Catherine Ashcroft & Maurice Dickson (Mochara) - Táimse im' Chodladh/King of the Pipers

Slow Air "Táimse im' Chodladh" played on Uilleann Pipes followed by "King of the Pipers" Jig.
Performed Live at the Island Arts Centre, Lisburn 2014.For more info check out www.catherineashcroft.co.uk
Recorded and filmed by Samuel Dalferth. Mixed and mastered by Maurice Dickson

[@treygreene4298]

piping makes me homesick for a land I've never been too

[@Rdgagman]

I thought i was to only one that felt like that. Brings chills and tears. Emotional

[@funtasticfritz]

@@Rdgagman You're not alone.

[@MecdiAn]

@@Rdgagman I think this feeling and the ones who felt it. We were all family at some point or sth like that. --feels home on high hills and energizing wind, a deep drum beat represent you gratitude to the land --

[@steve-o4207]

I know - it's Liverpool

[@funtasticfritz]

@@MecdiAn we most certainly were.

[@eddieharrington4342]

Was it God Himself who made the uilleann pipes? It had to be. Nothing is closer to Heaven. It always leaves a lump in your throat, like no other musical instrument. So proud to be Irish.

[@marcsduk]

No it was made by humans good has nothing to do with this

[@Blap552]

Amen ❤

[@peadarmckenzie5305]

Such a natural sound and very stirring, absolute encapsulation of a celtic passion. Could it be anything other than divine

[@stephenfitzpatrick9189]

@@marcsduk sounds good to me .

[@marcsduk]

@@stephenfitzpatrick9189god not good sorry

[@josephdanko2649]

I can’t watch this enough Energizes my soul to a place of love and community. Bless you Catherine for the way you inspire my being❤️

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@ndefranz2695]

Táimse im’Chodladh is a special song to me because I heard it performed live on my first night in Ireland. It was my first time ever out of the country and Ireland was already special because my mom is Irish. It was in a pub owned by a group of friends who all played instruments and performed in front of the customers; they’re called The Merry Ploughboys. The whole night they were playing lively songs which everyone loved, but when one of them started playing this, the building got quiet and tranquil. The sound of the Uileann pipes whistled through the souls of everyone in that room. The experience I had that night stays with me and I’ve always wanted to go back to Ireland to see more of its beautiful landscapes and to that pub to hear this piece again. An absolutely beautiful song

[@spibeson1]

It is the cry of centuries

[@eddieharrington4342]

They most haunting and beautiful version is sung by Dolores Keane.

[@timkiyu7859]

The mournful sound of the Uileann pipes is so very moving. I'm too old and ill to travel and will not be able to pay homage to my own Irish blood with a visit but your thoughtful post recounting your experience took me there in dream. The pipes and the setting you so ably described both drew a tear.

[@richgouette]

The Irish have a deep well of pain from which to draw from, and from there they have written some of the most beautiful and moving sounds that the ear can hear

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish bagpipes titanic

[@EduardoGarcia-lx6hs]

I'm Mexican and this beautiful melodies made me cry as I close my eyes and let my self go into trance along the melody, it's incredible knowing how this music changed my bodies mood from being tired and stress from work to feeling energized and fresh 👍👍❤️❤️ Hughs and love for all Irish People from around the world.

[@samuelmarlow1969]

Me too!! The sound of the pipes touches my very soul!! So hauntingly beautiful 🥹😥

[@michael7864]

I agree my friend. It’s music for the soul

[@wolfgangprill1698]

👍🤗

[@wolfgangprill1698]

👍👋🤗

[@DavidTaylorGo.Go.Go.]

And it is free. Always give respect to musicians :)

[@justwannaseehisface1]

Maybe pipes and aren't for everyone, but for me its the most beautiful sound outside of the human voice. Ancient, haunting.

[@harrybendelow3537]

Haunting is the word.

[@billyaitken1713]

The Uilleann pipes & Northumbrian pipes are the true, ancient sound of Celtic bagpipes. The 'agony-bags' tucked under the shoulder of Scottish military type bands are deafening & harsh. Trust me, I'm Scottish.

[@AdamSmith-vl8yj]

@@billyaitken1713 that really made me laugh 😆

[@davidfarley1902]

Not haunting' it's in your blood!

[@kenrutherford1109]

@@harrybendelow3537 "Moving" is the adjective I had in mind

[@Irishpubmusic]

chills up and down, emotion welling, capturing all attention. fight or cry? those pipes, THOSE PIPES!

[@garykirrage3091]

Calms the mind, stirs the soul, kisses the heart ❤

[@peregrineweal]

Copy that. It is in our souls and not our countries. We are born to love this.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@jimfell7147]

Thank heaven there are still people around to keep the tradition alive.

[@laurentlemenajour2309]

This sound IS so beautiful, im Come from Brittany, the celtic culture IS still alive!!! I'm trying to teach to m'y daugthers, it's so important to keep thé traditionnal ways!! Sorry for thé mistakes, but for me celtic music IS so important to be forgetten!!! Iwish thé best for ever, thank you😉👍

[@wielkadupa]

just left the body and flying over the ocean 😊 thank You Missus

[@A66omd]

This young lady's uilleann pipe playing is supernatural and sends me plummeting into the mystic every time I hear it

[@samuelmarlow1969]

The power of this instrument just blew me away!! Such emotional impact and the talent of this young girl are amazing.

[@davidfarley1902]

Thin places& thin times!

[@martinrudland4425]

I understand that she taught herself to play the instrument at the age of 14 ! She is always so modest in receiving applause.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Bagpipes

[@Paulco67]

This young lady is self taught on the pipes! Excellent talent

[@MakeMoreMusicOk]

Wow did not know that, incredible, makes the music that much more special 🦋🦋🦋

[@samuelmarlow1969]

The ulliuenn pipes are such an amazing sound

[@johngordon4713]

'...And on the Eighth Day - He created the Uilleann Pipes'

[@stanstevens6289]

At least he got something right LOL! LOVE the sound.

[@questpublishing4388]

Indeed he did

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

That was later in the afternoon on the eight day but it might have been early in the morning on the ninth.

[@johnolaoidh5526]

haha :D

[@massimogiuntini1]

@@stanstevens6289 Couldn't agree more :)

[@dessullivan1725]

She plays those pipes as if she has 30 years experience under her belt. Amazing tone, style and control

[@charliebrown3602]

i friggin love this song

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢😮

[@gregduff1458]

When music makes you sing its great.when music makes you tap your foot its exellent.when music makes you whistle and feel good that is lovely. BUT when music makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck and makes you cry for your opresses ancesters. AND makes you wanna dedicate the rest of your live to learning the instrument so you can make other people feel the way you feel. NOW THATS MUSIC.well done

[@jencoulthard3393]

So well said. My puppy Bridgit is part border collie and when she first heard this recording, she started making a soft howling, almost melodic, which I've never heard her make before. Sounded like she was replying to what she heard in the song. Sweet but a little tingle went up my spine for she sounded how I felt about it too.

[@paddyearly]

Greg Duff don’t cry for your ancestors because the oppression is just different now. Now all trace of culture and faith is being destroyed by the global elites. Time to turn back to God and learn that from your ancestors who kept their faith despite oppression🙏

[@lizbalfour4274]

YUP

[@gregduff1458]

Amelia Baldwin the pipes are amazing.

[@stevebirmingham9650]

Wise words agreed and endorse your comments, Girl done good she has skill talent and good looks glad to be Irish

[@richardgrudzien2798]

Utterly brilliant music. This lady is an exceptional musician. I have listened to this many times - such soulful music!

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢❤❤

[@paulbrady6932]

It's a fella 😂😂😂 he's my brother, but he'll definitely enjoy ur lady comment!! 😂😂😂

[@da20082003]

“The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.”

[@DustinMercer]

beautiful!

[@LukeMaynard]

What a great quote! Where is it from?

[@erickfp]

For the young Gaels of Ireland are the lads that make me mad, for half their words need footnotes and half their rhymes are bad. Arthur Guiterman

[@ciaran6309]

@Nim Boo sounds true. 😏😁🤣

[@JAMES6Y]

@@LukeMaynard wikiquotes has it...The Ballad of the White Horse (1911) by G. K. Chesterton

[@Hollcall]

WOW................just WOW !

[@catzkeet4860]

The uilleann pipes are a stunning instrument. They take such skill to play but they play directly to the heart and soul. This is the music of the fey, the sidhe, that can catch your soul away to fairie.

[@caroldelosangeles3621]

I traveled young to Ireland from southamerica alone with My bag for the feelings of homesick for a land wich is not from My ancestors..reencarnation from an irish beautiful past life is My theory to explain such a strong feelings. Thanks for this amazing music

[@tom79013]

You should come back to us

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Bagpipes

[@ChrisMcCandless77777]

Beautiful 😘🇮🇹❤🇨🇮 Tears in my eyes I close my eyes and what I see are rugged coastlines, green hills with ghostly monastic ruins, mist-shrouded mountains, crystal-clear rivers and picturesque bays Wicklow mountains or the ring of Kerry. in my past lives i like to be happy there. I was reborn in Italy also a beautiful place apparently the gods have a sense of humor. from one beautiful place to another. But one day I wil come back home Beannachtaí do mo dheartháireacha Éireannacha

[@JoySynthesis]

If you can listen to this song in the dark and NOT cry, you're a stronger man than I.

[@lehuron2131]

Best interpretation I ever heard ! Celtic music for ever ! From France !

[@gavintuesday4959]

Never heard of the Chieftains or Seamus Ennis ? Evidentially not .

[@lehuron2131]

@@gavintuesday4959 thanks for sharing ! I'll go and listen. Be less aggressive, we're just sharing culture and how we feel about it here and not everyone knows everything.

[@shelaghvetter3543]

My brother plays Scottish pipes and Irish pipes...keeping our heritage alive. This music sends shivers through my soul. Heaven, I pray, will sound like this. ❤

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@harbourdogNL]

I come back to this video every couple of weeks. It's the most amazing thing I've ever heard.

[@harbourdogNL]

And I'm commenting on my own comment...I never get tired of listening to this piece of music. Genius.

[@colonelwhite1512]

It touches something very ancient in our minds

[@Stuadh]

You know they're only a couple of hundred years old, right?

[@McFraneth]

@Nim Boo The original Europeans were wiped out by disease when homo sapiens moved west to Europe during the Neolithic from the fertile crescent (Iraq) the birth place of agriculture. So actually our ancestors are Iraqi and Syrian with a sprinkling of Russian Néandertal.

[@curragh2840]

@@Stuadh They were modified a couple of hundred years ago but as you know they are a lot older than that. I love the war pipes myself not as many notes but there is something in them that stirs the blood. Ps some people call them bagpipes but in the Gaelic language they are war pipes.

[@desirdecosse2685]

it is called vibrations

[@Argyll9846]

It certainly does - makes me feel joy!

[@dianamarquez4774]

The Uilleann Pipes are haunting and mystical. So haunting. It is like my soul leaves my body and wanders to a land unseen by naked eyes but still there.

[@baroldable]

Strewth. Watched this three times and am still in awe...... There is something very very deep going on here Praise be to the keepers of this faith. I salute you from the heart

[@jasonjohn7865]

Used to play this first tune on tin whistle in a formerly raucous Irish pub, the hush and reverence gave me chills throughout my body. People visibly crying with grace.....

[@GermanGreetings]

Europe needs you, Ireland ! Do not try to imagine, how much...

[@williamb569]

thanks maith agut

[@johndoyle2397]

Of course we are integral to Europe

[@johnnielsen4364]

This music is so awesome Irish music is so great greetings from Denmark

[@Fishlovers44]

I had the pleasure of hosting these wonderful musicians at a folk night in my cafe in the Scottish. Such great memories of spending time with the both of you, wonderful gig. Rob Armstrong The Denholm Meet .

[@melaniemullan1040]

Mother was a tough wee Scottish Lady who has passed on God love her, Father a hard Irishman and still going. The Pipes be it Highland, Small, Reel, Uilleann, whatever ...they touch the Soul of every Human.

[@TheLRider]

We as humans will never tire if these sounds. It's in our inner souls.

[@davidthompson3308]

This goes very deep, it resonates within your soul. All those of Celtic/Northern European ancestry will feel it. That feeling is passed down thru the ages from your ancestors.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@kathycuster1714]

I am American but my ancestors were Scots/Irish. Those genes in my DNA have always drawn me to the pipes..

[@chicochica1164]

Amazing this music. It beams Ireland into my heart. Just as beautiful as the country. Thanks from the Netherlands.

[@andynicholson6320]

My family is Scottish and I have grown up with my Dad loving these pipes for decades. Can't wait to show him next time I see him

[@electrondady1475]

i keep coming back to this performance . its sublime .

[@celticwoman9436]

The soul which speaks through this performance cannot be taught, learnt nor bought. It is from the heart of the performer and it is this, together with her virtuosity and ear which makes this piece sublimely outstanding

[@samuelmarlow1969]

Heard it 4 times and brought me to tears just a little!!

[@comesahorseman]

Artistry. Just artistry.

[@TheSavageB]

Shes a very talented player. That performance spoke to my soul!

[@martinrudland4425]

Self taught I understand. At the age of 14 !

[@itsmeyoufool37]

I just cry my eyes out everytime, it touches such a deep part in my soul

[@cockneyturk7288]

❤️ from Turkey 🇹🇷 my Irish ☘️ Friends

[@nancypina341]

I’ve Mexican heritage and love cultures around the world... specially music as it told a great story behind the books

[@johndeveney3878]

One of my favorite tunes... so much emotion. I wish we had more of this in the states!

[@thesparklingunicorn8543]

Thankyou grandad for installing in me the love of irish and any bagpipe music she is fantastic so is the gitarest at the start of this tune with the rythmic beats on guitar befor sturimming out a sick beat lovelove it proud to be of irish descent

[@zbigniewpopko4035]

Gives me shivers and goose bumps every and each time. This music is supernatural. Thank you.

[@thierrygallet]

J'adore ! Magnifique ! Quel talent ! Merci pour ces " milliers " d'heures de travail Catherine !I love ! Wonderful ! What talent ! Thank you for these "thousands" of hours of work Catherine!

[@madmechanic7641]

BIG Thankyou to Catherine and Maurice for bringing me a bit of REAL peace in my life .... Luv' N Hugs to you both.. LONG may you continue xxx

[@SargonnasIncarnate]

Hauntingly beautiful. Gaelic music always invokes in me a longing I can neither tether nor understand. Love from Denmark.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey 😊

[@user-zg3bh6oy3j]

Celtic too !

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Irish whiskey

[@user-zg3bh6oy3j]

@@shaynewheeler9249 yes my brother

[@shaynewheeler9249]

🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@johnnyreumkens9090]

I can not stop listening to this music, it is stunning, makes we wonder, have I ever been Irish, cause it goes straight inside

[@robertcarey9203]

Thank You Catherine! You Warm my Irish Heart! Love you Dear Young Sister!

[@liamvlogz1111]

The song makes me feel like I’m walking in a field touching the tips of the grass heading towards the gate to god with a anxious feeling.

[@genghisthegreat2034]

You may have wandered onto the set of Gladiator.

[@WayneT1969]

Maurice is brilliant. Can’t believe I stumbled on this. My wife and I had the privilege of seeing him on our honeymoon at Creole in Kinsale Ireland in October of 1995.

[@petercane6890]

I forgot to add.... Crying is not a weakness but a great strength that you are capable of emotion. Without it we could never be true musicians. That is how strong music is. Its the vibrations man!!! If you react to that and weep.then goid on yer. You are strong.

[@PIPERJIM2024]

What a load of Tosh Peter

[@coleraineful]

Hats off to Samuel Dalferth on an excellent recording. Got the sound just right.

[@sentimentaloldme]

I agree...Super audio recording in a concert environment. The sound off those pipes are Heavenly...

[@tonymccann8853]

@@sentimentaloldme there ain't enough words to describe this music some of the best ive heard in my 50+years going to music around Ireland.🌎

[@chrisconlon7970]

Tears , but no words to describe such wonder. Perfect accompaniment on guitar and his feet tapping out the rhythm

[@seroendeng]

Some music does that to you. I'm from Holland but I only have that feeling with Celtic music and especially from the harp and the bagpipe, uillian pipe and biniou. Its a deep yearning for the landscapes with the music

[@painpaul2024]

il ne faut jamais perdre nos belles musiques ,nos folklores ,notre culture traditionnelle !

[@gcormier04401]

As I listened to this, I began to feel a connection to my heritage. As a musician myself, one can "cover" a song, or one can "channel" the spirit. Spirit channeled. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

[@angturil]

This is not an instrument this is a voice from above!

[@jamescantrell6956]

Catherine Ashcroft is a great piper. I could listen to her playing all day.

[@edeledeledel5490]

An example to other young people - expertise on one of the most traditional type of instruments playing the most traditional music but still modern enough to wear stylish high heeled boots!

[@daviddejulio863]

Love that air so much and you can't beat it when the jig kicks in.

[@paulthornhill9930]

I closed my eyes, and I was home on the shores of Newfoundland.

[@MrsGranpaws]

I hope this music never stops. Keep the tradition going to hand on to new generations, as it has been handed down to these generations. Many thanks.

[@OGMann]

My soul culturally appropriates this music as my heart is colonized by it. Wonderful music. Love from the Southwestern US Rocky Mountains.

[@AdrianJohn1956]

I came here for the Chieftains...but this Lady is enchanting. It's great to discover such ability hitherto unknown to myself.

[@gerryadams9868]

Irish music is so earthy and spiritual 💜

[@karenk7310]

Never saw this instrument before, its so beautiful sounds, there is love, saddness, quiet joy and haunting, so glad this showed up on my FB feed.

[@numealinesimpetar1]

In the words of the song, about the Quiet Valley where his True Love dwells: 'There is music there/And all kinds of sweetness/In the piper's greeting/At the close of day.

[@stuwhiteman3810]

OMG! As an Aussie with Scottish and Irish heritage this is awesome, what a great musical experience! Love it!

[@petervandermolen4089]

What you hear is the essence of Éire. Sublime.

[@lakinweaver]

This performance inspired me to take up playing the uilleann pipes and was one of the first airs I learned. Outstanding.

[@r.g.8416]

Me too , God-bless 🎵🎶💥💥💥😊🙋‍♂️

[@bernhardlohr4662]

Brilliant,Amazing! Wunderbar! As one of the biggest Irish-Folk Fan since the 90`s (De Dannan, Planxty,Altan,P.Brady,Mary Black,Dolores Keane..a.m.m.),and been on three" Irish Folk Festivals"...I would say this is a very very good tune !! I close my eyes and listen to the music.., and maybe is it perhaps Liam O`Flynn?... (R.I.P.) No (!)...soo good is Catherine Ashcrof! P.s.:the dislikes are a shame. Thanks for upload, B.L.,Germany

[@sukhadaadasi9552]

Makes Me Lovesick For The Land I Want To Dream On...... Jiva Jago/ Wake Up Sleeping Souls..... Gaura-Chandra Bole peeps

[@mrbaldyman6479]

Moves me to my core. My soul is stirred by the memories of ancestors unknown. Slainte 🇮🇪

[@RosyAfterglow]

*DEEP SIGH* This may be the closest I get to Ireland in my lifetime. Thank you for sharing this....so lovely. *SNIFF*

[@Teaslippers]

As someone who's adopted and has recently discovered my Irish heritage, this had me in tears. I'm deeply honoured and proud to be of Irish decent! 🇮🇪

[@anthonyhoward4743]

I cant believe what I just read! I was just about to type something similar. I was adopted @ 6 months. Mother Irish Father somewhere from South Asia. Irish pipes used to bring me to tears before I found out and I ever knew why. Now we do mate!

[@pascalomathghamhna4883]

Only an Irish can belt out a beat on a guitar!!

[@Daisy-ct3nh]

@@pascalomathghamhna4883 don't think so, but he's brilliant,no doubt

[@Paulco67]

As an Irishman, I say welcome to your/our family ☘️🇮🇪

[@winterishere9828]

Wish I could upvote every time I listen to this.

[@Rizzeen]

I´m crying every time. Thank you for this beautiful music!

[@vikingblood0408]

This beautiful music makes my ancestral blood happy.😊🍀

[@johndoyle1810]

The haunting sound of the pipes,,,i love it

[@christian-albrechtgroddeck3320]

Amazing Catherine the best I hear at lasttime. Maurice I meet personly in concert in germany 2002. He's a brilliant songwriter, Composer and musician, very, very fine friend.

[@ProfClaudeBalls]

What tasteful playing! She doesn't pound on the regs; and she left room after the air to let you start breathing again. Rare and wonderful!

[@AgranakStudios]

I would hit the like button 1 million times so good!!!!!

[@A66omd]

Just seen on Facebook that Catherine has recently been invited to join Riverdance (the Barrow Troupe) on their 2017/18 tour of China! Congratulations to her on this fabulous achievement

[@SeldimSeen1]

This sound brings me to a lush green and wind swept meadow on the edge of a cliff over looking the wild Atlantic sea.

[@mariemorris7031]

That "King of Pipers" sure caught MY ATTENTION Thanks glad I tuned into this!!! yeah!!!!

[@DaveBrons]

Catherine is an absolutely wonderful player.

[@timbrady6473]

No other instrument gives me goosebumps like the Uillieann pipes .

[@euan4465]

Amazing music, keeping our country's heritage and history alive when it's being taken from us Thankyou

[@butgord]

the soul of Ireland it that simple

[@MrMflick32]

Deep, moving music that awakens the soul.

[@radharcanna]

Boy, can this woman play the pipes! That's a very sweet sound. Great guitar too.

[@inlandonline]

Interesting, isn't it, that we have to call attention to the fact that the musician is a woman. Pipes, I guess, not yet associated with female musicians? Perhaps slow airs are more "male" expressions?

[@radharcanna]

@@inlandonline I was drawing attention to the playing rather than the woman. If it was a man I would have said '...can this man play'. We should celebrate the fact that more women are taking up the instrument.

[@luxfer7794]

Never seen an O' Dhomhnuill before. Im a Nicdhomhnaill. Comradely greetings my long lost brother. 😝

[@radharcanna]

Jj Jj Greetings to you too! Your name sounds Scottish.

[@Douchkamuzuri]

Like the sound of it. Makes your hairs rise and your heart vibrate.

[@Douchkamuzuri]

Thank you.

[@johnhogan1640]

This lady is beyond good….I have never heard pipes played so beautifully

[@djroca3185]

Excelent musician this lady. I discovered this tune listening ¨El mantel de Noa´´, a spanish band formed by Miguel Angel Fraile and Pilar Gonzalvo. He also plays the Uillean Pipe very well. Listen to this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5vPn6VohpiaZpo

[@djroca3185]

Excellent sorry

[@barrygills38]

True mastery of the small pipes... reminds me of the late wonderful Liam O´Flynn..

[@remiclud]

There are no words to describe what I really feel, but I have tears that come to my eyes and it feels good to feel that we are a living being. Thank you both for this wonderful music.

[@wakou222]

Utterly enthralling.! Like a great painting, the more you look, the better it gets!

[@seanmcneill8899]

I love music so much and have to say in my heart and soul people who can play like this young lady were born to play, playing from the heart.😉

[@OldSchoolChinny]

Absolutely BRILLIANT!!! I've lost count of the number of times I've watched this, it's just immaculate! Best version of either song I've ever heard!