My mother passed away. She loved Irish music. We played it for her when she was sick the music gave her some comfort and was a glimmer of happiness in such a sad time ! RIP MOMMA . Please like this in her memory. She loved everyone and helped anyone she could. A living saint. Mom god bless you
@machree016 жыл бұрын
Joseph A. Lopez it is always sad when you loss a love one, but you still have the memories you can look on
@Jessica4Jesus6 жыл бұрын
Joseph A. Lopez wow I just written a similar post!!
@guesswho76646 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️❤️😥
@jackhammer61795 жыл бұрын
God bless you.
@timedfan43885 жыл бұрын
rest in peace to your mom and god bless your family
@Jessica4Jesus6 жыл бұрын
My Irish Grandmother is dying at this moment in time. She loves this song so playing it in her last moments of breath. I’m so proud of my Irish roots. I love you Nanna ❤️
@leehayes54805 жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@eiimii65045 жыл бұрын
I hope she gained comfort from this song. It truly is a beautiful song.
@jmcd27395 жыл бұрын
Awww 🙏
@maryanneweldon80404 жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤☘☘☘☘
@wilsonblauheuer65444 жыл бұрын
May God keep her, and you. My mother was Irish
@SJ-li6ho3 жыл бұрын
My dad a Londoner. Living in Galway. Loved by the locals. 5k folk walked through the house giving their respects. He sang this song always.
@mrscaffolder2068 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful, Straight to the heart strings this one, #hairsstanding
@machree012 жыл бұрын
Today we lost one of our finest songwriters.Just heard the death Irish songwriter Pete St. John. He wrote The Fields of Athenry, The Rare Auld Times and many others. R.I.P. Pete.
@Elizabeth-iw3wd2 жыл бұрын
So sad .......R.I.P Pete St. John 🏴
@patrickdunne87352 жыл бұрын
Nobody sings that beautiful song as well as him
@DanDgl012 жыл бұрын
Paddy will always be, the number one singer, of that song. His voice is superb.
@curtinbryan15996 жыл бұрын
My late mother was from Tipperary. My estranged father is from Cork. They came to England in the early 1960s. I was born in Lambeth South London in 1962. I am proud to be London -Irish. I cant change what happened all those years ago but i hope in time we can forgive and learn, in the hope that these things never happen again. My home now is in Kent but my heart belongs to Eire. God bless.
@raymondhambridge9471 Жыл бұрын
Played this at my brothers funeral not a dry tear rip dennis
@michaelburgess65563 жыл бұрын
God bless you, Paddy! A beautiful, powerful rendition of a great ballad! No flashing lights, no gimmicks, just a man, his voice and his guitar. 🙏👏☘🇮🇪
@hughrobertson84364 жыл бұрын
Being an Australian of Irish ancestry, this song is really special. My family were originally Irish convicts.
@DelphineCingal4 жыл бұрын
So Botany Bay :-(
@ambrosemclaren1453 жыл бұрын
@Joseph Fahy One day the good God will right the wrongs done to His faithful Irish children by their fallen northern neighbors. Tragedy is that what 600 years of persecution by the Brits could not do to the Fightin' Irish, Vatican ll and its phony non-Catholic Modernist irreligion did in 40 Father Patrick, save the Irish from Modernism just as you saved them from Druid paganism.
@ambrosemclaren1453 жыл бұрын
@Joseph Fahy The world always has rewarded the wicked because the lord of this world brings nothing but death and destruction. There is true justice somewhere and it ain't here.
@killuminatiuk36978 ай бұрын
My mum use to sing this to me. Touches deep to my heart ❤️ 💚 im proud to have irish routes
@northerntraveller31807 жыл бұрын
No one can do it like Paddy, may God Bless.
@biliboy16179 жыл бұрын
Saw him in Edinburgh years ago singing with the Dubliners. Brilliant. This is my ringtone on my phone.Love it PS I am a Protestant Celtic supporter but we are all God's children. Cheers to all.
@kenuraking7 жыл бұрын
Bill Hanratty There are only "Celtic Supporters" my friend.
@interalia677 жыл бұрын
Bill, your religion has never been an issue for those of us who support Celtic. That's what distinguishes us from those bigots on the other side of town. Lennie Boy
@johnedwards44924 жыл бұрын
Fuck celtic super rangers
@TobcioccLeyton7 ай бұрын
such a wonderful song
@johngrindley14706 жыл бұрын
To put the Irish famine in true historical fact, I shall teach you about Trevelyen. As a Cornishman and with great shame to say of this character, Trevelyen (pronounced Treh vull yun) was of Cornish parentage, his father was a Cornish clergyman and his mother being Cornish too. Trevelyen was born in Somerset in the Southwest of England and was very prominent in the government and in the treasury, he became an Earl and a Lord. He became the governor of Ireland, when the potato blight hit Ireland it was here that Trevelyen showed his indifference and hatred to the Irish people. Ireland was a very rich agricultural country, but all the cereal, sheep and cattle were shipped to England for the profit of the mainly English landlords, most were absentee landlords. The Irish peasantry (country folk) could only grow potatoes for profit as well as their common food. With the blight hence famine, their main source of income and food disappeared, When the famine was in full force, Trevelyen deliberately held up and slowed down the aid to the famine struck Irish people from the British government, and mis appropriated some of that aid to people who were not that desperate, charge hands, house servants, valued employees on estates for example. Those same employees evicted their masters tenants who could not pay their rent and taxes, and even some tenants of the church owned houses who could not pay the rent and taxes (tythes), hence the government stripped the clothes off of their backs, the landlords carved their flesh off and the church scraped their bones clean as one Irish tenant said. Yet while the people were starving, ships laden with cereals, fattened sheep and cattle sailed to England. Trevelyen wrote to an Irish baron and landlord (and this shows you what Trevelyen really was) he wrote, though not the exact words, "This famine is a good way to depopulate the people of Ireland. It is gods way". He said too "There is no evil in this famine, the evil is in the Irish people and their character"!!! As said, these words were not exactly what he said, I have softened them, mainly because of not remembering them precisely. So Trevelyen was callous and indifferent to the Irish suffering and in fact Trevelyen just hated the Irish... I would say, not to hate the English people, but to hate their elite, the common folk in general did not know, mostly were uneducated and anyway the elite treated their own people exactly the same. You could get a good beating just for not touching your forelock when passing one of the elite. Also for any Americans reading this, the first slaves in America were Irish and British, back in the mid 1600's the government decided to clean up the country by rounding up all beggars, street urchins, orphans, homeless folk, drunkards, anti social elements, poverty stricken folk and those who were rebellious against the crown by thought and deed all over Britain and Ireland, then shipped them to America to be sold as slaves against their will, all profits to the elite, this was way before the African slaves came. Look it up, it's fascinating. For the Irish Famine read Paddy's Lament, I forget the authors name, it's an interesting read. But for Trevelyen, he was not English, though he was born, educated and thrived there, and as much as I hate to say it, he was Cornish.
@Sylkenwolf5 жыл бұрын
@John Grindley an awesome read. Thanks for posting! I'd love to read anything original of this if you have a link or anything for me to find it. I will look for Paddy's Lament too. Thank you again xx
@samh79485 жыл бұрын
Agree that the fault laid at the feet of the elite as it does to this day.. im an english man but this song weighs heavy for all these people endured.. i identify more with them than the 'english' of the time. X
@liamhelenflynn59714 жыл бұрын
John Grindley uh
@Suninitib4 жыл бұрын
Liam & Helen Flynn Thank you for taking the trouble to put the background in to this story. I have a friend who sings it at folk clubs in the UK and said I would learn the accompaniment to play with her at our next meet. It's true, it's not other nationalities we should hate but the rich and powerful who keep us where we are.
@BrideofPFunk3 жыл бұрын
I suspect that many listening here don't need to be 'taught'...we know.
@incitingariot99252 жыл бұрын
Mr Reilly's rendition always brings tears.
@kevingallagher3878 Жыл бұрын
God Bless you Paddy, love this song ❤
@bttdb6110 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful and thanks so much for posting, Paddy Reilly is one of the greats in my opinion because he delivers the songs straight from the heart with no artiface or sentimentality.
@elizabethgillen8718 Жыл бұрын
Truly beautiful song sung by the best.
@TheKgv13 жыл бұрын
God bless Paddy Reilly's voice & his particular rendition of this song....(gets me every time)
@Eochaidh326 жыл бұрын
I can hear many different versions, yet I always come back to Paddy Reilly. This is the signature piece for this song.
@joylacrosse82336 жыл бұрын
Irish and Scottish Celtic people god bless i am one of your children....irish and Highland Scot and Catholic but yes we celts are artists poets survivors politicians policemen and healers and nice to look at....yes love your music god bless the celtic soul
@lindapatrick780311 жыл бұрын
Paddy Reilly version is the best ever and always will be !!!!!!
@DanDgl012 жыл бұрын
I fully agree. He has an amazing voice.
@johndenverfan6 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree
@marlinconnelly6327 жыл бұрын
on this Saint Paddys day say a prayer for Brendan Hughes I an an American and a Veteran -he loved his country-gave his life-we go by it different ways
@johnprice73038 жыл бұрын
I miss home more than mere words can express... I know that is inpractible to return...My beloved English wife and our sons love the land of their birth too much... but I dream the dream...and watch utube!
@fergal7468 жыл бұрын
we all love eire sometimes but it drives you mad too!
@dmg18664 жыл бұрын
Miss you Michael. Can't believe you're gone.... You must be - cause you're not here. Love you forever.💝
@anelladambrosio25134 жыл бұрын
Questa canzone aprile porte del paradiso!!!grazie Paddy!!!!😇😇😅😅😍😍😘😘🤩🤩🎸🎶🎶🎶💎💯
@joej16710 жыл бұрын
I'm a Yankee in Boston who loves hearing Mr Reilly sing songs of the of Irish history
@phillies4100_mainsite8 жыл бұрын
+joej167 Phillies fan here. Philadelphia has a ton of Irish too
@margaretharan9049 жыл бұрын
Fantastic music Paddy Reilly is a longtime favourite of mind
@Trotsentry12 жыл бұрын
As a hospital radio presenter in Scotland this was one of my most requested song sung of course by Paddy.
@gunterfleck6306 жыл бұрын
Das Mitsingen macht so einen Spaß, man ist eine Einheit mit Paddy.
@vocejaassistiu20223 жыл бұрын
Vim aqui para escutar a música mais tocada na Irlanda, que todos conhecem, como falado no E-Dublin
@claudineipereira42633 жыл бұрын
Eu também!
@Dimie112353 жыл бұрын
Tmj /o/
@delby664 жыл бұрын
Paddy Reilly, my god, what a brilliant voice.
@atchgraham86537 жыл бұрын
me dad sang this with me n me brothers over the years all working together.miss u loads.xx
@doowoppyify5 жыл бұрын
I am Spanish and end up in tears every time I listen to this...
@nichallam1744 жыл бұрын
The best voice in folk music.
@HuskyDad19724 жыл бұрын
No words... Just legendary 👏
@buttsvanman10 жыл бұрын
He makes it seem so easy.Great guy, great voice,great song
@irenapg17 жыл бұрын
Im Polish,I love irish ballads,irish people +Paddy Reilly - is best!
@Irish7807 жыл бұрын
eirene pax good for you😊
@irenapg17 жыл бұрын
Thank You very much !
@scottagamer4 жыл бұрын
ninguém do E Dublin?
@alexgabriel56503 жыл бұрын
It's so depressing, but I don't believe I've ever heard a more heartfelt and beautiful song.
@moosbach44 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful but very sad song - I play it every day.
@dinerouk2 жыл бұрын
Heard Paddy live in my local 'Catholic club'. In South Yorkshire some 15 years ago. Was always a favourite of mine - excellent voice!
@brianwalsh66668 жыл бұрын
Paddy's the best living singer of many of these songs. His resounding voice fills space like the sea. He's warm and happy, humorous and manifestly thrilled to be articulating the tradition with such passion. I never tire of his voice. Thank you, Paddy, for doing it so well for so long!
@uinsinn16 жыл бұрын
I love this song. Paddy's voice when he sings it is brilliant, it makes the hairs sand on the back of your neck.
@Eochaidh325 жыл бұрын
This song has everything and Paddy Reilly does it like no other. "Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free."
@geonuine9 жыл бұрын
The Irish were born to make music!
@johnbyrne12589 жыл бұрын
Truest words spoken..
@stoney71458 жыл бұрын
+geonuine Music sport literature thats what makes us tick
@stoney71458 жыл бұрын
***** Yes we are if we can get a handle on emmigration and some immigration control we can keep it that way
@chriswhitworth77938 жыл бұрын
+stoney71 Try listening to the words.....
@johnbenton44887 жыл бұрын
And write fantastic poetry. (The occasional novel was penned by n Irishman too).
@deanp44177 жыл бұрын
God Bless Ireland And Our Irish Ancestors..................My Family Came From Waterford County in 1841...................
@mkeibergin37757 ай бұрын
If you are still around today, hang on a little longer, you will find out who we really are. The end days are here as you can see from the conflicts around the world, we will be reunited soon even if it is in conflict with the world of Islam, yours Methuselah
@gazaga2227 жыл бұрын
Both parents born and bred from cork, I was always called a brit when in the defence forces, in England I'm called a plastic paddy, I'm as Irish as the next and proud of it call me what you like. beautiful song.
@rogerbrowne88476 жыл бұрын
Daniel you are indeed an Irishman. You may not have been born there but your heart and soul are Irish
@mrthomas93065 жыл бұрын
Do you know brendan Joyce he call a plastic paddy aswell and he looking forward to his history as he said himself
@Sylkenwolf5 жыл бұрын
My fave author is Frank McCourt, I think they called him a plastic Paddy too. I am proud to know I do have Ulster Scots & Irish roots
@christineflannigan27832 жыл бұрын
If u lived in England we called them all brits and still are brits.
@britboycarl8 жыл бұрын
Only heard of this yesterday watching Ireland vs Belgium absolute crazy atmosphere from the Irish fans! From an English fan!
@sentimentaloldme8 жыл бұрын
I meet lots of English tourists in the Dublin pubs...the nicest folks I've ever met.
@AsDfler128 жыл бұрын
+Michael Crowe Ok... that sounds fake but ok
@V8trickshot5 жыл бұрын
Piss off
@michellejones7664 жыл бұрын
I love this it's pure soul honest and makes me cry xxx God bless the people who actually lived in them times! You will not be forgotten with a song like this x
@ThePatricia19347 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Songs. Keep Playing these great collections of Irish Songs. Priceless
@verdicapirro6715 Жыл бұрын
A great rendition! God bless you, Paddy...
@malcolmparr66436 жыл бұрын
One of the REALLY great Irish singers . An honor to listen to this master .
@gertiecampbell40646 жыл бұрын
That was my husbands favorite song.He would sing it a lot .He passed away a few years ago..God bless him.R.I.P.
@briannolan8237 жыл бұрын
Brings tears to a glass eye.
@pops15079 ай бұрын
So nice!
@SpookyElectric3198 жыл бұрын
Try listening to this and not shed a tear... Erin Go Bragh...
@tomfranck29278 жыл бұрын
+Celtic Lady. Granted!
@anelladambrosio25134 жыл бұрын
Questa canzone e stupenda!!!e tu Paddy la canti con il cuore!! Con la tua splendida voce!!! 😅😅😀😍😍😘😘💔♥️💗🎸💋🎶💎🌟
@thomasgreene36404 жыл бұрын
True, So true
@SpookyElectric3194 жыл бұрын
Thomas Greene 🍀💚
@thomasgreene36404 жыл бұрын
Thank u
@Siobhan11958 жыл бұрын
First I ever heard this song, it was Paddy singing it. It was outside at a Chicago festival, with the seagulls soaring overhead. One of the best!
@ThePatricia19347 жыл бұрын
love the traditional Irish music, Paddy Reilly, Liam Clancy etc.
@sentimentaloldme8 жыл бұрын
I first heard Paddy singing around 67/68. In those days theyfolk clubs were in full bloom in Dublin and Paddy used to sing at a folk concert in Liberty Hall every Friday Night. He worked by day in Clondalkin Paper Mills. I remember one of his favorites at the time was the Joan Baez number "Deportees"..
@michaeldynes7713 жыл бұрын
paddy reilly is amazing,a perfect version of this song,he could allways deliver a song perfectly.
@christinamcilwaine82357 жыл бұрын
💚🍀🇮🇪 Always reminds me of my Aunt Mary who passed away this was played at her funeral
@anelladambrosio25134 жыл бұрын
Paddy sei fantastico!! Questa canzone e bellissima!!😌😇😄😍😘💘💕💞💋🎅
@andyt79195 жыл бұрын
this is by far my favourite version 👍
@shimonrubin635410 жыл бұрын
Un grand bonhomme ce Paddy Reilly. Il s'est joint aux Dubliners un peu trop tard. Un véritable troubadour qui sait présenter ses chants. Merci
@jamesmcguinness23887 жыл бұрын
it,s so lonely round the fields of athienry beautiful song 🎶 🎶
@terrystorey53316 жыл бұрын
What a song,what a voice,i'm ashamed to be british,if this song does not raise hairs on the back of your neck you have no soul--brilliant
@marc67cfc11 жыл бұрын
Evan live ......superb
@kahrtctm10 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful.
@anelladambrosio25134 жыл бұрын
Questa canzone e meravigliosa !! Sublime!! Paddy sei fantastico!! 😇😅😀😍😘💔💓🎸🎶♥️💎💋
@ritaggn8 жыл бұрын
Incredible and touching performance. R.
@desmondkeoghan194910 жыл бұрын
A great song and a beautiful singer
@phill15957 жыл бұрын
thanks for posting this, such a beautiful song, always brings a tear to my eye it was my grans favorite and played at her funeral god bless her soul.
@roslynshawkelly798010 жыл бұрын
This song makes me wanna cry and he's solo good at it :)
@lilianrosalia53973 жыл бұрын
Vim depois que a Ana(E-Dublin) falou da "EVIDÊNCIAS" holandesa. Vim conferir a indicação. Amei! Dá uma vontade de voltar para casa, mas a casa já não existe mais!
@johnnyblaime5 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@henriquedossantos66344 жыл бұрын
Que música linda!
@keithohara80515 жыл бұрын
Paddy Reilly I love you forever
@kevque95147 жыл бұрын
love this song . think of my dad who died to young. god bless my dad.
@kerryenglish89116 жыл бұрын
What a singer!!!
@NickenChuggetsX3 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish, and bloody proud of it!
@christineflannigan27832 жыл бұрын
Me 2 as northern Irish Catholic.put down for so many yrs.you can not beat us .we will rise up.and still be here when u are not.
@Ianoliveira-nf5mp3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@suzannekinlough7437 жыл бұрын
God I miss home......
@CaradoTempo3 жыл бұрын
"E nessa loucura de dizer que não te quero Vou negando as aparências Disfarçando as evidências Mas pra que viver fingindo Se eu não posso enganar meu coração Eu sei que te amo"
@incitingariot99252 жыл бұрын
Um, this song is about family's begging to hear their loved ones before they are sent to Australia. Britan sent thousands of innocent men to a prison island.
@chasem56579 жыл бұрын
I wish I could be their in 1986 listing and loving my beautiful county even more "Erin Go Bragh" "Ireland Forever" god bless you Paddy Reilly
@jackkinsella61676 жыл бұрын
Chasem1916 pp
@djbnice16 жыл бұрын
Memories of my father.
@sherp2u110 жыл бұрын
Good man, Paddy! no better man than to sing a song about Galway...!
@treacymasterson98103 жыл бұрын
Words is music, its amazing in life, when you really listen
@josparkes93813 жыл бұрын
Fantastic singing !!!
@cwmboy938 жыл бұрын
dd50 Surely there can't be a better version of this song than this.Beautiful song.
@carmelwalsh887212 жыл бұрын
A great song
@00SENNENGOROSHI008 жыл бұрын
By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl calling Michael they are taking you away For you stole Trevelyn's corn So the young might see the morn Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay Chorus Low lie the fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small free birds fly Our love was on the wing We had dreams and songs to sing It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry By a lonely prison wall I heard a young man calling Nothing matters mary when you're free Against the famine and the crown I rebelled they ran me down Now you must raise our child with dignity [Chorus:] By a lonely harbour wall She watched the last star falling As the prison ship sailed out against the sky Sure she'll wait and hope and pray For her love in Botany Bay It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry [Chorus:] I put this here for myself to learn lol
@colinfox90744 жыл бұрын
Btilliant
@leonardomassaro23454 жыл бұрын
thanks, man!
@marcoantonioclifton321410 жыл бұрын
amazing this guy love the travelers i do
@hameedrahmoo82416 жыл бұрын
Hats off☺😍😍😍😍irlanders.
@mikeriordan71908 жыл бұрын
if only my dad tim riordan from county cork was here to listen to this great times dad
@shashankravi56476 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@gubairarafat50135 жыл бұрын
So touching so passionate, lovely, stay blessed
@noelrogan61759 жыл бұрын
fantastic IRELAND, may GOD BLESS us all,,ERIN GO BRAGH HALLELUJAH
@anelladambrosio25134 жыл бұрын
Che voce meravigliosa Paddy!!!sei fantastico!!😇😇😀😍😍😘😘💔♥️🎸🎶🎶🎶💎💎💎🌟💓