Tha mise MacShimi, I disagree, if trends continue the only Goidalic speakers will be foreigners. Then the culture of me and me people will die with us. Gaelic is the language of the sons of Aplin and Alba and Somerled, if they are no more then the gaelic culture is as dead as latin.
@Pok Him Lau not really during english rule they tried to limit/destroy gaelic speaking irish by importing the scottish to the ulster plantations, In some ways they succeeded as english is now the predominant language but Irish people are clever & always bounce back slowly & subtly but they should get rid of the prejudice against Irish foreigners who immigrated out of Ireland & intermixed with other ethnicities, it's not like they also didn't suffer in US or other colonies sure they may have been removed from the culture & adopted various others but it's also understandable from their point of view since they stayed & endured! As far as language goes with books & technology gaelic irish can make a comeback: Hebrew is a perfect example of a revived dead language they just have to start accepting the multiethnic heritage that's been created overseas in lands far away I mean the song itself is a Welcome Home war cry
Finally someone singing this song as it was meant-- a defiant battle cry. There are so many version of this that treat it like another happy folk song. It's the anthem of a warrior who fought for her people to almost her dying day.
Much as I like this take, I can't help but think it's a bit too solemn for a battle-cry, and it also plays with the formula to make it sound more like a rock song. For me, Sinead O'Connor's is the most defiant-sounding and stirring. She's direct, to the point, and she sounds genuinely angry as she stares into the camera.
@@JimmySteller I think he's less singing it as a defiant battle cry and more as the quiet call to arms of men who have gone too long under the english thumb again
This version of the song is about Gráinne Mhaol/Grace O'Malley, an Irish pirate queen who was imprisoned by the English after raiding their ships and faced hanging. This song is about her people welcoming her back after her return. It was used as a rebel song in the 20th century when the Irish people were fighting for independence from English rule.
She is being welcomed home with a tribe of Irish warriors to fight the British occupiers of our land , it refers to the land stolen from the Irish . It is a war song and is very important to the Irish people.
The war is going on and may my brethren’s be free and live in a one country of Ireland not divided by the British. When the time comes to reunify Ireland may it be in my life.
The words were written by Padraic Pearse one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1916, as an invitation to all Irishmen away from Ireland to return home and join the fight for independence. It is indeed a call to arms.
I read it as mother Eire calling to her children to support. But we are now everywhere despite the enemy and have more power than ever and it is starting to show
This is the first time to start reading all the lovely comments on this video. It truly was an incredible experience to record drums on this track with the lads as it was one of my final projects with them. It’s fair to say, I exited on probably one of our strongest moments as a band! Thank you for all of your support. Keep supporting the language, keep supporting the lads and mostly, keep supporting the music!
I am an Irish American and I want to say I really love listening to song. Very intense and beautifully arranged. I really wish I could speak Gaelic language.
I'm a 13 year old from midwest U.S.A. and I'm trying to learn Irish Gaelic and honestly it's so hard when people ask "Why?" or "What's the point?" xD. It's so cool to read some of these things and understand even a little bit of the words. I apparently know around 720 words of the amazing language and counting!
I agree I think children should start learning a second language from a young age, not only is it proven to help with memory but also learning different cultures and dialects
Keep up the effort and you will be glad you did it and pay no attention to what other people say. The loss of our ancient language was a great tragedy.
Keep going Porter. It's definitely not the easiest language to master, especially when you're not in a Gaelic speaking country but it's important to keep it alive. Thank you from Scotland. 👍
So inspiring, I'm learning, to speak as Gaeilge, in south Florida. (Edit: Tá madrai agam.❤original/incorrect: [Tá na madrai agam.] I have dogs. Lol...I'm just starting. ) 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 (Check out Duolingo's free app, that and TH-cam videos are what I'm using. 15 minutes a day, at least...lol. it's working, I'm seeing the pictures of the words in my head. I have no one to converse with, but I love to sing, and the language is so lyrical anyway... lol. 💚)
@@MasterMichelleFL hahah duo is great but tbh as someone that speaks a good bit of Irish been learning in school for about 8 years cant understand anything on it because of there accents on it lmao
Finnabair There’s also some really fab videos here in TH-cam. One minute Irish is a good intro I feel (just a raw beginner), Bite Size Irish, and a few others. I discovered the music first via river dance, started learning the dance a year ago and started looking more into the history, language, and culture of Ireland, music like this is a brilliant motivation.
Still carrying on the tradition. I am a Kelley in the USA, 5 siblings and 27 cousins. My brother's names are Patrick and Michael, so we've heard all the jokes. My husband is a Scot.
What a wonderful comment. How can we keep the auld sangs alive? I just did a Rabbie Burns, but hey, I'm half Scots, half Irish.," Had I the heavens embroidered cloths and - for 'a that and a man's a man for all that". Poetry must be studied and spoken out loud - without speaking it, poetry is nothing more than pretty words. I would like your thoughts on my pedantic havering.
Not many people enjoy the traditional songs and history's I greatly enjoy hearing and learning about the past, how can we ever hope to improve the future if we dont know of the past. In fact just the other day I was watching this on my break and a fellow coworker laughed at me for watching it, I dont care but still ignorance.
Thank you all for sharing your comments and beautiful stories on this video - this is one of our favourite songs we have made yet. Go raibh míle maith agaibh ❤
Thank you for helping keep the memory of this astounding woman alive. Best part is the Gaelic! I think I've listened to this about 10 times since it popped up on suggestions....yesterday. ✌💖😸
Tá fáilte romhat - this is absolutely the best and most stunning version of the song I've ever heard (we were taught it in Synger in the 60's and 70's growing up... and in the Gaeltacht).
Listening to this in hospital with my little 7month old Grace O'Malley asleep on my chest, she is the great granddaughter of the O'Malleys from Clare Island and no doubt has pirate Queen in her blood as she is a little fighter. She loves this song so I have it playing in her ear as she sleeps.
My Irish friend was supposed to make a visit this 2018, and I haven't seen him in two years now. I started learning Gaeilge to surprise him when we go on another drunken night, unfortunately he died last month in a car accident. All I can say is that Irish friends are among the most loyal brothers you'll ever meet. Much respect from the Philippines.
so fierce and beautiful I love it. stalks like a leopard and grows to full speed. impressive I can see the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland when he holds that high note. powerfully sung
As a man born in America. I know not of my bloodline but I feel them . The music, the culture, the will to fight , burns within me, I fell connected . From a time and life long ago it calls to me. I feel my ancestors presence when I listen, I feel it as if I’m there. I enjoy this . Thank you for that feeling through your music. Ireland is place I will always respect and love. Part of me is there. An old part of me. I wish to be there fighting, singing , and laughing with my ancestors. May the culture never die. Love you guys. I’m with you always. No matter the distance.
I feel you, several years ago when my dad was researching our linage through his dads side, he found that through our surname was connected to the Clan Hay of Scotland. I have since set out to find my DNA connection to the Clan Hay as well. About a year ago I came to the conclusion that the American experiment has robbed many of us our heritages from our respective ancestors.
Can we just appreciate the fact that we live in an age where pieces of work in a slowly declining language can now be put out for the world to see to keep tths language alive! This is the power of the internet! Not only posting amazing pieces of work, like this, but also keeping records and knowledge of a language alive! Groups like Seo Linn and TG Lurgan are the reasons why the Irish language is not dead yet, and they deserve our plaudits!
There is a misconception that Garilge is a dying language. It is far from being dead. In fact it very much alive where it is spoken as a first language in Ireland. The problem is, how it is taught toschool children.
@@Proud2BaPaddy yeah except its mainly in the west of Ireland (donegal kerry clare galway) and oddly enough meath as an outlier. Only a few communities speak it in everyday life.
I’m a lot more optimistic. I think a language that the British tried to kill is making a subversive return. I’ve just started learning a little and was amazed by all the Irish speakers I’ve encountered
Yeah if you look where more than 2% of people speak Irish, it's the less populated parts basically west Ireland and the eastern mountains of the US. Hillbillies love us some Irish apparently. On the bright side it is making a comeback, and there's people like me that didn't realize I'd grown up saying words in conversation that weren't English.
My ancestors on my Dad's side came here from Belfast when Irish Immigrants shortened their last names & pretended to be German so we wouldn't be exploited, looked down on, & not made into slaves when they got to America!
I'm reading a book on Irish history and holy crap! When you yell 800 years, that isn't hyperbole or exaggeration. The way the English behaved in Ireland for centuries is absolutely despicable and, for that reason alone, you shouldn't let the language die out. Oh, and I'm not even at an Gorta Mór yet.
Thank you for recognising and acknowledging that. The english have never and will never apologise for their brutality towards Irish people throughout the centuries. Their treatment of Irish people is not taught in english schools hence english people know next to nothing about the first country they colonised even though we are next door neighbours as countries. Many english politicians still regard us as irrelevant as a country and as a people.
@@Proud2BaPaddy Freeing the Celts will be the final stage in the collapse of the British Empire. But yes, I started reading this book because I wanted to have some context since Northern Ireland was in the news a lot. It's made me a lot more sympathetic towards Ireland and I wasn't unsympathetic at all to begin with.
@@margibate9397 The book I referred to is Thomas Bartlett's Ireland: A History. Which is an overview of the totality of Irish history and doesn't go in depth, but I thought it was a good way to get an idea of the broad strokes of Irish history. I also have another book on the shelves: R.F.Foster's Modern Ireland 1600-1972, which was recommended to me by a friend, but I haven't read it yet, so I have no idea if it's good.
I'm not properly English, my family are Breton-French, but I was raised mostly in England, and it is true how little of England's sordid history of colonialism is taught in schools. I learned at primary school that the British Empire was a good thing, nothing about famines in Ireland or India being the fault of the English government, and I learned NOTHING of England's involvement in Scotland, or of England's involvement in Ireland before the starvation of the Irish. It wasn't until I was older and moved to Scotland that I saw things from the other perspective, and learned a lot more about where I grew up and the atrocities committed. Hopefully soon we will have a free Scotland, at least. I hope that the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages only continue to grow (and this is why I am slowly learning Scottish Gaelic and trying to expose myself to as much Irish and Scottish Gaelic) as well as Welsh and other Brythonic languages (I started with learning Welsh a my partner is Welsh from an Irish family and speaks Welsh and a little Gaelic. My family sadly did not speak Breton, but French).
My heart is stirring and my blood is hot! My great Nan was born in Mooncoin village, just outside of Kilkenny. There were 10 kids in the family and they were poor. So her parents sold her into indentured servitude to an English family. She worked as their nanny. She was able to earn and save money through a side job as a maid, and got enough together to get on a ship for America at age 14. I'm lucky I got to meet her and spend time with her when I was little! I want to eventually meet any remaining relatives in Ireland of clan Tobin. I read the book about Grace O'Malley called the Pirate Queen and OMG she is my number 2 Irish hero after my great Nan! Through ancestry I also found out I'm distantly related to the Unsinkable Molly Brown. I can't express the excitement that overtakes me when listening to this powerful song! May Ireland stand Forever! 🇮🇪☘️💚🤍🧡🙏🏻🕯️❤️🔥
I’m 72 years old and remember this song since I was a kid, always thought it was an old dreary song and could only understand a few words of it, but this version of it is absolutely amazing, these guys have given it a new meaning. I’ve only seen this a few days ago, have shared it with my daughters in New Zealand and the U K.😮
The singer has such an intensity in his glare, it shakes me to my core. (He's also handsome but that's just a side fact). I love how they added passion and tension to this song with their music. Stuck in my head forever.
Brilliant lads! I'm a Donegal boy long out of Ireland but still a native speaker - spent my last summer in an Sean Tir at Ranafast. Encouraging to see a young clean-cut band keep our culture alive. Keep on banging boyos!
I AM CELTIC... Plenty of us still around... From Portugal, Galicia, across to Ireland and British isles across the whole of Europe and on to Russia and Siberia....vast lands... Many still scattered and we all have similar songs and pipes and culture from the proto indo...we are far from extinct.... And gaelic has a resurgence....
Gaelic, both Irish and Scottish, is such a powerful, gorgeous and mysterious language. I primarily want to learn Scottish Gaelic due to my ancestry but also in a small way help preserve a gorgeous language.
Then you are in luck! There are many, MANY resources online where you can study for free. Many have audio of the words being pronounced. And some cities with big Irish communities have very affordable classes.
I've heard two wildly different versions of my own family tree, and I probably would have dismissed the second version out of hand if it weren't for music like this. I can FEEL it on such a deeper level than I connect to anything from the other cultures I'm supposed to be descended from. I think my blood knew where it came from before I did...
I have no idea what I am but this is hands down my most listened to song on TH-cam. Gives me goosebumps every time. Amazing voice, band, sound and soul!
Well, it gives me the chills and I'm a Germanic bastard Imperialist. (Well, I'm actually anti-Imperialist, but from the island next door if you follow me.) It's a stirring song.
I am of Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. This is the first time I heard this song, and it straight up gave me chills. I even started singing along like I knew the words. I'm born and raised in the middle of the USA (Kansas). I absolutely loved it.
Welcome oh woman who was so afflicted, It was our ruin that you were in bondage, Our fine land in the possession of thieves... And you sold to the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home, Oh-ro You're welcome home, Oh-ro You're welcome home... Now that summer's coming! Gráinne O'Malley is coming over the sea, Armed warriors along with her as her guard, They're Irish themselves, not French nor Spanish, And they will rout the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3) Now that summer's coming! May it please the King of Miracles that we might see, Although we may live for a week once after, Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors... Dispersing the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3) Now that summer's coming! Ireland Belongs to the Irish.
For those 4 generations away from the Isle, please consider adding a little context. Is this a call for the Irish Diaspora to come back to drive out the English? Or us it a prayer for unity among Euro-Celts (Breton, Galicia, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall?
I fell in love with this song the instant I heard it. Being a Hispanic from the Bronx in New York, you don't grow up listening to songs such as these. I listened to it over and over especially when I visited Ireland, and I even mentioned Seo Linn and the song in my book. The irony was that I wasn't exactly sure what the song was about, only that it was a folk song. Literally a month ago, after I completed the book, I came across another video version of this song with the translation and with Grace O'Malley, which plays a part in the latter chapters of my book. Thank you Seo Linn for bringing it to life.
This version of the song was written by Padraic Pearse, who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. It lead to the Irish war of independence
Today by accident, on my way to St.John's Cathedral for mass, I met the singer of Seo Linn , Stefan at the Limerick City Branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) on Thomas St. We were introduced by another chap (to whom I had enquired about class timings) who told me he was a singer who sang in Irish (Gaelige). I suddenly remembered this song which had I listened to on TH-cam over a year ago when I first came to Eire. He was very pleased to see an Indian fan of Lurgan and I was ecstatic to meet a celebrity 😂. We took the usual 🤳 selfie together and I got invited by him to a session at Doolan's pub on the 3rd. Need to brush up on my Bitesize Irish and Duolingo.
Just like any language, you will find different dialects. Being Irish myself, I find some of these dialects tricky to understand. Gaelic in Northern Ireland sounds very similar to Scottish Gallic (Gaelic). But for those of ye from other countries and traditions, I'd be considered an old lady now and my parents were both born in the first decade of the 20th century. They loved to review our Irish homework and to listen to us speaking it. I asked them at one time why they didn't know how to speak or write in Irish. They told me that because Ireland was still under British rule when they were schoolchildren, the Irish language was outlawed and therefore was not included in the curriculum. I was amazed, but as my schooling progressed, and I learned more of our country's history, I was not amazed nor surprised anymore. But we're only a very small country and if you think about it, most colonised countries have lost their native language or languages even. Only some have been able to retain theirs.
I'm from the SW of Ireland so I speak the Munster dialect. Sometimes I have difficulty understanding the Connaught dialect because their word pronunciations are so different to what I am used to.
@@Proud2BaPaddy I was taught Irish all the way along by Munster dialect speakers. Nuns mostly. When I was in a girls secondary school in Dublin, our Irish teacher had to have a medical leave of absence and they brought in a temp teacher. She was a young Conemara native speaker. You're talking 1965 or 6 here. We couldn't understand a word she was trying to say and she had great difficulty translating it into English. Irish was her FIRST language and very little English was ever heard or spoken in Conemara back then. It was one of the few native speaking areas where English could not be maintained Or imposed. It was another amazing moment. She didn't last long God love her. I often wonder what became of her after that.
Sadly, my maternal grandmother was a victim of the British "education" effort to anglicize Eire. She was "taught" ( Programed ) to despise her native tongue. She wouldn't stand for it being spoken "in her house". More than once, she told me, "Tis a dirty language and I won't suffer it.". It grieves me to ponder on how this cultural genocide affected generations of Irish children. But, I am heartened to see the conscious effort to reclaim Irish heritage.
@@pastlesandfish I was setting up a Joke, but drank too much and fell asleep. I was my own tough audience, lol! I'd finish it, but I don't remember what the hell it was.
Yes i have been fallowing that somewhat hope it continues . Unfortunately i never embraced the language when i was a youngster but my mum has been teaching my children Keira and Drustan the language thank God. Unfortunately here in the US where i was born finding others that speak Gaelic is very difficult . Both my parents are immigrants my father was adopted after WW2 hence the name Frost and my mother is a Macgregor. But as i get older i find myself embracing my culture more and my children are diving in head first .
One St. Patrick's day, my college had a parade and me and the rest of the Irish history and culture club sat in the back of a pickup truck and sang this song. It was awesome
Being an international 7 languages speaking girl and cultural mediator, i have always been attracted to the Irish culture, people & language there is something magical about them... Would really love to visit one day. it is just so hard to get a Visa and such a pitty that politics dont't give us the opportunity to travel and discover the world in freedom! Long live to your magical music,energy and people!! Hope to see ya one day 🧡🇮🇪🍀 Slainté💋🍻
34 years ago, Ms. Clair Hogan was my first "Spoken English" teacher here, in Istanbul / Turkey. I was 11 then. She is the reason I know about the Irish culture, and the value of a wonderful teacher. I pray that she's doing great. I want to thank her here, and I want you, the people of Ireland , to know how much I respect your culture. We both fought against the Brits. I hope, I get to see Dublin one day.
@Harold Reinhardt So did the ANZAC in Gallipoli, and they were buried there. And Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (commander then, founder of this country later) called them our sons. Because he knew...
@@alankilen6646 "The club crest focuses on the star and crescent element of the town arms of Drogheda, and are in honor of the Ottoman assistance to Ireland during the Great Famine as the Ottomans docked their ships in Drogheda harbor." Wikipedia Thank you :) I knew about the aid, but I had no idea about this football team.
I have not been this captivated by a song or lead singer in a while. He is so intent and that voice hitting the highs hit me straight in the ovaries! Watched it like four times it's amazing...
I'm in love with the lead singer and his intense passion...I hope he finds his own true love and has many children like himself. Many blessings to you!
Texan here who descended from an Irishman relocated to the US during the famine. I don’t speak a lick of Irish but this song stirs something up inside me. Makes the blood flow.
My great-grandparents on my mother’s side came over around 1920, my father’s side a little later. I remember my maternal great-grandfather singing old Irish songs to me, telling me stories while smoking his pipe. We lived in Boston at the time. I was about 5 when my parents moved us to St. Louis. I wish I’d had more time with my older relatives before they died, but we didn’t get back to the coast very much. 💚
I've heard many versions of this over the years, this is by far my favorite. As for the 385 folks who have down voted this well, even assholes get an opinion I suppose.
Or... As we say in Texas, opinions are like assholes, everybody has one. So... Why is a Texan listening to this music? Very simple, my bloodline is of this, Cantwell, Kirby, Teague and Murphy.
This song was used in the film “The Wind That Shakes the Barley”. If you have never seen it, you should. So well done and Gaelic spoken sometimes and sung. Love it!
An amazing film of great beauty and bleak power. Some amazing performances, especially Cillian Murphy. The use of this song is deep and haunting, in the theme and credits.
As a Zimbabwean of British stock, I send my love, blessings, greetings, best wishes and kind thoughts to the Irish and Ireland. While I only know Scots Gaelic, I will happily bless the Irish in that. Beannachd Leat. Dia bheannaich thu le gràdh, bàidheil, truacantas leigheas 's àite 🦁🐘🇿🇼🤝🏻🇮🇪 🇿🇼🍻🇮🇪
Great version, especially the first two and half minutes with minimalist music not interfering with the powerful voices. Great voice control throughout!
After listening to this version over 80 times over the past year (I listen to music to block the noise at work), the second half has grown on me and I find it works well as a picker-upper that gives me a 15-minute boost of energy. Definitely one my three favorite versions.
HOW DO THESE SOUNDS COME OUT OF A HUMAN?! I cry every single time I listen to this. It awakens something primal in you. There's nothing so powerful as Celtic heritage.
It's via a basic process called "singing". Let me know if you need help explaining other complex human processes such as "walking" and "chewing bubble gum".
The lead singer, Stiofán Ó Fearail, is excellent. It's good teachers and hard work that makes you so good. He might have sung in a choir. He intonates perfectly and knows how to work with his breath and puts everything into it, yet doesn't show off. That's part of what creates the hypnotic effect of the song. If you want, check out some Welsh male choirs - they're pretty powerful, too!
I love the sort of primitive feel of this version . . . it makes it seem like they're singing this about to go into battle. You can feel the energy, like they just can't wait to charge the enemy and chase them from Ireland.
Gráinne Ní Mháille, called Granuaile, also Gráinne Mhaol, English Grace O'Malley, was an Irish pirate. She rebelled against, among other things, the English colonization of the Irish. She is highly regarded in many aspects and so unique. Hardly any woman made it that far back then.
She had an interesting relationship with Elizabeth I who wanted to recruit her as part of her league of pirates, but Grainne was not about to be employed by the English!
The original song with written after the battle of Culloden. Padraigh Pearse rewrote it before the 1916 rebellions. This is the Pearse version Oh-ro You are welcome home, Oh-ro You are welcome home, Oh-ro You are welcome home, Now that summer’s coming! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome lady who faced such troubles Your capture brought us to our ruin With our fine land usurped by thieves And you sold to the foreigners! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gráinne O’Malley comes over the sea, With armed warriors as her guard They’re Irishmen - not French nor Spanish And they will rout the foreigners! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May it please dear God that we might see, Even if we only live for week after, Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors - Routing all the foreigners! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the Culloden version Oh-ro You are welcome home, Oh-ro You are welcome home, Oh-ro You are welcome home, Now that summer’s coming! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young Charles, King James’s son Cast out from Ireland causing such distress Left without shoe, or sock or shirt Overthrown by foreigners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh that I could only see, Even if I lived only one week after, Young Charles and one thousand warriors Banishing all the foreigners. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Young Charles is coming over the sea With French and Spanish volunteers Armed and ready to protect him And they’ll make the heretics dance! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
im an american born from Polish and Irish descent......i never new the meaning of this song, but it truly does draw at my soul...thank you so very much for the translation....ERIN GAH BRAGH
+dixie girl Raibh mé in ann a bheith a mharú , stealing , orgáin gáinneáil .. ach tá mé anseo begging duit a pas a fháil ar mo cainéal ... póga ar an asal🌚👊
Makes me wanna be Irish. You people are amazing! Your language is amazing, your country is beautiful, its history is one of great sorrow and triumph. Love from Greece, aka; The other side of the god damned continent. btw your language is damn near impossible to speak.
I find Greek really hard to learn, so that's something. However, I grew up speaking Gaelige even though I'm English (my grandparents were Irish) and I still get confused. Lol
I hope you keep on fighting for your culture and language. Many languages are lost and I feel like every time one dies a part of humanity is lost. Oh, and the song sounds wonderful, too.
In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition In In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. - the Irish Proclamation of 1916
I'm so glad they are keeping the language alive... & getting the younger generation interested. No matter where you hail from, keep your native languages alive.
I am 12 and i listen to a lot of irish gaelic because i would like to think yhat one day i might be able to read and speak irish gaelic. People ask why and i tell them because irish gaelic is the language that the people of my heritage a long time ago talked in. I would like to say i speak it and im glad im irish. My dream is to visit ireland and learn more about it
This song is sung in the language of my grandparents, yet I never learned this. In spite of not 'intellectually' knowing the words as they are song, this music still fully enters my body and centers me. It just feels so right. It speaks of a truth like an arrow that goes exactly where it is intended. It is like pulsing blood in the veins. It speaks to me of vitality, determination, strength, perseverance, never giving up. I carry this lineage in my blood and identify with this music as a part of my being. Someday soon, God-willing, I will finally be able to walk on the land, spend time with the marvelous ocean, and people of Ireland and return to the homes of my ancestors.
After all these Years - i have never heard a better version of this Song / Theme. Thank you soo very much! Made may Day again! Unbelievable Drummer! Unbelievable voice! Great Job! Thank you over end over again! Love it!
The variety of cultures in the history of man is it's tapestry of fate. Beautiful, vibrant, full of love and sorrow. A masterpiece of mans creation on earth and hopefully beyond, if we can learn to appreciate it's beauty that all seouls work on.
I find this very stirring, and I love these Irish call to arms songs very inspiring. The Irish are full of defiant spirit, which I love. I am Australian but (Of course Irish it is my heritage, probably why I love it so much)! Long live the Irish and Australian people !!!!
How can one person be so attractive and also sing so beautifully? His form is perfect. He sings like a true professional. This song is amazing and powerful.
'Sé do bheatha, a bhean ba léanmhar, Do b' é ár gcreach thú bheith i ngéibheann, Do dhúiche bhreá i seilbh méirleach, Is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh. Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag teacht thar sáile, Óglaigh armtha léi mar gharda, Gaeil iad féin is ní Frainc ná Spáinnigh, Is cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh. Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3) Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh. A bhuí le Rí na bhFeart go bhfeiceam, Mura mbeam beo ina dhiaidh ach seachtain, Gráinne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch, Ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh. Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3) Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.
@@michaelking7310 Makes me wish I was Irish. Those people have such an amazing and intricate, yet so unique, language. If anyone reading this is Irish, power to you. You can say things most can't. (literally) Then again, my language is Greek, and we too have a language that's damn near impossible to outsiders, so I can't complain exactly
What a beautiful and powerful song. I hope that this language will never extinct. You should do more things like this to show people around the world that Celtic languages are still alive and they have a unique charm. Greetings from Poland
Forgotten my Gaelic language by now but not the words of this great Irish song as composed by Padraig Pearse. Best rendition I have heard in a long time. USA 👍🇨🇮🇬🇹🇺🇸
I get chills when I hear this. My great-grandfather Tommy Quain came from county cork with his family to Australia. I want to learn the language of my ancestors so beautiful
I imagine that Seo Linn would be a great band to see in concert. I was today years old when I discovered this song and band. As an Australian, I love Irish culture and its language, which I am learning. God bless this band for preserving the Irish language. May this beautiful language never go extinct.
I was born and raised in Brisbane by an Irish family who moved from Cavan in the 1950s and I want to go back but I'm no longer entitled to an Irish Citizenship because it was too many generations ago. I am from a working class family and my Australian passport expired in 2009. I was an Australian Citizen from birth because my parents were also born here. In the 1890s Irish was the second most commonly spoken language in Australia behind English, but now I am one of few with Irish language knowledge and mine is fairly limited because I rarely use it as barely a sole speaks the language here. The British had made it illegal to speak any language other than English on lands they had claimed or occupied. Cooks claims of Australia as Terra Nullius (Latin for land belonging to no one) broke 3 British laws because they were ignorant to the fact that indigenous people had been for over 40, 000 years
As an Indian, I have nothing but respect for the Irish- holding on to the language means the culture will never die. This is the defiance that the oppressors fear. Good for Ireland. Hoping to learn the language someday- some Gaelic chants sound very close to Sanskrit chants- feels like a home away from home.
I grew up the child of Irish parents/grandparents (unfortunately, my grandparents would NOT speak Irish out of fear most of their family were done in by the B and T's - and I grew up always wondering WHY the grandparents didn't speak of their family back in the "old country"... how sad - and I don't mind saying, I've always felt cheated of my heritage) ... heard many versions of this song... love them all... trying to regain and renew what I've always felt in my heart... but this band (as I've read and heard) does MOST of their music in Irish... and I'M LOVING IT!!! So thank you!!!
nakyer trust me, duolingo cannot get basic stuff of Irish correct. If you want to learn irish, look up Learning Irish by Ó Shiadail for Connemara dialect and use Buntús na Gaeilge by Hillers (I think, just look up Buntús le Hillers) for Donegal dialect Sorry, i dont have ant sources for Munster but good luck finding some
+*The Average Gatsby* There are more and more efforts being made to promote the Irish language, and it's having some success. Gaeilge ain't dead yet. On the Isle of Mann they totally immerse the kids in Manx (a VERY close language to Irish...pretty much a dialect OF Irish) for the first half of every school day. These kids are going to be bilingual when they finish school. The same could be done in Ireland. One can only hope...
Every time I listen to a new version of this I have listen to this to make a right with the universe. This is by far the best version ever performed by humans. I don’t know what Irish angels sound like but I’ll bet they like this.
As long as a language is spoken, a culture never dies.
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Tha mise MacShimi, I disagree, if trends continue the only Goidalic speakers will be foreigners. Then the culture of me and me people will die with us. Gaelic is the language of the sons of Aplin and Alba and Somerled, if they are no more then the gaelic culture is as dead as latin.
Tír gan teanga is tír gan anam.
@Pok Him Lau not really during english rule they tried to limit/destroy gaelic speaking irish by importing the scottish to the ulster plantations, In some ways they succeeded as english is now the predominant language but Irish people are clever & always bounce back slowly & subtly but they should get rid of the prejudice against Irish foreigners who immigrated out of Ireland & intermixed with other ethnicities, it's not like they also didn't suffer in US or other colonies sure they may have been removed from the culture & adopted various others but it's also understandable from their point of view since they stayed & endured! As far as language goes with books & technology gaelic irish can make a comeback: Hebrew is a perfect example of a revived dead language they just have to start accepting the multiethnic heritage that's been created overseas in lands far away I mean the song itself is a Welcome Home war cry
I plan on learning scot Gaelic one day !!!
Finally someone singing this song as it was meant-- a defiant battle cry. There are so many version of this that treat it like another happy folk song. It's the anthem of a warrior who fought for her people to almost her dying day.
Much as I like this take, I can't help but think it's a bit too solemn for a battle-cry, and it also plays with the formula to make it sound more like a rock song. For me, Sinead O'Connor's is the most defiant-sounding and stirring. She's direct, to the point, and she sounds genuinely angry as she stares into the camera.
@@JimmySteller I think he's less singing it as a defiant battle cry and more as the quiet call to arms of men who have gone too long under the english thumb again
I have no idea what he is saying BUT that is what it sounds like to me - battle cry or a lament for things to come of war time.
"Her" you say?? 😌 please tell me more
@@EmRose.r the song is about Gráinne Ní Mháille (Grace O'Malley in English), who was lord of Umhaill, a pirate and a rebel against English occupation.
This version of the song is about Gráinne Mhaol/Grace O'Malley, an Irish pirate queen who was imprisoned by the English after raiding their ships and faced hanging. This song is about her people welcoming her back after her return. It was used as a rebel song in the 20th century when the Irish people were fighting for independence from English rule.
How nice of you.
She is being welcomed home with a tribe of Irish warriors to fight the British occupiers of our land , it refers to the land stolen from the Irish . It is a war song and is very important to the Irish people.
The war is going on and may my brethren’s be free and live in a one country of Ireland not divided by the British. When the time comes to reunify Ireland may it be in my life.
Thanks! I was wondering what the title in English was
@tacfoley You're right. I just edited my comment to change British to English.
The words were written by Padraic Pearse one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1916, as an invitation to all Irishmen away from Ireland to return home and join the fight for independence. It is indeed a call to arms.
If he would have hit that mark maybe in 1990s he would have got a lot more response
Well...he changed the words.
It was originally a Jacobite song about the return of Bonny Prince Charlie but in 1916 Patraig Pearce changed the words to be about Grace O'Malley.
I read it as mother Eire calling to her children to support. But we are now everywhere despite the enemy and have more power than ever and it is starting to show
@@anthonygallagher7144 "The enemy"?
This is the first time to start reading all the lovely comments on this video. It truly was an incredible experience to record drums on this track with the lads as it was one of my final projects with them. It’s fair to say, I exited on probably one of our strongest moments as a band! Thank you for all of your support. Keep supporting the language, keep supporting the lads and mostly, keep supporting the music!
Thank you for such a good rendition :D! On so many of our playlists now!!
Maith thú Con! Go raibh míle maith agat!
I am an Irish American and I want to say I really love listening to song. Very intense and beautifully arranged. I really wish I could speak Gaelic language.
P.s. my last name is McDonough.
Well you are fantastic ☘️🇺🇲
I'm a 13 year old from midwest U.S.A. and I'm trying to learn Irish Gaelic and honestly it's so hard when people ask "Why?" or "What's the point?" xD. It's so cool to read some of these things and understand even a little bit of the words. I apparently know around 720 words of the amazing language and counting!
I agree I think children should start learning a second language from a young age, not only is it proven to help with memory but also learning different cultures and dialects
Keep up the effort and you will be glad you did it and pay no attention to what other people say. The loss of our ancient language was a great tragedy.
Keep going Porter. It's definitely not the easiest language to master, especially when you're not in a Gaelic speaking country but it's important to keep it alive. Thank you from Scotland. 👍
Awesome always good to learn a 2nd language you never know when it comes in handy keep up the hard and enjoyable work and dont let anyone dissuade you
Liam O'Maonlai has a very useful series of lessons on youtube, they are very goo for beginners, Adh Mor! (Good Luck)
I do not speak a word of Irish, but mother of God this song and video are hypnotic.
They're incredibly talented. I love the passion, the vocals, and basically everything about this song
So inspiring, I'm learning, to speak as Gaeilge, in south Florida.
(Edit: Tá madrai agam.❤original/incorrect: [Tá na madrai agam.] I have dogs. Lol...I'm just starting. )
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(Check out Duolingo's free app, that and TH-cam videos are what I'm using. 15 minutes a day, at least...lol. it's working, I'm seeing the pictures of the words in my head. I have no one to converse with, but I love to sing, and the language is so lyrical anyway... lol. 💚)
@@MasterMichelleFL hahah duo is great but tbh as someone that speaks a good bit of Irish been learning in school for about 8 years cant understand anything on it because of there accents on it lmao
Finnabair There’s also some really fab videos here in TH-cam. One minute Irish is a good intro I feel (just a raw beginner), Bite Size Irish, and a few others. I discovered the music first via river dance, started learning the dance a year ago and started looking more into the history, language, and culture of Ireland, music like this is a brilliant motivation.
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Scots/irish will never die, there's too many of us.
Yes! I'm both Irish- Scottish... ❤❤❤
Still carrying on the tradition. I am a Kelley in the USA, 5 siblings and 27 cousins. My brother's names are Patrick and Michael, so we've heard all the jokes. My husband is a Scot.
And never spanish!! But now!!! Let Spain free!!
The Celts will raise again
They can take our land, but they will never take our blood.
When im seeing these young People still singing Celtic songs and language, i know that not everything is lost these days!
Keep the traditions!!!
Right on
What a wonderful comment. How can we keep the auld sangs alive? I just did a Rabbie Burns, but hey, I'm half Scots, half Irish.," Had I the heavens embroidered cloths and - for 'a that and a man's a man for all that". Poetry must be studied and spoken out loud - without speaking it, poetry is nothing more than pretty words. I would like your thoughts on my pedantic havering.
Not many people enjoy the traditional songs and history's I greatly enjoy hearing and learning about the past, how can we ever hope to improve the future if we dont know of the past. In fact just the other day I was watching this on my break and a fellow coworker laughed at me for watching it, I dont care but still ignorance.
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Thank you all for sharing your comments and beautiful stories on this video - this is one of our favourite songs we have made yet. Go raibh míle maith agaibh ❤
Thank you for helping keep the memory of this astounding woman alive. Best part is the Gaelic! I think I've listened to this about 10 times since it popped up on suggestions....yesterday. ✌💖😸
Hey ya wanna know the truth. I'm really sorry but I think I'm in love with you.
#sorrynotsorry
i love this song with its power, emotion, passion and intensity. well done. i'm not even irish at all. best of luck to you.
Tá fáilte romhat - this is absolutely the best and most stunning version of the song I've ever heard (we were taught it in Synger in the 60's and 70's growing up... and in the Gaeltacht).
Beautiful. Thank you from Italy. I hope to visit Ireland I am so fascinated by it's history and people.
I listen to this song every day . I am a proud Irish woman 🇮🇪
.... gives me goosebumps every time.... Wonderful version
My granny was Irish...this speaks to my soul!xx
I'm of Irish decent but only speak English this song sounds so good I just wish there was a version I could understand
Listening to this in hospital with my little 7month old Grace O'Malley asleep on my chest, she is the great granddaughter of the O'Malleys from Clare Island and no doubt has pirate Queen in her blood as she is a little fighter. She loves this song so I have it playing in her ear as she sleeps.
They should totally make a movie about Grainne Mhaol, especially since hollywood is focusing more on 'strong independent wamen'...
I guess Grace O'Malley is up there wondering why all of us her descendants listen to this. Congrats on the wee one.
Sending love to you and your fierce little fighter.
@@-jank-willson Lol, the rest is shite, but Grainne Mhaol may be of great interest. Few women can perfect this feat. Dire straits!
I'm not one percent Irish, but have roots in another colonized country, and this brought tears to my eyes.
My Irish friend was supposed to make a visit this 2018, and I haven't seen him in two years now. I started learning Gaeilge to surprise him when we go on another drunken night, unfortunately he died last month in a car accident.
All I can say is that Irish friends are among the most loyal brothers you'll ever meet. Much respect from the Philippines.
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This is a badass warrior song. The Gaeilge is crisp and easy to follow. Slainte.
the clan is welcoming home its warriors. welcome home, its so good to have ya!
@@brucebostick2521 I suggest reading D Glen's comment if you haven't already. It's near the top.
Caid mille faulte!
@@StarkillerNC did you mean ‘céad míle fáilte’ ?
Awesome song, awesome message, awesome language - Ireland forever! 🍀
so fierce and beautiful I love it. stalks like a leopard and grows to full speed. impressive
I can see the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland when he holds that high note. powerfully sung
the landscape of Ireland, nothing to do with Scotland, you Scots must find your own way of escaping English/Norman rule. yours Brian Boru
As a man born in America. I know not of my bloodline but I feel them . The music, the culture, the will to fight , burns within me, I fell connected . From a time and life long ago it calls to me. I feel my ancestors presence when I listen, I feel it as if I’m there. I enjoy this . Thank you for that feeling through your music. Ireland is place I will always respect and love. Part of me is there. An old part of me. I wish to be there fighting, singing , and laughing with my ancestors. May the culture never die. Love you guys. I’m with you always. No matter the distance.
Same..!
I feel you, several years ago when my dad was researching our linage through his dads side, he found that through our surname was connected to the Clan Hay of Scotland. I have since set out to find my DNA connection to the Clan Hay as well. About a year ago I came to the conclusion that the American experiment has robbed many of us our heritages from our respective ancestors.
I feel the same, but I'm from Argentina. Maybe I was an irish or scottish during my past life
Don’t let anyone try to dismiss that! Fire in your belly they call it! Irish pride runs deep! ❤
Doing all of us Irish proud 🇮🇪🏆👍🏻☘️☘️☘️
Can we just appreciate the fact that we live in an age where pieces of work in a slowly declining language can now be put out for the world to see to keep tths language alive! This is the power of the internet! Not only posting amazing pieces of work, like this, but also keeping records and knowledge of a language alive! Groups like Seo Linn and TG Lurgan are the reasons why the Irish language is not dead yet, and they deserve our plaudits!
There is a misconception that Garilge is a dying language. It is far from being dead. In fact it very much alive where it is spoken as a first language in Ireland. The problem is, how it is taught toschool children.
@@Proud2BaPaddy yeah except its mainly in the west of Ireland (donegal kerry clare galway) and oddly enough meath as an outlier. Only a few communities speak it in everyday life.
I’m a lot more optimistic. I think a language that the British tried to kill is making a subversive return. I’ve just started learning a little and was amazed by all the Irish speakers I’ve encountered
@@Proud2BaPaddy Seo Linn agree with you about learning it in schools, they often perform in schools to show Gaelic is a living language
Yeah if you look where more than 2% of people speak Irish, it's the less populated parts basically west Ireland and the eastern mountains of the US.
Hillbillies love us some Irish apparently.
On the bright side it is making a comeback, and there's people like me that didn't realize I'd grown up saying words in conversation that weren't English.
I am Argentine, and my great grand father was Irish and he spoke gaelic.
Beatiful language
We are the Atlanteans, who sailed the seas, the Children of the SUN. th-cam.com/video/GNKgth44EIk/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/TiBC491qMqo/w-d-xo.html. Lyrics in Spanish, also.
My ancestors on my Dad's side came here from Belfast when Irish Immigrants shortened their last names & pretended to be German so we wouldn't be exploited, looked down on, & not made into slaves when they got to America!
I'm reading a book on Irish history and holy crap! When you yell 800 years, that isn't hyperbole or exaggeration. The way the English behaved in Ireland for centuries is absolutely despicable and, for that reason alone, you shouldn't let the language die out. Oh, and I'm not even at an Gorta Mór yet.
Thank you for recognising and acknowledging that. The english have never and will never apologise for their brutality towards Irish people throughout the centuries. Their treatment of Irish people is not taught in english schools hence english people know next to nothing about the first country they colonised even though we are next door neighbours as countries. Many english politicians still regard us as irrelevant as a country and as a people.
@@Proud2BaPaddy Freeing the Celts will be the final stage in the collapse of the British Empire. But yes, I started reading this book because I wanted to have some context since Northern Ireland was in the news a lot. It's made me a lot more sympathetic towards Ireland and I wasn't unsympathetic at all to begin with.
Which book are you reading ? I am keen to read more ...
@@margibate9397 The book I referred to is Thomas Bartlett's Ireland: A History. Which is an overview of the totality of Irish history and doesn't go in depth, but I thought it was a good way to get an idea of the broad strokes of Irish history.
I also have another book on the shelves: R.F.Foster's Modern Ireland 1600-1972, which was recommended to me by a friend, but I haven't read it yet, so I have no idea if it's good.
I'm not properly English, my family are Breton-French, but I was raised mostly in England, and it is true how little of England's sordid history of colonialism is taught in schools. I learned at primary school that the British Empire was a good thing, nothing about famines in Ireland or India being the fault of the English government, and I learned NOTHING of England's involvement in Scotland, or of England's involvement in Ireland before the starvation of the Irish. It wasn't until I was older and moved to Scotland that I saw things from the other perspective, and learned a lot more about where I grew up and the atrocities committed. Hopefully soon we will have a free Scotland, at least. I hope that the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages only continue to grow (and this is why I am slowly learning Scottish Gaelic and trying to expose myself to as much Irish and Scottish Gaelic) as well as Welsh and other Brythonic languages (I started with learning Welsh a my partner is Welsh from an Irish family and speaks Welsh and a little Gaelic. My family sadly did not speak Breton, but French).
This song, performed this way, gives me bravery. I feel my Celtic ancestors when I listen to it. Thank you.
HAIL to the Eireanns. The Aryans, you know who you are. You built the Pyramids. Fuck the liars.
The most powerful version of this I have heard! The lead singer has a fantastic vocal range which fits this song perfectly!
My heart is stirring and my blood is hot! My great Nan was born in Mooncoin village, just outside of Kilkenny. There were 10 kids in the family and they were poor. So her parents sold her into indentured servitude to an English family. She worked as their nanny. She was able to earn and save money through a side job as a maid, and got enough together to get on a ship for America at age 14. I'm lucky I got to meet her and spend time with her when I was little! I want to eventually meet any remaining relatives in Ireland of clan Tobin. I read the book about Grace O'Malley called the Pirate Queen and OMG she is my number 2 Irish hero after my great Nan! Through ancestry I also found out I'm distantly related to the Unsinkable Molly Brown. I can't express the excitement that overtakes me when listening to this powerful song! May Ireland stand Forever! 🇮🇪☘️💚🤍🧡🙏🏻🕯️❤️🔥
May She proudly stand forever!
Unsinkable Molly Brown was a ship or a turd my dear
I’m 72 years old and remember this song since I was a kid, always thought it was an old dreary song and could only understand a few words of it, but this version of it is absolutely amazing, these guys have given it a new meaning. I’ve only seen this a few days ago, have shared it with my daughters in New Zealand and the U K.😮
The singer has such an intensity in his glare, it shakes me to my core. (He's also handsome but that's just a side fact). I love how they added passion and tension to this song with their music. Stuck in my head forever.
Their style fits the song very well, it sounds like a call to action even if you don't really understand what he's saying.
Brilliant comment. All folk music must be stuck in your head. PS Hands off he's mine - just kidding, beautiful girl.
I met him last year and he was very nice and kind to me. I was learning an irish song with my school and he came to help us.
wtf are you talking about, he's staring blankly in front of himself for most of the video.
Is there any way to get the credits on this. The singer and arrangement reaches the heart and soul of those of us who don’t speak Irish
I am 3rd generation born in America I learn the language to honor those who came before me I will teach my children so that they will not be forgotten
I wanna learn the Irish Gaelic language for the same reasons.
I appreciate that these boys played it with the seriousness that it was meant to be
Your man brought this auld sailor to tears. Well done, Celtic son.
Do you bend over forwards or backwards ship hand?
Brilliant lads! I'm a Donegal boy long out of Ireland but still a native speaker - spent my last summer in an Sean Tir at Ranafast. Encouraging to see a young clean-cut band keep our culture alive. Keep on banging boyos!
It's because you gay!
Sorry for your loss, but great comment nonetheless
@@travelingman5146 wtf
Awesome😍😍😍
@@travelingman5146 "Keep on banging boyos!"
I AM CELTIC... Plenty of us still around... From Portugal, Galicia, across to Ireland and British isles across the whole of Europe and on to Russia and Siberia....vast lands...
Many still scattered and we all have similar songs and pipes and culture from the proto indo...we are far from extinct.... And gaelic has a resurgence....
Gaelic, both Irish and Scottish, is such a powerful, gorgeous and mysterious language. I primarily want to learn Scottish Gaelic due to my ancestry but also in a small way help preserve a gorgeous language.
Then you are in luck! There are many, MANY resources online where you can study for free. Many have audio of the words being pronounced. And some cities with big Irish communities have very affordable classes.
It's not just Scottish and Irish, the welsh and the Cornish were also Celts that spoke our native tongue
@@PaulMuzik And Brittany and Mann, right?
@@teslagirl1 English were saxons that spoke a different language
@@PaulMuzik Brittany NOT Britain.
IT IS SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE IGNORANT OF YOUR LINEAGE, IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG AND GET "THE CHILLS," YOU ARE TRULY CELTIC.
I've heard two wildly different versions of my own family tree, and I probably would have dismissed the second version out of hand if it weren't for music like this. I can FEEL it on such a deeper level than I connect to anything from the other cultures I'm supposed to be descended from. I think my blood knew where it came from before I did...
I have no idea what I am but this is hands down my most listened to song on TH-cam. Gives me goosebumps every time. Amazing voice, band, sound and soul!
Well, it gives me the chills and I'm a Germanic bastard Imperialist. (Well, I'm actually anti-Imperialist, but from the island next door if you follow me.) It's a stirring song.
And where are you from fiend? Music can play on emotions whether your from the artic circle or the sahara
I am of Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. This is the first time I heard this song, and it straight up gave me chills. I even started singing along like I knew the words. I'm born and raised in the middle of the USA (Kansas). I absolutely loved it.
My 90yr old mum still sings this song, she had to sing it at a feis when she was 13 yrs old.
Welcome oh woman who was so afflicted,
It was our ruin that you were in bondage,
Our fine land in the possession of thieves...
And you sold to the foreigners!
Oh-ro You're welcome home,
Oh-ro You're welcome home,
Oh-ro You're welcome home...
Now that summer's coming!
Gráinne O'Malley is coming over the sea,
Armed warriors along with her as her guard,
They're Irish themselves, not French nor Spanish,
And they will rout the foreigners!
Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3)
Now that summer's coming!
May it please the King of Miracles that we might see,
Although we may live for a week once after,
Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors...
Dispersing the foreigners!
Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3)
Now that summer's coming!
Ireland Belongs to the Irish.
DeCraic Was90 thank you. I needed that.
👏👏thank you
For those 4 generations away from the Isle, please consider adding a little context.
Is this a call for the Irish Diaspora to come back to drive out the English? Or us it a prayer for unity among Euro-Celts (Breton, Galicia, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall?
@@christal2641 erin go bragh, either way
@@christal2641 British and French.
I fell in love with this song the instant I heard it. Being a Hispanic from the Bronx in New York, you don't grow up listening to songs such as these. I listened to it over and over especially when I visited Ireland, and I even mentioned Seo Linn and the song in my book. The irony was that I wasn't exactly sure what the song was about, only that it was a folk song. Literally a month ago, after I completed the book, I came across another video version of this song with the translation and with Grace O'Malley, which plays a part in the latter chapters of my book. Thank you Seo Linn for bringing it to life.
This version of the song was written by Padraic Pearse, who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. It lead to the Irish war of independence
Thank you for that. I love learning new things, especially having to do with history in general.
I don't understand how anyone could only listen to this once, twice or a hundred times. Truly incredible.
I'm so proud to be Irish hearing this song and what an incredible singer and band.. May the Road rise with you guys 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
The band has live videocalls every Friday here on YT, you´re welcome to join :-)
god that lead singer just mindblowing
Anyone who thinks this song is about welcoming summer doesn’t understand the language of music! Powerful battle cry! Exceptionally delivered!!
This language has been carried in the hearts of devoted celts for centuries!!! Long Live Gaelic!
This is my very heart and soul, am forever blessed to be an Irish woman. This is utterly heart ❤️ stopping. Magnificent. July 2023
Today by accident, on my way to St.John's Cathedral for mass, I met the singer of Seo Linn , Stefan at the Limerick City Branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) on Thomas St. We were introduced by another chap (to whom I had enquired about class timings) who told me he was a singer who sang in Irish (Gaelige). I suddenly remembered this song which had I listened to on TH-cam over a year ago when I first came to Eire. He was very pleased to see an Indian fan of Lurgan and I was ecstatic to meet a celebrity 😂. We took the usual 🤳 selfie together and I got invited by him to a session at Doolan's pub on the 3rd. Need to brush up on my Bitesize Irish and Duolingo.
That's pretty cool, dude. How wild did the trip to the pub get?
Great story my friend, limerick man myself. Loved to meet a great singer like that
My Grandmother spoke Gaelic to me as a child this reminds me how much I miss Her My family was from Galway
That's such a powerful and stirring of the blood rendition! That's my favorite rebel tune for sure. A great way to learn several phrases in Irish.
Just like any language, you will find different dialects. Being Irish myself, I find some of these dialects tricky to understand. Gaelic in Northern Ireland sounds very similar to Scottish Gallic (Gaelic). But for those of ye from other countries and traditions, I'd be considered an old lady now and my parents were both born in the first decade of the 20th century. They loved to review our Irish homework and to listen to us speaking it. I asked them at one time why they didn't know how to speak or write in Irish. They told me that because Ireland was still under British rule when they were schoolchildren, the Irish language was outlawed and therefore was not included in the curriculum. I was amazed, but as my schooling progressed, and I learned more of our country's history, I was not amazed nor surprised anymore. But we're only a very small country and if you think about it, most colonised countries have lost their native language or languages even. Only some have been able to retain theirs.
I'm from the SW of Ireland so I speak the Munster dialect. Sometimes I have difficulty understanding the Connaught dialect because their word pronunciations are so different to what I am used to.
@@Proud2BaPaddy I was taught Irish all the way along by Munster dialect speakers. Nuns mostly. When I was in a girls secondary school in Dublin, our Irish teacher had to have a medical leave of absence and they brought in a temp teacher. She was a young Conemara native speaker. You're talking 1965 or 6 here. We couldn't understand a word she was trying to say and she had great difficulty translating it into English. Irish was her FIRST language and very little English was ever heard or spoken in Conemara back then. It was one of the few native speaking areas where English could not be maintained Or imposed. It was another amazing moment. She didn't last long God love her. I often wonder what became of her after that.
In louth too, we learn an Ulster dialect without the strong accent and I can understand a good amount of scottish Gaelic. So I might try learn it
Small country it is, but has contributed more to music than almost any other nation. - An appreciative American.
Sadly, my maternal grandmother was a victim of the British "education" effort to anglicize Eire.
She was "taught" ( Programed ) to despise her native tongue. She wouldn't stand for it being spoken "in her house". More than once, she told me, "Tis a dirty language and I won't suffer it.".
It grieves me to ponder on how this cultural genocide affected generations of Irish children.
But, I am heartened to see the conscious effort to reclaim Irish heritage.
Such a beautiful language. So glad it's being kept alive like this. That lead singer is so handsome too!
@@jokingker2553 What are you on about, mate?
@@pastlesandfish I was setting up a Joke, but drank too much and fell asleep. I was my own tough audience, lol! I'd finish it, but I don't remember what the hell it was.
Unfortunately the language is dying especially in Scotland where my mother is from !
@@meganstevefrost7326 Thankfully the Scottish Government spends money on keeping it alive.
Yes i have been fallowing that somewhat hope it continues . Unfortunately i never embraced the language when i was a youngster but my mum has been teaching my children Keira and Drustan the language thank God. Unfortunately here in the US where i was born finding others that speak Gaelic is very difficult . Both my parents are immigrants my father was adopted after WW2 hence the name Frost and my mother is a Macgregor. But as i get older i find myself embracing my culture more and my children are diving in head first .
One St. Patrick's day, my college had a parade and me and the rest of the Irish history and culture club sat in the back of a pickup truck and sang this song. It was awesome
Being an international 7 languages speaking girl and cultural mediator,
i have always been attracted to the Irish culture, people & language there is something magical about them...
Would really love to visit one day.
it is just so hard to get a Visa and such a pitty that politics dont't give us the opportunity to travel and discover the world in freedom!
Long live to your magical music,energy and people!!
Hope to see ya one day 🧡🇮🇪🍀
Slainté💋🍻
Become a fake refugee and you'll have no problem getting in hahah anyways you would be very welcome 🇮🇪
That voice...my goodness what power and talent. Gaeilge is the icing on the cake 🎶 🇮🇪 ☘️
34 years ago, Ms. Clair Hogan was my first "Spoken English" teacher here, in Istanbul / Turkey. I was 11 then. She is the reason I know about the Irish culture, and the value of a wonderful teacher. I pray that she's doing great. I want to thank her here, and I want you, the people of Ireland , to know how much I respect your culture. We both fought against the Brits. I hope, I get to see Dublin one day.
@Harold Reinhardt So did the ANZAC in Gallipoli, and they were buried there. And Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (commander then, founder of this country later) called them our sons. Because he knew...
I’m sure if she knew of the mark she left on you, she would be proud. Tiochaidh ar la
@@csv9454 Thank you :) May your day come soon!
The Turkish people sent us aid during the famine. Check out Drogheda football club badge
@@alankilen6646 "The club crest focuses on the star and crescent element of the town arms of Drogheda, and are in honor of the Ottoman assistance to Ireland during the Great Famine as the Ottomans docked their ships in Drogheda harbor." Wikipedia
Thank you :) I knew about the aid, but I had no idea about this football team.
I'm Irish and its a great use of our language and show the world we're great at singing!
And dancing! Congrats!
I am good at both
I have not been this captivated by a song or lead singer in a while. He is so intent and that voice hitting the highs hit me straight in the ovaries! Watched it like four times it's amazing...
Oh Nula l love your comment. l might say a voice hit me in the solar plexus but yours is So much Better !!! Live well x
I'm in love with the lead singer and his intense passion...I hope he finds his own true love and has many children like himself. Many blessings to you!
@@melinda6024 Me too
Texan here who descended from an Irishman relocated to the US during the famine. I don’t speak a lick of Irish but this song stirs something up inside me. Makes the blood flow.
Greetings from Ireland!
@@Daniel-vj9oq Howdy from Texas!
Same dude
My great-grandparents on my mother’s side came over around 1920, my father’s side a little later. I remember my maternal great-grandfather singing old Irish songs to me, telling me stories while smoking his pipe. We lived in Boston at the time. I was about 5 when my parents moved us to St. Louis. I wish I’d had more time with my older relatives before they died, but we didn’t get back to the coast very much. 💚
Agreed! Third generation Bostonian here with Irish heritage. This song gives me goosebumps.
They seem to be channeling the essence of the ancestors. Their eyes so intense and focused! So magical and very powerful. More please!
Well said..... and noticed❤❤
I've heard many versions of this over the years, this is by far my favorite. As for the 385 folks who have down voted this well, even assholes get an opinion I suppose.
@@aruralmother2895 Ta.
@John Quick I'm not saying you're right, but I'm not saying you're wrong either.
Brendan Smith He’s right.
They say everyone has one.
Or... As we say in Texas, opinions are like assholes, everybody has one.
So... Why is a Texan listening to this music? Very simple, my bloodline is of this, Cantwell, Kirby, Teague and Murphy.
That dude has got some serious pipes. I don't think I've heard anyone sing any song as good as he did this.
This song was used in the film “The Wind That Shakes the Barley”. If you have never seen it, you should. So well done and Gaelic spoken sometimes and sung. Love it!
It’s a good film and I don’t usually like flms
Kaiser Wilhelm it’s a really powerful film
*Gaelige
An amazing film of great beauty and bleak power. Some amazing performances, especially Cillian Murphy. The use of this song is deep and haunting, in the theme and credits.
Oh , This Film is so powerful. Thank you for mentioning it. Cried at the end. Now i need to watch it again and listening to the Song.
You don't need to speak Gaelic to feel this soul.
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Amen!
This performance of this song... still gives me chills.
As a Zimbabwean of British stock, I send my love, blessings, greetings, best wishes and kind thoughts to the Irish and Ireland. While I only know Scots Gaelic, I will happily bless the Irish in that. Beannachd Leat.
Dia bheannaich thu le gràdh, bàidheil, truacantas leigheas 's àite 🦁🐘🇿🇼🤝🏻🇮🇪 🇿🇼🍻🇮🇪
Great version, especially the first two and half minutes with minimalist music not interfering with the powerful voices.
Great voice control throughout!
After listening to this version over 80 times over the past year (I listen to music to block the noise at work), the second half has grown on me and I find it works well as a picker-upper that gives me a 15-minute boost of energy. Definitely one my three favorite versions.
Daniel Rouleau h
You gay!
HOW DO THESE SOUNDS COME OUT OF A HUMAN?! I cry every single time I listen to this. It awakens something primal in you. There's nothing so powerful as Celtic heritage.
If this song makes you feel something. Check out "Wardruna - Helvegen" the song "starts" at 54 seconds in, but it is absolutely incredible.
welcome to Irish culture. It'll make you laugh and sob and reeling for years
I know it's the absolute height of Celtic beauty .........and power. Music heals the world.
It's via a basic process called "singing". Let me know if you need help explaining other complex human processes such as "walking" and "chewing bubble gum".
The lead singer, Stiofán Ó Fearail, is excellent. It's good teachers and hard work that makes you so good. He might have sung in a choir. He intonates perfectly and knows how to work with his breath and puts everything into it, yet doesn't show off. That's part of what creates the hypnotic effect of the song.
If you want, check out some Welsh male choirs - they're pretty powerful, too!
I love the sort of primitive feel of this version . . . it makes it seem like they're singing this about to go into battle. You can feel the energy, like they just can't wait to charge the enemy and chase them from Ireland.
Tatharel princess of Eregion Which is pretty much exactly what the song is about.
They give perfect feeling to the song.
The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Marching Song, th-cam.com/video/n730FWycrTY/w-d-xo.html
Oro is a type of cry for battle and yes the song is pretty much about a song about wars and battles
Thats exactly what i think
Gráinne Ní Mháille, called Granuaile, also Gráinne Mhaol, English Grace O'Malley, was an Irish pirate. She rebelled against, among other things, the English colonization of the Irish. She is highly regarded in many aspects and so unique. Hardly any woman made it that far back then.
She had an interesting relationship with Elizabeth I who wanted to recruit her as part of her league of pirates, but Grainne was not about to be employed by the English!
@@ATLmodK Elizabeth didnt speak Gaelic and Grainne didn't speak English so they conversed in Latin when they met.
The original song with written after the battle of Culloden. Padraigh Pearse rewrote it before the 1916 rebellions. This is the Pearse version
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Now that summer’s coming!
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Chorus
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Welcome lady who faced such troubles
Your capture brought us to our ruin
With our fine land usurped by thieves
And you sold to the foreigners!
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Chorus
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Gráinne O’Malley comes over the sea,
With armed warriors as her guard
They’re Irishmen - not French nor Spanish
And they will rout the foreigners!
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Chorus
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May it please dear God that we might see,
Even if we only live for week after,
Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors -
Routing all the foreigners!
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Chorus
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This is the Culloden version
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Oh-ro You are welcome home,
Now that summer’s coming!
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Chorus
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Young Charles, King James’s son
Cast out from Ireland causing such distress
Left without shoe, or sock or shirt
Overthrown by foreigners.
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Chorus
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Oh that I could only see,
Even if I lived only one week after,
Young Charles and one thousand warriors
Banishing all the foreigners.
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Chorus
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Young Charles is coming over the sea
With French and Spanish volunteers
Armed and ready to protect him
And they’ll make the heretics dance!
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Chorus
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im an american born from Polish and Irish descent......i never new the meaning of this song, but it truly does draw at my soul...thank you so very much for the translation....ERIN GAH BRAGH
+Theodore Siewierski yeah I'm proud to be Irish tbh
At 1:23 starting at 1:22 the sillouette at the wall above the boys remiands me of Padraig Pearse. Fairplay boys!!! ; )
+dixie girl Raibh mé in ann a bheith a mharú , stealing , orgáin gáinneáil ..
ach tá mé anseo begging duit a pas a fháil ar mo cainéal ...
póga ar an asal🌚👊
It is Óró, not Oh-ro. Óró is a common Irish name.
Makes me wanna be Irish. You people are amazing! Your language is amazing, your country is beautiful, its history is one of great sorrow and triumph.
Love from Greece, aka; The other side of the god damned continent.
btw your language is damn near impossible to speak.
Just forget how it’s spelt. A few beers helps. The best is knowing someone who speaks Irish. Oh, and remember Irish isn’t English.
It's really fun when you get drunk at a bar in America and swear at people
ΕΠΙΤΕΛΟΥΣ ΒΡΗΚΑ ΕΝΑΝ! ❤❤😂😂👍👍 ΕΝΙΩΘΑ ΤΟΣΟ ΜΟΝΗ! ΑΓΑΠΑΜΕ ΙΡΛΑΝΔΟΥΣ!😄😄😄
I find Greek really hard to learn, so that's something. However, I grew up speaking Gaelige even though I'm English (my grandparents were Irish) and I still get confused. Lol
@@mjsliberiandiana5824 Είμαστε πολλοί!
I hope you keep on fighting for your culture and language. Many languages are lost and I feel like every time one dies a part of humanity is lost.
Oh, and the song sounds wonderful, too.
LyricalDJ Save Ireland!
This song beats deep in my heart so strong. It makes me cry. I miss Ireland so much 😘❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍☘☘☘
So oddly enough I cry every single time I hear this song...i seriously dont know why
In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition In In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. - the Irish Proclamation of 1916
Hail the Ancestors!
I'm so glad they are keeping the language alive...
& getting the younger generation interested. No matter where you hail from, keep your native languages alive.
Our day is close at hand!
This song removes the roots of my Irish heart ..🍀🇮🇪🍀
@@elijahoriordan9337 Because you're Jewish?
So very proud of our handsome talented men that takes the world with their handsome looks and lasting talents. Proud Irish 🇨🇮❤️
I am addicted to this song and this group. I looked up it's meaning, but no matter what language, good music is good music. Still looking for a CD.
They’re on Spotify
I can't help but believe that our ancestors would revel in the voices of their descendants - strong and raised in defiance ❤
Yes it is a call to arms
Tiochaidh ar la
They may love the tune but they'd be ashamed of each and every one of us, for sure..
I am 12 and i listen to a lot of irish gaelic because i would like to think yhat one day i might be able to read and speak irish gaelic. People ask why and i tell them because irish gaelic is the language that the people of my heritage a long time ago talked in. I would like to say i speak it and im glad im irish. My dream is to visit ireland and learn more about it
Is fearr Gaeilge briste, na Bearla cliste hahhaha
This song is sung in the language of my grandparents, yet I never learned this. In spite of not 'intellectually' knowing the words as they are song, this music still fully enters my body and centers me. It just feels so right. It speaks of a truth like an arrow that goes exactly where it is intended. It is like pulsing blood in the veins. It speaks to me of vitality, determination, strength, perseverance, never giving up. I carry this lineage in my blood and identify with this music as a part of my being.
Someday soon, God-willing, I will finally be able to walk on the land, spend time with the marvelous ocean, and people of Ireland and return to the homes of my ancestors.
It’s a very beautiful land 😍😍😍 I miss it I wish I could go back today
So well said!!!
Beidh fáilte romhat!
Pass the sick bag.
Well said.
After all these Years - i have never heard a better version of this Song / Theme. Thank you soo very much! Made may Day again! Unbelievable Drummer! Unbelievable voice!
Great Job! Thank you over end over again! Love it!
The variety of cultures in the history of man is it's tapestry of fate. Beautiful, vibrant, full of love and sorrow. A masterpiece of mans creation on earth and hopefully beyond, if we can learn to appreciate it's beauty that all seouls work on.
I find this very stirring, and I love these Irish call to arms songs very inspiring. The Irish are full of defiant spirit, which I love. I am Australian but (Of course Irish it is my heritage, probably why I love it so much)! Long live the Irish and Australian people !!!!
That lead singer has a great set of pipes
Truly
In performing this song, you've all gone from being mere musicians to becoming powerful warrior bards, gentlemen. Impeccable.
Yes, we need more men like this.
Imagine them in another era standing in the Post Office fighting . . .
How can one person be so attractive and also sing so beautifully? His form is perfect. He sings like a true professional. This song is amazing and powerful.
Ikr? If he learns to dance, he'll be a triple threat! ;)
There are songs which, no matter the language, reach deep to your core and stir emotions. This is one of them! The voices - and that bagpipe!!
'Sé do bheatha, a bhean ba léanmhar,
Do b' é ár gcreach thú bheith i ngéibheann,
Do dhúiche bhreá i seilbh méirleach,
Is tú díolta leis na Gallaibh.
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile,
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.
Tá Gráinne Mhaol ag teacht thar sáile,
Óglaigh armtha léi mar gharda,
Gaeil iad féin is ní Frainc ná Spáinnigh,
Is cuirfidh siad ruaig ar Ghallaibh.
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3)
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.
A bhuí le Rí na bhFeart go bhfeiceam,
Mura mbeam beo ina dhiaidh ach seachtain,
Gráinne Mhaol agus míle gaiscíoch,
Ag fógairt fáin ar Ghallaibh.
Óró, sé do bheatha 'bhaile, (x3)
Anois ar theacht an tsamhraidh.
Beautiful.
@@michaelking7310 Makes me wish I was Irish. Those people have such an amazing and intricate, yet so unique, language.
If anyone reading this is Irish, power to you. You can say things most can't. (literally)
Then again, my language is Greek, and we too have a language that's damn near impossible to outsiders, so I can't complain exactly
Every few months I get the urge to listen to this amazing rendition and your comment has helped me follow along. Immensely immensely grateful 🌸
I don't know how many times I've listened to this rendition but, Jaysus! Chills guaranteed.
ive stopped by here many times. it never gets old, hes got a great voice. love the gaelic. its romantic & ancient.
The irish language is not called Gaelic. It's known as Gaeilge pronounced GALE-GEH🙂
Me, too. This, to me, is really beautiful
@@ItsmeeSaoirse ah, thanks. always like to learn something.
Can it get any better than this? Nope.This group nailed it !
Love from the U.S. !!!!
What a beautiful and powerful song. I hope that this language will never extinct. You should do more things like this to show people around the world that Celtic languages are still alive and they have a unique charm.
Greetings from Poland
Thank you so much. This is still my power song.
Florida, USA
This demonstrates the Irish influence in folk, country and rock and roll. They're amazing!
I'd love to see someone do over the misty mountains in Irish
Omg! YES!
omg yes, I want it in Scottish Gaelic XD
Jace Bralor
Yes bitch! I was just thinking that XD
-FURIOUSLY HITS CHEST IN AGREEMENT-
Jace Bralor yes!!!! That has to be done. It will be bad ass!
Forgotten my Gaelic language by now but not the words of this great Irish song as composed by Padraig Pearse. Best rendition I have heard in a long time. USA 👍🇨🇮🇬🇹🇺🇸
I get chills when I hear this. My great-grandfather Tommy Quain came from county cork with his family to Australia. I want to learn the language of my ancestors so beautiful
I imagine that Seo Linn would be a great band to see in concert. I was today years old when I discovered this song and band. As an Australian, I love Irish culture and its language, which I am learning. God bless this band for preserving the Irish language. May this beautiful language never go extinct.
Witness the true flame of Irish warrior . So proud of these young men
I moved from Offaly to the States a year and a half ago and I miss home so much.
im american born and raised in the states from an irish family but even i wanna move back Home. this place is a hellhole.
@@redkingoldhero38 me too...so agree.
I was born and raised in Brisbane by an Irish family who moved from Cavan in the 1950s and I want to go back but I'm no longer entitled to an Irish Citizenship because it was too many generations ago. I am from a working class family and my Australian passport expired in 2009. I was an Australian Citizen from birth because my parents were also born here. In the 1890s Irish was the second most commonly spoken language in Australia behind English, but now I am one of few with Irish language knowledge and mine is fairly limited because I rarely use it as barely a sole speaks the language here. The British had made it illegal to speak any language other than English on lands they had claimed or occupied. Cooks claims of Australia as Terra Nullius (Latin for land belonging to no one) broke 3 British laws because they were ignorant to the fact that indigenous people had been for over 40, 000 years
Nicole Ní Bhailtúin O'Gabhann I was in the Irish army many years ago and my friend jimmy weir was from Offaly. I am from the north. 🇮🇪
Up Tullamore that’s where I’m from live in New York
As an Indian, I have nothing but respect for the Irish- holding on to the language means the culture will never die. This is the defiance that the oppressors fear. Good for Ireland. Hoping to learn the language someday- some Gaelic chants sound very close to Sanskrit chants- feels like a home away from home.
Best rendition of this song ever!! That voice….wow!!
could listen to this endlessly... beautiful and inspiring.
One of my favourite
I grew up the child of Irish parents/grandparents (unfortunately, my grandparents would NOT speak Irish out of fear most of their family were done in by the B and T's - and I grew up always wondering WHY the grandparents didn't speak of their family back in the "old country"... how sad - and I don't mind saying, I've always felt cheated of my heritage) ... heard many versions of this song... love them all... trying to regain and renew what I've always felt in my heart... but this band (as I've read and heard) does MOST of their music in Irish... and I'M LOVING IT!!! So thank you!!!
+*Anne Reilly*
There's a computer app..."DuoLingo". It's free, and one of the languages they teach is IRISH.
nakyer trust me, duolingo cannot get basic stuff of Irish correct.
If you want to learn irish, look up Learning Irish by Ó Shiadail for Connemara dialect and use Buntús na Gaeilge by Hillers (I think, just look up Buntús le Hillers) for Donegal dialect
Sorry, i dont have ant sources for Munster but good luck finding some
Which dialect is used most?
It was more or less bred out of the East, very few speak it...
+*The Average Gatsby*
There are more and more efforts being made to promote the Irish language, and it's having some success.
Gaeilge ain't dead yet.
On the Isle of Mann they totally immerse the kids in Manx (a VERY close language to Irish...pretty much a dialect OF Irish) for the first half of every school day. These kids are going to be bilingual when they finish school. The same could be done in Ireland. One can only hope...
Every time I listen to a new version of this I have listen to this to make a right with the universe. This is by far the best version ever performed by humans. I don’t know what Irish angels sound like but I’ll bet they like this.