The Rising of the Moon * Áine Tyrrell *

Áine Tyrrell's version of 'The Rising of the Moon' launches the new 'Irish Australian Online Song Library'. The video was recorded at Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney and features Áine Tyrrell and Nick Martin on uileann pipes.
The song is a re-working of the traditional song, "The Rising of the Moon" in which poets Padraig Stevens and Siobhan O'Higgins were inspired to add a few new lyrics to the original version of Rising of the Moon, which Áine's father, Seán Tyrrell recorded in 1999.
Filmaker, Enda Murray says, " first heard Seán Tyrrell from Clare sing this song at a concert in Slane, County Meath in 2007. The tune is an arrangement of an old tune, The Rising of the Moon, that commemorates the failed rebellion in Ireland in 1798 but I much prefer the new lyrics in Seán's version. The words were composed by Padraig Stevens and Siobhán O Higgins and, apparently, were in response to a proposal in the 1980's to mine gold at Croagh Patrick, a sacred mountain overlooking Westport in County Mayo. Thankfully the mine did not go ahead."
When Seán's daughter Áine passed through Sydney in 2015 Enda proposed the idea of performing the song in Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney and 'singing to the spirits' of the 4,000 Irish orphan girls who passed through that atmospheric building between the years of 1848 and 1852 in the wake of the Irish Famine. The video was shot in July 2016 and Áine is accompanied on uileann pipes by Nick Martin. As the last notes of Áine's song rang through the Barracks the bells on the tower began to chime. This sound, which is on the soundtrack, seemed to us to be the spirits of the Orphan Girls answering our call back through the generations. The video was shot and edited by Miguel Valuenzela. Audio recording by Tim Dennis.
More about the 'Irish Australian Online Song Library' project...
The 'Irish Australian Online Song Library' is a cultural and educational project which provides a central location where Irish-Australian songs, lyrics and histories can be found. The site is at:
irishaustraliansonglibrary.irishassociation.org.au

[@Derekcantona32]

Unique and beautiful a great version , well done Áine 🇮🇪🍀

[@stringsman12345]

you've got your dad's timing and passion in singing - brilliant....

[@ainetyrrell]

honoured to.

[@BruceHeavenor]

When I first heard this rendition sung by your father, I was blown away thinking how beautiful to transform this song from conflict and war to kindness and joy. Singing to the spirits of the people who passed through this building..... so beautiful.. Thanks

[@ainetyrrell]

thank you. And I just love how the old melody can hold new truths. Padraig Stevens and Siobhan O'Higgins did an incredible job reimagining these words.

[@misskaralyne]

This is a lovely version. I love this song. Well done. This us awesome 💜

[@otheronlywindows1739]

I've known and sung this song for decades ... but this version, voice, atmosphere - and, yea, the words too, brought tears to my eyes. Thank you - esp. for awakening the embers of the fire buried so deep under concerns of the day.

[@ainetyrrell]

it is a powerful song isn't it. Some medicine in it.

[@otheronlywindows1739]

@@ainetyrrell Mo chroí ... Is lán é ... leis an bród, aoibhneas, luchair ... grmma, a hAíne!

[@croveighman]

Absolutely fantastic! Sean should be proud!

[@ainetyrrell]

Thank you so much!

[@mikemcgann2734]

Brilliant

[@KellyTmusically]

lovely talent. I (Limerick calling) wrote bags of songs in me time, happy for you folks to perform any of them anytime. Good vibe. Thank you

[@thomassteinback1080]

WOOHOO! Another awesome song!

[@ulpana]

The human cut-outs in this stark and bracing video were quite prescient of the social distancing to come the world over by 2020! Finely done with the rough nubs falling like leaf, Keep on doing health and balance elbow bumps akimbo May yer Dad's spirits and muses remain a blessed presence with(in) us Mitch Ritter\Paradigm Sifters, Code Shifters, PsalmSong Chasers Lay-Low Studios, Ore-Wa (Refuge of Atonement Seekers) Media Discussion List and Looksee

[@TomDolan-w9f]

Super beautiful. I never heard the lyrics so clearly sung before Good luck and bless your voice

[@ainetyrrell]

go raibh mile maith agat.

[@rayhoward8188]

❤❤ BRILLIANT ,EXCELLENT, UNBEATABLE ,🎉RAY TWELVE STRINGS U.K 🎶

[@sentimentaloldme]

R.I.P. Seán as I watch this clip for the sixth time...

[@anne.christine]

Wow amazing! 🤩

[@alexanderstuber8888]

The song as such is beautifully sung, and accompanied - but the bells at the end are sent from heaven above!

[@ainetyrrell]

how incredible are those bells!

[@Wildatlanticocean]

Áine , most beautiful rendition!!

[@nancybayliss485]

Fantastic !!

[@andrewr311]

Just saw you in Canberra and loved it!

[@LittleGreenMusic]

I really love this song!

[@nityabp]

so fantastic.

[@spiritstate8493]

i likey.

[@bernadette607]

Absolutely wonderful 💞

[@THE78DECK]

Super!!!

[@eriksimonsen8111]

Beautiful

[@manuelaschuster6847]

Condolence and safe travel for your dad

[@cptnemo23rus6]

Спасибо - Вы просто СУПЕР!!!

[@johntuohy1867]

Good going Aine.

[@seaeaglerecords]

beautiful, stirs my Irish genes

[@PatKeogh-u4i]

❤fabulous ❤❤

[@NLRCFC]

Not the song I was looking for but lovely all the same 😁

[@KevinDardis]

I recently uploaded a traditional version of this song and your version was recommended to me. Wow. I love the freshness you offer a song so often just sung by old dusty men like me. Well done.

[@merellacurtis3822]

lovely

[@PatKeogh-u4i]

Crazy beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@seandoherty8495]

Absolutely brilliant, a song of war becomes a song of peace 🇮🇪✌🇺🇦

[@ainetyrrell]

old tune carrying new messages.

[@alexeyrankov]

Wow!

[@rayhoward8188]

❤ BRILLIANT WOW 👌 🎉 . RAY twelve strings uk Real music 🎶 🎵

[@brandonharrison9273]

Not exactly the lyrics I was expecting, but awesome none the less

[@hymayerson4592]

Well done Fine ...

[@ainetyrrell]

Thanks Hy.

[@judisummers8709]

great version

[@seangrogan3622]

No fear, no envy, no meanness - Liam Clancy, goes for the oilfields of Norways, the rain lashed crags of Connemara and the grean fields of Luxembourg

[@БуотурБеркут-б8г]

Подписка из русских земель! Круто! Отличный голос. Настоящая женщина!

[@roykyme5558]

Best version

[@FinnMacAodhain-x8l]

I hope you mean it Aine!

[@paulregan4789]

❤

[@maurizioluigipepe7045]

💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@chipbuttytime3396]

👍😊👍

[@БилгэБырдыр-ъ4ъ]

Баттанан олорор омуктар босхолонуохтара!

[@keithellis1628]

Álainn 😉

[@antonohaodha1846]

frank hughes says hello

[@sentimentaloldme]

Amhrán álainn. Go hiontach ar fad..

[@sentimentaloldme]

I'm very familiar with your Dad..I heard your interview on R.T.E. Radio..You came across very well..

[@sadhbhdelahunt]

Free the hostages

[@captaindeadpool1997]

same tune and tempo but this isn't the rising of the moon

[@RamSadeh]

Exactly Can’t stand when you hey kill songs like that.. especially This one!

[@darrellduffy4698]

I prefer the proper word's to t song t real version, that's just me cos I'm true irish green in my blood ,ireland for irish ❤

[@dormerhouse1]

It hurts my ears

[@TeppkuH]

Эта версия лучше !!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKDKm4qto7urnbssi=vFYBvHJyQ2ybTXqI

[@SpanishSuperfly382]

The pikes must be together... 😉

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

go hiontach ar fad

[@maurizioluigipepe7045]

❤