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  • Опубликовано: 4 авг 2014
  • Known in Ireland as “the seanchai” in the 1950s and 1960s for his RTE broadcasted stories, Eamon Kelly brought a tradition of storytelling to the masses both in his published works and for years in Galway where he ran a one-man show telling stories to enthusiastic, receptive crowds. Born in 1914, the man himself died in 2001, having traveled the world, been nominated for a Tony on Broadway and shared countless hours of stories with his Irish audience back home.
    Traditional Set Dancing to music from Tony McMahon, Kevin Glackin and Paul McGrattan
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  • @patmcnally1616
    @patmcnally1616 8 месяцев назад +4

    We (my wife & I) are so privileged to have watched Eamon Kelly live several times, a true genius and a brilliant actor.

  • @Aurora-qn2dx
    @Aurora-qn2dx 2 года назад +17

    Story telling is an art...what an era.

  • @yarkmates3409
    @yarkmates3409 2 года назад +33

    Thank you so much for this , Eamon is my mothers uncle , my grandads brother, she would always tell me about the Eamon Kelly The Shanachie. It’s amazing to be able to watch and listen all these years later ❤️

    • @susanngobar3550
      @susanngobar3550 7 месяцев назад

      He was magical to listen to on the radio years back ,I don't think there's ever been anyone else like him

    • @jimmccormack7507
      @jimmccormack7507 3 месяца назад

      A blast from the past 😊

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Месяц назад

    Love it.
    Born in the west of Ireland
    But wi h a lovely, caring,
    Grandfather.
    ❤❤

  • @jonny2times553
    @jonny2times553 4 года назад +19

    the days of the story teller and the way its told are sadly missed

    • @TheVeek192
      @TheVeek192 4 года назад +4

      What's stopping you from telling stories?

    • @xenn4985
      @xenn4985 9 месяцев назад +1

      Its evolved into something quite extraordinary. If ever we regress as a civilization, the old ways will return. Dont worry.

  • @kathleenryan2193
    @kathleenryan2193 Год назад +3

    When I was growing up in Ireland 🇮🇪 we used to love Eamom kelly

  • @edmccaffrey1
    @edmccaffrey1 4 года назад +15

    Aye, tis a great thing to be Irish, through and through.

  • @melissarmt7330
    @melissarmt7330 7 лет назад +67

    My grandfather told me stories like these. There was no wish granting in any of them and I could sit at his feet, listening, for hours.

    • @josephdaniels5214
      @josephdaniels5214 7 лет назад

      Melissa RMT

    • @josephcampbell2478
      @josephcampbell2478 4 года назад +3

      @Mark Kenny wtf you on about

    • @martialharpistmatthew1837
      @martialharpistmatthew1837 3 года назад

      Mark Kenny sharia is just another terrible religious idea which logic and reason will snuff out like a candle flame. Leave these people alone.

    • @neilmcleary2153
      @neilmcleary2153 3 года назад +1

      @Mark Kenny what r u on about lol

    • @banjodeano2202
      @banjodeano2202 3 года назад +1

      @Mark Kenny were you the one sent to get the porter?

  • @stevebirmingham9650
    @stevebirmingham9650 4 года назад +12

    I was born too late, this is the era i should have been born in ah well you cant change time

    • @mickharrison7262
      @mickharrison7262 4 года назад +3

      Of course you can change time. Just this morning I swapped eight and a half minutes for 4 pumpkins. Not a bad rate of exchange that

  • @jamesbradshaw3389
    @jamesbradshaw3389 Месяц назад +1

    Eamon Kelly the seanchai was the Shakespeare of Irish story tell, no other person could match this man for the stories that he told

  • @kevinmcnally273
    @kevinmcnally273 4 года назад +12

    I truly love all the stories thank you

  • @Spyderredtoo
    @Spyderredtoo 2 года назад +5

    Wonderful music from the heart and soul of a people. And the story likewise. A tough people who survived so much with such songs and stories by bards.

  • @castlebar67
    @castlebar67 7 лет назад +22

    Yes indeed Eamon was a popular spot on the old radio eireann in 1960's Ireland on Monday nights long ago when I was a very little boy there , he was in fact a secondary school Woodwork teacher as well and was a great story teller and entertainer

  • @metaphysicalmother6481
    @metaphysicalmother6481 6 лет назад +20

    Being the Month of March I thought it Grand to share the Irish Songs to my children before they go to sleep by Shinead O Conner..I sang the green mantle one it was so moving..my boy was too tired to enjoy it..but my girl she adored them..but out of respect I did turn it off because it's spring forward and it's Late..but in the mornin..I played them to my kids on the way to school..and then seeing the fog I was inspired more (I'm in Southern California mind you) so I looked up Irish stories and walking up and down the hills listening to this Irish Man Storyteller with a smile on my Face

    • @shranaployasam7495
      @shranaployasam7495 2 года назад

      I've done exactly the same as what you've described 👍🇮🇪

  • @johnoconnor4623
    @johnoconnor4623 5 месяцев назад

    Oh my God, reminds me of those days when we only had radio. My father used to love this on a Saturday evening for just half an hour.

  • @martinacummins9105
    @martinacummins9105 3 года назад +2

    No one like Eammon kelly. I remember listening to his stories on tv at Christmas time. .

  • @tonyturner2799
    @tonyturner2799 2 года назад +4

    I could listen to him all evening

  • @ambrosfox8283
    @ambrosfox8283 2 года назад +7

    i love this, love videos like this with both music and great stories. need so much more in my life.

  • @rosemaryholland6595
    @rosemaryholland6595 3 года назад +8

    Great times 🇮🇪☘👍👍

  • @billparrish9200
    @billparrish9200 2 года назад +8

    What a legend he was.

  • @silverjinglebobspur1
    @silverjinglebobspur1 4 года назад +8

    The atmosphere, everything about the place, was absolutely perfect. This is one of the most fun shows that I've seen in a while.

  • @pollyanne234
    @pollyanne234 3 года назад +6

    Reminds me of my father telling us ghost stories round the fireside

  • @paddymickiemickie8221
    @paddymickiemickie8221 5 лет назад +7

    If if were not for the internet I would have forgotten Eamonn the Shanokee If I got the spelling correct used to listen to him about 60 years ago on Radio Eireann great story telling RIP Eamonn

    • @ajon6205
      @ajon6205 4 года назад +1

      paddymickie mickie Seanachaí

  • @thomassaunders6016
    @thomassaunders6016 4 года назад +13

    This was my beautiful background upbringing gust marvellous lovely peaceful and kind with God giving love and laughter etc ☘️🙏🏼😇⛪️🎼🎵🌻🎶🤣

  • @johndowling9379
    @johndowling9379 5 лет назад +12

    The opening sequence was great, with a brilliant version of one of my favourite reels. A trip to Durrow.

    • @loyolean
      @loyolean 4 года назад +3

      Thanks, John, for naming the reel. Hope you're not John the man from Eamon's story or else I'll not get the music if I search for it.

  • @junedoherty5907
    @junedoherty5907 2 года назад +1

    I enjoyed the stories thank you

  • @user-qg9dp4ng7p
    @user-qg9dp4ng7p 2 месяца назад

    The great eam0n ,Kelly and the wonderful music of tony mcmahon what an amazing combination, god reat them.

  • @williefinn4932
    @williefinn4932 8 лет назад +16

    tony mcmahon, sans beard, was on box...great craic...eamon was very witty and knew how to deliver the tale...unique.

  • @margeretpaert4435
    @margeretpaert4435 9 месяцев назад

    I love stories..an art thats long gone...sitting by the he fire..
    Enthralled ...
    At one with the he story..❤

  • @milliebanks7209
    @milliebanks7209 2 месяца назад

    This is wonderful! Makes me want to pack me bags and head to Ireland!

  • @Gaff.
    @Gaff. 9 лет назад +19

    Been looking for some of these for ages. Thanks.

    • @pfiddle
      @pfiddle 7 лет назад +3

      Me too as it happens. I've the LP but can no longer play it.
      I'm starting up as a tour guide and this is gold for me.

    • @Gaff.
      @Gaff. 7 лет назад +2

      I tried briefly being a seanchaidhe using these as a source. Too time-consuming to do it full-time unfortunately, but I can 'be telling' when the occasion is right.
      Edit: Oh, and sounds great what you're doing as a tour guide. Good luck to you.

    • @pfiddle
      @pfiddle 7 лет назад

      Maith a mhic. :-)

  • @markreddington6509
    @markreddington6509 Год назад +1

    used to hear eamonn on radio yeas ago what a storyteller god bless rip eamonn

  • @michaelduff4474
    @michaelduff4474 Год назад +2

    Went to Westport in Mayo 25 years ago. I think it was a pub owned by a Cheiftan. Molloy or Maloney? Anyhow I befriended an old man who seemed to be at least 80. His wife could not speak but sat with him all night. She just sat and stared straight ahead. The man welcomed me and made sure I had a seat and was taken care of. I told him I was a New Yorker, and we chatted about life and music and more. He was completely humble the whole time. Then at the end of the night, everyone called for him to get up and give a song. Well it turns out he was the ”main event”. He was a seanneachie and seannos singer. I ended up buying a cassette tape of his comical and witty stories. Lost it years ago and can’t remember his name :(. This guy speaks in a very similar manner. Love this rich culture.

    • @user-tp2ks4ts2i
      @user-tp2ks4ts2i Год назад +1

      Mick Lavelle was his name. He was very good

  • @jmclerkin
    @jmclerkin 5 лет назад +11

    He's so gifted!

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Месяц назад

    Brilliant ❤❤

  • @patharnett1427
    @patharnett1427 Год назад

    Pat Harnett
    I remember when I was a young boy, my parents listening to Eamon on the radio, no tv then, in West limerick.

  • @woodenpudden
    @woodenpudden 4 года назад +7

    Pure class

  • @ShanOakley
    @ShanOakley 7 лет назад +5

    Blessings be sent from America. They be squirrely over here.

    • @jaycorby
      @jaycorby 2 года назад

      Shan Five years after your post: Blessings be sent from America. They be squirrelier over here! Reference: Donald J. Trump

  • @Bubblesandcandyfloss
    @Bubblesandcandyfloss Год назад

    He reminds me of my grandfather. I love this

  • @HamCubes
    @HamCubes 7 лет назад +29

    Thank you for uploading this treasure!

  • @carolinegray5
    @carolinegray5 9 лет назад +13

    we need to bring this back familys togather an commmunitys togather..manys blessings

    • @mickigoe
      @mickigoe 8 лет назад +9

      +Caroline Gray That day is gone ... we're now embracing muslims and multiculturalism ... because we know the value of nothing.

    • @dispatersdance9691
      @dispatersdance9691 7 лет назад +2

      mickigoe Instead of bitching about other cultures in your country what are you doing to continue the Seanchaí tradition?

    • @michaeligoe3935
      @michaeligoe3935 7 лет назад +4

      Wouldn't I be the right fool traipsin' the lonely lanes of Ireland telling stories while , back at home, some muslim chaps were stealing my women and raping my cattle.

    • @thealchemistdaughter3405
      @thealchemistdaughter3405 7 лет назад +7

      Michael Igoe Lol!..indeed, we are asking our children to respect and uphold all other cultures but their own!..tragic tragic ..no need for wars or invasions in our land, just get the children addicted to tv and the Internet 😔.

    • @michaeligoe3935
      @michaeligoe3935 7 лет назад +1

      Julie Westmacott Absolutely right, Julie.

  • @marysepradet6515
    @marysepradet6515 6 лет назад +4

    just fascinating !

  • @martinarthur2597
    @martinarthur2597 Год назад +1

    Loving this, Thanks for posting yousir

  • @eamonnobrien1410
    @eamonnobrien1410 3 года назад +2

    It's brings back memories

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Месяц назад

    Lovely ❤

  • @johndowling9379
    @johndowling9379 5 лет назад +13

    How could 43 Amadauns find fault. Great music and set dancing, and story telling.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

  • @clareomalley5644
    @clareomalley5644 5 лет назад +7

    A lost art ..... nobody did it better than Eamon Kelly

  • @maxpower1337
    @maxpower1337 6 лет назад +25

    The Good Old days before the internet.

    • @kingofdeathmatch
      @kingofdeathmatch 5 лет назад +14

      t 1 01 he says commenting on an internet website that makes it possible for new generations to hear this history...

    • @elgranlugus7267
      @elgranlugus7267 5 лет назад +3

      Agree and disagree, for the internet had brought great tools to spread these stories to others, in ways our ancestors could not even imagine.

    • @marycull3607
      @marycull3607 4 года назад +4

      Before the tv people used to go down to the crossroads and dance to great traditional music. Telling great stories in front of a roaring turf fire, and singing and playing cards. Simple days. But everyone were neighbours who helped each other in many ways. And plenty of laughter.

    • @Nahelus
      @Nahelus 3 года назад +2

      poor boomer lol

    • @modoodles
      @modoodles 3 года назад +2

      @@elgranlugus7267 yeah except now the only stories kids listen to are meme reviews from pewdiepie or beauty gurus on youtube

  • @hiphopdirewolf454
    @hiphopdirewolf454 6 лет назад +2

    fantastic!!

  • @carollucey111
    @carollucey111 3 года назад +2

    A legend💖💖

  • @hoshiarsingh6523
    @hoshiarsingh6523 3 года назад +1

    Very real video. O like it so much. Pl keep sending such nice videos.

  • @suemcculley7449
    @suemcculley7449 4 года назад +1

    Marvelous..

  • @kathleenryan2193
    @kathleenryan2193 Год назад

    Lovely music

  • @user-yk7ok7sp8f
    @user-yk7ok7sp8f Месяц назад

    More stories please

  • @Roscoe.P.Coldchain
    @Roscoe.P.Coldchain 2 года назад

    Oh how I long for Longford...!!❤️🍀🇮🇪

  • @sweeney8845
    @sweeney8845 2 года назад +1

    The song that starts at 9:00 is the exact tune from gangs of New York when they sing "my dear Annie". Instant memory recall lol

  • @shamthisderek
    @shamthisderek 7 лет назад +11

    I remember his series, now our youth chase pokemans.......

    • @kingofdeathmatch
      @kingofdeathmatch 5 лет назад +1

      redek ratbar pokemon

    • @mkdockery
      @mkdockery 5 лет назад

      Case in point. ^ I love these stories. Much prefer them to Pokemon. So much money spent on small bits of thick paper with mediocre art.

  • @mariegeary3723
    @mariegeary3723 7 лет назад +32

    Just lye back and listen and you think you were in the room with him

    • @tonyireland1434
      @tonyireland1434 5 лет назад +5

      great isn't he I could listen to that fella for hours

    • @martinacummins9105
      @martinacummins9105 3 года назад +3

      Thats so true. You could think he was there. Can sing very well too.

  • @THISDICFOO
    @THISDICFOO 3 года назад +5

    "I have a story now, but who the hell would believe it!"

  • @jamesbradshaw3389
    @jamesbradshaw3389 2 года назад +1

    Eamon Kelly was not related to me but as a very young boy Eamon Kelly scared the heck out of me, I had many sleepless nights hiding under the blankets because of the many ghosts, banshee stories( Facts) he told us about, No Eamon Kelly was not related to me but I learned many stories from this man which I tell to p[eople to this day

  • @clyde2548
    @clyde2548 5 лет назад +1

    My brother’s name is Eamon Kelly. Neat.

  • @mickdunne8937
    @mickdunne8937 3 года назад +1

    Magic

  • @bretdouglas9407
    @bretdouglas9407 6 лет назад +3

    Haha this is great

  • @hiphopdirewolf454
    @hiphopdirewolf454 6 лет назад +16

    suddenly I want a bit of cake and a drop of tay!!

  • @graylad
    @graylad 8 лет назад +10

    The gud auld days!

  • @jamessheehy2752
    @jamessheehy2752 8 лет назад +15

    i grew up with these. christ

  • @jeremiahquinlan2482
    @jeremiahquinlan2482 5 лет назад +5

    Oh the limerick farmers hard men god less men . I herd my father talk of hardness and coldness of the limerick farmer of the early 1900

    • @tempusfugit7127
      @tempusfugit7127 4 года назад +2

      @Terry Blanton ARE YOU A PLASTIC PADDY ?

    • @maxpower1337
      @maxpower1337 3 года назад

      What about the galway farmers.

    • @carollucey111
      @carollucey111 3 года назад

      Where are you from Jeremiah? My Grandmothers mother was a Quinlan, my Nana called her first born son (who sadly died) Jeremiah

  • @vintagebuddha
    @vintagebuddha 3 года назад +1

    L0Ve

  • @jesseschwendiman6716
    @jesseschwendiman6716 2 года назад +1

    What are the tunes they are playing?

  • @doUcare4music
    @doUcare4music 4 года назад +7

    Ahhh ! ! The stories told by my father. We’re. SCARIE. Lol. 🤦‍♀️

  • @pagnol5509
    @pagnol5509 Месяц назад

    Now folk watch “realty” TV Of an evening.

  • @eire3215
    @eire3215 3 года назад

    Would you rekon there doin a few lines of Charlie in the jacks:)jus messin

    • @jlawlor7560
      @jlawlor7560 3 года назад

      Haha could be a lot to do with it

    • @eamonmacdonnell2627
      @eamonmacdonnell2627 3 года назад

      If that's the only comment you can make.... you shouldn't have bothered

    • @eire3215
      @eire3215 3 года назад

      @@eamonmacdonnell2627 ah come on its a joke, I know it was a shit joke but I thought it was abit funny imagining them in and out of the toilets with powder on their noses twisting the night away👫 👫 👫..

  • @brianmcneil6978
    @brianmcneil6978 4 года назад +1

    It takes approximately twenty-FIVE years to row your boat across the Atlantic

  • @JOHNNIE1916
    @JOHNNIE1916 9 лет назад +5

    wunder what year this filmed??

    • @clarebannerman
      @clarebannerman 9 лет назад +6

      1987...I have a clip or two up from that program...

    • @pad5152
      @pad5152 4 года назад +3

      @@clarebannerman- 1987 thankyou for dating this. That makes Eaomon 73 : he looks & sounds great:the best storyteller I've ever heard

  • @Escave734
    @Escave734 4 года назад

    Anyone know the song on 9:00 ?

  • @ellenlyons-white
    @ellenlyons-white Год назад

    brilliant 😂

  • @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210
    @sarahwithanhyouheathen3210 3 года назад

    Ah, the origin of square dancing 😁

  • @johnloftus4766
    @johnloftus4766 3 года назад

    😁👍

  • @johnoconnor4623
    @johnoconnor4623 5 месяцев назад

    Is there a storyteller better than him ever?

  • @gardengeek3041
    @gardengeek3041 Год назад

    It's an art form, to be sure. Alas! From growing up on the other side of the pond, we can't follow all the words.

  • @marcchestnut9077
    @marcchestnut9077 3 года назад

    Galway I believe it's part of Connacht My Great-grandmother was from that area (Sligo) her maiden was kelly not sure if her and mr.Kelly were related

    • @triskeliosthelastcelt1303
      @triskeliosthelastcelt1303 3 года назад +1

      I doubt it. Kelly is a very common surname here

    • @jaycorby
      @jaycorby 2 года назад

      marc chestnut Everyone in Ireland is related! Look at the size of it. My grandad's mother was an O'Connor from Leitrim, my other grandmother's grandfather was a Dean from Cork. My DNA profile indicates that I'm related to about 97% of the men in Ireland. Fancy that!

    • @marcchestnut9077
      @marcchestnut9077 2 года назад

      @@jaycorby !wow

    • @yarkmates3409
      @yarkmates3409 2 года назад

      Eamon is from Kerry in the south west a place called Sliabh Luachra , I think there would be a fair few Kelly’s between there and Galway.

  • @linkin622
    @linkin622 5 лет назад

    Anyone know the name of the tune at 9:15?

  • @thomasskeffington4539
    @thomasskeffington4539 4 года назад +1

    The wee boy at 1.50 is dreaming of the iPhone being invented.

  • @mohcinebenahmed9791
    @mohcinebenahmed9791 11 месяцев назад

    3:01

  • @luvabean
    @luvabean 5 лет назад +2

    thankfully this is as is,
    as the green isle will be brown
    per eu.
    i want so badly to see my heritage...
    alas, i may be a cesspit like paris
    i hope, when i have the cash
    i find a small town that revolted against the subsidy.

    • @Zezezeze69
      @Zezezeze69 4 года назад +1

      Fuck off, have you ever stepped foot in Ireland? "Brown per EU" tosser

    • @geraldneary1948
      @geraldneary1948 4 года назад +1

      Some nice times of our youth .

  • @lanslater
    @lanslater 2 года назад +1

    "Always use your head when you lookin for your hat & never use your hat when youre lookin for your hole"

  • @doordie6984
    @doordie6984 4 года назад +1

    Z🤣😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @brianmcneil6978
    @brianmcneil6978 4 года назад +1

    Methuselah's cat, haha

  • @theliamofella
    @theliamofella 3 года назад +3

    The Irish are great at telling stories and telling lies lol
    My dad used to think that telling a good lie was a work of art

    • @jaycorby
      @jaycorby 2 года назад +2

      Liam O'Leary I had an old great uncle by the name of Dick Conley who when ready to marry a new wife told the lovely lady that he had only one relation alive, and she was a nun living in a convent in Ireland! In fact, he had 2 brothers and 4 sisters all well and thriving. Why did he tell her such a thing? Just for the hell of it, or so he said.

    • @theliamofella
      @theliamofella 2 года назад

      @@jaycorby 😂

    • @mikeryan7213
      @mikeryan7213 7 месяцев назад

      Called a yarn

  • @virginiakennedy4595
    @virginiakennedy4595 7 лет назад +2

    my cousin told better stories

    • @katiegallagher9646
      @katiegallagher9646 5 лет назад +3

      Virginia Kennedy 🙄

    • @pad5152
      @pad5152 4 года назад +2

      Better than the Shanghai? Sounds wonderful. Do you have any recordings of him!

    • @janenothisrealname6789
      @janenothisrealname6789 Год назад

      U just can’t please some people! Mother of god

  • @matthewkelly2399
    @matthewkelly2399 Год назад

    Oh to be a Kelly... 'tis immensely fine and wonderful....

  • @matthewkelly2399
    @matthewkelly2399 Год назад

    I think Tommy Tiernan copies his routine