Thanks Eugene, great stuff

Togha fear. Maith thú Eugene. - Buíochas. - Aon seans den fís ar ‘Amhrán na Leabhar’ nó ‘Anach Cuan’ ?

Very interesting background to a beautiful song! Thank you!

Imm trying to find the full original version of the song and i cant find it anywhere

Really informative video love the melody i went lanesbro county college at the Roscommon Longford border lyrics make me nostalgic of the place but out of curiosity did pasty Farrell ever record this him singing the song ?

I first heard this sang by Shaun Cuddy acapella. very moving but with slightly different lyrics

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Great stuff Did James J Johnson play a part somewhere along the line?

Wow my Eugene friend this is realy good, Glad That I stopped to listen ,Very nice & Well done.🪗🪗🪗Mick.=14

Radio Éireann used the melody for many years to mark the short interval between programmes

Very informative as usual. Must be a Tyrone thing.😉

Another great video Eugene

VERY INTERESTING MY FRIEND,🪗🪗🪗Mick.

Thanks for the history of my favorite Irish melody. On a single instrument, or with a choir and full orchestra, its beauty is without match.

Great explanation of one of my all time favorite songs! Thank you very much. I first heard this song sung by Michal O Domhnaill of Bothy Band. Then I heard Iarla’s version with The Gloaming. I love both renditions. The singing in this video is beautiful as well! Thank you for sharing this story and music. With great appreciation, Melissa from Wyoming.

"When I landed in Amerikay, I met a man named Burke He told me if I'd stay awhile, He surely find me work But work he didn't find me, so there's nothing here to bind me I'm off to San Francisco in Californiay" Irish Rovers 1960s version. "Muirsheen" was also Americanized to "Mrs. Durkin"

The historic background to these old ballads is fascinating. Thank you for your work.

Great info as usual. Good to see you back at it.

I remember listening to a song called 'Molly Durkin' on one of my grandmother's 78s. It was sung by a woman (maybe Delia Murphy), which seemed much earlier than Johnny McEvoys recording.

Good work Eugene - interesting indeed - BUT in reallity, this tale, is far more complex than the simple narrative given here. I am a descendant of the Tom Leary listed in the 1881 Ahaliskey tenants above, as well as relative of Dan Walsh. I'm also an old friend and acquaintance of Prof.John Murphy, to whom you refer above. In my work as an Advisor in the Genealogical Office, Dublin, I met John frequently after 1985, at various historical functions in Cork City and County - we had opportunities to discuss Bence Jones, Monsignor O'Leary, The Land League, Boycotts etc, etc and various other matters and incidents associated with these and similar events. Suffice to say that 1 of those tenants who dug the grave at the door of Bence Jones, also provided a make-shift coffin, which was propped against the front door - the name inscriibed on the coffin was- Bence Jones - and the immediate, upcoming date of his death. Mons. O;Leary was informed of this, and dispite being a deadly adversary,, he sent a driver and Hansom Carriage to Lisselane, with a note advising Jones to quit Ireland immediately - this Jones did within 24 hours. The rest is history as they say. There is much more to this intruiging tale, but that must await a wider more appropriate platform,.....Tom O'Leary

Wonderful video about one of my all-time favorite songs! If I could give it more than one thumb up, I would.

Thank you for the video. Dan Murphy is actually my great, great, great grandfather

That painting of the cottage is right outside my window. Great video from the mourne mountains!

I'm so grateful for this video, my dear old daddy used to sing this all the time Rip. I have finally now got all the lyrics. Thank you, Thank you so much. 🇮🇪

Great episode of a great series. Who is singing the complete version that plays out the clip? Thanks.

Rest in peace Roddy .

Ardaigh MacCahir Óg d’aghaidh Goireann thar an náire d'aois Thóg Fitzwilliam dubh d'áit, Thiomáin go Raithneach thú Dúirt Liath go raibh bua cinnte Go gairid an gríosóir a ghabháil; Chun bhuail sé i nGleann Mhaolúir Fiach Mac Aodha Ó’Beirne. [Curfá] Mallacht ‘us mionn a Thighearna Chill Dara Déanfaidh Fiach cad Fiach leomh Anois, FitzWilliam, bíodh cúram ort Tite do réalta íseal Suas le halbard amach le claíomh Ar aghaidh linn le Tiarna againn Is é Fiach Mac Aodha a duirt linn, Lean mé suas go Ceatharlach. Féach claidheamh Ghleann Imaal, ag splancadh thar Shasana Phail Féach clann na nGael go léir, Faoi bhrataigh Uí Beirne Coileach stoc troda, An ligfeá coileach Shasana Fógair amach ar carraig Gael ? Eitilt suas is béasaí a mhúineadh dó! [Curfá] Ó Thassagart go Cluain Mhór, Tá sruth de folracht Shasannach Ó, is mór é Ruairí Óg Mór, Ar pleidhcí a sheoladh chuig Hades. Tá Bán tinn, is Liath theith, Anois le ceann FitzWilliam Dubh Seolfaimid thar ligean dearg é, Go fuilteach Banríona Liza. [Curfá] ----

My grandfather , a Limerick man, sang this song on our Sunday car rides. We learned this and so many Irish songs, I will forever remember fondly.

Thanks Eugene enjoyed that . 😁

He may have left the cross at Finnoe but his heart was in Tipperary wherever he'd go.😉

Thanks for that interesting bit of history. I first heard this song sung by Tony McCauley in a pub in Cookstown. I went home and asked my mother if she knew the song. To my surprise, she sang me the whole song. She was from Draperstown. I grew up there myself and spent my childhood in view of Slieve Gallon.

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I don't think that Kavanagh just set his poem to Fáinne Geal an Lae. His poem is a modern urban recreation of the older folk song. The elusive lover disappearing in the final verse. That is the basic motif of the Aisling genre. That is not to detract in any way from another excellently researched documentary.

👏🍀💚Clár faisnéise iontach arís, mar is gnáth/Another wonderful presentation, as usual Eoghan/Eugene. FYI, T J Kiernan was ÉIRE's/Ireland's first Ambassador to Australia (where I reside) as far as I understand.

Dolores Keane, Dolores Keane, Dolores Keane❣

Eugene, seans ar bith ar fhíseán ar chúlra ‘An Cailín Alainn’ ? macsuibhne.com/amhran/teacs/11.htm

I thought that it was written by Thomas P. Keenan from Cork also the line in the second verse was taught to me as : Where the girls are so gay and so hearty. None fairer in Erin go bragh. Not the sanitised version.😮

Interesting to note that Eva Gallgher was L.L.C.M i.e Licentiate of the London College of Music. Once again thanks for your hard work in presenting these to us.

My father loved this song and often sang it at weddings and gatherings. He came from the Shournagh area outside Blarney.

Hello Eugene, Is é an manach Dún Na nGall Mael Ísa Ua Brolchain a chum Deus Meus & fuair sé bás i LiosMór sa bhliain 1086. Is é seo an tséis is sine (go hoifigiúil) in Éirinn, ach an bhfuil Máirseáil Brian Ború níos sine? kzbin.info/www/bejne/paipZ2ONjLylodUfeature=shared kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH3CmGh-aLOesLsfeature=shared www.dib.ie/biography/ua-brolchain-mael-isu-a8714

Good job bro. Your voice reminds me of Mick Maloney

An interesting note: Maggie’sReply: Words by Luke Collin, music by J P Webster. ‘The past we can never recall Jamie, it fled with our youth long ago……’ 🗣️🎶🎼

Many, many thanks for this :-😊)

Thanks so much for this :-)

Thanks very much for that Eugene 🙂

Another fascinating well researched background story as usual. However, one little pedantic point if I may. To the best of my knowledge, the 1848 Rising took place in Ballingarry, Tipperary, not Ballingeary, which is in Cork.

Beautiful erudite rendition and wonderful singing of a truly haunting and beautiful song. My version is slightly different in that he wraps his son in his "coat a mhor (great coat)" and spirits him away. Thank you eugene for all your hard work and ensuring that the meanings and roots of these ballads are not lost and are available to one and all.

Wonderful.

Brilliant

Best version of this lovely ballad is the one sung by Michael O'Domnhaill