Galego (North Spain) who has lived in Ireland for a long long time.
I come back to this version from time to time and each time I do, I cry. This is such a wonderful song which tells the true story of the writer requesting to be buried in her own home place of Muínis. Alas it was not to be as she was buried agaist her wishes in the place where her husband came from. I was at a funeral about four years ago when I heard it first. It's beautiful, just so beautiful and I love this version.
My paternal grandparents from Sligo "had the Irish" as some would say. They stopped speaking Irish when they emigrated to Philadelphia in the late 1910's. They taught my dad and his sister their prayers in Irish in case their religion (Catholic) would ever be suppressed, banned and illegalized again. That is the only Irish my father had, and he recited his prayers in Gaelic on the day he died. The only Irish I heard from my nana was "wisha".
hard to work out what "wisha" might mean - two things that come to mind are "is ea" a way to say "oh yes" or simply "yes" or i'm thinking a what's often still said some gaeltachtaí in galway is "muise" i actually don't know the spelling since it's technically not a word? it doesn't rerally translate but it's like a filler noise nearly .. in context - how are you .. ah muise i'm well... or if i'm telling a story you would say "muise" as if to show you're following me. do either of those make sense in the context your nana used it ? is teanga álainn í ár nGaeilge
You can still learn the Gaeilge , go on line meet many many diaspora who crave their native blood . It’s in you , it never leaves , just plant As síol ( seed );
Listening and in my fantasy I can see my great, great grandfather Morgan Lee, farming on this island. The Island where he lost his wife and there baby boy, in the potato starvation. Today 200 years later, his family roots are to be found all over the world.
You are one of the few Diana that has spoken the truth. Also shame on Irish people who wore the police uniform to help the English. 2016 they are making documentaries blaming it on the potato even though they were surrounding fields at harvest time with RIC , making sure the landlord got the food shipped to England. .even with all our education today we still cannot tell the truth. " best of wishes to you !.
Thank you, 'annehochberg', for your words of praise and appreciation for one of my favourite recordings ever. To find the text in Irish and in English, click on the tag line, "This is one of my favourite songs in Irish ever - or in any other language, c...". The full text comment will open. Scroll down until you find what you are looking for. I feel sure you will like it.
Magnus Mckay: You are absolutely right and your response to this great lament is shared by many other people - it has had over 60,000 hits and counting...
From a continental European Celtic and Norse pagan, Irish fills me with happiness but also longing for the language we once had but lost. I hope Ireland always speaks Gaeilge ❤
@Nanomachinist Yes, you're right - words fail me when I listen to it. I am 72 years old but I do not mind admitting that I came close to shaking with emotional intensity as I prepared to post this clip. It has to be one of the tunes of glory...
It moves me to tears too but for no single person in any special way - the singer and the song are so wonderfully fused together during this remarkable recording that it gets my shoulders shaking with an overall sense of mortality and of the grief and loss for those family members and friends who have already passed on. This is stunning and may be the best lament I have ever heard...
rip gbnf too all the lost beloved ones once again got respect for Ireland and there culture there alot history there and secrets there keep it close too your heart let your fly wings expand of all people nature and the people and lots of people care about lovely things and history so that why so many adorable songs got made it touches your heart all these songs a have alot love affection what happened in the culture Name the father holy spirt holy ghost holy grail Amen 💚💙💛👍💞💟💝💘
Iggy Tthunders - thank you. It certainly is not fair but it is a fact of history. My four grandparents spoke both English and Irish but they were all dead by the time I was 10. If even one of them had lived until I became a fluent speaker of Irish I would have had the privilege of a direct link with my national language even though my mother tongue was English. How glad I am that the government made Irish compulsory in all schools because my parents, who gave me so many good things, hated it.
Very beautiful! While I am hearing this song, I am imagining an Ireland with Irish brought back thoroughly by the Revolution of the 20ies. Hebrew was on its way back at the same time when the Irish Freedom Fight was going on. How great would Ireland be with Irish spoken only by the Irish and with signs in Irish only from Dublin to Galway and Donegal to Cork!
@@ricemango7502 Ignoramus, that happens to be their homeland , they were driven out after fighting occupation by the Romans!People such as you think , NO, I know better what the world needs! To set up yet another muslim state , - the world has too much freedom &democracy as it is! You don’t even realise that you are asking for your own destruction.Get educated as to the true nature of islam ,especially now as it penetrates ever more into the West . Love Irish traditional music.
Go raibh maith agat, 'Irishmanandproud, I have just listened to it and I have to agree. Måirtin brings even more greatness to an already great song. It is beyond believe that some unknown man or woman wrote these stunning words and that another unknown lifted it even higher with a magical melody.
@P4rish1: I'm the same and your message reminded me that I have not listened to it for a while. When my own funeral Mass is over I am going to have this played while the young men carry my coffin out of the church - I will be 75 in January and I need to plan such things!
AnCiotog: Yes indeed, I envy you your good fortune to be half Gaeltacht because it gives you a head start over people who learned Irish at school and have no direct link with any Gaeltacht. However, my school Irish has been an open sesame to so much that is great and magnificent like this wonderful song. I have lived in Wales since 1960 but my school Irish always served me well during years away from Ireland. The riches that Irish offers are a fair reward for learning it well. Go n-éirí leat!
Siobhan Cleary I'm homesick for Ireland and don't have a drop of Irish in me but I'm Catholic and that at least makes me Irish in soul! Erin go braugh!
Your ancestors were. :D Murphy - one of the oldest recorded clan names. Walsh - Hiberno Norman. Even though it means Briton/foreigner, it is a name that has been in Ireland almost 1,000 years.
@@musashidanmcgrath thank you for that and my name isn’t double barrelled Murphy is my mother’s maiden name and walsh my dads surname so both from each side. I can feel a true connection and it’s entrenched in my soul !
@@jamesmurphy-walsh8966 time and distance don't break that connection, lad. I've been living in Australia these last 10 years listening to this music gives me goosebumps every time. It helps that one of my mates over here speaks our native language fluently. It's funny because Aussies haven't a clue what language we're even speaking. :D
Has anyone else noticed that the melody is very similar to The Lakes of Pontchartrain? I think it's so interesting how songs and melodies travel and change. Anyway this is gorgeous.
@BlindObedienceBrutal Thank you. It made me shake with sobbing too, not with sadness, but with an almost primeval kind of joy... Where do such feelings spring from? Where do such feelings spring from...
@Pam Aherne: Yes indeed, it is one of my favourite songs in any genre and in any language and yes, I enjoy listening to songs from all parts of the world - even when I do not understand a single word. This lament certainly ticks all the boxes that I can think of...
I am glad you are learning Irish - it will be well worth the effort. Meanwhile I am very pleased that you liked this great world class folk song - I do not think it will ever be forgotten.
padyboy86: your response is just what mine was the day I first heard it when I played their extraordinary CD 'Irish Traditional Music and Song'. I am still unable to fully take in this amazing Irish song from Connemara, a song that has no known author for the words or composer for the melody. I put this song alongside Bach and Mozart and Schubert for its supreme grasp of what is in the heart of human beings, women and men alike. Pride in Ireland - yes indeed.
I wonder if the young singer from Connemara you heard singing this song was Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin. She does a beautiful job with it, and what a voice.
How I envy you your good fortune in being both - I have lots of notes in my head but my fingers are harmless (= useless) as my late mother would have said... But I am so glad to be able share your pride in being Irish...
piperwhistles: I appreciate and share your comment - I am still astounded every time I listen to this extraordinary anonymous folksong from County Galway. It is absolutely breathtaking. Yet what one is likely to find in most iPods today will be dark years away from this amazing song from the heart of an unknown woman. Liadan, of course, do a wonderful job on it.
@muisire yes a mhac,, as well as this girl sings it,, i reckon mairtins version is one of the best versions of any song ever, and thats a bold statement cos i know alot of singers and songs, in irish and english, notice how theres hundreds of people in the audience and he sings like hes, just in front of one or 2, ,alomost like in a trance,,, gets better every time i hear it, connemara abu,,,, erin go braigh""
To all the Irish (and Scots):
Please, never stop learning and speaking Gaelic. You are in possession of a great treasure, don't lose it.
Greetings from Belgium
This is our greatest tool to remedy the wrong done by the British.
@@raifteri I feel the British get too bad a wrap nowadays, they have actually helped our fledgling state quite a bit, while they still control the north people seem to forget about the good Friday agreement. And what you said may be the case but it is equally the Irish government and people's fault for the language getting to the state it's in today. The British aren't stopping people from learning the language anymore yet we're still losing speakers at an alarming rate.
@@ricemango7502 Is trua é sin. Ach tá, tá sé suas le daoine nuair a chailltear an teanga🤷🏼♂️
tha mi dìreach air an aon rud a ràdh ( I have just said the same thing) ..... On another post x
@@ricemango7502 will lucky for use down south, you only had to sell out Ulster to get the brits to be nice to use. while us in the North suffered for not wanting to leave Irish Ulster. are you talking about the peace agreement the brits where forced into by europe and USA? and lets be honest it would of been through in the bin by the brits but USA and Europe are bigger than britain so, forced
It's a pity I've only one thumbs up to give.
I come back to this over and over again
I have never in my life heard something like this, I'm in tears as I speak, I can't fully comprehend just how beautiful this is
listen to nan tom teaimin
Soul crying - Beautiful❤❤❤❤
What a voice. This is an area of our culture that we need to fight and fight and fight to preserve. Bless the singer/writer.
All schools should be a Gaelscoil and English taught as a subject ONLY!
@@iamdbatatnight5600 Not enough is being done to keep it alive, the efforts made by the government and education system are shallow. Naturally, it's up to folk to keep their traditions alive, not politicians. Hope to teach my children Irish some day.
Agree.
So called "Irish education" has been destroying Irish culture for decades.
@@oggioggi7915 explain please
This song was sung at my fathers funeral he was a proud Galway man. Beautiful and haunting. SLAINTE !!!
Gaillimh abu
SLAINTE MY CHARA GRAIM THU!!! FROM MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA ❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏💫💫🤩💫
RIP ❤
Slainte from France. ✊
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis. 🙏🇮🇪
Truly go hálainn (beautiful). The singer, Síle Denvir is my college lecturer in Dublin. Is bean álainn í - a beautiful Lady
That was the dream of Douglas Hyde, Patrick Pearse and many other of the heroes who sought to restore Irish as the first national language. The Constitution prepared by De Valera in the late 1930s gave Irish priority over English but no practical steps were taken to bring that about. Somethings were done, however, such as making the teaching and the learning of Irish compulsory for all pupils in all schools. It was that policy which enabled me to become fluent in Irish. I am grateful for that.
Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yr ieithoedd celtaidd yn adfer yn llwyr ryw ddydd
African tribal drumming is necessary to really enjoy this
Time to get rid of Fianna fáil and fine Gael
The line “And if Seán Hynes is in Muínis, let it [the coffin] be made by his hand” absolutely destroys me every time. Her voice and inflection are incredible.
Madelyn Monaghan any idea the singers name?
@@tamegomait it says below the lyrics, Síle Denvir
Síle Denver
@@cathaltuairisg1242 Denvir.
Me too
Such beautiful song I'm from Ireland to hear singing in Irish Gaelic fills my heart with joy and Irish pride long may we hear singing in Irish Gaelic it's our culture may it remain so God bless you Ireland 💚
I played this the day my grandma passed. It really helped
There's a loud and defiant courage to the words. Defying not nature but notions and fear that bring us nowhere. The sound of a brave woman, ready to wander where the darkness lies. Visiting or for good, there is no fear. Only preparedness and a moment for the beauty that remains.
We owe it to never let this language die. Lest the words of this song and countless others will ring hollow till their death.
Beautiful song. Your language is the roots of your culture. If you loose it you lose what defines you and yours as a nation and as a community. Don't let bureaucrats put you off your birth right or your heart's desire (for those who embrace your culture from abroad). It is not for politicians to give you the knowledge but for each of you to fully accept the responsibility to maintain your own identity. Some things are worth working for. Greetings from a Galego (North Spain) who has lived in Ireland for a long long time.
Is maith liom é! Go hálainn é! Dia dhaoibh. Is mise Lábhrás Ó Fallamhain agus is Meiriceánach mé. Tá mé ag beagánín as Gaeilge. ♥️🇮🇪☘️🎶🎵🎻🎤
maith thu ! Dia leat leis an oibre!
Iarracht maith
Maith an fearr❤
Im crying my eyes out.....this is the most beautiful song iv ever heard!
The problem with listening to this is theres nothing I can listen to after that comes even close to it.
There is a real beauty that always seems to rise from the darkness within this song. Powerful.
I come back to this version from time to time and each time I do, I cry. This is such a wonderful song which tells the true story of the writer requesting to be buried in her own home place of Muínis. Alas it was not to be as she was buried agaist her wishes in the place where her husband came from. I was at a funeral about four years ago when I heard it first. It's beautiful, just so beautiful and I love this version.
Mike Scally o
makes me cry 2
A small wandering through an ancient cemetery and hearing the clamoring forlorn stories etched in stone!
Agree with Mike totally, best version around really beautiful
Perfection,górm mháith agat.
And its Gaelic and it shared by both our nations who used to be united long live scottland and Ireland happy st.pattys day to all ladies and lasies
Paddys*
St Paddy’s Day or St Patrick’s Day NEVER St Patty’s day
it's saint paidraig so the abreviation is st-paddy's
Dear Ireland, thank for this and for your wonderful music.
The world
Ta fáilte romhat!
💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
there is a reason Ireland won the Eurovision more than any country
i don`t understand even one word... but i love it so so much
It’s a lament from the death bed. She’s instructing for the wake and burial.
I love being irish love my country
I LOVE Enya her family and Ireland ❤️🇮🇪🍀🌹🙏
Sonidos tan suaves y voces tan hermosas!!! ideal para hacer un viaje con la imaginacion!
Ta amhran alainn draiochtuil e sin!! Nil focail ceart agam e sin a ra... Beannachtai oraibh, agus go maire an spiorad na hEireann go deo!
My paternal grandparents from Sligo "had the Irish" as some would say. They stopped speaking Irish when they emigrated to Philadelphia in the late 1910's. They taught my dad and his sister their prayers in Irish in case their religion (Catholic) would ever be suppressed, banned and illegalized again. That is the only Irish my father had, and he recited his prayers in Gaelic on the day he died. The only Irish I heard from my nana was "wisha".
hard to work out what "wisha" might mean - two things that come to mind are "is ea" a way to say "oh yes" or simply "yes" or i'm thinking a what's often still said some gaeltachtaí in galway is "muise" i actually don't know the spelling since it's technically not a word? it doesn't rerally translate but it's like a filler noise nearly .. in context - how are you .. ah muise i'm well... or if i'm telling a story you would say "muise" as if to show you're following me. do either of those make sense in the context your nana used it ? is teanga álainn í ár nGaeilge
Sligo is still there you know, or ta se ansin
You can still learn the Gaeilge , go on line meet many many diaspora who crave their native blood . It’s in you , it never leaves , just plant As síol ( seed );
@@brokenglassesshaner from what I can recall, she used it to say "oh well" or "ok" when we would pester her
@@brendancoultry3031 and I have been, but it is hard to get there from here if you know what I mean
Ireland´s ´Miserere´, just as hauntingly moving. Sure Mozart would have loved it
I swear to gods this is my favorite song of the all time i cry even after all the time i listen to it
Man up
nocturnal melody also my all time favourite song, I commend your good taste
😂
Me too x
Connaught truly is beautiful ❤❤
Listening and in my fantasy I can see my great, great grandfather Morgan Lee, farming on this island. The Island where he lost his wife and there baby boy, in the potato starvation. Today 200 years later, his family roots are to be found all over the world.
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+Emotional Contagion Yes I know, we have our great grandfathers history....
You are one of the few Diana that has spoken the truth. Also shame on Irish people who wore the police uniform to help the English. 2016 they are making documentaries blaming it on the potato even though they were surrounding fields at harvest time with RIC , making sure the landlord got the food shipped to England. .even with all our education today we still cannot tell the truth. " best of wishes to you !.
How can one tell the truth.... That it was genocide or you facilitated it. It would be Hell (if you had a conscious).
Thank you, 'annehochberg', for your words of praise and appreciation for one of my favourite recordings ever.
To find the text in Irish and in English, click on the tag line, "This is one of my favourite songs in Irish ever - or in any other language, c...".
The full text comment will open.
Scroll down until you find what you are looking for.
I feel sure you will like it.
I’d never heard bevore. Amazing.
Is maith liom é. Go raibh mile maith agat (✍️🧔🏼 from Isle Rügen, NE-Germany)
Respect from Romania! This song give you chills 😳
Magnus Mckay: You are absolutely right and your response to this great lament is shared by many other people - it has had over 60,000 hits and counting...
muisire
From a continental European Celtic and Norse pagan, Irish fills me with happiness but also longing for the language we once had but lost. I hope Ireland always speaks Gaeilge ❤
I could listen to this for hours. I'm listening to it on loop at the moment while I write an essay about traditional Irish music. :D
@Nanomachinist
Yes, you're right - words fail me when I listen to it.
I am 72 years old but I do not mind admitting that I came close to shaking with emotional intensity as I prepared to post this clip. It has to be one of the tunes of glory...
Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú linn fós, a chara
Go raibh maith agat as an amhrán seo. Is aoibheann liom é
Slainte for such a beautiful song of sadness Agus understanding. Our people are of the old ways and paths. Saoirse.
I had the good fortune to travel with Liadan when they came to New York with the Chieftain's.
wow..sounds cool
It moves me to tears too but for no single person in any special way - the singer and the song are so wonderfully fused together during this remarkable recording that it gets my shoulders shaking with an overall sense of mortality and of the grief and loss for those family members and friends who have already passed on. This is stunning and may be the best lament I have ever heard...
rip gbnf too all the lost beloved ones once again got respect for Ireland and there culture there alot history there and secrets there keep it close too your heart let your fly wings expand of all people nature and the people and lots of people care about lovely things and history so that why so many adorable songs got made it touches your heart all these songs a have alot love affection what happened in the culture Name the father holy spirt holy ghost holy grail Amen 💚💙💛👍💞💟💝💘
I do not understand a single word of gaelic but the music tells the story
Very sad and expressive; Beautiful!
This makes me cry... so lovely
good lord.....this is so beautiful...
Tears streaming, full of tingles.
I keep coming back to listen to this song. Amhrán den scoth, grma.
this song could only remind me of beautiful old ireland
Beautiful voice best of this version, thanks for sharing Dublin Deirdre xx
This is such a haunting but simple lament. I love it
Iggy Tthunders - thank you. It certainly is not fair but it is a fact of history. My four grandparents spoke both English and Irish but they were all dead by the time I was 10. If even one of them had lived until I became a fluent speaker of Irish I would have had the privilege of a direct link with my national language even though my mother tongue was English. How glad I am that the government made Irish compulsory in all schools because my parents, who gave me so many good things, hated it.
I grew up in Dungarvan, beautiful to see this, thank you!
So did I, when did you live there? A great town, rich in all the good things in life.
Very beautiful! While I am hearing this song, I am imagining an Ireland with Irish brought back thoroughly by the Revolution of the 20ies. Hebrew was on its way back at the same time when the Irish Freedom Fight was going on. How great would Ireland be with Irish spoken only by the Irish and with signs in Irish only from Dublin to Galway and Donegal to Cork!
Yes!
Never going to happen now with all the "New Irish" coming in their thousand.
@@soldier2297 Fight Globalism ! Leave the EU !
Beautiful song , beautiful culture.
With warmest thanks from a friend in Israel. Just Beautiful.
Get out of Palestine
@@ricemango7502 Ignoramus, that happens to be their homeland , they were driven out after fighting occupation by the Romans!People such as you think , NO, I know better what the world needs! To set up yet another muslim state , - the world has too much freedom &democracy as it is! You don’t even realise that you are asking for your own destruction.Get educated as to the true nature of islam ,especially now as it penetrates ever more into the West .
Love Irish traditional music.
Very best of luck to Israel...from myself here in Ireland 🇮🇪
Go raibh mile maith agat... blessings... TLC x.
Go hiontach...agus...Go hálainn é!
One of the most mellifluous voices I have ever heard. Such perfection.
Hi, cuireann an tamhrain seo i gcuimhne dom ''The Rocks of Bawn. Go raibh maith agat , ta se go hailinn muise.
This is simply a treasure.
Go raibh maith agat, 'Irishmanandproud, I have just listened to it and I have to agree. Måirtin brings even more greatness to an already great song.
It is beyond believe that some unknown man or woman wrote these stunning words and that another unknown lifted it even higher with a magical melody.
So very nice. Go raibh maith agat.
Holy Gods that was Beautiful
@P4rish1:
I'm the same and your message reminded me that I have not listened to it for a while.
When my own funeral Mass is over I am going to have this played while the young men carry my coffin out of the church - I will be 75 in January and I need to plan such things!
muisire Happy 82nd birthday, to good health 👍
Have you a singer in mind?
AnCiotog: Yes indeed, I envy you your good fortune to be half Gaeltacht because it gives you a head start over people who learned Irish at school and have no direct link with any Gaeltacht. However, my school Irish has been an open sesame to so much that is great and magnificent like this wonderful song. I have lived in Wales since 1960 but my school Irish always served me well during years away from Ireland. The riches that Irish offers are a fair reward for learning it well.
Go n-éirí leat!
This song is so beautiful
That IS why i LOVE Enya and Ireland
I won't travel to Connemara because I feel that I wouldn't come back...
This is so beautiful!
And what would be so wrong with not coming back? :)
Trust me
After a winter here you wont be long going back.
Beautiful just like being back home I'm homesick !!!
Siobhan Cleary I'm homesick for Ireland and don't have a drop of Irish in me but I'm Catholic and that at least makes me Irish in soul! Erin go braugh!
Goosebumps. I feel i was from Ireland in a past life !
Your ancestors were. :D Murphy - one of the oldest recorded clan names. Walsh - Hiberno Norman. Even though it means Briton/foreigner, it is a name that has been in Ireland almost 1,000 years.
@@musashidanmcgrath thank you for that and my name isn’t double barrelled Murphy is my mother’s maiden name and walsh my dads surname so both from each side. I can feel a true connection and it’s entrenched in my soul !
@@jamesmurphy-walsh8966 time and distance don't break that connection, lad. I've been living in Australia these last 10 years listening to this music gives me goosebumps every time. It helps that one of my mates over here speaks our native language fluently. It's funny because Aussies haven't a clue what language we're even speaking. :D
@@musashidanmcgrath ahh thanks for your positive words my friend! I hope Australia is treating you well !
Iarla O'Lionaird brought me here. He's one of the maddest gangstas I've ever heard.
Cuireann an glór iontach sin sceitimíní orm agus mé ag éisteacht leis. Is binnghlórach í an bhean a chanann an leagan iontach den amhrán seo.
This gives me the goose bumps. So beautiful.
Has anyone else noticed that the melody is very similar to The Lakes of Pontchartrain? I think it's so interesting how songs and melodies travel and change. Anyway this is gorgeous.
Another amazing song. They probably share the same time like "On Raglan Road" and "Fáinne geal an lae". A lot of old tunes had poems put with them.
@BlindObedienceBrutal
Thank you.
It made me shake with sobbing too, not with sadness, but with an almost primeval kind of joy...
Where do such feelings spring from?
Where do such feelings spring from...
@Pam Aherne: Yes indeed, it is one of my favourite songs in any genre and in any language and yes, I enjoy listening to songs from all parts of the world - even when I do not understand a single word. This lament certainly ticks all the boxes that I can think of...
Patrick Tobin thank you patrick for the link👍
I am glad you are learning Irish - it will be well worth the effort.
Meanwhile I am very pleased that you liked this great world class folk song -
I do not think it will ever be forgotten.
Sin í an amhránaíocht Ghaelach is áille dár chuala mé riamh! Go raibh maith agat as é a chur ar fáil dúinn.
padyboy86: your response is just what mine was the day I first heard it when I played their extraordinary CD 'Irish Traditional Music and Song'. I am still unable to fully take in this amazing Irish song from Connemara, a song that has no known author for the words or composer for the melody.
I put this song alongside Bach and Mozart and Schubert for its supreme grasp of what is in the heart of human beings, women and men alike.
Pride in Ireland - yes indeed.
I wonder if the young singer from Connemara you heard singing this song was Caitríona Ní Cheannabháin. She does a beautiful job with it, and what a voice.
haunting traditional Gaelic lament
Wow, that made me cry ... what is it about this song?
Who can even explain the beauty of it?
Simply perfection!
Beautiful.
This is beautiful. There's nothing else to say.
the more i listen, the more i love it
Astoundingly beautiful.
Magical sound , fuaim driochtiúl ,o god go h- álainn ar bith
Wonderful! So glad a dancer made this film! Costumes setting story editing music cameras choreography ensemble ... brilliant!
This type of singing reaches right into your very core lthink it is part of being Irish because it makes me very emotional
Was it , Shakespeare who said: Full many a 🌹 is born to blush unseen etc I love it. No cheol thu!
Beautiful, moving beyond words.
Tá an tamhrán seo tharr barr. Tá mé mílte mílte as Muighnis, ach chaith mé bliannta ann a' fás. Cuireann an t'amhrán uaigneas mór orm.
Liked the song right away and put it in a playlist a while ago, but not until now did I read the lyrics and was struck for real!
How I envy you your good fortune in being both - I have lots of notes in my head but my fingers are harmless (= useless) as my late mother would have said...
But I am so glad to be able share your pride in being Irish...
piperwhistles: I appreciate and share your comment - I am still astounded every time I listen to this extraordinary anonymous folksong from County Galway. It is absolutely breathtaking. Yet what one is likely to find in most iPods today will be dark years away from this amazing song from the heart of an unknown woman. Liadan, of course, do a wonderful job on it.
@muisire yes a mhac,, as well as this girl sings it,, i reckon mairtins version is one of the best versions of any song ever, and thats a bold statement cos i know alot of singers and songs, in irish and english, notice how theres hundreds of people in the audience and he sings like hes, just in front of one or 2, ,alomost like in a trance,,, gets better every time i hear it, connemara abu,,,, erin go braigh""
Powerful from the heart
Thank you for sharing
Tá an t-amhran seo go hálainn. Mar a dúirt Eoghan, chuaigh sé caol díreach isteach san anam ionam. Is aoibhinn liom é.
Beautiful Song beautifully sung....Could listen forever even though I can only understand some parts of it...shame .....Lovely.