Karan Casey - A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn O (Beautiful Ireland)

" A Chomaraigh Aoibhinn O " (Sweet Comeraghs) is a song (singing by Karan Casey) from the album "The Words That Remain" (the third album by Solas, released in 1998).
Solas (Irish: light) is an Irish-American musical group formed in 1994, playing Irish traditional music as well as original compositions.
Band Members
Karan Casey- Vocals
John Doyle- Guitars, Acoustic Guitar Effects, Vocals
Seamus Egan - Concert Flute, Banjo, Low Whistles, Tin Whistles, Mandolin, Nylon String Guitar, Bodhran, and Percussion
Winifred Horan - Fiddles and Vocals
Mick McAuley - Accordion, Concertina, Low Whistles, and Vocals
Lyrics:
Mo bheannacht óm' chroí
Dod' thir 's dod' shléibhte
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Is dod' mhuintir shuairc
Ar dual dóibh féile
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Do shrutháin gheala
'S do choillte craobhach
Do ghleannta meala
'S do bhánta léire
Ó grá mo chroí
Iad siúd le chéile
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Is dathúil breá
Do chruacha scéimchruth
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Nuair a lasaid suas
Le hamharc gréine
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Na faillte 's leacain
Ar gach taobh diot
Mar bhrata sróil
Le seolta gleásta
Nuair a scaipeann an drúcht
Anuas ón spéir ort
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Do bhíos thar sáile
Seal i gcéin uait
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
I ndúthaigh fáin
Ag déanamh saoithair
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Ach b'obair tháir liom
Cnuasach gréithre
I bhfad óm' ait
Fé scáil do shléibhte
Is chas mé arís ort
A phlúr na nDéise
A chomaraigh aoibhinn ó
Lyrics:
My heartfelt blessings
On your valleys and mountains
Sweet Comeragh
And on your cheeful people
So naturally kind
Sweet Comeragh
On your shining streams
And your leafy woodlands
Your honeyed slopes
And your gleaming meadows
My heart fills with love
For all of them surely
Sweet Comeragh
Your rugged peaks
Are a handsome sight
Sweet Comeragh
As the rising sun
Sets them aflame
Sweet Comeragh
Cliffs and steep slopes
In every direction
Like a satin weave
From a magic loom
As the dew falls
From the heavens high
Sweet Comeragh
I was a while away
From your beauty
Sweet Comeragh
Slaving so hard
In a foreign land
Sweet Comeragh
Base work it was
Just making a living
Far from my home
'Neath the shade of your mountains
So I came back to you
The flower of the Déise
Sweet Comeragh
Author : Maurus Ó Faoláin (1853-1931)

[@timothychamberlin6985]

Sorry Mom. I never took you to Ireland.

[@mikemurphy773]

Do the journey in her memory carry her in u heart an do a little gesture u will always remember her an ireland for next best thing to real thing there is so much I wish I got to do with my mom before heaven called her home I sadly lost my queen at 27 my little brother 13 cherish them while u jave them ❤️

[@timd8912]

Love your parents while they are here...

[@ametrineambrosia4929]

my best memory of this was telling an Egyptian friend about how much I loved it. and the next day in the car he tenderly turned to me and said, " I have something for you." and played it.

[@johndowling9379]

Beautiful Comeraghs, West Waterford.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@MrBREIZH29]

Excellent, from Britanny, the small...................................

[@timothychamberlin6985]

Love you Mom...

[@timothychamberlin6985]

Transcendent.......

[@marciabitting9386]

Thanks sonice! It IS a song about Connemara, Eire and you can find it on The Solas, The Words That Remain cd. One of the best Irish songs sung in Irish/Geilge!

[@chintzgirl]

+Marcia Bitting actually it's about the Comeragh Mountains in County Waterford. The song was written by a priest in praise of the beautiful mountains for which he was homesick.

[@timd8912]

Blessings to all......

[@davidwilliams2722]

Humanity's ability to create beauty far exceeds its ability to appreciate it.

[@mjw12345]

Beautiful. Beautiful you provide the lyrics as well!

[@mrsmith4u980]

Love you!! thanks for this :)

[@bimbop7693]

Love Karan Casey. Voice of an angel. Maybe show less clips of gold courses. Lol. Getting choked up is hard with all the roads on these bluffs

[@gordengibson1]

Thanks for the info on Maurus Ó Faoláin. I'll include that in my arrangement of Sweet Comeraghs for guitar.

[@timmyodaley1411]

Thank you....

[@teery59]

I'm guessing the footage is from the west coast, then?

[@seandegidon4672]

South coast (i.e. Co. Waterford). The cliffs only get higher and rougher as you go west!

[@emotionalsand7812]

a very beautiful song

[@hahnsheinie8193]

Miss my mom

[@janetkristnasawmy6286]

I miss mine too and she has been gone a long time , my mum used to say time is but the blink of an eye.

Lilting timelessness

[@АлександрКурлович-ъ1з]

Why did you put tte picture of Solas from the later time to open the clip? The band there - with another singer, not Karan )

[@АлександрКурлович-ъ1з]

There is NO Karan on the photo. You call it a joke?

[@cahillgreg]

Shush now

[@gordengibson1]

Who is Maurus Ó Faoláin and did he/she compose Sweet Comeraghs?

[@HEADSUPBERKELEY]

Oh so mighty this and the beauty of it

[@Sparfucile]

He was born in Kilrossanty, Co. Waterford Ireland. He became abbot of Mount Melleray - a well known monastery in West Waterford. He wrote the lyrics and the tune is an Irish traditional air,

My language sang by the bards