Kilkelly, Ireland

[@speedskatingpanda]

as a person living in Istanbul I listen to this song with tearful eyes always. guess this is the power of music.

[@veraperinova7297]

I have no words to express how this song touched me. I am from the Czech Republic, poor people from this country also went to America, several cousins of my grandmother with their entire families. Their parents stayed behind and never saw their children again. The letters are full of their love, and Byran Hunt's great-great-grandson Peter Jones composed them into this beautiful Irish ballad. Touching. And I am not ashamed of my tears...

[@3V1L5H0073R]

teacher played this in an English class for us like a decade ago now, and I remember it being this exact video. hell, i'm prolly the one dude from that class or year who still remembers this track. what a banger, and thank you for keeping it up all these years later.

[@ObstagoonGuy]

Literally same! My teacher played this exact video during English class about twelve or thirteen years ago and it is probably my strongest memory from school. Still brings tears to my eyes even to this day.

[@ravenchild5141]

I heard this over 10 years ago in English class. I had forgotten about it but something - I don't know what - made it pop up in my head again. So I listened again, to the same version that was already on KZbin back then - this one. And here I am again, the same crying mess that I was 10 years ago. The lyrics just pierce right through my heart. Honestly, with my parents now aging, they hit even harder. Thank you for uploading this and for keeping it here. It's an emotional piece of memory.

[@3V1L5H0073R]

same dude, i heard this in an english class as well and never forgot. it's a great track, dunno y it ain't on spotify

[@MyMoppet52]

I was hanging onto every word the first time I heard this years ago. I still have that feeling. I have to stop what I am doing and just listen. Blackthorn nails it! Fantastic version. Thank you for putting it up for us to enjoy.

[@seanhall7190]

i listened to this in history class i seriously almost cried

[@iarroganti]

Thank you for posting this. It has always been my favorite version of the song. As someone who lives 1300 miles from his family, I don't think I can ever listen to it with a dry eye.

[@kristianhauge8438]

I come back too this version agian and again. Timeless and beautifull

[@TimothyQStanton]

I used to perform this song in the coffeehouses across the U.S. in the early '80s. Been a while since I've heard it all. Such a touching song...

[@BeastLord0]

damn... i;m cry at 4:33... that just killed me. just that one phrase got me right in the heart. truly moving indeed

[@schallundrauch2917]

I thought I'm the only one... damn.. this song is a total guarantee (!) for me to cry rivers!! :(

[@021Sweden]

god ... i just called my dad and told him just how much i love him such a heartbreaking song

[@natpat274]

We listened to this today in history in memory of st Patrick's day I almost cried

[@GlasgowCeltic88]

I have tears in my eyes now... Such a moving and heart wretching song. I LOVED it!!

[@coincee]

This song always makes me nearly cry at the end. I always have a lump in my throat after having listened to it. It is such a beautiful song full of love and so sad.

[@swagmasterz9591]

Best song I cried for hours

[@ShayenneKarmino]

I heard this today for the evry firrst time, combined with an interpretation! And seriously I LOVE this song! It makes me so sad! And this video is so beautiful! You did a great job! Amazing!

[@palitamercedes]

Yesterday, I was listening to this song on my class! My teatcher was vising us this song. Omg! This song is so sad:(

[@ryn9384]

This Song is so strong and sad too ! I really dont know what to say right now

[@miche267]

+Jax Teller \♥/

[@lorraax3]

we listened to this wonderful song in school..& i think it's very sad..but also very good ;)

[@lifefordummies]

i am of irish descent, no different then the great migration of the irish to newfoundland hundreds of years ago. My generation of people have to leave the island of newfoundland to find work. my whole family and the families of all my friends are affected the same way as our ancestors were.

[@MMDelta9]

This song is the definition of bitter sweet

[@Leon-xk6uu]

every special day for me I do listen this letter..

[@jeremyisawesom]

i had just heard this song today in class and i love it :)

[@thomasmccauley414]

Me people are from a place called Ballure, a wee village between kiltimagh and Kilkelly. Mayo was once the most populated county in Ireland, now it is the least. Tis a sad state of affairs that the people were dependent on a good potatoes harvest. Black '47 was a tough year for the Irish, but especially for the folks in Connaught. (Western Ireland)

[@maggielittle4410]

this song makes me weep. In a good way.

[@gerald0309]

One of the best song ever

[@swagmasterz9591]

We went over this song in social studies

[@organicbleach4703]

Swag Masterz ho

[@wallnutwhip]

I just love it

[@susanmcelvain]

Lay down. Try not to cry. Cry a lot.

[@kenpoka65]

love it, love it, love it. BUT not karaoke, THIS IS BLAAAACKTHOOORN!!! ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE TOURING IRISH FOLK BANDS ON EARTH. i have heard dozens of versions and this one is by far the best.

[@Canis76er]

The Song touch my heart and it is a true in my live

[@Ang3lo1811]

It's a very good song !!!!

[@Eolande13]

Hi , I was just wondering if there was anyway you could send me the audio to this , i cant seem to find the song anywhere

[@SoberEire74]

This song..could make world peace. It makes me want to pat someone on the back tell them i'm their friend

[@jeremyisawesom]

P.S. u did a really good job with this video :)

[@jacobbdoesntsparkle]

hahahaha we had to listen to this in music and when the teacher said the name, everyone was like, "so are we gonna kill Kelly?" XD;;

[@overtheworl]

@jcw001 Please listen to such a rebel song, and then listen to this one again. Tell me, is this a rebel song?!

[@megalordcartman]

Lustig, ich hab das video gesehen, weil wir das in der Arbeit als Lückentext hatten, ich schätze du auch? ^^

[@GlasgowCeltic88]

What album is this from?

[@nuramon10]

@awsome182 hattest du es? und warum SIE?

[@Kindroth110]

So sad 😢

[@1129mdw]

this song made me cry for the first time in 3 years

[@downdaboggy]

sadest song i haver ever heard

[@TimothyQStanton]

@TimothyQStanton ...meant to say heard it *at* all.

[@keenan10pig]

bast song

[@megalordcartman]

@nuramon10 @awsome182 ALTER awsome182 ist eine weibliche youtuberin! Ich habs ja gewusst. Hattest du das jetzt im Unterricht?

[@nuramon10]

@megalordcartman ja und was sagt uns das jetzt? gar nichts

[@modar]

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its sad cause this song is based on a true story wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@nuramon10]

@megalordcartman Schwach anfangen und ganz stark nachlassen!

[@nuramon10]

@megalordcartman aaaah ich glaube er nicht

[@nuramon10]

@awsome182 ja du

[@xtjzy]

This just sounds weird. It's a very great song. It tells a very sad and moving tale. But in this version, they kinda fail to deliver the story, with their tempo and deliverance of the song.

[@Merylholicerin]

The performance of Deirdre Starr is way much better!

[@lwspeedy17]

Fuck you.

[@justforever96]

I think the tempo is a bit off as well. Good song eiter way; it takes a lot to make me want to cry, and this song does it. Touches close to home. Makes you angry at the son for not writing back or bothering to visit is father when he as a chance to do so....true all around the world. People shut their parents away somewhere and leave them to die because they're too busy to visit. Although they somehow make time to go to parties and go on vacations and things like that. Just can't be bothered to visit their parents because its not convenient for them. Ah, for the days when people actually felt an obligation to respect and look after their elders. Now we just make nursing homes and set up Social Security so we don't ave to be bothered doing anything ourselves. That's when we aren't actively mocking elderly people for being old and stupid and slow; 'ha ha, you're old and feeble and going to die soon, what a joke!'

[@briancarkill]

very bad version. i think its sang too fast .tis by heart a slow song.

[@gloriaslater8433]

Musically correct, but awfully stiff sounding.

[@MyAll1990]

Absolutely love the song but nothing beats the o'connell,keane and moloney version. This is just terrible. Where's the emotion in this ? He doesn't even sound sad to say his wife's passed on. No point in singing a song like this if you can't get the message across properly.

[@rehorekhonza6761]

+MyAll1990 I actually prefer this version than keane, moloney, ect., because i think its more "real" one. I mean, imagine old man whos telling his sons that their mother died, do you thing he would be telling them that in way like o connel does? Times were hard but so were people. It was normal back then to have 4-6 children, because you couldnt know how many of them will survive to their teenage years. I think that emotions are hidden deep inside in lyrics and singer´s voice

[@iananderson8718]

For a song with a huge amount of emotion. They stink.