Uisce Beatha was a Canadian folk rock band in the 1990s. Formed in London, … Read Full Bio ↴Uisce Beatha was a Canadian folk rock band in the 1990s. Formed in London, Ontario, the band consisted of Alan Glen on lead vocals and banjo, John Glen on mandolin and tin whistle, Paul Meadows on fiddle and harp, Damian Morrissy on bass guitar, Doug Watt on guitar and Marty Coles on drums later replaced by ex Gurriers drummer Patrick McLaughlin. The band took its name from uisce beatha, the traditional Irish name for whisky (literally "water of life" in Irish Gaelic).

The band's best-known song was "Drinking with the Lord", a parody of the Christian hymn "Lord of the Dance" as a drinking song.

The band released two albums as Uisce Beatha, and were a popular draw on the Canadian folk festival circuit. They were sued in 1997 by a Scottish distillery over rights to the band name, and subsequently changed their name to Red. They released one album under that name, but subsequently broke up.

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Uisce Beatha Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Uisce Beatha:

Boys Night Out I can't remember Monday, but I know it wasn't good Something…
Boys' Night Out I can´t remember Monday, but I know it wasn´t good Something…
Drinkin' With The Lord Well you can go here and you can go there And…
Heart Beat dikeheningan malam ku tabur bintangku ingin rasa ini hati ku…

Heartbeat Once again, my friends, it's time to rock it till…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@Kitchen_Sessions

4y↑3.8K

I just want to correct this daft notion that the chorus means "Oro you're welcome home." It means
nothing of the sort. In spite of what Google translate may tell you. This version of the song is a call to
action. A call to arms, to insurrection and to take back the land stolen by foreigners. Let me explain why.
The full line of the chorus is: Óró. Is sé do bheatha abhaile (If you are speaking English you could say it
as: "o ro iss shay do va-ha awal-ya" but a little bit quickly.
Irish is a very contextual language. It depends what you say and when you say it. If you read "aimsire
lahreach" in a grammar book, it's probably saying "present tense". If you see exactly the same thing on
TV is probably means "weather report". See how different they are. It's the same with this song.
"Óró" is grabbing your attention. My granny would often call "Oro a Dáithí".
It means everything from "come here" "pay attention" "heads-up" "mind what you are doing" "look
here" and so on. So she was saying: "Pay attention David".... So pay attention you... or just "heads-up"...
Óró a thú ...
The next word in the written version is the verb/copula: "Is" and it's missing from the song. That's
common enough in Irish, because "everyone" knows it should be there. So the phrase should be "Is sé
do".... It is your... beatha, (do bheatha). There is no English word for this. The nearest would be
"livelihood" or "sustenance", even "heritage" - and all of them together. In this case I think it's OK to say
it means "birth right". Now: bhaile is really: abhaile... Meaning "back home".So the whole phrase gets
pronounced: o ro iss shay do va-ha awal-ya. But it's too long to fit the metre of the song so we get.: o ro
shay do va awal-ya. And all that is quite ok in Irish.
SO, THE LINE REALLY MEANS: Pay attention It's your birth-right back home.
The last line of the chorus is especially important: To read it as "now that summer is coming" would be
to misunderstand it. In agricultural Ireland, the summer is useless - unless you've already prepared "in
the coming of the summer" in March and April. Which is exactly what the line says: Anois (now)... ar
theacht (in the coming of)... an tsamhraidh (the summer).
The song goes on to say something like "I was in a bar in some foreign lad when this woman began
bemoaning me... Don't you know what's going on back home.... Your birth right is being stolen and sold
to foreigners. Because although this is an old song, a little over 100years ago Patrick Pearse re-wrote it
to support the planned rising (April 1916). There's nothing about "welcome home" in these lyrics (except
for a bit about being more welcome than a hundred cows who were milking (and so especially valuable
at a time when a man was considered rich if he had two cows). So to repeat myself, this version of the
song is a call to action. A call to arms, insurrection and to take back the land stolen by foreigners.

All comments from YouTube:

@matthewfleming1156

5y↑4.2K

As long as a language is spoken, a culture never dies.

@martinahigginsdonnelly1930

4y↑8

@JamesMcCullochIA

4y↑68

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.

@siobhanmurphy5080

4y↑50

Tír gan teanga is tír gan anam.

@kylemullen2371

4y↑37

@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

@sarahdiane24

4y↑15

I plan on learning scot Gaelic one day !!!

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@soundoutrhythm441

3y↑933

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!

@hufflepufflez3293

3y↑20

Thank you for such a good rendition :D! On so many of our playlists now!!

@merinakutha

2y↑15

Maith thú Con! Go raibh míle maith agat!

@teridemola2386

2y↑13

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.

@teridemola2386

2y↑5

P.s. my last name is McDonough.

@garyhutton2654

2y↑4

Well you are fantastic ☘️🇺🇲

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@matthewdooley9046

2y↑220

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!

@Proud2BaPaddy

2y↑11

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.

@matthewdooley9046

2y↑1

@@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.

@kathrynwright2195

1y↑5

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

@Skyebright1

1y↑1

@@Proud2BaPaddy Seo Linn agree with you about learning it in schools, they often perform in schools to show Gaelic is a living language

@amn1308

42w↑3

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.

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@emiexx

33w↑62

I listen to this song every day . I am a proud Irish woman 🇮🇪

@silentpilgrim4132

26w

.... gives me goosebumps every time.... Wonderful version

@BridiePage

17w↑1

My granny was Irish...this speaks to my soul!xx

@celtjade

3y↑1.2K

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.

@RamblingMan.

3y↑15

If he would have hit that mark maybe in 1990s he would have got a lot more response

@imnothere220

2y↑24

Well...he changed the words.

@txgunguy2766

2y↑77

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.

@anthonygallagher7144

2y↑41

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

@eldradulthran6482

2y↑1

@@anthonygallagher7144 "The enemy"?

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@bronwenomalley

3y↑548

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.

@-jank-willson

2y↑41

They should totally make a movie about Grainne Mhaol, especially since hollywood is focusing more on 'strong independent wamen'...

@jamesstaunton8151

2y↑17

I guess Grace O'Malley is up there wondering why all of us her descendants listen to this. Congrats on the wee one.

@thebutterflyeffect-plant-b3067

2y↑14

Sending love to you and your fierce little fighter.

@concettaworkman5895

2y↑6

@@-jank-willson Lol, the rest is shite, but Grainne Mhaol may be of great interest. Few women can perfect this feat. Dire straits!

@reenajoubert

2y↑15

I'm not one percent Irish, but have roots in another colonized country, and this brought tears to my eyes.

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@MoonLitChild

4y↑3.7K

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.

@JimmySteller

3y↑117

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.

@victoriabechtold9122

3y↑177

@@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

@HollyMoore-wo2mh

3y↑16

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.

@Maria-hy1gw

3y↑30

"Her" you say?? 😌 please tell me more

@Cheapphilosophysale

3y↑209

@@Maria-hy1gw 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.

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@robertvazquez6070

38w↑33

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.

@Skyebright1

33w↑1

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

@robertvazquez6070

25w↑1

Thank you for that. I love learning new things, especially having to do with history in general.

@declantwomey7525

2y↑83

Doing all of us Irish proud 🇮🇪🏆👍🏻☘️☘️☘️

@Kitchen_Sessions

4y↑3.8K

@dietisnotdifficult3305

4y↑169

Many thanks for this explanation.

@sarakobylasprytek4721

4y↑3

pug

@sarakobylasprytek4721

Eeeee egg

@sylviaoneal5694

4y↑21

Thanks!

@MoonLitChild

4y↑278

I'm really glad you made this explanation in such depth because the language of it is very important. Grace o' Malley was a freedom fighter first and foremost and the song is entirely about that-- the song has been used and re-used as a call to arms, and it drives me crazy to see it turned, musically, into this happy/joyous folk ballad when the message of it has always been "grab the pikes and spears boys, it's time to f*ck up the English."

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@aw9680

2y↑123

5:21... Gives me chills every time I hear it. Almost no male vocalists sing for this effect. The pure pitch and solid tone. Oh... My... God! He nailed it perfectly. Especially the release in the middle and resumption after it. The note is so high that his concentration must have been off the charts. Wow! Absolutely amazing!

@rebeccamundai-moun8638

2y↑8

So magnificent, no words

@nathanwheeler9129

2y↑57

Your man brought this auld sailor to tears. Well done, Celtic son.

@user-ub5qp8sq1w

1y↑1

Do you bend over forwards or backwards ship hand?

@portercrane6655

5y↑3.9K

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!

@portercrane6655

5y↑209

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

@thomasjhenniganw

5y↑195

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.

@garymclausch4574

5y↑130

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. 👍

@kylecoughenour2441

5y↑43

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

@leoesharkey1

5y↑73

Liam O'Maonlai has a very useful series of lessons on youtube, they are very goo for beginners, Adh Mor! (Good Luck)

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@SanjayFGeorge

2y↑29

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 YouTube 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.

@burninsherman1037

2y↑1

That's pretty cool, dude. How wild did the trip to the pub get?

@csv9454

2y↑1

Great story my friend, limerick man myself. Loved to meet a great singer like that

@hiramabiff885

3y↑106

You don't need to speak Gaelic to feel this soul.

@francescapoteet5481

28w↑3

But as I would like to speak the language of my great great grandparents I WANT to learn!

@christinekingham7767

24w↑1

A
Amen!

@michellekeith5602

3y↑29

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

@yvonnestewart9855

39w↑33

This is my very heart and soul, am forever blessed to be an Irish woman. This is utterly heart ❤️ stopping. Magnificent. July 2023

@mikekaminski4669

21w↑17

The most powerful version of this I have heard! The lead singer has a fantastic vocal range which fits this song perfectly!

@kailewen7722

4y↑2.1K

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.

@truedat4368

4y↑16

How nice of you.

@katinss9983

4y↑179

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.

@helljumper4life

4y↑95

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.

@danielcox7629

4y↑6

Thanks! I was wondering what the title in English was

@kailewen7722

4y↑14

@tacfoley You're right. I just edited my comment to change British to English.

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@technoshamanarchist

2y↑65

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.

@technoshamanarchist

2y↑4

@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...

@csv9454

2y↑3

I’m sure if she knew of the mark she left on you, she would be proud. Tiochaidh ar la

@technoshamanarchist

2y↑1

@@csv9454 Thank you :) May your day come soon!

@alankilen6646

2y↑1

The Turkish people sent us aid during the famine. Check out Drogheda football club badge

@technoshamanarchist

2y↑2

@@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.

@nula370

2y↑93

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...

@brendamclindon4178

2y↑5

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

@melinda6024

1y↑10

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!

@hartindc

1y↑2

@@melinda6024 Me too

@dianelyall3864

3y↑24

I don't understand how anyone could only listen to this once, twice or a hundred times. Truly incredible.

@whitewing61

2y↑32

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

@salentinamentequantistica_2682

33w↑9

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💋🍻

@VVfanXXLx3

4y↑506

When im seeing these young People still singing Celtic songs and language, i know that not everything is lost these days!

@ariannapac6535

4y↑14

Keep the traditions!!!

@markduffield8110

4y↑3

Right on

@wdyatdf

4y↑8

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.

@Splintz246

4y↑6

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.

@markduffield8110

4y↑1

Dis linn

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@digiphot2

2y↑55

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.

@nataliecipolla3868

1y↑2

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...

@camerondavis2570

1y↑2

I have no idea what I am but this is hands down my most listened to song on YouTube. Gives me goosebumps every time. Amazing voice, band, sound and soul!

@baerlauchstal

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.

@user-ub5qp8sq1w

And where are you from fiend? Music can play on emotions whether your from the artic circle or the sahara

@flamem9260

10w

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.

@samismael4422

3y↑47

Anyone who thinks this song is about welcoming summer doesn’t understand the language of music! Powerful battle cry! Exceptionally delivered!!

@maryannknox7158

4y↑52

My Grandmother spoke Gaelic to me as a child this reminds me how much I miss Her My family was from Galway

@klaus9488

3y↑76

I'm Irish and its a great use of our language and show the world we're great at singing!

@greenbelly2008

3y↑4

And dancing! Congrats!

@spmoran4703

2y↑1

I am good at both

@Sangreaalstube

2y↑47

In performing this song, you've all gone from being mere musicians to becoming powerful warrior bards, gentlemen. Impeccable.

@concettaworkman5895

2y↑3

Yes, we need more men like this.

@JohnDoe-et8th

1y↑2

Imagine them in another era standing in the Post Office fighting . . .

@cowboyathlete

5y↑2.3K

I do not speak a word of Irish, but mother of God this song and video are hypnotic.

@AltonJB1984

5y↑65

They're incredibly talented. I love the passion, the vocals, and basically everything about this song

@MasterMichelleFL

5y↑84

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 YouTube 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. 💚)

@peanut_butter_curry6662

5y↑23

@@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

@pinkmagicali

5y↑18

Finnabair There’s also some really fab videos here in YouTube. 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.

@christyle9058

5y↑8

join futurelearn Irish 101

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@Griffin1985

3y↑96

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.

@Daniel-vj9oq

3y↑10

Greetings from Ireland!

@Griffin1985

3y↑7

@@Daniel-vj9oq Howdy from Texas!

@bro-kg8xb

3y↑4

Same dude

@amybarrett7300

1y↑11

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. 💚

@laurenw2446

1y↑8

Agreed! Third generation Bostonian here with Irish heritage. This song gives me goosebumps.

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@sparksoflight5022

31w↑7

This language has been carried in the hearts of devoted celts for centuries!!! Long Live Gaelic!

@annlaffey1991

3y↑41

I can't help but believe that our ancestors would revel in the voices of their descendants - strong and raised in defiance ❤

@barabara9549

3y↑4

Yes it is a call to arms

@csv9454

2y↑1

Tiochaidh ar la

@dangerousdiscourse

They may love the tune but they'd be ashamed of each and every one of us, for sure..

@jennydoyle4828

1y↑21

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 !!!!

@matthewclark4155

2y↑23

That dude has got some serious pipes. I don't think I've heard anyone sing any song as good as he did this.

@SeoLinn

4y↑467

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 ❤

@PhoenixLyon

4y↑10

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. ✌💖😸

@neosandy

4y↑5

Hey ya wanna know the truth. I'm really sorry but I think I'm in love with you.
#sorrynotsorry

@Ganpignanus

4y↑6

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.

@LinuxGuyInVa

4y↑8

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).

@oliviadiale8382

4y↑5

Beautiful. Thank you from Italy. I hope to visit Ireland I am so fascinated by it's history and people.

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@clairerhojon

3y↑12

So very proud of our handsome talented men that takes the world with their handsome looks and lasting talents. Proud Irish 🇨🇮❤️

@olafsoundtrack

35w↑12

I accidentally found this and now i can't stop listening to it... i completely love this piece of art!!! Greetings from México. I hope to see you someday in a show very soon guys.

@yodaz101

30w↑6

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....

@daisypeters3216

3y↑27

This song beats deep in my heart so strong. It makes me cry. I miss Ireland so much 😘❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍☘☘☘

@johnwoulfe3118

1y↑12

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 👍🇨🇮🇬🇹🇺🇸

@thomasconboy2885

4y↑382

This is a badass warrior song. The Gaeilge is crisp and easy to follow. Slainte.

@brucebostick2521

3y↑14

the clan is welcoming home its warriors. welcome home, its so good to have ya!

@meganlodon

3y↑2

@@brucebostick2521 I suggest reading D Glen's comment if you haven't already. It's near the top.

@StarkillerNC

3y↑3

Caid mille faulte!

@ethantoal42

2y↑4

@@StarkillerNC did you mean ‘céad míle fáilte’ ?

@TaercEum

2y↑1

Awesome song, awesome message, awesome language - Ireland forever! 🍀

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@susanluster9301

3y↑19

Seo Linn, Absolutely spellbinding! Hauntingly sung by the incredible Stiofan O'Fearail! The pounding drums are so hypnotic.

@anettegarbutt5761

52w↑16

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.

@Skyebright1

50w

They’re on Spotify

@rajeangallagher5043

4y↑29

This demonstrates the Irish influence in folk, country and rock and roll. They're amazing!

@clintclintonforshortbonser736

33w↑8

Scots/irish will never die, there's too many of us.

@Arianna-sl2hv

28w↑1

Yes! I'm both Irish- Scottish... ❤❤❤

@wictoriaojheden

3y↑56

I'm Swedish and i have lived in Ireland now since 2004, i started in Belfast and then me and my now husband moved down to the republic. I have heard a few different versions of this song but this is my favorite. I understand some and i can guess some. I took German in school so i guess with the Swedish and the German i can guess a fair bit but i want to learn more. I read the road signs all the time trying to say it and sometimes i'm right and sometimes i'm wrong and my poor husband goes crazy and so confused when i ask him how to say this and that lol
Go raibh míle maith agat <3

@spmoran4703

2y↑1

You are one of the Viking cousins.

@keysofperception4377

1y↑1

Swedish and German won't help you a lot in learning gaeilge. I speak German and English fluently and struggle quite a bit with gaeilge

@ajrwilde14

50w

Belfast is in the UK.

@miyabi5971

4y↑465

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. <3

@mackereltabbie

4y↑25

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.

@wdyatdf

4y↑8

Brilliant comment. All folk music must be stuck in your head. PS Hands off he's mine - just kidding, beautiful girl.

@user-sx6zw

4y↑27

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.

@IkeandMike1

4y↑1

wtf are you talking about, he's staring blankly in front of himself for most of the video.

@kathryndwright

4y↑6

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

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@karinaddc6949

3y↑17

I'll never stop listening to this. It is so hypnotic and I really feel the power behind the lyrics. A lot of love and support from Peru.

@lorrainethomas8797

2y↑12

I don't know how many times I've listened to this rendition but, Jaysus! Chills guaranteed.

@melanietressel4105

2y↑11

I cannot stop hearing this jumping around the whole flat. Thank you so much for uplifting me with your extremely beautiful magic male power!

@crashoverride4881

3y↑15

Call to arms, a battle cry for Freedom. Long live the Irish Republic. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@thomasmorrissey8348

1y↑9

That’s so Powerful the way they sing and play that song , it gave me chills just listening to how Powerful they sounded , I’m from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪 and I have never heard it sound like that before 👌👍🙌

@maxmodine8142

6y↑466

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!

@travelingman5146

5y↑2

It's because you gay!

@AltonJB1984

5y↑1

Sorry for your loss, but great comment nonetheless

@ChrisLawton66

4y↑3

@@travelingman5146 wtf

@rekaszelcsanyi2260

4y↑2

Awesome😍😍😍

@DastardlyDawar

3y↑1

@@travelingman5146 "Keep on banging boyos!"

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@vadermarvel

3y↑10

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

@paulocesarmoser1101

3y↑11

Oh I love this song. Irish language is really so wonderful. Hugs from Curitiba- Brazil 🇧🇷

@valliemackrell1228

3y↑8

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.

@lilacseahorse542

2y↑24

Beautiful and powerful, I feel shivers of listening to what my ancestors sang ❤️

@lulububu721

2y↑12

Best rendition of this song ever!! That voice….wow!!

@raphaelmadrid8361

7y↑1.2K

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.

@sjshxbhxhxksnsnsn8868

6y↑9

Love

@sjshxbhxhxksnsnsn8868

6y↑2

Raphael

@sjshxbhxhxksnsnsn8868

6y↑3

Ioooooooooove it

@sjshxbhxhxksnsnsn8868

6y↑2

Iove

@sjshxbhxhxksnsnsn8868

6y↑2

Nice

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@eliseoleahy4229

1y↑13

Some incredible pipes! Favorite version of this song. Stirs the ancestral memories. Go raibh maith agat! ❤

@Pisichica

3y↑23

Beautiful Irish warrior song, lyrics and interpretation! I love the Irish culture! Greetings fom Romania!

@dubhainoceanntabhail5262

3y↑1

Greetings from Ireland

@barbaracansler3372

2y↑2

greetings from USA

@watcherwraith007

3y↑9

The way these guys carried off this song is phenomenal! I'll be watching this a lot for some time to come. The passion they put into their work is infectious and thrilling and I'm going to go find some more.

@peggys.450

3y↑14

WOW! I didn't have a clue as to what you were singing of but it fired me up in my soul! I have Irish in my blood but unfortunately, being raised in America, I know little of the history of my beautiful heritage. So, I seek it out and I am very glad I came across your video! Awesome! Thank you!

@aidan6867

2y↑11

Put this on after I found out the queen died and dance a jig, irish pride

@wyattkelly

4y↑325

I imagine when the doors to hell open and the demons come, slashing and clawing their way through the masses, this song will start playing, and the demons will find what they fear: The Irish.

@ariannapac6535

4y↑15

AMEN!¡!!!!!!

@IkeandMike1

4y↑1

Didn't the Irish lose to the English?

@loganparker180

3y↑30

@@IkeandMike1 never did never will

@susanmoran5226

Aye brother.

@susanmoran5226

@@IkeandMike1 Plainly put. No.

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@walteringle2258

2y↑7

For those that don't TLDR or research: It's calling for the battle warrioress, a Queen to return home. The tune was because it took bards and minstrels to send the "telegrams" of the day to any outside conflicted people. She had been brokering peace for over a decade, and in the meantime, the invading force snuck in and had hunkered down, against the treaties to date, and the only effective fighters were her guard, in another distant land. The lyrics are a cry for her, and her retinue of veterans, to return. This song is one of the most original examples that remain of a slowly eroding art called "journalism". Sticks around because IT F'ing worked. At least in the short term. I found the lyrics. And researched the history years ago. This is a real event. This is my favorite rendition of it, and I doubt this version ever was seen in historical settings, but I know music enough to know that this is solidly my favorite version of the song.

@Skyebright1

It was written in 1916 by Padraic Pearse, so I guess it’s historical setting would be to call Irish people to help at the 1916 Easter Rosing

@KursRage

3y↑11

The acoustics are phenomenal, as is their treatment of the song, bravo!

@MasterMichelleFL

3y↑4

Thank you so much. This is still my power song.
Florida, USA

@d.p.5926

3y↑10

I don't understand a word but your voice finds a very special place in my heart. Many greetings from Greece!

@Schuessel

25w↑1

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!

@buffy377

4y↑35

They seem to be channeling the essence of the ancestors. Their eyes so intense and focused! So magical and very powerful. More please!

@Arianna-sl2hv

28w↑1

Well said..... and noticed❤❤

@phillipking5887

2y↑11

Absolutely love your version! It took some effort to learn the words to this song, but I can sing along with you now and enjoy it even more. Go raibh maith agat!

@user-ko7ei4jo6h

28w↑4

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.

@buffy377

2y↑5

The ONlY accordion I can stand to listen to. Props for being a light in this world guys!

@letsride3016

2y↑12

The Wind That Shakes The Barley ✊🏽🇮🇪

@lindasaccoccio3271

29w↑8

Love everything about this, such passion, pace, talent, spirit!

@cangeljan12

4y↑111

I'm so proud to be Irish hearing this song and what an incredible singer and band.. May the Road rise with you guys 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

@MartaEzis

3y↑1

The band has live videocalls every Friday here on YT, you´re welcome to join :-)

@redmoxil40

43w↑4

Learnt this in school in Dublin in the 80's and if it had been taught like this I would be speaking as gaeilge today !!!

@saigeengland4495

1y↑1

I'm a New Zealander living here in NZ Aotearoa and I can't stop playing this. It's my wake up song. It wakes up the ancestors to stir my soul. Thank you!

@chapstick8056

3y↑8

This song was originally written about Grainne Mhaol- a female Irish warrior who had been released from prison in England and was finally allowed to come home to Ireland.

@mijishiruyt3874

1y↑6

Im from Philippines but when I listen to this song I can feel it in my heart even I dont understand the lyrics 😩😩😩 mabuhay!

@cadog2097

3y↑32

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

@AnnaMichele

3y↑2

Is fearr Gaeilge briste, na Bearla cliste hahhaha

@Jeroen1983

4y↑470

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.

@Proud2BaPaddy

4y↑82

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.

@Jeroen1983

4y↑28

@@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

4y↑9

Which book are you reading ? I am keen to read more ...

@Jeroen1983

4y↑17

@@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.

@DomesticatedGoth

4y↑32

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).

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@mjinba07

39w↑8

This performance of this song... still gives me chills.

@nula654

2y↑7

I can never listen to this just once... wish I could like it a thousand times.

@samuelmontenegro605

3y↑6

I don’t understand nor speak Irish, but this music was just so phenomenal ♥️😃. I love each and every beat of the music. Seo Linn voice also are so powerful and he looks effortless singing this beautiful song. I love this music 🎼. Please anyone who knows more Irish music with the same genre kindly share it . I would love to listen more ♥️😃

@rullmourn1142

3y↑5

Well done, thank you. This is the first time hearing this, and it's now my favorite version.
Salute from Austin, Texas.

@mirika888

2y↑4

THIS!!!!!!!! is without a doubt the best thing I have ever heard

@ryang5719

4y↑78

I appreciate that these boys played it with the seriousness that it was meant to be

@MelissaDuffySacredBreath

3y↑78

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.

@loganparker180

3y↑1

It’s a very beautiful land 😍😍😍 I miss it I wish I could go back today

@terryoneil7128

3y↑2

So well said!!!

@dermotbrowne9833

Beidh fáilte romhat!

@bernardmcavoy1864

2y↑2

Pass the sick bag.

@concettaworkman5895

Well said.

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@markduffield8110

2y↑3

Thank the creator that someone keeps this beautiful language alive

@ognkahisokilrox6959

2y↑5

This song makes me want to learn the Irish language. There's so much to learn and discover about this country's culture and language. Thank you so much for this song.

@Fox1nDen

11w↑1

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

@loram3401

2y↑10

I am Russian, but I like your singing. You are gorgeous!!!

@akaxk2696

4y↑117

My 90yr old mum still sings this song, she had to sing it at a feis when she was 13 yrs old.

@cerealkiller4248

3y↑7

Listening in 2021, I love a tune that builds tempo, and the passion in which this is sung makes the hair on my body stand on end.

@Submersed24

3y↑8

I am damn happy to be Irish. That dudes glare looks badass no lie.

@cyberballer

4y↑14

I can't understand a word... But it's stunning! Cheers from Ukraine!

@spmoran4703

You are in our thought Ukraine . This is a song against tyrants . So, it's for you also.

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