Cóilín Phádraig Shéamais - Pádraig Ó hAoláin

[@aodhtangross1163]

Thanks so much for this. Wish I could write in Gaelic a fitting tribute, but I don't speak Gaelic like the rest of my family. Pádraig Ó hAoláin was my grandfather, but I just called him Daideo, and I had no idea just how beautiful his music was, let alone that he wrote and sang a famous Irish folk song. I've learned so much about him since he passed and it just makes me so sad I didn't maximize every moment I had with him

[@tommymd6]

I'm glad this has meant so much to you. He was a great man and was hugely respected in Ireland and especially in Conamara.

[@aodhtangross1163]

@@tommymd6 It really did, you have no idea just how grateful I am. And I knew he was a greatly respected and well-known man throughout Ireland and especially in Conamara, I just never knew until he passed just how much this was true. I wasn't able to travel to Ireland for the funeral unfortunately due to the COVID situation at the time, but my family was and they told me the most amazing thing about it: There was an honor guard for him at the Hurling pitches on which he played, and though there were restrictions on the of people allowed inside the chapel for the actual funeral service, there was no limit to the number of people who could be outside; so, as my family tells me about it, behind the casket and pallbearers and my family, was an enormous crowd of people who had come just for him, just to say goodbye to him; and as they lowered his casket into the ground, my family tells me that the mass of people, apparently led by Mary McPartland- the Irish singer who sang one of the other songs my grandfather wrote, Cúmha- sang his beautiful Coilin Phadraig Sheamais to him one last time, as a last farewell before he was laid to rest. It was truly amazing to hear the amount of people who reached out to our family- just thinking about the sheer amount of lives across Conamara and Ireland that he touched puts a smile on my face every time I do it. Ni bheidh a leithéad ann arís.

[@gwenbutler9687]

@@aodhtangross1163 Bhí mé ar tí caoineadh agus mé ag léamh do theachtaireachta. I thought nothing could move me more than the song itself, but reading your words abour your own Daideó, the knowing of this song becomes even more heartbreakingly beautiful. Go raibh maith agat as do scéal. And if you have any desire whatsoever to learn Irish now, there are many excellent courses and materials and teachers available, free, like at Cumann Carad na Gaeilge, and paid like at Gaelchultúr. I'm no fluent speaker, but have some Irish & some helpful resources. I would be so grateful to be able to help you on to learning your Gaeilge if that is something you want to do.

[@amongstourowntheinniskeas5152]

Be proud indeed for It is one of the best Irish songs ever.

[@irenekistler2509]

Wow, what a legacy. I hope you learn Irish. It's so beautiful.

[@neebeeshaabookwayg6027]

Le do thoil...where can i purchase songs, sung by him? Or-- sheet music for piano? *is breá liom a ghuth... agus--is féidir liom canadh in éineacht...❤❤❤ but, i am a gal🙃🙃 just a low-singer... ní féidir liom teacht ar a chuid amhrán áit ar bith...😢 ... this song is extra special since in the 1800's our 3rd great grandfather came from donegal and, thanks to God's grace, and hard work, made a home, married, and gave us our future--- we will never know his personal hardships, nor, his brother's, that came with him... though, they did do farming... i am only just learning irish, so-- had to write this story in english ... go raibh MILE maith agat, for: cabhrú🤗🥰🙏🙏🙏 (music for piano) or, how to purchase any songs, that he sang ... ps--- i deeply loved hearing the personal family share, you were most kind, to do that... ❤

[@Troy_KC-2-PH]

go halainn! it reminds me of bluegrass music/singing ... the really old timer blue grass stuff. (I think bluegrass has its roots in Ireland and Scotland anyway, so there's that) go raibh míle maith agat ... for posting this song, love it! (Tá mé cupla focal Gaeilge)

[@jevgenijzintchenko5567]

That last sentence means "I am a couple of Irish words". Were you trying to say "Tá cúpla focal Gaeilge agam"? :)

[@eoghanoneill9765]

Do cheol mo gharmhac Ruán an ceann seo agus muid ar chuairt thiar in Indreabhán. Nach iontach an jab a rinne an cumadóir Páiric Ó hAoláin air, ceann le haghaidh deoraithe thar sáile cibé áit ina bhfuil siad.

[@EoinP]

Ard-amhrán amach is amach. Deas an leagan é seo agus an comhcheol leis.

[@Bainne]

is deas muis

[@Al12Al1]

D'usáid an amhrán seo sa scannain darb anim "Kings". Má tá aon suim agaibh, an feidir leat breathnú ar UTube

[@irishmanandproud]

iontach ar fad,,, ana dheas ,,,

[@letusplaydarts]

Go raibh mile maith agat as sin a chur suas ar KZbin. Bhi sin ar fheabhas. Ta me chun eisteacht leis direach aris. (Ni mo riomhaire chun bacadh le "fadas" a chur suas).

[@cunlamorris3122]

chan mé an t-amhrán seo ag sochraid mo chol ceathrar. tógadh é agus é i bhfad ró-óg. gach uair a airím uaim é, tagaim ar ais go dtí an leagan seo. is dhá bhliain déag atá ann ó roinn tú é seo ach ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghuí fiú amháin má tá déanach!

[@eoghanoneill9765]

Tarla go raibh me in Indreabhán coicís ó shin agus do cheol

[@ronanodomhnaill4239]

grma as an postáil. Bhíos ag lorg an amhrán seo le fada. amhrán le paisean.

[@miseciara]

Mise freisin!

[@jevgenijzintchenko5567]

Does "tír na nGall" really mean "land of the Englishmen" or could it also mean "land of the foreigners"?

[@cigh7445]

Literally 'Land of the foreigners' aye.

[@PadraigLynch]

Sananach ( English) means stranger or Gall in Irish. So yes most likely.