Please give finbar a lifetime achievement award to honour him and his music and songs while he remains playing and singing he deserves this don’t leave it any longer
@patrick5034 Жыл бұрын
Irish soul music 🇮🇪🙏🏻
@williamcostigan469 Жыл бұрын
And so much more, a living Legend.
@declanclaxton31263 ай бұрын
The greatest
@declanclaxton312616 күн бұрын
First time I saw Finbar and His brother Eddie in Frankfurt in the 72 in a folk club they were magic Had a beer or 2 with them later the craic was mighty
@jayflynn85894 жыл бұрын
You know your Irish when the chills run through your body when he starts playing
@tonycropper43873 жыл бұрын
It's like electricity
@jayflynn85893 жыл бұрын
Tony Cropper I am a young boxer and When I turn pro I want this to be my entrance song
@johnsparling60643 жыл бұрын
@@jayflynn8589 ya heis tison breeding
@eddieswewney24963 жыл бұрын
Am irish can't say how much I ❤️🇮🇪
@jami3763 жыл бұрын
Glaswegian with my family from Donegal and Derry, just as much feeling for it as you have. TAL
@dougreed22573 жыл бұрын
I'm a geordie, consider myself akin to celtic heritage, and my great grand parents were Irish. My late brother loved everything Irish, this is for you Ed ❤️🎶😢😊
@leeleef3 жыл бұрын
💕💔
@eddieswewney24963 жыл бұрын
💔❤️
@jamesdelaney15443 жыл бұрын
Rip your brother mate
@dougreed22573 жыл бұрын
@@jamesdelaney1544 thank you James, appreciated👍❤️
@SinewyParrot3 жыл бұрын
You're Irish to us :D
@stevedoody9423 Жыл бұрын
My Brother Eric, passed away on the 12th of November 2023, this is the song we brought him into the church to. He loved it, he loves the spirit of the song, the essence of the sound. R.I.P Eric. You’ll be with me always
@sandramalone496710 ай бұрын
Rip Eric 🇮🇪☘️💚
@cianhickey150910 ай бұрын
Rip eric
@Graham-ym1ps9 ай бұрын
It was my uncles in new Zealand when he went. Tricolour over his coffin. Happy, but sad moments:/
@Johnnyb-z2o3 ай бұрын
God bless him ☘️🙏🇮🇪
@MrGrumbleguts2 ай бұрын
Thinking of you today.
@gerryscully92484 жыл бұрын
Eire, my home, my house, my land .... if you are Gael then every hair on you’re body stands up
@elainereid4164 жыл бұрын
1000% ☘☘☘
@ciar4nsmells6144 жыл бұрын
Galway born and raised
@creasemason63474 жыл бұрын
ERIN GO BRAGH, brother
@galwaytribesman92893 жыл бұрын
Shut the fuck up tosser
@littlebrayutd3 жыл бұрын
Every time hear it reminds me of me da Growing up,, 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪💚
@meganroe66356 жыл бұрын
No one on this earth can ever beat Irish music
@mihaliprefti250711 ай бұрын
Vlah music of Pindu, Gramos is as beautiful.
@sandramalone496711 ай бұрын
Cead mile failte 💚☘️🇮🇪
@TonyWhite-s4c26 күн бұрын
Thanks, but as an Irishman who has travelled a bit I can tell you: every culture can produce beautiful musical art. We have our style but what is music but a non linguistic way of telling a story?
@knockjames196610 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of sitting in the african bush on safari with my best friend who had finbar and his lovely wife sheila as his guests. He performed the lonesome boatman under the stars in kruger and it was an unforgettable evening. finbar is a legend and is mighty crack socially.........
@georgousgeorge697 жыл бұрын
knockjames1966 don't believe you
@georgestyer21537 жыл бұрын
You lucky arse!!!! what a privilage
@newry1237 жыл бұрын
you lucky ballacks
@TheMushroom557 жыл бұрын
I get pretty emotional every time I hear this bit of music so that would have been some amazing experience!!!
@alengelaar2037 жыл бұрын
knockjames1966
@kilcohan312 жыл бұрын
sublime..the spirit of Ireland and the Irish sea's. A windy Irish night, wind whistles through the trees- makes me proud to be Irish and swells my heart every time I hear it.
@lianjie1963 Жыл бұрын
The quarter of me that is Irish (through maternal grandmother) soars earth and heaven at the sound of this...the other three quarters come willingly, too.
@carolinelloyd72562 жыл бұрын
no words can explain the beauty of this song
@arnoldhemsley931710 ай бұрын
That's why it's a "song".
@antoniojosemartinezsalas6463 Жыл бұрын
I'm Spanish but I cannot stop vibin' to this GLORY TO IRELAND!
@TheJofrica Жыл бұрын
There's really no rules about it
@michaelcassidy7129 Жыл бұрын
Viva la Quinta brigada Hermano🇮🇪
@bridgetbolger-cv2rv Жыл бұрын
Gho ..maith
@jjohnston-c6i6 ай бұрын
Hey Antonio google Celtic fans sing The Lonesome Boatman.
@IrlBandit5 ай бұрын
Vibe in any way, it is all cool hombré
@KJ-ev3it Жыл бұрын
Makes me proud of my heritage
@v_nix Жыл бұрын
"The most beautiful and haunting melody I've ever heard " ~ Sinéad O'Connor [In loving memory. 😢 Fare thee well, Sinéad ❤]
@marionogorman64685 ай бұрын
I am humbled you rembered our Sinead, and our talented musicians, thanks so much
@dily4412 жыл бұрын
Never get tired of hearing this. you can imagine the seagulls over the ocean when he plays the flute
@martinlaird47384 жыл бұрын
It’s a whistle not a flute
@ianmurphy12344 жыл бұрын
I was imagining more of a cowboy v Indians scene
@galwaytribesman92893 жыл бұрын
@UCHuqqhLQR9g_V_hRtEysl-w Ya it's a whistle you're a fucking flute
@TheEamoB5 жыл бұрын
1:07 Goosebumps. Finbar Furey is one of Ireland's greatest ever musicians.
There's nobody on the planet who could have played this better by Christ that was stunning.
@dmar19046 жыл бұрын
Finbar Furey what an absolute legend, musician and entertainer..
@thomascumiskey732 Жыл бұрын
This touchs every irishmans soul
@لولمأكنمسلماًعربياًلوددتأنأكون8 жыл бұрын
love Ireland and irish people نحبكم والله from Arab world (Palestine)
@shamur62268 жыл бұрын
love u too from athlone.ireland aka Eiře
@لولمأكنمسلماًعربياًلوددتأنأكون8 жыл бұрын
Thanks شكراً
@shamur62268 жыл бұрын
+Andy Kelly agree
@لولمأكنمسلماًعربياًلوددتأنأكون8 жыл бұрын
We love peace and justice. But USA and England and France and zionest love war as all over the world know
@idvssuperegohmm91508 жыл бұрын
glad you like our music my friend! I'm sitting here now playing the PlayStation with my free Palestine T-shirt on.. and up stairs proudly beside my IRISH flag sits my Palestinian flag.. and my name on the PlayStation.. IRELAND-PALESTINE (I kid you not lol) from the river to the sea👍🍀
@Emerald00700711 жыл бұрын
The thing I love about this song is that when finbar goes into minor off chords in the beginning you get a real sense of the seagulls and the waves crashing against the rocks. Love it
@honeycat53510 жыл бұрын
exactly.you get it.. perfection..
@seankerr1286 жыл бұрын
so talented love it
@mrtbag27306 жыл бұрын
And all this time I thought he had two seagulls stuffed inside the bloody thing. I'm a Ballyer lad myself and have always appreciated their music still think of Paul lord have mercy on him.
@S070-g8q2 жыл бұрын
@@mrtbag2730 exactly! Lord have mercy on that good man, I've studied every scale and key there is, minor, major, augmented and diminished, this ain't no scale 😂😂😂 and it sure as heck isn't minor.
@Podger7712 жыл бұрын
Trying to learn this tune at the moment in think it's the key of g definitely a bucket list in life 🙏🎼🎵
@triggergaye693 жыл бұрын
I'm reading Sinead O'Connor's book "Rememberings" right now and she makes mention that Furey's "The Lonesome Boatman" is her favorite song. So glad she took me here to listen to this beautiful and, yes, haunting music! Love it!
@anneigo Жыл бұрын
Wow Sineads book just got delivered today.I too got to the part about The Lonely Boatman, and like you I went straight to watch Fibar Furey and his band play the song.Beautiful haunting tune .I can so understand her connecting to his music. Amazing
@aggie4490 Жыл бұрын
I’m reading it too and have just got to that part. Immediately looked this up. Wonderful. ❤
@uliuli7251 Жыл бұрын
Me too...
@ianglossop15882 жыл бұрын
Ya feel this song running through u it's amazing makes u proud to be Irish
@jannibonsai5 жыл бұрын
The most Haunting music i have ever heard, simply beautiful
@lulu-ox5yr4 жыл бұрын
Best musician in Ireland love him so much
@arnoldhemsley931710 ай бұрын
NOT music to listen to before gannin to bed👻
@user-mq3ey4he1e4 ай бұрын
Pure Irish
@damiendaly9834 жыл бұрын
Fireplaces with family , stories , poems, and music is what we were brought up on , ireland ,eire , love from liverpool , another irish city
@robertdavis12552 жыл бұрын
Beautifully played ....no wonder half the world is Irish & the other half want to be...... cheers from Australia 😀
@jodagg39824 ай бұрын
Knew a man from Howth who did his interpretation of this on his fiddle and it often reduced me to tears - so beautiful and lonesome.
@galwayvintagecollection340110 ай бұрын
Just play that again and let the frequency flow. They never would have fooled so many with the lies from "Experts". Finbar is an amateur professional just breathing Truth where lies matter. One of my all time favourites. A kite mark of beauty, heritage and everything great about life. I intend to pass this beautiful frequency on to my only child who is 24 today. Operation Shamrock ☘ 2024 is here.
@jamesgreene4811 Жыл бұрын
Proud to say that I'm a Greene and Irish from the heart of Ireland best wishes to all who love the The Lonesome Boatman 🇮🇪☘️
@andrewwilson47303 жыл бұрын
The waves are lapping against my boat on lough erne, the curlew is calling out on devenish Island, and I am sitting at home listening to the great tune,"the lonesome boat man,played by the gifted Finbar Furey,like I'm on the lough,Fantastic
@socratesgoulas90364 жыл бұрын
Speechless!!! Reminds me of Pan's flute and Romanian Gheorghe Zamfir! Greetings from Hellas!
@BLOLite2 жыл бұрын
I think he is playing a low D tin whistle,on the 3rd octave up,never realised you can do that with such control,a beautiful.evocative tone.And greetings from Kernow!
@caroparsons1252 жыл бұрын
I am from brittany an I first heard this song from Brendan Keeley....I right away felt in love with it...merci braz ❤ for this wonderful piece of art !
@jayjay3500008 жыл бұрын
fantastic musician, proud to be Irish far away from home.
@hilarywoodbyrne59972 жыл бұрын
I agree with the previous comment, we should award finbar furey a lifetime achievement award for the beautiful music he creates. ☺️👍👍
@ianhamilton9668 Жыл бұрын
I heard Finbar play this in Galway 40 years ago. They turned the ligths down so it was almost pitch black in the hall. I'll never forget it.
@terrywhitfield27024 жыл бұрын
Irish. Scouse. Glaswegian. It's all the same. We are all brothers.
@johnosullivan34373 ай бұрын
Brother's divided by capitalism
@Jgf8023 ай бұрын
Brummies too, and I’m sure a lot of southerners have been let down by Westminster 🏴 🇮🇪 🏴
@tonybyrne746Ай бұрын
No mate u want to b.irish. God gave the world the irish the devil gave tbe brits.
@susiecook20546 жыл бұрын
This was my nana's favourite song and at her funeral my cousin who plays the flute played this and it was beautiful ❤
@pamelambyrne4 жыл бұрын
This was played at my grandfather's funeral over 30 years ago, we were so close, when I hear this I cry miss him so much but when I hear this I know its him letting me know he is near looking after me
@josephreilly9277Ай бұрын
Absolutely AMAZING beautiful music... only the Irish can do this ❤️
@brendacorcoran5495 ай бұрын
Omg brilliant 💙
@jjohnston-c6i6 ай бұрын
God bless you Finbar. xxx
@DeJaMo427 жыл бұрын
He makes that instrument cry, what a beautiful piece of music! Also I love the way he acknowledges the other musicians on stage with him.
@jamesdonoghue11283 жыл бұрын
My father's cousin brilliant Irish and proud god bless the Irish tiocfaidh ar la
@gps89584 жыл бұрын
Finbar puts so much Celtic Soul into everything he does.
@G78.7 ай бұрын
Our Irish ☘️ spirit will never be broken 🇮🇪🇮🇪
@ReallivesA-Z Жыл бұрын
Phil Coulter is a genius with the arrangement of this tune,love it
@MichaelGovers9 ай бұрын
This is an all time classic, which makes me proud to be Irish. God bless. :)
@Perkie3008 жыл бұрын
Pure class, genius, inspiring, one of a kind that I don't think we will see the likes of again. Wherever you are Finbar I hope you are happy!!
@gmkdesign6 жыл бұрын
Perkie300 he's not dead?
@cathywalsh28434 жыл бұрын
Welsh born woman proud to be the daughter of an Irish Father wonderful music always Thank you
@jasonmurphy91732 жыл бұрын
He's alive and well
@kennethmaher45875 жыл бұрын
To my brother alan in law r.i.p. gone too soon only 34 years old .
@jamesoneill78388 жыл бұрын
love it....proud to be Irish
@jamesoneill78387 жыл бұрын
Does that affect your self worth that an Irish traveller achieved more then you in life
@jamesoneill78387 жыл бұрын
Is that the reason your so bitter
@jamesomahony79997 жыл бұрын
there was a time you could be proud to be irish james,fellas like crazydog changed that,they are rife in this country now bitter pathetic people..
@jamesoneill78387 жыл бұрын
James O Mahony what country are you in
@georgousgeorge697 жыл бұрын
James O Mahony I'm still proud to be irish and always will be. If you're not then you're not irish.
@jamesbradshaw33896 жыл бұрын
Finbar Fury is Gods gift to his people, a totally brilliant musician, storyteller, educators, adviser, historian, wordsmith and a man of the people, how lucky are we to have such brilliant people among us
@Eternalnowisthekey Жыл бұрын
Proud to be of Irish parents 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 beautiful finbar ❤️🙏
@vinnysheridan43439 жыл бұрын
the man is a musical genius
@seanh48412 жыл бұрын
Bravo
@paulleech67973 жыл бұрын
Ballyfermots most famous son what a genius he is legend 👏
@JamieMoonen4 ай бұрын
The Furey's and Lam's chinese. Ballyer is some area, and I'm from the North side 😂
@brianferry19808 жыл бұрын
This sends shivers up my spine i lov it
@outoforbit007 ай бұрын
Finbar Furey heard seagulls by the sea and this is what he heard. A true artist of beauty.
@darrenagnew70984 жыл бұрын
One of if not thee most beautiful , spine chilling piece of music Ive ever heard . This is Ireland !!
@muiravenue7182Ай бұрын
This is Master Piece Performed by a Master Craftsman with a BIG HEART
@jimmygreene33268 жыл бұрын
Finbar an Irish legend makes me proud to be half german half irish just takes me to Valhala this music
@dennisbean73363 жыл бұрын
I am from Yorkshire and remember this so much
@constancekavanagh11255 жыл бұрын
Everynight before bed my father would play this and I would dream of tìr nà nòg here in Dublin IRELAND " GOD WILL GIVE US JUSTICE ALL OF US BROTHERS AND SISTERS 💚💪🙏
@dylasher5421 Жыл бұрын
No words needed ❤️ sums our history up just by instrument 🇮🇪🇮🇪
@michaelpatrickcole59596 жыл бұрын
Totally fabulous and hauntingly beautiful... Living in Ireland is a magical experience and I feel blessed.
@manicbassa8 жыл бұрын
The Irish make some amazing music
@caoimhehussey93597 жыл бұрын
True!💚
@johnbacon44144 жыл бұрын
Big big fan of the unique talent of Finbar. Long may he entertain us with his his music!!!
@ConqueringCaffeine2 жыл бұрын
Cannot describe how much I love this! Thank you!!!
@GazaRatts5 ай бұрын
Eireeeeee most special proudest country in the world ❤🇮🇪🙏
@Jgf8023 ай бұрын
Not necessarily. While beautiful everyone seems to be patriotic, despite their countries demise Éire a aontú 🇮🇪
@jarondavis1 Жыл бұрын
History greatness made right there
@francesann11312 жыл бұрын
Hit me right in the heart every time.... fantastic piece of music.....
@Icu-h6g10 ай бұрын
Beautiful early bird catches the worm 🎉
@bedojames4 жыл бұрын
The Ultimate relaxing piece of music. You swear your on the sea rockin about on a small fishing boat on own. Finbar does it best but others do it justice too including his younger bros.
@awjfagan4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. What a beautiful tune and such fantastic playing. An all time favourite.
@timmurphy14554 жыл бұрын
It makes me weep
@arnoldhemsley931710 ай бұрын
Prime minister's question time makes me weep but not in the same way tim.
@alexpd3083 жыл бұрын
I’ll never have dry eyes when I listen to this 💚
@SolaScriptura-n-cats Жыл бұрын
One of Sinead O’Connor’s favorites. 🫶🏻🇮🇪 Finbar wrote this when he was 12.
@keithmorrissey17668 ай бұрын
Finbar Furey must be considered one of our true living treasures here in Ireland ?
@fionaward675810 жыл бұрын
Love the fureys big part of my familys life like to listen while travelin
@robbiecampbell98314 жыл бұрын
went to aberdeen three weeks ago to watch the fureys absolutly brill little place the tavoli
@stephenboyle9011 жыл бұрын
This has just become my favourite version of this tune. Absolute enchanting
@Only_team_for_me_67 Жыл бұрын
See when you've got 60,000 Celtic supporters chanting this unbaleveable goosebumps!! 🍀🇮🇪🍀
@cathydenvir4736 Жыл бұрын
Hits different doesn’t it when in paradise 🇮🇪🏴♾️💚🍀☘️
@alecgraham4328 Жыл бұрын
A beautiful haunting tune, it sends shivers down my spine
@tommymaughan8324 жыл бұрын
Up the irish travellers I beg all you. S don't no Finbar is a full bred irish traveller proud to be an Irish traveller 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪and still we love and die for our country and the discrimination and racism we still receive is absoultey disgraceful but our day will come we will make this country united this bestiful country of ours the island of Ireland my great grand father died fighting for this country 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@mariontimmons26704 жыл бұрын
U do not judge ,we are all gods children and are the same in gods eyes. I will pray for those who are racist, may god bless all of you x
@michaelburgess65564 жыл бұрын
Finbar....such an awesome talent. Thank you, Finbar.
@audreyryan36129 жыл бұрын
certainly one of the best tunes of all times. ...reminds me now of happier times...
@MSboxing4 жыл бұрын
Best tune out there I love it my 18 year old son loves it, it speaks to all hearts and all ages
@thepallasbull12 жыл бұрын
1 of my all time favorite pieces by the fureys....Truly amazing
@novo6112 ай бұрын
Well done lads 🙏🇮🇪
@pound4poundko7014 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic musical talent. The sound of the seagulls is 👌🏼 🇮🇪
@patriciathewisher2315 Жыл бұрын
❤ Finbar. They’re all incredible here. Thx so so much. Haunting is an understatement. ❤
@honestgolfholiday23874 жыл бұрын
A tear to your eyes unbelievable what a musician 👏 ❤
@markkavanagh44577 жыл бұрын
Deadly tune and an even deadlier player, awesome piper too, being listening to this Man from Ballyfermot for almost all my life.. legendary..
@micknicholson4917 жыл бұрын
flawless, very haunting hairs stand up in my arms and back of my neck, its Irelands song 1st 2nd and last but in Glasgow its became very popular at celtic park and in the pubs up the gallowgate, absolutely love it, as long as its treated with the respect it deserves its a great sight at celtic park jumping and singing it in unison HH
@darrenagnew70984 жыл бұрын
Im a lifelong Rangers fan and a protestant from Northern ireland and im so proud to say that im indeed irish and not British . Good music is good music and thats all that matters . I live in the Philippines now and have friends here from all over the world and when we party theres silence while we all listen to and appreciate this majestic piece of Irish music .
@solsticecelt12 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, learned this on my d whistle, bought on our honeymoon in Galway, class tune
@kilcohan312 жыл бұрын
IN LOVE with this piece of music and it makes me proud to be Irish!! it really captures the spirit and soul of what it is to be Irish- even if it was not called this it the lonesome boatman it would still remind me of the Irish seas on a windy night and the boat man alone at sea with his dreamy thoughts.......
@ianclernon98206 жыл бұрын
When you are Irish you understand this speaks to you so pass it on and enjoy music is powerful healing and soulful
@yvefinn14 жыл бұрын
I just cant praise this man highly enough..he is amazing..I get chills listening to him
@seanh48412 жыл бұрын
Almost like gingernuts
@markhogan14186 жыл бұрын
ONE OFF THE MOST SPINE CHILLING GOOSE BUMPS SONGS FINBAR HAS WROTE AWSOME
@Realeye122 Жыл бұрын
Awaken the warrior. Awaken the soul. We are all celts and we need to stand together.. A good man once said to overstand is to innerstand. Together as one.
@DroneGirl19 жыл бұрын
Love this one as well! My dog just can not stop singing along, so funny! But another brilliant song by Finbar!
@fabulouslyfeline82383 жыл бұрын
Ah, my son. It doesn't get much closer to your sending off than this, does it. Those chills never go away and we are decades on now lad.
@dylanandleon3406 жыл бұрын
So brilliant its too hard to put into words how excellent this piece of music is.to me Irish music along with its writer's musicians and singers are simply the best in the word.what a beautiful tune this really is.good man finbar.