Amhrán Mhuínse / The Song of Muínis - Líadan

This is one of my favourite songs in Irish ever - or in any other language, come to that.
I first heard it in Dungarvan about 10 years ago. The singer, solo and singing without any accompaniment, was a surprisingly young (late teens - early twenties) lady from Connemara.
That they are being learned and sung by a new and vigorous generation is one of the remarkable things about Ireland's tradition of singing the grand old songs in Irish: solo and unaccompanied was the traditional way,
Now those old songs being taken up by young people - such as the members of the all female group, 'Líadan' (www.liadan.ie/).
These younger, almost 'new wave' exponents of some of Ireland's most loved songs, moving away from the old 'sean nós' (old style) tradition of solo unaccompanied singing are bringing them to a new audience, to young and to old, to Irish people and to our newly acquired friends overseas.
The songs they sing, of course, in the way of folk songs the world over, deal with life, with love, with death.
Listening to Líadan singing this remarkable song reminds me of Wordsworth's tribute to a young lady singing something in Scottish Gaelic that could have been in the same hauntingly beautiful vein of melancholy:
www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstr...
To buy the CD go to:
www.liadan.ie
There you will find that they have issued two CDs. It is their first, 'Irish Traditional Music and Song' that has their extraordinary version of this exqusite song.
In addirion to 'Amhran Mhuinse' the CD also has two other great traditional songs in Irish: 'Donall Og' and 'An Spailpin Fanach.
You will not regret having this magnificent album.
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AMHRÁN MHUÍNSE
Dhá mbeinn trí léig i bhfarraige nó ar sléibhte i bhfad ó thír
Gan aoinneach beo i mo ghaobhar ann ach raithneach ghlas is fraoch,
An sneachta á shéideadh anuas orm, is an ghaoith dhá fhuadach díom,
'S mé a bheith ag comhrá le mo Taimín Bán, níorbh fhada liom an oíche.
A Mhuire dhílis, céard a dhéanfas mé, tá an geimhreadh seo 'tíocht fuar,
A Mhuire dhílis, céard a dhéanfas an teach seo is a bhfuil ann?
Nach óg, a stór, a d'imigh tú, le linn na huaire breá,
Le linn don chuach bheith ag seinm ceoil, gach duilliúr glas ag fás.
Má bhíonn mo chlann sa mbaile a'am an oíche a bhfaighidh mé bás,
Ó tórróidh siad go groíúil mé trí oíche is trí lá;
Beidh píopaí deasa cailce a'am agus ceaigeannaí is iad lán,
Beidh triúr ban óg ó shléibhte ann le mé a chaoineadh os cionn cláir.
Is gearraí amach mo chónra dhom as fíorscoth geal na gclár,
Má tá Seán Ó hEidhin i Muínis bíodh sé déanta ón a láimh;
Bíodh mo chaipín is mo ribín inti istigh, é go rídheas ar mo cheann,
Tabharfadh Paidín Mór go Muínis mé nó is garbh a bhéas an lá.
Gabháil siar thar Inse Gaine dhom bíodh an bhratach insa gcrann,
Ná cuir' i Leitir Caladh mé mar ní ann atá mo dhream;
Ach tugaí siar go Muínis mé, 'n áit a gcaoinfear mé go hard,
Beidh soilse ar na dúmhchannaí - ní bheidh uaigneas orm ann.
(Príomh Amhránaí / Lead Vocals: Síle Denvir)
THE SONG OF MUÍNIS
If I were three leagues out at sea or on mountains far from home,
Without any living thing near me but the green fern and the heather,
The snow being blown down on me, and the wind snatching it off again,
And I were to be talking to my fair Taimín and I would not find the night long.
Dear Virgin Mary, what will I do, this winter is coming on cold.
And, dear Virgin Mary, what will this house do and all that are in it?
Wasn't it young, my darling, that you went, during a grand time,
At a time when the cuckoo was playing a tune and every green leaf was growing?
If I have my children home with me the night that I will die,
They will wake me in mighty style three nights and three days;
There will be fine clay pipes and kegs that are full,
And there will be three mountainy women to keen me when I'm laid out.
And cut my coffin out for me, from the choicest brightest boards;
And if Seán Hynes is in Muínis, let it be made by his hand.
Let my cap and my ribbon be inside in it, and be placed stylishly on my head,
And Big Paudeen will take me to Muínis for rough will be the day.
And as I go west by Inse Ghainimh, let the flag be on the mast.
Oh, do not bury me in Leitir Calaidh, for it's not where my people are,
But bring me west to Muínis, to the place where I will be mourned aloud;
The lights will be on the dunes, and I will not be lonely there.
(Lead Vocals: Síle Denvir)
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For the origin of the name 'Liadan' go to: www.answers.com/topic/liadain

[@misplacedoptimism3626]

To all the Irish (and Scots): Please, never stop learning and speaking Gaelic. You are in possession of a great treasure, don't lose it. Greetings from Belgium

[@raifteri]

This is our greatest tool to remedy the wrong done by the British.

[@ricemango7502]

@@raifteri I feel the British get too bad a wrap nowadays, they have actually helped our fledgling state quite a bit, while they still control the north people seem to forget about the good Friday agreement. And what you said may be the case but it is equally the Irish government and people's fault for the language getting to the state it's in today. The British aren't stopping people from learning the language anymore yet we're still losing speakers at an alarming rate.

[@seroma3516]

@@ricemango7502 Is trua é sin. Ach tá, tá sé suas le daoine nuair a chailltear an teanga🤷🏼‍♂️

[@madamboo8315]

tha mi dìreach air an aon rud a ràdh ( I have just said the same thing) ..... On another post x

[@relentless1989]

@@ricemango7502 will lucky for use down south, you only had to sell out Ulster to get the brits to be nice to use. while us in the North suffered for not wanting to leave Irish Ulster. are you talking about the peace agreement the brits where forced into by europe and USA? and lets be honest it would of been through in the bin by the brits but USA and Europe are bigger than britain so, forced

[@jenmason3475]

I come back to this over and over again

[@ahahaha3505]

It's a pity I've only one thumbs up to give.

[@pckbread7543]

I have never in my life heard something like this, I'm in tears as I speak, I can't fully comprehend just how beautiful this is

[@vincentcoleman5732]

listen to nan tom teaimin

[@kathyborthwick6738]

Soul crying - Beautiful❤❤❤❤

[@scaldedape6213]

What a voice. This is an area of our culture that we need to fight and fight and fight to preserve. Bless the singer/writer.

[@iamdbatatnight5600]

All schools should be a Gaelscoil and English taught as a subject ONLY!

[@fightinandirish]

@@iamdbatatnight5600 Not enough is being done to keep it alive, the efforts made by the government and education system are shallow. Naturally, it's up to folk to keep their traditions alive, not politicians. Hope to teach my children Irish some day.

[@xyzllii]

Agree.

[@oggioggi7915]

So called "Irish education" has been destroying Irish culture for decades.

[@eimearthebeamer]

@@oggioggi7915 explain please

[@maryblundell850]

Truly go hálainn (beautiful). The singer, Síle Denvir is my college lecturer in Dublin. Is bean álainn í - a beautiful Lady

[@christineadlard1376]

Such beautiful song I'm from Ireland to hear singing in Irish Gaelic fills my heart with joy and Irish pride long may we hear singing in Irish Gaelic it's our culture may it remain so God bless you Ireland 💚

[@muisire]

That was the dream of Douglas Hyde, Patrick Pearse and many other of the heroes who sought to restore Irish as the first national language. The Constitution prepared by De Valera in the late 1930s gave Irish priority over English but no practical steps were taken to bring that about. Somethings were done, however, such as making the teaching and the learning of Irish compulsory for all pupils in all schools. It was that policy which enabled me to become fluent in Irish. I am grateful for that.

[@Toirdealbhach-na-dTreabha]

Rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yr ieithoedd celtaidd yn adfer yn llwyr ryw ddydd

[@ashfly]

This song was sung at my fathers funeral he was a proud Galway man. Beautiful and haunting. SLAINTE !!!

[@galwaytribesman9289]

Gaillimh abu

[@diillonmccullough4212]

SLAINTE MY CHARA GRAIM THU!!! FROM MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA ❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏💫💫🤩💫

[@colmgray]

RIP ❤

[@neilpitras5763]

Slainte from France. ✊

[@bustabloodvessel5327]

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h'anam dílis. 🙏🇮🇪

[@MadelynMonaghan]

The line “And if Seán Hynes is in Muínis, let it [the coffin] be made by his hand” absolutely destroys me every time. Her voice and inflection are incredible.

[@tamegomait]

Madelyn Monaghan any idea the singers name?

[@Cailleach26]

@@tamegomait it says below the lyrics, Síle Denvir

[@cathaltuairisg1242]

Síle Denver

[@juliannewiley4356]

@@cathaltuairisg1242 Denvir.

[@celinehynes3336]

Me too

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

There's a loud and defiant courage to the words. Defying not nature but notions and fear that bring us nowhere. The sound of a brave woman, ready to wander where the darkness lies. Visiting or for good, there is no fear. Only preparedness and a moment for the beauty that remains.

[@adamlouie1503]

I played this the day my grandma passed. It really helped

[@jacklyons6502]

We owe it to never let this language die. Lest the words of this song and countless others will ring hollow till their death.

[@user-dt6xf2uz8y]

Beautiful song. Your language is the roots of your culture. If you loose it you lose what defines you and yours as a nation and as a community. Don't let bureaucrats put you off your birth right or your heart's desire (for those who embrace your culture from abroad). It is not for politicians to give you the knowledge but for each of you to fully accept the responsibility to maintain your own identity. Some things are worth working for. Greetings from a Galego (North Spain) who has lived in Ireland for a long long time.

[@JoJO-px9fi]

Im crying my eyes out.....this is the most beautiful song iv ever heard!

[@TroyKC]

Is maith liom é! Go hálainn é! Dia dhaoibh. Is mise Lábhrás Ó Fallamhain agus is Meiriceánach mé. Tá mé ag beagánín as Gaeilge. ♥️🇮🇪☘️🎶🎵🎻🎤

[@nom4857]

maith thu ! Dia leat leis an oibre!

[@pol5928]

Iarracht maith

[@phillydee67runningbear61]

Maith an fearr❤

[@brendanmccallion2350]

There is a real beauty that always seems to rise from the darkness within this song. Powerful.

[@seanolaocha940]

Amhrán uaigneach, meallacach agus draíochta is ea é. Cuireann ceol cosúil le sin i gcuimhne dom gurb fhiú an cultúr Ghaelach a chaomhnú agus a chur chun cinn do na glúnta atá le teacht.

[@arannea]

Dear Ireland, thank for this and for your wonderful music. The world

[@eimearthebeamer]

Ta fáilte romhat!

[@eimearthebeamer]

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@theblackcelt]

there is a reason Ireland won the Eurovision more than any country

[@amokreutz]

i don`t understand even one word... but i love it so so much

[@SquirreleLIV]

It’s a lament from the death bed. She’s instructing for the wake and burial.

[@lantern1083]

One of the most mellifluous voices I have ever heard. Such perfection.

[@keithmcintyre7815]

I love being irish love my country

[@mikescally1869]

I come back to this version from time to time and each time I do, I cry. This is such a wonderful song which tells the true story of the writer requesting to be buried in her own home place of Muínis. Alas it was not to be as she was buried agaist her wishes in the place where her husband came from. I was at a funeral about four years ago when I heard it first. It's beautiful, just so beautiful and I love this version.

[@maryquan5726]

Mike Scally o

[@andreleamons2857]

makes me cry 2

[@Reklawyrag]

A small wandering through an ancient cemetery and hearing the clamoring forlorn stories etched in stone!

[@dubgaa2511]

Agree with Mike totally, best version around really beautiful

[@KenRubenstein]

good lord.....this is so beautiful...

[@irelandserverferrersegura4021]

I LOVE Enya her family and Ireland ❤️🇮🇪🍀🌹🙏

[@angelambarry]

Music that speaks to the soul ❤️

[@hempenasphalt1587]

This makes me cry... so lovely

[@sileod2253]

I keep coming back to listen to this song. Amhrán den scoth, grma.

[@MrRaglanroad]

The problem with listening to this is theres nothing I can listen to after that comes even close to it.

[@claudialeon5798]

Sonidos tan suaves y voces tan hermosas!!! ideal para hacer un viaje con la imaginacion!

[@muisire]

Thank you, 'annehochberg', for your words of praise and appreciation for one of my favourite recordings ever. To find the text in Irish and in English, click on the tag line, "This is one of my favourite songs in Irish ever - or in any other language, c...". The full text comment will open. Scroll down until you find what you are looking for. I feel sure you will like it.

[@davidcruzierlongplaylist6900]

rip gbnf too all the lost beloved ones once again got respect for Ireland and there culture there alot history there and secrets there keep it close too your heart let your fly wings expand of all people nature and the people and lots of people care about lovely things and history so that why so many adorable songs got made it touches your heart all these songs a have alot love affection what happened in the culture Name the father holy spirt holy ghost holy grail Amen 💚💙💛👍💞💟💝💘

[@easttowest7839]

I was just now brought to tears by listening to this, and I don't even understand Irish

[@eluegl7006]

I swear to gods this is my favorite song of the all time i cry even after all the time i listen to it

[@shredder9536]

Man up

[@boatman6865]

nocturnal melody also my all time favourite song, I commend your good taste

[@hotties3v3n]

😂

[@claddaghclare22]

Me too x

[@boldertash]

Connaught truly is beautiful ❤❤

[@KincadeCeltoSlav]

Holy Gods that was Beautiful

[@p4riah]

I could listen to this for hours. I'm listening to it on loop at the moment while I write an essay about traditional Irish music. :D

[@pamaherne1851]

This is such a haunting but simple lament. I love it

[@exsaxpommernjung]

I’d never heard bevore. Amazing. Is maith liom é. Go raibh mile maith agat (✍️🧔🏼 from Isle Rügen, NE-Germany)

[@Deperuse]

This is simply a treasure.

[@myrmidonesantipodes6982]

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death Amen.

[@nicholas23nyc]

I had the good fortune to travel with Liadan when they came to New York with the Chieftain's.

[@richgouette]

wow..sounds cool

[@claddaghclare22]

Tears streaming, full of tingles.

[@naomiseraphina9718]

Ta amhran alainn draiochtuil e sin!! Nil focail ceart agam e sin a ra... Beannachtai oraibh, agus go maire an spiorad na hEireann go deo!

[@terencemagee]

Ireland´s ´Miserere´, just as hauntingly moving. Sure Mozart would have loved it

[@fergaloc]

This song moves me to tears. It reminds me of my father.

[@dianafronaeus2113]

Listening and in my fantasy I can see my great, great grandfather Morgan Lee, farming on this island. The Island where he lost his wife and there baby boy, in the potato starvation. Today 200 years later, his family roots are to be found all over the world.

[@EmotionalContagion]

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[@dianafronaeus2113]

+Emotional Contagion Yes I know, we have our great grandfathers history....

[@josephflanagan6696]

You are one of the few Diana that has spoken the truth. Also shame on Irish people who wore the police uniform to help the English. 2016 they are making documentaries blaming it on the potato even though they were surrounding fields at harvest time with RIC , making sure the landlord got the food shipped to England. .even with all our education today we still cannot tell the truth. " best of wishes to you !.

[@MonaLisa-lu8zi]

How can one tell the truth.... That it was genocide or you facilitated it. It would be Hell (if you had a conscious).

[@AKMCars]

Respect from Romania! This song give you chills 😳

[@robertjohnston1339]

Slainte for such a beautiful song of sadness Agus understanding. Our people are of the old ways and paths. Saoirse.

[@oops4485]

I grew up in Dungarvan, beautiful to see this, thank you!

[@claoftheninesausages]

So did I, when did you live there? A great town, rich in all the good things in life.

[@GypsyWagonTV]

This gives me the goose bumps. So beautiful.

[@sargemcgyver]

From a continental European Celtic and Norse pagan, Irish fills me with happiness but also longing for the language we once had but lost. I hope Ireland always speaks Gaeilge ❤

[@pecosina57]

My paternal grandparents from Sligo "had the Irish" as some would say. They stopped speaking Irish when they emigrated to Philadelphia in the late 1910's. They taught my dad and his sister their prayers in Irish in case their religion (Catholic) would ever be suppressed, banned and illegalized again. That is the only Irish my father had, and he recited his prayers in Gaelic on the day he died. The only Irish I heard from my nana was "wisha".

[@brokenglassesshaner]

hard to work out what "wisha" might mean - two things that come to mind are "is ea" a way to say "oh yes" or simply "yes" or i'm thinking a what's often still said some gaeltachtaí in galway is "muise" i actually don't know the spelling since it's technically not a word? it doesn't rerally translate but it's like a filler noise nearly .. in context - how are you .. ah muise i'm well... or if i'm telling a story you would say "muise" as if to show you're following me. do either of those make sense in the context your nana used it ? is teanga álainn í ár nGaeilge

[@brendancoultry3031]

Sligo is still there you know, or ta se ansin

[@michaelcarolan3117]

You can still learn the Gaeilge , go on line meet many many diaspora who crave their native blood . It’s in you , it never leaves , just plant As síol ( seed );

[@pecosina57]

@@brokenglassesshaner from what I can recall, she used it to say "oh well" or "ok" when we would pester her

[@pecosina57]

@@brendancoultry3031 and I have been, but it is hard to get there from here if you know what I mean

[@DarrianGreen]

And its Gaelic and it shared by both our nations who used to be united long live scottland and Ireland happy st.pattys day to all ladies and lasies

[@saulobrien9106]

Paddys*

[@Fighting_Irish184]

St Paddy’s Day or St Patrick’s Day NEVER St Patty’s day

[@billie1129]

it's saint paidraig so the abreviation is st-paddy's

[@jahbunny80]

this song could only remind me of beautiful old ireland

[@muisire]

padyboy86: your response is just what mine was the day I first heard it when I played their extraordinary CD 'Irish Traditional Music and Song'. I am still unable to fully take in this amazing Irish song from Connemara, a song that has no known author for the words or composer for the melody. I put this song alongside Bach and Mozart and Schubert for its supreme grasp of what is in the heart of human beings, women and men alike. Pride in Ireland - yes indeed.

[@muisire]

Magnus Mckay: You are absolutely right and your response to this great lament is shared by many other people - it has had over 60,000 hits and counting...

[@neasanichualain791]

muisire

[@siobhancleary3018]

Beautiful just like being back home I'm homesick !!!

[@truth2uguys]

Siobhan Cleary I'm homesick for Ireland and don't have a drop of Irish in me but I'm Catholic and that at least makes me Irish in soul! Erin go braugh!

[@dubgaa2511]

Beautiful voice best of this version, thanks for sharing Dublin Deirdre xx

[@irelandserverferrersegura4021]

That IS why i LOVE Enya and Ireland

[@folksurvival]

Beautiful.

[@leifleifsen7708]

Bravo

[@amokreutz]

the more i listen, the more i love it

[@leonardhurley5761]

Beautiful, moving beyond words.

[@muisire]

Go raibh maith agat, 'Irishmanandproud, I have just listened to it and I have to agree. Måirtin brings even more greatness to an already great song. It is beyond believe that some unknown man or woman wrote these stunning words and that another unknown lifted it even higher with a magical melody.

[@misstiger8183]

Oh my! I was looking for this song for ages since i first heard it!!

[@muisire]

It moves me to tears too but for no single person in any special way - the singer and the song are so wonderfully fused together during this remarkable recording that it gets my shoulders shaking with an overall sense of mortality and of the grief and loss for those family members and friends who have already passed on. This is stunning and may be the best lament I have ever heard...

[@timpani1950]

Astoundingly beautiful.

[@emilvansteenwijk]

Thank you for sharing this.

[@markusmul1000]

i like this song

[@BoyWithOboy]

Liked the song right away and put it in a playlist a while ago, but not until now did I read the lyrics and was struck for real!

[@arthurdixon3684]

I do not understand a single word of gaelic but the music tells the story Very sad and expressive; Beautiful!

[@ivanoday4635]

Wonderful! So glad a dancer made this film! Costumes setting story editing music cameras choreography ensemble ... brilliant!

[@theresanewman2588]

Powerful from the heart

[@maureenleydon6106]

Thank you for this haunting lament. It touches the soul with longing for what is lost.

[@janeos01]

So very nice. Go raibh maith agat.

[@claytonschase]

Thank you for sharing

[@eluegl7006]

This song is so beautiful

[@butreally289]

Simply perfection!

[@leftcentrerightg8523]

This is beautiful. There's nothing else to say.

[@muisire]

@Nanomachinist Yes, you're right - words fail me when I listen to it. I am 72 years old but I do not mind admitting that I came close to shaking with emotional intensity as I prepared to post this clip. It has to be one of the tunes of glory...

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú linn fós, a chara

[@artseosamhogriobhta]

Go raibh maith agat as an amhrán seo. Is aoibheann liom é

[@evan_ingalls]

That's a wonderful caption, muisire. Thanks for the thoughts and the beautiful words of the song.

[@georgiasmith9672]

This type of singing reaches right into your very core lthink it is part of being Irish because it makes me very emotional

[@stormancatcroga593]

Go hiontach...agus...Go hálainn é!

[@josephinestaunton9301]

Beautiful Song beautifully sung....Could listen forever even though I can only understand some parts of it...shame .....Lovely.

[@muisire]

AnCiotog: Yes indeed, I envy you your good fortune to be half Gaeltacht because it gives you a head start over people who learned Irish at school and have no direct link with any Gaeltacht. However, my school Irish has been an open sesame to so much that is great and magnificent like this wonderful song. I have lived in Wales since 1960 but my school Irish always served me well during years away from Ireland. The riches that Irish offers are a fair reward for learning it well. Go n-éirí leat!

[@breandanoconghaile8600]

Amhrán fíor-álainn.Go raibh maith agaibh a chailíní

[@jamesmurphy-walsh8966]

Goosebumps. I feel i was from Ireland in a past life !

[@musashidanmcgrath]

Your ancestors were. :D Murphy - one of the oldest recorded clan names. Walsh - Hiberno Norman. Even though it means Briton/foreigner, it is a name that has been in Ireland almost 1,000 years.

[@jamesmurphy-walsh8966]

@@musashidanmcgrath thank you for that and my name isn’t double barrelled Murphy is my mother’s maiden name and walsh my dads surname so both from each side. I can feel a true connection and it’s entrenched in my soul !

[@musashidanmcgrath]

@@jamesmurphy-walsh8966 time and distance don't break that connection, lad. I've been living in Australia these last 10 years listening to this music gives me goosebumps every time. It helps that one of my mates over here speaks our native language fluently. It's funny because Aussies haven't a clue what language we're even speaking. :D

[@jamesmurphy-walsh8966]

@@musashidanmcgrath ahh thanks for your positive words my friend! I hope Australia is treating you well !

[@mairinloftus]

Tá an tamhrán seo tharr barr. Tá mé mílte mílte as Muighnis, ach chaith mé bliannta ann a' fás. Cuireann an t'amhrán uaigneas mór orm.

[@hiddenostrich]

Has anyone else noticed that the melody is very similar to The Lakes of Pontchartrain? I think it's so interesting how songs and melodies travel and change. Anyway this is gorgeous.

[@sotospeak415]

Another amazing song. They probably share the same time like "On Raglan Road" and "Fáinne geal an lae". A lot of old tunes had poems put with them.

[@padraict49]

haunting traditional Gaelic lament

[@jahbunny80]

strength thats what i get from your words muisire,thank you from the middle of my soul

[@jackieshmueli1850]

With warmest thanks from a friend in Israel. Just Beautiful.

[@ricemango7502]

Get out of Palestine

[@nicnaimhin2978]

@@ricemango7502 Ignoramus, that happens to be their homeland , they were driven out after fighting occupation by the Romans!People such as you think , NO, I know better what the world needs! To set up yet another muslim state , - the world has too much freedom &democracy as it is! You don’t even realise that you are asking for your own destruction.Get educated as to the true nature of islam ,especially now as it penetrates ever more into the West . Love Irish traditional music.

[@muisire]

@BlindObedienceBrutal Thank you. It made me shake with sobbing too, not with sadness, but with an almost primeval kind of joy... Where do such feelings spring from? Where do such feelings spring from...

[@muisire]

@P4rish1: I'm the same and your message reminded me that I have not listened to it for a while. When my own funeral Mass is over I am going to have this played while the young men carry my coffin out of the church - I will be 75 in January and I need to plan such things!

[@xfmk9296]

muisire Happy 82nd birthday, to good health 👍

[@MonaLisa-lu8zi]

Have you a singer in mind?

[@marcyrak]

Love Irish music, very beautiful images too. Hugs, Marcy ✿

[@Abcd-hr9ot]

Beautiful voice

[@mikekavanagh8952]

Very nice Traditional lament,Thanks.

[@patricktobin2820]

@Pam Aherne: Yes indeed, it is one of my favourite songs in any genre and in any language and yes, I enjoy listening to songs from all parts of the world - even when I do not understand a single word. This lament certainly ticks all the boxes that I can think of...

[@franciestokes7121]

Patrick Tobin thank you patrick for the link👍

[@KaqaktENT]

i agree ! i was left speechless.. its just so perfect in so many ways and the history behind it makes it even more special! !