The Silver Spear - Finbar Furey, Ireland 1989

Finbar plays a reel on The Uilleann Pipes titled ‘The Silver Spear’ (or The Silver Tip) where he is joined by Sean-Nós Dancer Seamus Ó Dubháin from Cill Chiaráin in the Connemara Gaeltacht.

[@peadarmacconnmhaigh4337]

Brilliant in every way. Excellent piping and dancing. Oh I so love to see this.

[@NancyLynn]

So freaking cool! Let me tell ya, there is nothing like sitting in an Irish pub listening to some good ole music and watching a tapper! Thanks for sharing...brought back some very special memories for me (a Canadian)

[@iamachildofgodministry9360]

Love ye Nancy girl

[@suzeauster2223]

Greetings from florida 🐬 This is So Fantastic ✨ We can’t sit still ‼️Sending You All 🕊 Peace Good Health Love ❤️ and Light 🌈

[@kingeatking]

It's great to watch old footage like this.

[@sentimentaloldme]

Great stuff..You couldn't bate it with a stick..Connemara the home of Sean Nós Dancing .

[@johnnielson7676]

You can hear five seconds of Finbar playing and right away know it’s him!
Great dancing, too! That was one fast reel!

[@stephenmcginley6705]

He's better than river dance 😆

[@alundavies8402]

@@stephenmcginley6705 by a long way

[@rahan9886]

Reel?

[@sineadconran4964]

Brilliant 🇮🇪❤️

[@seangriffin444]

The reel is also called the Silver Spear. Great clip

[@wallopcock]

Showed this to the old lad he hadn't seen that footage b4 but can remember dancing with the furys .thanks for the upload.its great to come across old footage of him dancing as a young man.

[@anneheverin9764]

Riverdance, eat your Heart out, this is the real thing!

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Don't call my cousin the old lad, in our eyes he has always been the world champion dancer, we believe that he learned his skills off the fairies

[@wallopcock]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 first man to bring the sean-nós to the eyes of the world 🌎

[@concernedcitizen3163]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 he can call his old man whatever he wants, dont be an idiot

[@gerardbreen8534]

Brilliant 😊🤗

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

That master Uilleann PipesFinbar Fury playing like nobody else could, joined by the very dainty drumming feet of the great Seamus Ó Dubháin also known as the Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev of Sean-Nós Dancer.. Because of severe back, I had not moved out of my chain for months but as soon as I clicked on this video a shock of the greatest joy took over my body, I threw down my crutches, my feet hit the floor, I moved furniture out of the way and I danced all over the floor, I danced down the hallway, up the stairs and down again and danced out into the yard. I have been cured, I feel like I am 23 years of age again, Yehaa

[@CraigerAce]

I’m glad you told us about him. I was about to say, it’s amazing what can be done after ya get a few pints in ya.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

​@@CraigerAceThanks, Seamus Ó Dubháin was born to dance, even as a tiny baby lying in his cot he would kick off the covers and it was quite a sight to see those little legs kick out, we could see him forming little dance steps the way he mored his little feet, we know even in those early days that that little baby Seamus would grow up to be the king of all dancers

[@gwynathmargaretoflaherty2533]

@@jamesbradshaw3389 how do you know that

[@kevinhall7518]

Pure perfection

[@Euripides_]

I'd say Seamus plowed the entire wild atlantic way with feet like those

[@ellenfalveycarroll4489]

Class..🎖

[@gabrielkeown4620]

Great dancing is the Sean nos

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

Awesome footwork. No wonder there is so many great Irish Boxers with that Tradition of Dance.

[@thehairysnot8069]

Like who? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kitsilanomusician2669]

@@thehairysnot8069 Katie Taylor, Steve Collins, Barry McGuigan, Andy Lee, Bernard Dunne, Michael Carruth, Wayne McCullough, Jack Dempsey Jimmy McLarnin. Get your hairy sn0t on that

[@thehairysnot8069]

@@kitsilanomusician2669 they all did Irish dancing? LIES LIES LIES

[@toadthewhole1447]

@@thehairysnot8069
Moron, there is a strong connection between dance and fighting arts.

[@davidbrennan3613]

I seen finbarr playing 3 times in new york ,he is a fantastic musician and a gentleman to speak too

[@odonnchada9994]

Class Pipes.☘🇮🇪

[@rosemaryholland6595]

☘💚🇮🇪100%👍

[@Jafmanz]

no idea what they said but no matter the music and the dance said it all!

[@olieahern1318]

What programe is this from anyone have a link for full footage

[@SilojensenDK]

Obviously, the tap dancer's name is Seamus.

[@busterkeaton5288]

I think Finbar was taking the piss here with the speed he was playing at...the poor dancer was crippled trying to keep up...it's a wonder he didn't have a heart attack. Finbar is a great Piper but this is pure parody...far too fast a pace!

[@tonyocallaghan2255]

Your dead right, ridiculous pace , destroyed the tune

[@concernedcitizen3163]

that is the correct speed, you know fuck all about shan-nos

[@mickgolden5987]

Old ireland long since gone

[@odonnchada9994]

Never.

[@Hottiedonkey]

Where's the fire?

[@andyarmstrong1493]

Should have been in Riverdance!

[@anneheverin9764]

Perhaps Too authentic for them!

[@TheBenzer9]

1.33 is that that Jeremy Kyle guy?

[@concernedcitizen3163]

what a dumbass comment

[@jeff61177]

Those perms man. Yikes.

[@saborflamenco1137]

'Fraid not. Eat your heart out but those are the natural curls he's had all his born days.

[@marianlynch4829]

Stop the fecking clapping until the genesis is finished...

[@---df5sr]

Gay

[@odonnchada9994]

Ya Evil Pagan.

[@tigger1161]

You are

[@concernedcitizen3163]

@@tigger1161 id rather be gay than a sad troll with no life and an internet connection