First of all, this is an incredible performance. Some people love Celtic Women’s take on Celtic music and think it is wonderful. I find it too commercial. Here, we have perfection. Just listen to the quality of the voices and the beauty of the video production. Just heaven! Thank you all so very much.
Our stolen generation, the church made a fortune selling babies from the Magdalene laundry, and the birth mother's were then forced into slavery by the nuns, the last Magdalene laundry closed as late as the mid 1990s, my own wife is one of the stolen babies
@@johntwomey6858 yes, and it's shocking how this day in age many irish are still turning a blind eye, and still seem to be looking up to that torturous, murderous, humans-disrespecting dictatorship that the roman catholic church is.
If you guys put more videos up you'd have a really popular youtube channel. I check back every few months and love basically every song I've heard. Please keep it up! You all have so much talent
This song really moved me, being an American of partial Korean descent. One of my great-grandmothers was orphaned at 11 during the Japanese annexation of Korea. Having lost her family, and at risk of being sold into sexual slavery, she boarded a ship to Hawaii with the help of some missionaries. I may not have any connections with Ireland, but somehow I could imagine my great-grandmother singing almost all the lyrics to this song, with a few minor changes, mostly in place names.
@user-xx What was special about the Orphan Girls was that these girls lost their families, like your great grandmother did, and under the control of an invading, imperialist force, again like your great grandmother. The imperialist force, Britain, needed women, not as sexual slaves, but as domestic servants then respectable wives for colonists in the developing Australian colonies. They couldn't persuade enough English/Scot/Welsh lasses to go so they went to the workhouses of Ireland, the girls there only too pleased to go. God bless our great grandmothers.
Wow, I never seen or heard of this group before,, I am going through a lot now, fighting to save my home,, typical story in Ireland nowadays,, but this really relaxed me and a beautiful song and I am sure our Australian friends would love it too,, very nice and thank you for giving me that 5 minutes of relaxing and maybe some hope and sleep, keep up the great work and thank you for your beautiful vocals, Mark.
My mother was orphaned when my grandfather killed her mother (my grandmother). My mom suffered throughout life questioning the action's of her father who escaped justice; and presumably died somewhere, at sometime. I like this song and find myself listening to it, frequently. Mom died nearly thirty years ago and I always hoped she found peace in death and an end to the torment she carried in life. Funny that I always imagined her and my grandmother dressed and standing in a serene place similar to this video. It's as if some greater force is acknowledging that, and telling me they are safe, I truly hope so...
As an Australian of Irish descent, far from home at Christmas, this is very moving. Really, a beautiful rendition, thank you. I've been singing along all day.
I am an orphan girl, In Westport I was found, The workhouse is my world, Since the praties took us down, What time in life is left to me, If I don’t leave Westport town, But the crown is sending girls to sea, For far Australia bound. Chorus Sail, sail, sail me away, Sail to Australia; Sail, sail, sail me I pray, Sail me away… to Australia. They say Australia’s fine, They say Australia’s fair; Australia’s on my mind - And the fields of praties there; I pray when this inspection’s done, That they’ll say me fit to sail, For they don’t just send out anyone, Oh Lord, don’t see me fail. Chorus I am scarcely turned sixteen, But I’m ready now to go; I’m decent and I’m clean, Fit for any man to know. And I will be some good man’s wife, If there I’ll settle down - And find myself a better life, If I get to Sydney town. Chorus Sail me away… sail me I pray… Oh, sail me away… to Australia. I am an Orphan Girl…oh, I am an Orphan Girl
Thanks. I was wondering what a 'pratie' was and had to look it up... now I'm just more confused. :( EDIT: Nevermind. I just remembered basic Irish history and it makes sense now. Thanks, again, Paul!
That was an incredibly Beautiful song and a very sad and moving story. Abby's voice was simply amazing, a Beautiful woman with a Beautiful voice....awesome. It just goes to show how much of History is brushed a side and forgotten. I never knew anything about this event until i heard this song....i am simply lost for words. Thank you for sharing this event and this Beautiful Song. :)
WOOOWWWWWWW My Niece are Sleeping when i played this song and wake when it ends ... And Tells me to play it again and again .... I Love this Song The Singer really had a great voice #Respect
Touched by this song. My great great great grand mum, Martha Kirwin, left Dublin as a convict with her infant daughter for Van Demien's Land shores. Superb singing.
ivtch51 poor Martha probably only took a loaf of bread for her infant child and was carted off to Australia....hope they both eventually found a better life there!
My great grandmother Grace Gallagher and her brother John from County Cork were orphaned in An Gorta More, The Great Famine. All we know is that they made their way to the US, lived in New York city, Pittsburgh, Groton, CT, and Finally laid to rest in Canton Illinois. We treasure a photo of her taken about 1915.
@kilcar "My great grandmother Grace...they made their way to the US, lived in New York..." Let none of we of Irish extraction, particularly you yanks, even more particularly, any of those among you wavering, ever doubt the excellence of USA. Great grandma Catherine had her ups and downs in Queensland but found a peaceful resting place in Melbourne General Cemetery. Some years ago, I went looking, to find that her remains were, still are, now beneath a nearby Athletics Track at which I regularly competed over summers. Had I then known
A tear? They were streaming from my face! Doesn't happen often I can tell you! Must have awakened some soul memory, especially after learning of the background / history of this song.
I too have been mesmerised by the honey blonde beauty with the fantastic piercing eyes in all the videos she is in. Wonder what her life story is. Trust she is having a great life!
@Mega17 Andrea "My girlfriend is an orphan gi.." It's still to be proven one way or t'other but my Great Grandmother, Catherine from Tipp, met and married my Great Grandfather, Dan from Kildare, in Queensland, Australia. Was she an Orphan Girl ? Knowing what I've learned over all these years, I hope she was, those lasses ended up being treated better than anyone in Ireland. Dia dhuit, a seanmháthair Caitríona
The ancestors of my father, Dan Lavelle, came from the Louisburgh (Old Head) area of Mayo in the early days of the famine. His great-grandfathers were the immigrants, first to Scranton PA and then, Butte MT. Back in the 70s I found myself in Sydney, Australia where I lived for several years. This song really speaks to me and who wouldn't love the music of UCD? Beautiful!!!
Beautiful song! Beautiful voices! Beautiful women! Especially the lead singer! I need to learn more about my lineage. I don't know much about Ireland. I'm half Irish.
magique, magnifique.... j'adore l'Irlande, les Irlandaises, les Irlandais, leur simplicité superbe, leur musique, leur paysages... Fan...💚🍀💚🍀💚🍀💚🍀 continuez ainsi surtout...
Our songs are our past not written words because we were to be dumb and submissive to the fecking crown. Our songs we will sing long past the demise of British royalty. Saoirse
The blue eyed woman owns a stare that could boil a cup of coffee were she to peer into it a stretch too long. I dare not look directly at her for fear of blindness, even if all that such entails is endless failure to find beauty in those aspects of the world that are not, and do not directly encapsulate her.
She's so incredibly gorgeous. Those eyes seem to stare right through you. We don't see her in more recent videos as she's undoubtedly graduated and moved on. And we'll probably never see her again. What a shame.
A beautiful Aryan woman with amazing blue eyes like the Atlantic ocean that kisses our shores. She comes from the island called Eire (pronounced Ayra) which in Gaelic means Ireland (Ayerland). Of course we also have beautiful red haired ladies with stunning green emerald eyes who will pass the time of day with all they meet. Lucky us lol
This is simply breathtakingly beautiful and hauntingly heartbreaking. I myself flew to Australia nearly 10 years ago and will never leave, because Australia has provided me with a better life and more opportunities. But I came here on my own volition. "..the crown is sending girls to sea.." - imagine that predicament. We can hear she really wants to go, but she doesn't know what's waiting for her when she gets there.. She's only 16. It's (nearly..) only the Irish who are able to create such astounding beauty, not only for the ears, but the heart, soul and eyes! Although it's sort of comforting knowing that quite a few of them ended up having a good life in Australia, the tone of this song says otherwise.. Once again, a tearful well done to the Irish for yet another piece of soul balm to gently caress my battered self, and albeit for only 5 minutes and 56 seconds, take all my problems away..
@@dorothyjoycassilles1056 Thery lived. During and post famine, you emigrated or died, Those who got ehre, mainly ast least survived, it's their descendants, like me, who have benefitted most.
i dont think i have ever heard something that felt so REAL. my ancestors are from Ireland and Scotland. this song struck a cord in me that felt almost (for lack of better terms) like past life or alternative life. maybe it was playing with my heartstrings from being adopted, i dont know, but it gave me chills. Beautiful. painful. full of hope. took my breath away.
@@amun-ra2509 I don't know about that. The Swiss, Canadians, English, and Spanish have had things pretty easy with all things considered. Here's what I mean: The Swiss - Got to avoid both world wars. The last "conflict" they had was over 150 years ago. The English - Well, we read and write in their language so what does THAT tell you! They were able to push back every attempted invasion by themselves, militarily speaking. Except for the Vikings, but that didn't last very long. The Spanish - They got to avoid both world wars too. Plus anytime they were invaded, even if it took a long time, they succeeded with indomitable valor. Also, their people succeeded in inhabiting the vast majority of the New World. The Canadians - .... Do I even need to explain? lol
Really beautiful. Gorgeous song and video. I live just a 2 minute walk from a Workhouse in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan so many sad stories but unfortunately it is part of our history. Brendan has captured the Workhouse story so well - I just love the lyrics of this song.
Let's not forget that these workhouses were still active until the mid 1990s,run by nuns, protected by government, and still too this day most of the stolen babies have no birth certificates and no family history of medical needs,my wife was born in these places and the cover up of information of drug trials carried out by UCC and English pharmaceutical companies right up until the 1980s, the dead baby's dumped into cesspits,,,, Ireland's shame
my goodness, the lady singing, very beautiful (as they are all) and she sings with feeling, it even looked like her eyes were about to tear up....i could rest peacefully to her singing
Janet, you may find that many people's ancestors were in the same boat. My family history had to face the Guillotine or Exile during the French Revolution. And tunes like this are reminders of those dark past's.
So many Irish were forcibly transported to Australia and New Zealand, by the British, and were treated as no more than slaves. Some found a better life, it's true, but they were forever exiled from their homeland by British brutality. Most blame the famines for the forced exodus, but truth be told, Ireland grew and exported enough food to feed the Irish population many times over. The British exported the food, despite the calls from the rest of the world, away from Ireland and to the other possessions of the British Empire. The million or so Irish who perished during the famine were murdered, pure and simple. My ancestry is mostly British, Scottish, and Irish. Take the good with the bad I guess.
@@justincase8854 "the times and the age" seems a poor excuse for murder, torture, imprisonment, famine, trafficking .... Do these things not go on now?
@@diarmuidbreatnach5482 A lot of evil was done for the expansion of empires, as far back in time as records were kept, I know these records were written by the victors but they are a record, from the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and Romans. Absolutely these things go on today, look at West Papua New Guinea being under the control of the Indonesian Government by force, the atrocities that are being done to the indigenous people are disgusting, the Boko Haram taking nearly 300 young girls into slavery back in 2014, Myanmar at the moment, Taiwan wanting to be a free entity away from China but look how China dealt with that just a few months ago and is still happening now , where is the public outcry for the innocents caught up in this modern day "murder, torture, imprisonment, famine, trafficking"? We cannot live in the past, be grateful for what we have now. I'm not sure which part of the world you inhabit at the moment but hopefully it's not where the government tell you what to do or think, like North Korea and China to name a few. I live in Australia and have many lineages, Irish, Scottish, English, Aboriginal and Nordic and over half of my European heritage were brought over in chains, nearly all my Irish were convicts, for small offenses, I don't hold anyone to account for me or how I got to be here, the only person I hold to any account is myself, to be a good person and not live in the past, especially something that happened 6 to 7 generations ago. Be happy and be proud of your heritage, enjoy life Diarmuid :)
@@justincase8854 We may not live in the past but we are formed by it in the present just as the present forms the future and so hopefully we learn from the past. I am mostly happy and proud of what there is to be proud of while striving to change what I can for the better. Governments and ruling elites everywhere tell us what and how to think (and perhaps more, what NOT to think), some more bluntly and crudely than others and we negotiate our own thinking through those weirs, locks and rapids but we are not unaffected by them.
@@diarmuidbreatnach5482 That is absolutely true, we are formed by the past and it is everyone's duty to do everything possible not to repeat it. I believe in most countries we are achieving that, more equality for those who were deemed less than those in power, a quote comes to mind "accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference" . It is my opinion that holding resentment for things done in the past stops you from moving forward, especially 200 to 300 years ago when human life meant nothing to those in rule. Governments and those who rule are corruptible, it is human nature, once in power they do anything possible to stay there, through unjust laws and even imprisoning those who they see as a threat, as in Myanmar and West Papua New Guinea at the moment, these modern day injustices affects people, as it should because it reminds us of what has been done in the past, human life is worth much more now. It is up to the individual as to what degree it affects them, I ask myself " is there anything I can do to change this" if there is nothing I can do through direct action then I accept what is happening and hope our free world leaders and the UN do everything they can to help the innocent. Hope is good, not resentment :)
Considering both sides of my family are Irish and Scottish, and immigrated around the 1850's to Australia, I can't believe i've never heard this song before. None the less, definitely a fan
This is so beautiful and almost made me cry! It´s so unbelieveable how beautiful and emotional the human voice can be! And the softness of the guitar underlines it perfectly!
Now I'm a fan, directly from México, of this group. Excellent work; the beauty of the leader vocalist is extraodinary, in addition to the amazing voice. I wish we can have more videos from you, guys
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I am an orphan girl, In Westport I was found, The workhouse is my world, Since the praties took us down, What time in life is left to me, If I don’t leave Westport town, But the crown is sending girls to sea, for far Australia bound. Chorus Sail, sail, sail me away, Sail to Australia; Sail, sail, sail me I pray, Sail me away, to Australia. They say Australia’s fine, They say Australia’s fair, Australia’s on my mind And the fields of praties there I pray when this inspection’s done, that they’ll say me fit to sail, For they don’t just send out anyone, oh Lord, don’t see me fail. I am scarcely turned sixteen, But I’m ready now to go I’m decent and I’m clean, Fit for any man to know. And I will be some good man’s wife, If there I’ll settle down And find myself a better life, If I get to Sydney town. Last Chorus Sail me away, sail me I pray Sail me away to Australia. I am an orphan girl, oh I am an orphan girl
I heard this song (beautiful lament) for the first time this morning on the local classical FM station. I must admit, it brought me to tears, not only because of the performance, but most of all because of the pleading message.
I could really see and feel the emotions and beauty of this song, this song is sung so well that anyone who hears it should be deeply moved. I know I was. Sending love and best wishes from America. 🇮🇪🇺🇸
I am an orphan girl, In Westport I was found, The workhouse is my world, Since the praties took us down, What time in life is left to me, If I don´t leave Westpot town, But the crown is sending girls to sea, For far Australia bound. Sail, sail, sail me away, Sail to Australia Sail, sail, sail me I pray, Sail me away... to Australia They say Australia´s fine, They say Australia´s fair Australia´s on my mind - And the fields of praties there I pray when this inspection´s done, That they´ll say me fit to sail, For they don´t just send out anyone, Oh Lord, don´t see me fail. Sail, sail, sail me away, Sail to Australia Sail, sail, sail me I pray, Sail me away... to Australia I am scarcely turned sixteen, But I´m ready now to go I´m decent and I´m clean, Fit for any an to know. And I will be some god man´s wife, If there I´ll settle down - And find myself a better life, If I get to Sydney town. Sail, sail, sail me away, Sail to Australia Sail, sail, sail me I pray, Sail me away... to Australia Sail me away... sail me I pray... Oh, sail me away... to Australia. I am an Orphan Girl... oh, I am an Orphan Girl.
I demand more music videos! MORE!... especially if they feature Abby Molloy. She has an excellent quality to her voice that compliments her very attractive face pleasantly :)
My Great great grandmother was a work house girl and just recently I have been to Bailenrobe where she last was before she sailed to Australia. I am proud to have Irish blood running my veins.
@@anne-mariepeeters9725 Hi Ann Marie, Could you contact me at ballinrobeworkhouse@gmail.com please. I am currently writing about the 25 girls from Ballinrobe Workhouse and am webmaster of historicalballinrobe.com. Would love to hear from you as we want to pay a tribute to the Girls from Ballinrobe
This song should be released as an international single. The song and video is beyond magnificent. The homeless in Ireland could benefit from sales if UCD Choral Scholars and composer Brendan Graham agreed. Just an idea.
There was an Orphan Girl mine in Butte, Montana which employed Irish miners, and now I kinda get the back story. There's now an Orphan Girl distillery.
This song breaks my heart. I was born in the U.K. many many years ago. I am proud and ashamed at the same time. The way we treated our own people over the centuries is sickening. I feel it whenever I read Dickens as well. I picture Scrooge as the English and tiny tim as the Irish. The fact that I am also Catholic makes it all the worse. The English seem to forget that until the mid 1500’s they were also Catholic. Its all rather confusing since my ancestors are both English and Irish with some Welsh and Scottish thrown in for good measure.
I have no idea of my ancestors besides my grandad who was born in 62. 1862 that is. And yes Im old. But not as old you think... But the brtitish empire destroying Ire. Sometimes invokes my Ire...
What is in the past is in the past. Don't feel guilty about your ancestors action. To move forward, we have to learn from history, to hopefully not make the same mistakes as a society and individuals😊
@@bambostarla6259 "my ancestors are both English and Irish with some Welsh and Scottish thrown in for good measure." Are you sure you aren't Australian ?
Don't be ashamed. You are you, not the choices of people long gone. You are the glue, the middle bit of a yummy cake. You can see both sides and that's great. Hi from Dublin
"In forty years I have lost, through the operation of no natural law, more than Three Million of my Sons and Daughters, and they, the Young and the Strong, leaving behind the Old and Infirm to weep and to die. Where is this to end?" -The Lady of Ireland, 1880
Impulse buy upon seeing it in a Hyperion newsletter some time back. This song became No.1 on my 7-year-old daughter's nightly lullabies playlist (Sleepsong is No.2). Utterly beautiful. Thank you.
If I’m not mistaken, you get views of the Westport House, Old Head Beach, Doolough Valley, and Louiseburgh. Those are some of the most beautiful places around there. Okay, I’ve never been to (nor have I seen) any of those places. The locations are given at the very end of the video’s credits.
It is impossible to write what I feel. I honestly don't know the desperation of sending my precious daughter away, but this powerful song gives the insight to break my heart. A beautiful and melodic song about a courage and leap of faith few know. Such a profound song and video. My heart goes out to those brave and innocent girls, proud they are clean for an acceptance without will. The most moving musical video I've ever seen. Immense thanks to the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin. This video/song will remain a part of me with the fervor which haunts me.
Brought me to tears, the woke among us should reflect on what was true sacrifice. 4000 woung women and girls were shipped off to Australia during the Irish Hunger in search of a better life(not starving to death). No romance novels were written about the outcome.
Wonderful! Spent a good while listening to the other songs, so to suddently find this was a timely and thoroughly pleasant surprise. Wishing you all in Ireland the very best, cincerely from Sweden.
The first orphans girls arrived from Ireland to Australia aboard the Lady Kennaway on September 11th, 1848. Most of the girls were from counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal, and many were Gaelic speakers. A total six ships, the Lady Kennaway, Pemberton, Diadem, New Liverpool, Derwent and Eliza Caroline, sailed across the world with 4,000 Irish Famine orphan girls, with 1,700 of them arriving in Melbourne
This is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. Somehow, I know the tune and the voice, though I've never heard it before. 50 year old American in tears... If the good Lord deems me fit, this I hope to hear at the gates to heaven.
Please think about this: It applies to each and every one of us. One day we'll all be orphans Ready to sail on to another life And praying that the Inspector finds us fit And wishing that we'll find a better life Because our time in this one is up. So let's work, learn and be better every day So when the moment comes As it will come, mark my words We can go without fear and full of hope To the next life. We will probably not be 16 when that happens But it will Be sure of that. God bless you all Love and light From Mexico
It's lovely to see such caring, wholesome comments. Pure and beautiful music of this quality really does bring out the best in us. Many thanks (from Sydney town, Australia!). Dave
I thought I was Scottish but last year learned rhat my fathers' mother was Irish. DNA tests and research shows that my grandmothers family fled from Ireland in the 1850's (the Potato famine). The Irish line went to Liverpool and then New York City 45 yrs later.
Irish Celts and Gaels ,under bullshit dominance,from the sad sad British sent away from Eire . We will never forget. Our time and others are coming.Saoirse.
Some of us are of free settler stock. I love both places with equal passion, despite being refused entry to Dublin on one occasion. Spent the night in a cell at Garda Station next Dublin airport. Gave me a little perspective on what its like when the State doesn't like you.
Australia was already populated. Our Aussie history with indigenous people is so sad, arrogant and brutal. All people are deserving of respect & dignity.
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First of all, this is an incredible performance. Some people love Celtic Women’s take on Celtic music and think it is wonderful. I find it too commercial. Here, we have perfection. Just listen to the quality of the voices and the beauty of the video production. Just heaven! Thank you all so very much.
Word on the street is that the Celtic Women would be even better if they didn't lip-sync to studio recordings and pass them off as live.
Yes. I agree!
Celtics womens take. By behalf of eric?
@@conraderb word on the street = conjecture = rumor = maybe so or maybe not, idk
I totally agree. Celtic Women, and that ilk, seem to Big Box and showy to me. This is the real music.
My ancestor Ann McBride was one of the Irish orphan girls sent to Australia. Beautiful song.
Our stolen generation, the church made a fortune selling babies from the Magdalene laundry, and the birth mother's were then forced into slavery by the nuns, the last Magdalene laundry closed as late as the mid 1990s, my own wife is one of the stolen babies
@@johntwomey6858 and now with Irish 2040 and Abortion they seek to wipe away the irish once and for all. A project 1,000 years in the making!
john twomey The Church was just as cruel as the British.
@@johntwomey6858 yes, and it's shocking how this day in age many irish are still turning a blind eye,
and still seem to be looking up to that torturous, murderous, humans-disrespecting dictatorship
that the roman catholic church is.
This song reality hits the soul
If you guys put more videos up you'd have a really popular youtube channel. I check back every few months and love basically every song I've heard.
Please keep it up! You all have so much talent
Bob Smith you do know a lot of white people sing
racist much
Don't forget stupid. He's also very much stupid.
Dumb comment, Jessanator! Good grief! Get a grip!
@@ganjatheninja Why is it racist to state that white people can sing?
This song really moved me, being an American of partial Korean descent. One of my great-grandmothers was orphaned at 11 during the Japanese annexation of Korea. Having lost her family, and at risk of being sold into sexual slavery, she boarded a ship to Hawaii with the help of some missionaries. I may not have any connections with Ireland, but somehow I could imagine my great-grandmother singing almost all the lyrics to this song, with a few minor changes, mostly in place names.
Thank you for sharing 🇺🇲!
@user-xx What was special about the Orphan Girls was that these girls lost their families, like your great grandmother did, and under the control of an invading, imperialist force, again like your great grandmother. The imperialist force, Britain, needed women, not as sexual slaves, but as domestic servants then respectable wives for colonists in the developing Australian colonies. They couldn't persuade enough English/Scot/Welsh lasses to go so they went to the workhouses of Ireland, the girls there only too pleased to go. God bless our great grandmothers.
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So beautiful and touching song! Thanks from my heart. Love from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The lead singer is heartbreakingly beautiful. Breathtaking.
Abby Molloy
She truly is. I pray that she is safe, happy, and well. Our 4yo daughter loves to sing this.
Understatement of the century.
@@BazColne Couldn't agree more. 👍
truly stunning
Wow, I never seen or heard of this group before,, I am going through a lot now, fighting to save my home,, typical story in Ireland nowadays,, but this really relaxed me and a beautiful song and I am sure our Australian friends would love it too,, very nice and thank you for giving me that 5 minutes of relaxing and maybe some hope and sleep, keep up the great work and thank you for your beautiful vocals, Mark.
My mother was orphaned when my grandfather killed her mother (my grandmother). My mom suffered throughout life questioning the action's of her father who escaped justice; and presumably died somewhere, at sometime. I like this song and find myself listening to it, frequently. Mom died nearly thirty years ago and I always hoped she found peace in death and an end to the torment she carried in life. Funny that I always imagined her and my grandmother dressed and standing in a serene place similar to this video. It's as if some greater force is acknowledging that, and telling me they are safe, I truly hope so...
Dennis Maloney Bless you and your mum
they are safe
peace brother
So Sorry for you lost. She is in a better place.
I'm usually a blabbermouth but your story's got me speechless. I hope you've found some comfort in her passing. Be good to yourself.
Abby Molloy has an INCREDIBLE voice!!!!!
Even better, she has a very, very credible voice. A warm, natural, human voice, not some contorted instrument as we all too often get to hear.
I found her channel and she sang the melody to a Cranberries song.
Kira… 💕🙏🏻
As an Australian of Irish descent, far from home at Christmas, this is very moving. Really, a beautiful rendition, thank you. I've been singing along all day.
*Don't* listen to White Wine in the Sun on Christmas. Ouch.
Hope you can make it home to family this year!
Her voice is hauntingly beautiful. Twas an absolute pleasure listening to that 😊
I am an orphan girl,
In Westport I was found,
The workhouse is my world,
Since the praties took us down,
What time in life is left to me,
If I don’t leave Westport town,
But the crown is sending girls to sea,
For far Australia bound.
Chorus
Sail, sail, sail me away,
Sail to Australia;
Sail, sail, sail me I pray,
Sail me away… to Australia.
They say Australia’s fine,
They say Australia’s fair;
Australia’s on my mind -
And the fields of praties there;
I pray when this inspection’s done,
That they’ll say me fit to sail,
For they don’t just send out anyone,
Oh Lord, don’t see me fail.
Chorus
I am scarcely turned sixteen,
But I’m ready now to go;
I’m decent and I’m clean,
Fit for any man to know.
And I will be some good man’s wife,
If there I’ll settle down -
And find myself a better life,
If I get to Sydney town.
Chorus
Sail me away… sail me I pray…
Oh, sail me away… to Australia.
I am an Orphan Girl…oh, I am an Orphan Girl
Thank you so much for posting these historically important lyrics!
Thanks. I was wondering what a 'pratie' was and had to look it up... now I'm just more confused. :(
EDIT: Nevermind. I just remembered basic Irish history and it makes sense now. Thanks, again, Paul!
Paul Brown I would guess it comes from "práta."
it means potatoe,the staple food that was wiped out ,because of blight before the famine...
Paul Brown n
if that don't break your heart you ain't got one
I love you Abby Molloy. May your voice carry me from this world to the next . . .
We need more from the Scholars :)
I agree!!! Marit
Yep
Agreed!
That was an incredibly Beautiful song and a very sad and moving story. Abby's voice was simply amazing, a Beautiful woman with a Beautiful voice....awesome. It just goes to show how much of History is brushed a side and forgotten. I never knew anything about this event until i heard this song....i am simply lost for words.
Thank you for sharing this event and this Beautiful Song. :)
WOOOWWWWWWW My Niece are Sleeping when i played this song and wake when it ends ... And Tells me to play it again and again .... I Love this Song The Singer really had a great voice #Respect
My family came to Australia in 1841 from Ballinasloe
Touched by this song. My great great great grand mum, Martha Kirwin, left Dublin as a convict with her infant daughter for Van Demien's Land shores. Superb singing.
ivtch51 poor Martha probably only took a loaf of bread for her infant child and was carted off to Australia....hope they both eventually found a better life there!
My great grandmother Grace Gallagher and her brother John from County Cork were orphaned in
An Gorta More, The Great Famine. All we know is that they made their way to the US, lived in New York city, Pittsburgh, Groton, CT, and Finally laid to rest in Canton Illinois. We treasure a photo of her taken about 1915.
@kilcar "My great grandmother Grace...they made their way to the US, lived in New York..." Let none of we of Irish extraction, particularly you yanks, even more particularly, any of those among you wavering, ever doubt the excellence of USA. Great grandma Catherine had her ups and downs in Queensland but found a peaceful resting place in Melbourne General Cemetery. Some years ago, I went looking, to find that her remains were, still are, now beneath a nearby Athletics Track at which I regularly competed over summers. Had I then known
Made my Russian ass shed a tear. Beautiful.
IRussian007 Our plight the people of Russia suffered as well! Notably we have linguistics in common too!
@James Reilly Sorry about the late reply. Thanks, much appreciated. I think I went through covid though, so at least now I'll be ok.
@@kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji I love gaelic but I don't speak even a little so I didn't know linguistics were similar. Interesting to know.
A tear? They were streaming from my face! Doesn't happen often I can tell you! Must have awakened some soul memory, especially after learning of the background / history of this song.
Abby Molloy has a wonderful voice…. Yet I am still captivated by the flaxen haired angel in the choir with the piercing blue- green eyes.
I too have been mesmerised by the honey blonde beauty with the fantastic piercing eyes in all the videos she is in.
Wonder what her life story is. Trust she is having a great life!
We all are 😄 though I see many other beauties in there.
Ye would be thinking of Kate Lenehan @@peterjohnson9921
Just WOW from a Celtic Australian. Thank you.
Creative International It is truly beautiful.💘😉
There is only one NedKelly
We love irish people and culture. As well as the rest of Europe and the west. All the REAL people and cultures. Sincerely, America
My girlfriend is an orphan girl from Westport, listening to this song always makes me very emotional.
@Mega17 Andrea "My girlfriend is an orphan gi.." It's still to be proven one way or t'other but my Great Grandmother, Catherine from Tipp, met and married my Great Grandfather, Dan from Kildare, in Queensland, Australia. Was she an Orphan Girl ? Knowing what I've learned over all these years, I hope she was, those lasses ended up being treated better than anyone in Ireland. Dia dhuit, a seanmháthair Caitríona
The ancestors of my father, Dan Lavelle, came from the Louisburgh (Old Head) area of Mayo in the early days of the famine. His great-grandfathers were the immigrants, first to Scranton PA and then, Butte MT. Back in the 70s I found myself in Sydney, Australia where I lived for several years. This song really speaks to me and who wouldn't love the music of UCD? Beautiful!!!
I am hooked to this channel. Your music is something out of this world. Feels more angelic than earthly😊.
Beautiful song! Beautiful voices! Beautiful women! Especially the lead singer! I need to learn more about my lineage. I don't know much about Ireland. I'm half Irish.
magique, magnifique....
j'adore l'Irlande, les Irlandaises, les Irlandais, leur simplicité superbe, leur musique, leur paysages...
Fan...💚🍀💚🍀💚🍀💚🍀
continuez ainsi surtout...
Sylvie Chavel ne oubliez pas le langage vrai de l'Irlande. Gaeilge.
The Elves... they're leavin' middle earth...
Gobshite!
Our songs are our past not written words because we were to be dumb and submissive to the fecking crown. Our songs we will sing long past the demise of British royalty. Saoirse
Made me homesick for Ireland, and I've never even been there!
Well get on that plane. Come visit!!
I know that feeling well. It's a bit sad but also beautiful, isn't it?
The lead singers voice is so delicately beautiful 😭 and the harmony is breathtaking 🥺
The blue eyed woman owns a stare that could boil a cup of coffee were she to peer into it a stretch too long. I dare not look directly at her for fear of blindness, even if all that such entails is endless failure to find beauty in those aspects of the world that are not, and do not directly encapsulate her.
Andrew Feazelle Perhaps if you stop it you won't go blind
She's so incredibly gorgeous. Those eyes seem to stare right through you. We don't see her in more recent videos as she's undoubtedly graduated and moved on. And we'll probably never see her again. What a shame.
A beautiful Aryan woman with amazing blue eyes like the Atlantic ocean that kisses our shores. She comes from the island called Eire (pronounced Ayra) which in Gaelic means Ireland (Ayerland). Of course we also have beautiful red haired ladies with stunning green emerald eyes who will pass the time of day with all they meet. Lucky us lol
She was first in her class in Business. And you can see her again in "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair."
Which one of them are you talking about???
This is simply breathtakingly beautiful and hauntingly heartbreaking. I myself flew to Australia nearly 10 years ago and will never leave, because Australia has provided me with a better life and more opportunities. But I came here on my own volition. "..the crown is sending girls to sea.." - imagine that predicament. We can hear she really wants to go, but she doesn't know what's waiting for her when she gets there.. She's only 16. It's (nearly..) only the Irish who are able to create such astounding beauty, not only for the ears, but the heart, soul and eyes! Although it's sort of comforting knowing that quite a few of them ended up having a good life in Australia, the tone of this song says otherwise.. Once again, a tearful well done to the Irish for yet another piece of soul balm to gently caress my battered self, and albeit for only 5 minutes and 56 seconds, take all my problems away..
It would have been a very hard life even if it was eventually a good life. They would have worked hard.
@@dorothyjoycassilles1056 Thery lived. During and post famine, you emigrated or died, Those who got ehre, mainly ast least survived, it's their descendants, like me, who have benefitted most.
Good wishes from Germany,what a wonderful Song!
We have nothing like this!
Be proud for UDS!
i dont think i have ever heard something that felt so REAL. my ancestors are from Ireland and Scotland. this song struck a cord in me that felt almost (for lack of better terms) like past life or alternative life. maybe it was playing with my heartstrings from being adopted, i dont know, but it gave me chills. Beautiful. painful. full of hope. took my breath away.
Being Irish, I can feel the pain in this song, my people have a very sad history.
But defiant, stalwart, generous.
like so many people in other countrys..
Ricky Layhe
Double so for me. My ancestors are Irish and Native Americans.
Sad but very brave Ricky
@@amun-ra2509 I don't know about that. The Swiss, Canadians, English, and Spanish have had things pretty easy with all things considered. Here's what I mean:
The Swiss - Got to avoid both world wars. The last "conflict" they had was over 150 years ago.
The English - Well, we read and write in their language so what does THAT tell you! They were able to push back every attempted invasion by themselves, militarily speaking. Except for the Vikings, but that didn't last very long.
The Spanish - They got to avoid both world wars too. Plus anytime they were invaded, even if it took a long time, they succeeded with indomitable valor. Also, their people succeeded in inhabiting the vast majority of the New World.
The Canadians - .... Do I even need to explain? lol
Really beautiful. Gorgeous song and video. I live just a 2 minute walk from a Workhouse in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan so many sad stories but unfortunately it is part of our history. Brendan has captured the Workhouse story so well - I just love the lyrics of this song.
Let's not forget that these workhouses were still active until the mid 1990s,run by nuns, protected by government, and still too this day most of the stolen babies have no birth certificates and no family history of medical needs,my wife was born in these places and the cover up of information of drug trials carried out by UCC and English pharmaceutical companies right up until the 1980s, the dead baby's dumped into cesspits,,,, Ireland's shame
@@johntwomey6858 I know
I am Dutch, but every time i hear this song my eyes go very foggy
Dat heb ik dus ook! En heb het net (pas) ontdekt
my goodness, the lady singing, very beautiful (as they are all) and she sings with feeling, it even looked like her eyes were about to tear up....i could rest peacefully to her singing
Australia: symbol of hope for a 19th century orphan girl! Can't get a better endorsement than that (and each of these singers so, so beautiful).
but the english were there anyway. after 400 years of occupation did not escape. My GG grandmother was one.
janet lesley the
Janet, you may find that many people's ancestors were in the same boat. My family history had to face the Guillotine or Exile during the French Revolution. And tunes like this are reminders of those dark past's.
with mexicans? like the ones in the video oh okay real hope for australia huh lol
Lovely to hear from you 'Rat Trap supervisor'. I'm hoping you'll repost a more coherent response when you're feeling better. Keep well.
So many Irish were forcibly transported to Australia and New Zealand, by the British, and were treated as no more than slaves. Some found a better life, it's true, but they were forever exiled from their homeland by British brutality. Most blame the famines for the forced exodus, but truth be told, Ireland grew and exported enough food to feed the Irish population many times over. The British exported the food, despite the calls from the rest of the world, away from Ireland and to the other possessions of the British Empire. The million or so Irish who perished during the famine were murdered, pure and simple. My ancestry is mostly British, Scottish, and Irish. Take the good with the bad I guess.
Whatever the circumstances the people that came to Australia were here because of the times of the age, we make our home our home
@@justincase8854 "the times and the age" seems a poor excuse for murder, torture, imprisonment, famine, trafficking .... Do these things not go on now?
@@diarmuidbreatnach5482 A lot of evil was done for the expansion of empires, as far back in time as records were kept, I know these records were written by the victors but they are a record, from the Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and Romans. Absolutely these things go on today, look at West Papua New Guinea being under the control of the Indonesian Government by force, the atrocities that are being done to the indigenous people are disgusting, the Boko Haram taking nearly 300 young girls into slavery back in 2014, Myanmar at the moment, Taiwan wanting to be a free entity away from China but look how China dealt with that just a few months ago and is still happening now , where is the public outcry for the innocents caught up in this modern day "murder, torture, imprisonment, famine, trafficking"? We cannot live in the past, be grateful for what we have now. I'm not sure which part of the world you inhabit at the moment but hopefully it's not where the government tell you what to do or think, like North Korea and China to name a few. I live in Australia and have many lineages, Irish, Scottish, English, Aboriginal and Nordic and over half of my European heritage were brought over in chains, nearly all my Irish were convicts, for small offenses, I don't hold anyone to account for me or how I got to be here, the only person I hold to any account is myself, to be a good person and not live in the past, especially something that happened 6 to 7 generations ago. Be happy and be proud of your heritage, enjoy life Diarmuid :)
@@justincase8854 We may not live in the past but we are formed by it in the present just as the present forms the future and so hopefully we learn from the past. I am mostly happy and proud of what there is to be proud of while striving to change what I can for the better. Governments and ruling elites everywhere tell us what and how to think (and perhaps more, what NOT to think), some more bluntly and crudely than others and we negotiate our own thinking through those weirs, locks and rapids but we are not unaffected by them.
@@diarmuidbreatnach5482 That is absolutely true, we are formed by the past and it is everyone's duty to do everything possible not to repeat it. I believe in most countries we are achieving that, more equality for those who were deemed less than those in power, a quote comes to mind "accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference" . It is my opinion that holding resentment for things done in the past stops you from moving forward, especially 200 to 300 years ago when human life meant nothing to those in rule. Governments and those who rule are corruptible, it is human nature, once in power they do anything possible to stay there, through unjust laws and even imprisoning those who they see as a threat, as in Myanmar and West Papua New Guinea at the moment, these modern day injustices affects people, as it should because it reminds us of what has been done in the past, human life is worth much more now. It is up to the individual as to what degree it affects them, I ask myself " is there anything I can do to change this" if there is nothing I can do through direct action then I accept what is happening and hope our free world leaders and the UN do everything they can to help the innocent. Hope is good, not resentment :)
Considering both sides of my family are Irish and Scottish, and immigrated around the 1850's to Australia, I can't believe i've never heard this song before. None the less, definitely a fan
This is so beautiful and almost made me cry! It´s so unbelieveable how beautiful and emotional the human voice can be! And the softness of the guitar underlines it perfectly!
Now I'm a fan, directly from México, of this group. Excellent work; the beauty of the leader vocalist is extraodinary, in addition to the amazing voice. I wish we can have more videos from you, guys
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I must say, in my nearly 40 years on this planet, this is the most beautiful composition of any piece of music I have ever heard!
60 years on this world ,and I would certainly agree with that
Check out Audrey Assad Even unto Death. She has a similar voice.
Wow! Someone get me a cardiologist. I'm having the heart problems.
I am an orphan girl,
In Westport I was found,
The workhouse is my world,
Since the praties took us down,
What time in life is left to me,
If I don’t leave Westport town,
But the crown is sending girls to sea, for far Australia bound.
Chorus
Sail, sail, sail me away,
Sail to Australia;
Sail, sail, sail me I pray,
Sail me away, to Australia.
They say Australia’s fine,
They say Australia’s fair,
Australia’s on my mind
And the fields of praties there
I pray when this inspection’s done, that they’ll say me fit to sail,
For they don’t just send out anyone, oh Lord, don’t see me fail.
I am scarcely turned sixteen,
But I’m ready now to go
I’m decent and I’m clean,
Fit for any man to know.
And I will be some good man’s wife,
If there I’ll settle down
And find myself a better life,
If I get to Sydney town.
Last Chorus
Sail me away, sail me I pray
Sail me away to Australia.
I am an orphan girl, oh I am an orphan girl
I heard this song (beautiful lament) for the first time this morning on the local classical FM station. I must admit, it brought me to tears, not only because of the performance, but most of all because of the pleading message.
I could really see and feel the emotions and beauty of this song, this song is sung so well that anyone who hears it should be deeply moved. I know I was. Sending love and best wishes from America. 🇮🇪🇺🇸
🇮🇪❤️🇺🇲
I am an orphan girl,
In Westport I was found,
The workhouse is my world,
Since the praties took us down,
What time in life is left to me,
If I don´t leave Westpot town,
But the crown is sending girls to sea,
For far Australia bound.
Sail, sail, sail me away,
Sail to Australia
Sail, sail, sail me I pray,
Sail me away... to Australia
They say Australia´s fine,
They say Australia´s fair
Australia´s on my mind -
And the fields of praties there
I pray when this inspection´s done,
That they´ll say me fit to sail,
For they don´t just send out anyone,
Oh Lord, don´t see me fail.
Sail, sail, sail me away,
Sail to Australia
Sail, sail, sail me I pray,
Sail me away... to Australia
I am scarcely turned sixteen,
But I´m ready now to go
I´m decent and I´m clean,
Fit for any an to know.
And I will be some god man´s wife,
If there I´ll settle down -
And find myself a better life,
If I get to Sydney town.
Sail, sail, sail me away,
Sail to Australia
Sail, sail, sail me I pray,
Sail me away... to Australia
Sail me away... sail me I pray...
Oh, sail me away... to Australia.
I am an Orphan Girl... oh, I am an Orphan Girl.
These Irish lasses have such angelicals voices!!are they all gifted in singing??!! I'm quite curious
The blonde hair girl's eye are so stunning. What's her name and I wonder if she has any solo videos?
Her eyes are so beautifully penetrating of the soul.
I demand more music videos! MORE!... especially if they feature Abby Molloy. She has an excellent quality to her voice that compliments her very attractive face pleasantly :)
I couldn't stop listening and watching the video. It made my heart ache. Beautiful☘💝
My Great great grandmother was a work
house girl and just recently I have been to Bailenrobe where she last was before she sailed to
Australia. I am proud to have Irish blood running my veins.
Thank you all for responses. I miss county mayo but am glad live in Australia 😍
@@anne-mariepeeters9725 Hi Ann Marie, Could you contact me at ballinrobeworkhouse@gmail.com please. I am currently writing about the 25 girls from Ballinrobe Workhouse and am webmaster of historicalballinrobe.com. Would love to hear from you as we want to pay a tribute to the Girls from Ballinrobe
Each of these girls is beautiful- in the deepest form of beauty.
This song should be released as an international single. The song and video is beyond magnificent. The homeless in Ireland could benefit from sales if UCD Choral Scholars and composer Brendan Graham agreed. Just an idea.
There was an Orphan Girl mine in Butte, Montana which employed Irish miners, and now I kinda get the back story. There's now an Orphan Girl distillery.
This song breaks my heart. I was born in the U.K. many many years ago. I am proud and ashamed at the same time. The way we treated our own people over the centuries is sickening. I feel it whenever I read Dickens as well. I picture Scrooge as the English and tiny tim as the Irish.
The fact that I am also Catholic makes it all the worse. The English seem to forget that until the mid 1500’s they were also Catholic. Its all rather confusing since my ancestors are both English and Irish with some Welsh and Scottish thrown in for good measure.
I have no idea of my ancestors besides my grandad who was born in 62. 1862 that is. And yes Im old. But not as old you think... But the brtitish empire destroying Ire. Sometimes invokes my Ire...
What is in the past is in the past. Don't feel guilty about your ancestors action. To move forward, we have to learn from history, to hopefully not make the same mistakes as a society and individuals😊
@@bambostarla6259 "my ancestors are both English and Irish with some Welsh and Scottish thrown in for good measure." Are you sure you aren't Australian ?
Don't be ashamed. You are you, not the choices of people long gone. You are the glue, the middle bit of a yummy cake. You can see both sides and that's great. Hi from Dublin
They are all beautiful and very talented young ladies.
Thank you Australia for saving us.
"In forty years I have lost, through the operation of no natural law, more than Three Million of my Sons and Daughters, and they, the Young and the Strong, leaving behind the Old and Infirm to weep and to die. Where is this to end?"
-The Lady of Ireland, 1880
That genocide inspired. Both Stalin and Hitler. Stalin in Ukraine, Brits Ireland, Hitler Poland. My dad was born in 1922 he was a clever cookie.
What a gorgeous blend of talent and beauty from these lovely songbirds.
Australia looks back on the orphan girls with love.. was tough on them, but it saved many lives
I don't even know your name, but I am in love with your voice
Impulse buy upon seeing it in a Hyperion newsletter some time back. This song became No.1 on my 7-year-old daughter's nightly lullabies playlist (Sleepsong is No.2). Utterly beautiful. Thank you.
I'm stunned by the beauty of the blond girl with blue eyes. Anyway...excellent job, as usual.
smooth af
She is. But the most striking combination is the black Irish look - dark hair and pale blue eyes
In other news, pretty good music, eh? Yeah.
Does anyone know her name?
Beautiful girls with equally lovely voices in my opinion.
Just waow ! It's beautiful. You have angel voices. From a french fan.
I love ireland and I love this song. I wish I was there right now.
Has this been shot in Ireland, please? I admire the landscape.
Filmed on location in Westport, Co. Mayo.
If I’m not mistaken, you get views of the Westport House, Old Head Beach, Doolough Valley, and Louiseburgh. Those are some of the most beautiful places around there.
Okay, I’ve never been to (nor have I seen) any of those places. The locations are given at the very end of the video’s credits.
yes
Beautiful in every way: voices, singers, scenes, production...
Stunning voices and beautiful cailíní
Anon Ymous I think of the Grimm brothers work when I hear these works and I'm glad you are saving these works. Thx
There's something so profound and humbling about this, please grow this channel
this is twice lovely, makes me home sick, thanks so much
beautiful voice from a beautiful cailin...and perfect harmony
Amazing, tear to my eye.
It is impossible to write what I feel. I honestly don't know the desperation of sending my precious daughter away, but this powerful song gives the insight to break my heart. A beautiful and melodic song about a courage and leap of faith few know. Such a profound song and video. My heart goes out to those brave and innocent girls, proud they are clean for an acceptance without will. The most moving musical video I've ever seen. Immense thanks to the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin. This video/song will remain a part of me with the fervor which haunts me.
Brought me to tears, the woke among us should reflect on what was true sacrifice. 4000 woung women and girls were shipped off to Australia during the Irish Hunger in search of a better life(not starving to death). No romance novels were written about the outcome.
I can listen to Irish music all day.
Cant handle... tooo beautiful....must cry
I never get tired of this. Absolutely beautiful performance by these ladies. Abby, just beautiful.
Wonderful! Spent a good while listening to the other songs, so to suddently find this was a timely and thoroughly pleasant surprise. Wishing you all in Ireland the very best, cincerely from Sweden.
The first orphans girls arrived from Ireland to Australia aboard the Lady Kennaway on September 11th, 1848. Most of the girls were from counties Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal, and many were Gaelic speakers. A total six ships, the Lady Kennaway, Pemberton, Diadem, New Liverpool, Derwent and Eliza Caroline, sailed across the world with 4,000 Irish Famine orphan girls, with 1,700 of them arriving in Melbourne
This is the most beautiful sound I've ever heard. Somehow, I know the tune and the voice, though I've never heard it before. 50 year old American in tears... If the good Lord deems me fit, this I hope to hear at the gates to heaven.
Please think about this:
It applies to each and every one of us.
One day we'll all be orphans
Ready to sail on to another life
And praying that the Inspector finds us fit
And wishing that we'll find a better life
Because our time in this one is up.
So let's work, learn and be better every day
So when the moment comes
As it will come, mark my words
We can go without fear and full of hope
To the next life.
We will probably not be 16
when that happens
But it will
Be sure of that.
God bless you all
Love and light
From Mexico
Please share your thoughts on this... I think we agree.
This is achingly beautiful and deeply moving. It honors the poor souls who faced these conditions with such love. Thank you ..
And so my 3rd great grandmother Mary Ann Lally came to Australia. Will make the journey back to Ireland someday.
It's lovely to see such caring, wholesome comments. Pure and beautiful music of this quality really does bring out the best in us. Many thanks (from Sydney town, Australia!). Dave
Hang on, there is a choir of Angels singing in my living room. Let me go tell them to shut up so i can hear this song.
Beautiful as always, nice to see a girl only video! Beautiful girls also!
A haunting song of emigration and new hope. I emigrated to Australia myself, so this Irish song means a lot to me.
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Sorry
I'm an Aussie. All she has to do is let me know when her boat gets in and I'll be dockside waiting!
nah man, I'll be waiting for her when she pulls into the docks here in America!
chances that they may crash in indonesian shores, i'll set up a camp on the shore and wait!
Unfortunately the boat will most likely be intercepted and directed to off shore detention
poor thing will end up with a burmese fella in Nauru
U guys are all Hilarious lol
I thought I was Scottish but last year learned rhat my fathers' mother was Irish. DNA tests and research shows that my grandmothers family fled from Ireland in the 1850's (the Potato famine). The Irish line went to Liverpool and then New York City 45 yrs later.
Potato famine no such thing Starvatio overseen and encouraged
Ah the sad songs of emigration,through countless generations of Gaels and Celts of Eire the mother land . I have been away 33 years sad.
It's not Eire until we get our 6 girls back
Catches the sadness of those times.
Yeeeeeaaaahhhhhh
And our times too now.
That voice,that voice,that angel's voice!
Irish Celts and Gaels ,under bullshit dominance,from the sad sad British sent away from Eire . We will never forget. Our time and others are coming.Saoirse.
Lol
The leading vocals is sensational!
That's exactly how Australia was populated, and how Ireland and Scotland provided for the crown.
Some of us are of free settler stock. I love both places with equal passion, despite being refused entry to Dublin on one occasion. Spent the night in a cell at Garda Station next Dublin airport. Gave me a little perspective on what its like when the State doesn't like you.
Australia was already populated. Our Aussie history with indigenous people is so sad, arrogant and brutal. All people are deserving of respect & dignity.
You'e right. The Crown was brutal for both aborigens and the settelers. Peace.