Cathy Maguire Freeborn Man of the Traveling People

[@Mitchwitch1958]

What a beautiful lady,what an awesome voice. Thank you.

[@caracortage3270]

Nice dress! Lovely song! true story!👍

[@TA-yf1gt]

I am 64 years old now I cannot remember how old I was When as a pupil in the CBS Armagh Road Crumlin Dublin an Amaizing and brilliant Master O Carroll Taught us this song I still love it

[@RobertHull-en1fe]

A beautiful lady and a beautiful voice

[@CarmelGough]

Lovely singer, good song

[@paulineheaney6945]

I've just discovered Kathy on here and what a beautiful voice she has... totalling awesome...

[@raymondroberts638]

First heard her sing Lady of Knock...what a voice.

[@andrewjacksonian8060]

if I was younger, unmarried and still a travelling man, I'd stop for longer than a linger for Cathy Maguire, chase her till she married me and spend the rest of my days making her eternally happy,

[@canicemcdonagh3854]

Beautiful God bless

[@finbarrmcsweeney914]

i love that song .you sing it lovely .what a voice .❤❤❤☘☘☘💚🤍💛....

[@patodwyer721]

Beautiful

[@philiplynch3186]

How Beautiful . I didn't want it to stop!

[@finbarrmcsweeney914]

she.s ..a grand singer..from the S.O.L..

[@shimonrubin6354]

Magnifique interprétation! Très simple mais émouvante.

[@rayhoward8188]

RIGHT ON, PROPER MUSIC . RAY TWELVE STRINGS

[@theaccordio-umpets321]

Beautifullly sang, and one great singer, God bless you keep it up!!

[@jimmcgettigan1326]

Great singer.

[@Mitchwitch1958]

I could listen to her singing every day... Awesome. Thank you.

[@albertsmith1048]

Beautiful rendition, would have loved to hear a duet with Luke.

[@patmcdonagh748]

Very nice

[@jameshyndman5326]

This Song is About Our Irish People who are Members of The Travelling Commuinty. Fellow Country Men & Women Whose Rights are denied by The Counicls & Both Irish Government & NI Assembly.

[@eckyhen]

Why does some idiot have to see a song as a political statement? For your information it was written by the great Scottish songwriter. Ewan McColl.

[@canicemcgill7197]

My mum like the song good bless you from greta mcdomagh

[@firstname1152]

Singing about the freedom of travellers the nomadic tribes of Ireland

[@PatKeogh-u4i]

Brilliant Where time was,not your master Very few people can say that today AFTER A LIFE TIME AT COLLEGE CAN'T BUY A HOUSE 😢😮😮😮

[@RobertHull-en1fe]

Cathy please marry me .a voice of an angel ❤

[@sentimentaloldme]

A lovely song but the best version ever is by The Johnstons recorded in the 60's. Our house at home was an open house for the travelling people which were known at the time as "the Tinkers"...because most of them were tinsmiths.

[@martinmcdonagh8723]

Michael Crowe i am a tinker tank you very much

[@canicemcdonagh3854]

Beautiful song my cuz all the best you are amazing one love x

[@alexmorris452]

Well done

[@JamesCollins-l7z]

🕊️❤️🕊️

[@annmariemcdonagh1160]

I'm looking for a song i think its called December day.. the lyrics are in stephens green I met a queen a stranger to my town. With a travelling band from a northern land..

[@graemeforssberg3986]

Does anyone know who the violinist is playing in this KZbin clip?

[@alarmerads]

Bröderna Eddie och Finbar Furey har väl också gjort den ???

[@garybreeze3020]

Beautiful song made famous by some of the greatest Irish singers, but it's not an Irish song nor was it even written about Irish travellers specifically. It was written by an Englishman who was half Scots for the Radio Ballad documentary about English travellers.

[@eckyhen]

OK, I will give you that Ewan MacColl was born in England but his parents were Scottish so we are going to claim him as Scottish. For sure he was not Irish and I do get a bit pissed off at the Irish claiming Scottish or English folk music as their own.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

@@eckyhen Ewan MacColl was born and bred in Salford, Lancashire and lived the whole of his life living and working in England (well, when not touring of course). He had Scottish parents and learnt a love of folk songs especially from his mother, but he went on to learn and love English folk songs too and was instrumental in the 2nd folk revival in the whole of Britain. What can you say about MacColl. He was not a nationalist, but an internationalist, a communist with an interest and love of folk music, dance and song. He was a product of his environment and politics, and those were rooted in his early life in Broughton, Salford. Like many of us, he had a mixed background culturally, though it has to be said that English and Scottish folk and working class cultures are very close to each other. Anyway, yes, he was not Irish, nor were the songs he wrote. It's often not Irish people (though its' common enough) who claim English and Scottish songs as Irish. It's all kinds of people internationally too who have no idea what they are talking about and have an almost insulting disregard. The other day I found some American berk who claimed that Scarborough Fair was an ancient "Irish celtic" song ... ffs!

[@MrMassivefavour]

MacColls legacy of the beautiful songs of the British folk revival (which he lead) are often covered by great artists. Not too many do them proud. Liam Clancy and Luke Kelly being the exceptions probably. Yes, he was Salford born and bread but he travelled alot to learn and create songs. Think of "30 ft trailer" which he sang in broad Scottish. It's said his greatest love song was "The first time I ever saw your face" Covered by Roberta Flack, which he couldn't travel to America for to receive his Grammy as he was blacklisted by the McArthyite Right..... But for me, he greatest love song was to his home town. Which Luke Kelly made a thing of beauty in my opinion. "Dirty Old Town" kzbin.info/www/bejne/raCxoKWNa8d8q9E

[@kenshields7922]

@@eckyhen keep taking your medication till you get pissed of at yourself you prod scot

[@samuelneill6888]

where does it belong then

[@firstname1152]

samuel neill - Nomadic

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

"Ireland In Song show" ... did she run out of Irish songs?

[@kenshields7922]

explain what you mean

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

@@kenshields7922 What do you need explaining?

[@maxvolmue99]

very nice performance...but this song has nothing to do with ireland...

[@annmaguire1822]

maxvolmue99 why

[@maxvolmue99]

Hi Ann Maguire ....actually re reading my comment it comes across blunt...sorry about that......this performance is really top.....it's a song about the brittish nomads......written by Ewan McColl the brittish folk singer. it got popular when the dubliners and clancy recorded.....but it's English folk .....same as dirty old town or the wild rover.....so it's an adopted irish hit ☺

[@patrickmcdonagh8413]

maxvolmue99 Hi, just spotted your comment and must say I beg to differ, those British nomads and Irish Travellers or Pavees, are one and the same for the most part. This song is almost an anthem for Irish Travellers my friend. And notice the lyrics Thinker and Gyspy rover, quite clearly referring to Irish Travellers. Lovely rendition of the song must add.

[@daliborzovko4053]

GAMMONS PEOPLE SAY FOR THEMSELVES "GAEL PEOPLE"

[@kenshields7922]

@@maxvolmue99 british my ass its about the Irish traveller's so go kiss the covid queens ass

[@terencestarkey8609]

Love this song by euan mcoll, but for me luke kelly is the man,

[@georgemutch4521]

Formartine

[@bcwest56]

The Clancy Brothers do this song better!

[@PatrickStokes-y9w]

The haunting of the travelling people the killed our ways