How to say the lyrics of "Amhrán na bhFiann" (National Anthem) in the Irish Language

[@oscarchica5566]

The presence on KZbin of videos such as yours proves that the Irish language is not a dead language. Thank you. From Canada with love.

[@O3177O]

Never was never will be ! 👍

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Gaeilge is not dead. Still spoken in Ireland, Glasgow and parts of North America. Gaelic though is close to dying, so sad. But if Gaeilge lives it lives as they are very close.

[@emfhomesurveys9999]

Came to finally learn how to sing my own national anthem properly, wasn't disappointed. That smile, what an absolutely lovely girl, you're a credit to the country. Well done.

[@emfhomesurveys9999]

So looks like it took me a month, one line at a time, but I got it down. Thanks for the help.

[@barbaraoconnor7038]

Love this girl. She has excellent pronunciation that really helped me. She is also a very likeable character xx Go raibh maith agat!

[@youssefdiab9172]

Thank you so much lady, due to the fact that this video is on point, so I’m now able to sing the beautiful Irish National Anthem !! Greetings from Lebanon 🇱🇧🇮🇪

[@kokobwild2413]

مَرْحَبا

[@tianshi2006]

I was at camp ciara, love Lebanese people

[@MrBagpipes]

This brings back memories, learning the national anthem at achool. A few words pronoinced differently for us being from The North. One of the most beautiful anthems of any country, both words and music. 🇮🇪☘️

[@TheSWCantina]

I was at an Irish national team football game years ago. I was embarrassed that maybe 1/4 of the Aviva knew the anthem. Thank God for a teacher from Tipperary that beat it into us, but I couldn't remember a line in it "Ní fhagfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráil" thankfully, I found your page a few years back.

[@patodwyer721]

Thanks Siobhán, that's very helpful

[@MysticSarahh]

I thank you so much for this. We have to do an assignment in vocals class where we need to sing another country’s anthem and I chose this as mine. I’ve been struggling to pronounce everything properly and this really helps

[@ArlecchinoMyDarlingChief17]

I'll definitely need this

[@tobiasoellers146]

I really love Ireland, this country holds such a deep place in my heart. I’m a German that feels like Ireland is more than a second Home. Really, that’s true. And I know as much as aprox 300 Irish Folk songs by heart (yes I am aware, not all are originally Irish; but in common sense that’s the generic term I guess) But learning the Irish Gaelic is so hard to do. I‘m really trying very hard but it’s f*** difficult 😢🤣🤷‍♂️

[@tianshi2006]

It's irish, not gaelic

[@paulherlihy9290]

Nice kind words! Go raibh maith agat! 🇩🇪🇮🇪 (thanks to you) The Irish Language is difficult to learn because it is not a Latin based language. Unlike most European Languages.

[@barbaranolan6425]

The best instruction and graphics - thanks so much!

[@Ankoli69]

I really need to learn that language

[@ronald3639]

I like her accent. Its so majestic

[@grandpatzer]

This is serious serious Irish pronunciation this is beautiful

[@MetalWarrior-jb5cq]

This is very helpful when learning one of the most difficult of all languages. Thank you very much.

[@nfitz117]

Thank you so much. I have wanted to learn our National Anthem for so many years ❤️❤️❤️

[@richardkeith9490]

That is by far the best way to teach someone who has hardly any irish tounge

[@boyoboyo704]

Gò raìbh. Thank you for sharing this. Good on you girl.

[@mattski73]

Thank you for this video. It is very helpful for my understanding of Irish pronunciation!

[@deannecoghlan7693]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@shaneturley9299]

Wow with your accent I never realised how differently we do it in Ulster

[@teletextpear2525]

You’re accent is awesome. 👍🏼

[@SimonPearce69]

I'm attending my citizenship ceremony on Monday and was dreading the anthem. You've saved me! Thank-you!

[@BitesizeIrish]

Happy to help! Gaeilge gach lá.

[@Tsiri09]

I'm gonna have to practice that.

[@sula1529]

You are wonderful in your explanations

[@mauricecarney8803]

I'm third generation Irish Canadian, with French grandparents on either side. About five years ago I begaon explorin' my roots in Ireland and at last I was able to break dowm the Carney/Kearney (the names & spelling are "interchangeable"! Whoopee! After some digging with the help of a group of Irish Genealogists I discovered that my Irish great-grandparents were both from Carlow in County Carlow! Carneys emmigrated around 1848, not surprisingly, and so did the Cavanaughs who were from County Carlow as well, only the ancestors, the ones who came across, were not wed in Ireland, tho I wasnt sure just "where" they met up and married over here until I came across an entry for the wedding of James and Margaret Cavenaugh; I think it was in Quebec or the upper USA somewhere. Many Irish went there for work early on in the textile mills! I'm still not sure exactly. Richard Carney also wed Margaret Cavanaugh ( or Kavenaugh at times) in Quebec or Ontario, Anyway, I still have work to do on our tree. One thing that really "blew me away" tho is that the Irish Nat'l Anthem, a Soldiers Song or Warriors was written by one "Padraic Kearney" aka Patrick Carney ( my cousin's name btw!) "and" my Irish friend who was helping me out, was just about certain that the author of this song might have been a "relative"! So exciting! He even looks like a Carney! I'm gobsmacked! But dont want to get a fat-head, LOL. He was a very humble man by the way, a painter by trade I believe! .Many of my documents and stories were "DELETED" by Samsung at one point, buggars! and hundreds of my records disappeared overnight. Long story, but means I have a LOT of very valuable work to do. I believe Padraic himself was a Dubliner, which incidentally was where I first thought my people were from, at least according to one record I came across. More work! Happily done but I'm getting old and ontracted lung disease in 2016 which has really slowed me down. In any case Slainte! Erin go brah! Best regards young lady! And many thanks

[@abigailisvirtual3358]

Siobhan belt it out for us, le do thoil!

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Should the first line not be translated as " Soldiers of destiny are we"? I always thought "fianna fail"meant "soldiers of destiny".

[@ianmckeon760]

Thanks for doing this, is one of my goals in life to learn irish

[@McBean09]

Go hiontach! I love your enthusiasm for Irish! Keep it up. :)

[@gateway8833]

Oh man, this is going to be tough, I should have listened to my Grandmother when I was a kid.

[@erichiggin2230]

I studied the Irish language since my 20s I'm 45 and I still can't speak at fluently but I enjoy still trying to learn

[@KELJJLL]

Brilliant video. Thank you.

[@yos-o521]

I love this song! I know it's hard to sing this, but i always want to try sing this with Irish and English. Greet from Indonesia!

[@fishingthemidwestwithsheam8096]

What part of Ireland are you from I was born in mullingar

[@conorcallery6567]

Thank you from Melbourne Oz

[@johnloony68]

Very useful. I have been learning lots of national anthems, but my knowledge of Scottish Gaelic is very limited, and my knowledge of Irish Gaelic is even less. There seems to be some variation in how some words are pronounced, even comparing different KZbin clips of the same song. I was surprised to discover that the T in "Seantir" is not palatalised, and the "nocht" is pronounced "nocht" instead of "nochk" (as it would be in Scottish Gaelic). Thanks for being very clear in the pronunciation!

[@fatbap]

John Cartwright Gaelic is Scottish. Gaeilge is Irish. The variation in pronounciation comes from the three different main dialects, Ulster, Munster and Connaught. This is the Munster dialect.

[@joaoribeiro9479]

Thank you so much.

[@herbertmarzinek5855]

Never let this language die. IRLAND IRELAND

[@ronaxabernax8595]

😊💚☘️ERIN GO BRÁCH!!!☘️💚😊

[@richardkeith9490]

I luv ur accent

[@emmakennedy4106]

really helpful thanks!!

[@BitesizeIrish]

No problem!

[@michaelhalsall5684]

It appears Irish has various dialects and pronunciation of words varies from region to region. What dialect is spoken in Dublin? Most languages now use the "national capital" version of their languages as the "correct" version the language i.e London English, Parisian French and Berliner German etc.

[@piasecznik]

German definitely doesn't use Berlin German as the correct version, that'd be like the US using a thick New York dialect, lol. The dialect from around Hannover is usually considered the most neutral/news anchor German.

[@BitesizeIrish]

Hi Michael, Niall answers your question in this short video kzbin.inforImU5Qvzz1s/ Hope that this helps!

[@katherinethomas3419]

Thank you! Very appreciated, you're lovely for posting this!

[@andrewkincaid8511]

grma...I need this refresher...

[@manuelfranciscogarciablaya11]

OMG. So hard but i will make my effort to learn it in our language.

[@liamanderson1960]

Hi love the video. Is the one month free still on offer

[@barryb90]

It's embarrassing being at the Irish national team's game and being one of the very few that know it. Thank you Siobhán.

[@Kaitlynslaymaker1943]

Siobhan is from Tipperary.

[@johnboyle3297]

I wonder if you might be so kind as to read the Serenity Prayer. The English text is ;- God grant me the serenity To accept the the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can, and Wisdom to know the difference. I love this channel and would be extremely grateful if you could grant this tiny request. Thank you

[@secallen]

Thank you for this. Is that a Cork accent you have yourself?

[@paulgreer8129]

That was awesome. You are a legend.

[@I_lovecosmo]

You are amazing! I'm playing this for my baby, because I want her to have a good grasp of how the language is pronounced and I grew up in the US with no Irish. Thank you!

[@photokitsuk6426]

excellent

[@ministr2302]

Go raibh maith agat! I just love the Irish anthem and now I'll be able to sing it in Gaelic at last! Best regards from Russia! :)

[@jimmccormack7507]

Exactly.

[@rizakan]

thank you

[@guernica8487]

It's great but it's so hard when I'm used to Ulster dialect. Still I know it is sung in the Munster dialect.

[@Lugiavsgiratina]

How does MHÓid(MHÓ) pronounce "V"?

[@tianshi2006]

Munster bias, but then again, we all sing it differently. My teacher was from dublin, so there was a different pronunciation.

[@홍콩광동어시사단어]

2003-2004 I stayed in Ireland for studying English. But I should've studied this first. Now I do with your help. Thank you.

[@nathanverzinskie9582]

My name is Nathan verzinskie I'm part Irish Scottish, Italian swedish Scandinavian and a lot of Scotch and Irish. My ancestor was John Knox. I know how to sing that one song by Sinead O'Connor welcome home! Welcome home. At least tell Summer's coming

[@Lichtschlag1]

You are doing beautifly

[@mickshenanigans3558]

My kids know how to sing this as close to the Munster pronouncements as we can get not being native Irish speakers. My Irish is so bad these days I can barely get by.

[@Desert_Rogue_Tanker]

It's appropriate that the national anthem of Ireland is a soldier's song considering the fighting spirit the Irish have

[@sumoremo]

This is a message from Japan. When I heard the Ireland's Call in the Rugby World Cup 2019, I also knew this song. I was surprised Ireland has 2 anthems(Amhran na bhFiann and Ireland's Call), and the Irish national anthem also has 2 versions(Irish and English).

[@shaneosullivan4676]

I for one dislike Ireland's call doesn't seem necessary, don't know about anyone else.

[@Ophelia771]

Ireland's Call is not great but it only came to being for the rugby World Cup in '95. It is used mainly for the rugby games and other sports like hockey and cricket because we play as a whole island as opposed to just the Republic as we do say for soccer. Some unionists from Northern Ireland felt that solely singing Amhrán na bhFiann wasn't appropriate so that was the compromise.

[@Sweet-Mary-Annette]

Thank you for that. That was so useful.

[@toigemeel6089]

Did irish people understand their national anthem or can they speak still irish?

[@Ophelia771]

Yes and we all learned the anthem. We learn the language all through school but it is not taught in the best way to make it conversational in everyday use but there are small parts of the countryside where is would be the main conversational language.

[@catherinatoader9732]

Teaching my girls at the moment, this video helps so much! Thank you

[@diarmaiddillon1568]

Are you from Connemara ?

[@diarmaiddillon1568]

@@BitesizeIrish I thought so. The way she pronounces Siobhán is the Connemara or Donegal way .. I have found in Donegal Siobhán and Siún almost sound the same ?

[@Dude-iz2dw]

Are you still in school, I just wonder do Irish children study Irish at school?

[@fatbap]

+Taras Kryvko Yes, almost all Irish kids study Gaeilge at school.

[@sionnachmacbradaigh1010]

Yes they do!

[@globe0147]

Soldiers are we! It was originally written in English. 🇮🇪

[@Roadmaster2006]

Could I come to you to Éire, to learn the Irish language! I can't spent money but I can do every work!!! (And you others beware of what you think and write!)

[@theolinol]

Go raibh maith agat 👍👍

[@PhilShnider]

go raibh míle maith agat! le do thoil níos mó Gaeilge a mhúineadh. As you can see as a emigrant I know bit of Irish but wanted to learn national anthem correctly.

[@martinwilliam8122]

What an amazing women your the truth x

[@francomilandri7678]

Alba agus Eirinn gu brath an saorsa!

[@Caoimhin1909]

Weshht Cark, bai. Really nice video.

[@BridRyan-fu4zx]

Go raibh míle maith agat a Shiobhán!

[@MegaCrystalWater]

We are warriors not terrorists.

[@johnroberts2857]

Maith thú,a Siobháin! Tá do ranníocaíocht an-úsáideach. Is mór againn do chuidiú.Go raibh maith agat as do chuidiú.

[@colinmcdonald8521]

Go raibh maith agat!

[@mp-ig6zb]

You are so cute!

[@billycarey4325]

She from way up the country☝️

[@badgerbridge5684]

She's not from up the country she's more Cork or Kerry

[@Irishlawandcourts]

Seantír ár sinsear feasta. Should not be translated "no more" - the line is in context: "some of us have come from across the waves to bring freedom to our ancient sireland of ancestral knowledge" that's basically the line, not "no more."

[@Irishlawandcourts]

@@BitesizeIrish "feasta" paired with "ní fhágfar" would be positive negative, not negative negative, reading "henceforth will not be left" our ancient homeland under tyranny, where "feasta" means "henceforth" or "from now on," which is positive, rather than "no more" which does not suit a line mentioning our homeland. You have the meaning correctly, but the translation forces a double negative that sort of puns and goes so far as to negate the homeland herself "no more our ancient sireland" is a terrible translation for a national anthem. Unfortunately, many Irish things are sabotaged by this sneaky style of word play. Kearney's meaning was "From now on (feasta) our ancient sireland will not be left (Ní fhágfar)

[@Irishlawandcourts]

@@BitesizeIrish I did not know that. The original contains the suspicious flaw. Thanks for your responses.

[@Sorrywhytescaresu]

I speak French and Spanish, and of course English, but I have never heard this language that my ancestors spoke. I am so glad that it is alive and well, and in good hands with the proud Irish people! Love and respect from one whose family fled in the 1840's to Alabama in the United States. We are very numerous across this country now, and very successful, because of the grit of our beloved Irish family members, from whom we all came. God Bless the USA and the REPUBLIC of Ireland.

[@mauricecarney8803]

Terribly sorry but my email doesnt function. I hope to correct that soon, (I'm ashamed to say how long I've bin sayin' dat.)

[@L3lpop]

I love that Ireland is just a big island but yet it still has enough dialects and regions that you have to clarify that some words are pronounced differently in different dialects. It's like Ireland has it own set of different languages just within itself.

[@jaybrodell1959]

This is a wonderful introduction to the Irish. Alas, the pronunciation of that language is enough to drive a good man to drink, even worse than French. I suspect the best way to learn initially would be orally instead of trying to master the spelling.

[@BitesizeIrish]

Absolutely!

[@PaddyKraut]

Actually the original was written in English

[@michaelbarnett1315]

☘️❤️🙏🏻🇮🇪

[@Imru_gamer]

💜💜💜💚💚💚

[@MarzipanCat.]

It's like the spelling says A and pronunciation says X lol

[@danielmccann8401]

Iontach

[@mickcaldwell7215]

I was educated sin a laochra fail

[@Chalky29]

pretty sure its pronounced bpileaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr from the sporting occasions ive been to

[@mflaherty8880]

Go raibh maith agar

[@stephenb8126]

Although I'm of Irish lineage, one thing I've learned from your videos is...........I could NEVER learn to speak Gaelic. (LOL!)

[@FlyingFish747]

You can learn Irish though!

[@teletextpear2525]

I’m from Wales and I’ve always thought your name is pronounced, phonetically, Shaevaun. Your name is said the same as the Welsh name Siwan.

[@teletextpear2525]

@@BitesizeIrish That is a great find, of an example of how the two examples are said. Don’t agree with the Wiki entry where it says its cognate with the Welsh name Siân. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siobhan Love your channel. Wish you all the best. Sending my support.

[@gigieinaudi24]

Goidelic is a indoeuropean language brother of the neolatin and germanic speaks. Very interesting. Few roots in common with latin. Nobody speaks gaelic now: what a pity.

[@clayfada6993]

Few speak it but its still spoken gigi

[@daithionuallain5902]

gigi einaudi Last sensor said one million ppl could speak basic Irish and 400,000 can speak Irish Gaeilge in 32 counties fluently ☘👍

[@alanmorgan3661]

I think you should learn to write in English before you comment on our language, ie "neolatin and Germanic speaks", WTF is that supposed to mean? Fhrab suas!

[@sionnachmacbradaigh1010]

Oh goodness. There are many people who speak Irish regularly. There is a thriving and living Irish-language culture especially in the west of the country.

[@michaelhalsall5684]

There are 3 Goidelic (Gaelic) languages Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx (Isle of Man) and there 3 Brythonic languages Welsh, Cornish and Breton (Western France). These are all part of the Celtic language family. They have all absorbed words from Latin and English and in the case of Breton from French. The Celtic languages are Indo-European languages but a very different to the Germanic, Romance (Neo Latin) or Slavic languages.

[@bethfaulkner6477]

She's impressive! I want to learn my language but I was never taught to say hello. My grandma wouldn't even teach me one simple word..

[@yarnednomady5535]

Beth Faulkner wouldn’t ?