Man, I love this song. I come back to it about once a week (usually about halfway through my Friday night martini), and I love the fact that my 3x great-grandparents would have understood every word of it. Being dirt-poor peasants in the 1840s they couldn't read or write but they would have spoken Gaeilge as their first language.
Thanks for sharing that. great that you appreciate your heritage. We have these songs because of great people who kept the traditions of our Ireland alive against all the odds from enforced famine and immigration. Our rich heritage of bards and poets, who saved literature in Europe during the dark ages could have been lost if it were not for the spirt of hope and hard work that ensured the Irish would not surrender their culture and country. This very same spirt can be seen in Ukraine today where many are forced to leave their country but they will not give in to.a dishonourable neighbour.
@@CelticSongs " enforced famine" How true. That enforced famine drove one of my family from Ballina in Co. Mayo to Liverpool, where if you know the song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway", that's what he did...with an Anglicised name (Rogan became Reagan) until he was killed building a railway tunnel there in 1871, on his 36th birthday no less, leaving a widow and four kids in a Liverpool slum.
The term sean-nós, which simply means "in the old way", refers to singing it in a way that is closer to the traditional way these songs were sung. It is a style of singing dating back hundreds of years which was handed down orally from generation to generation. It is a really good example of "pure" traditional Irish music. The words are more important than the tunes. Rhythm is dictated by speech rhythms.
This makes me missing Ireland. I had to work there and used the weekend for traveling
Until your return journey, you can enjoy the music
The timeless heartbreak. For whatever reason - unrequited love.
Man, I love this song. I come back to it about once a week (usually about halfway through my Friday night martini), and I love the fact that my 3x great-grandparents would have understood every word of it. Being dirt-poor peasants in the 1840s they couldn't read or write but they would have spoken Gaeilge as their first language.
Thanks for sharing that. great that you appreciate your heritage. We have these songs because of great people who kept the traditions of our Ireland alive against all the odds from enforced famine and immigration. Our rich heritage of bards and poets, who saved literature in Europe during the dark ages could have been lost if it were not for the spirt of hope and hard work that ensured the Irish would not surrender their culture and country. This very same spirt can be seen in Ukraine today where many are forced to leave their country but they will not give in to.a dishonourable neighbour.
@@CelticSongs " enforced famine" How true. That enforced famine drove one of my family from Ballina in Co. Mayo to Liverpool, where if you know the song "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway", that's what he did...with an Anglicised name (Rogan became Reagan) until he was killed building a railway tunnel there in 1871, on his 36th birthday no less, leaving a widow and four kids in a Liverpool slum.
@@CelticSongswenn sie keine Ahnung haben was da wirklich los ist da bleiben sie still
Great job ladies 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I hope everyone at the channel their families and friends all had a good New Year. I cannot wait to see what 2022 brings
Thank you for such a lovely comment.Hope 2022 is a great one for you
@@CelticSongs thanks 👍🏻
Beautiful voice
i absolutely love Sean-nós!
That's great to hear, Sean-nós is special
Ich verstehe zwar die Sprache nicht, aber die Musik, das Lied, ist sehr schön. Von der Gitarre höre ich fast nichts.
Froh, dass Sie es mögen. Diese Art von Lied wird normalerweise ohne Musik gesungen
I could just imagine seeing the wives of the builders of Newgrange singing a song just like this 4 thousand years ago. Who knows?
Love it! Great song thank you
Pure!!
Thank you for this!
So glad you like it
Beaushiful!
Thank you!
Glad you like it
really perfect ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Thanks for taking the time to comment and so glad you like it.
Wow!
Happy new year ! ...
Same to you!
awesome 👏 🎼👼👼🎼 🤙
Glad you like it 👍
Классно!
I just love this. "Sean-nós (old) style" Can you tell me more about this, and how it would be different in a more contemporary style?
The term sean-nós, which simply means "in the old way", refers to singing it in a way that is closer to the traditional way these songs were sung. It is a style of singing dating back hundreds of years which was handed down orally from generation to generation. It is a really good example of "pure" traditional Irish music. The words are more important than the tunes. Rhythm is dictated by speech rhythms.
@@CelticSongs Thank you!
This is a song from the old folk, take the the time for the pause .....
Well said
Anyone know what she's talking about thanks
The Lyrics and English translations are in the description box
@@CelticSongs thank you