Minstrel Boy Wearing Of The Green Rakes of Mallow

[@studslannigan6286]

Aha the oul Classic Minstrel Bhoy..brilliant, The legendary John Ford always had these tunes in his iconic films like She wore a yellow ribbon and the best of all The Quiet Man😂😂😂 God bless Maureen O'Hara and big John Wayne😁

[@studslannigan6286]

Great pipe band and absolutely love their passion and that beautiful flag behind them😁

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

This'll get your Irish blood pumpin'!!!!!!!

[@Twain49]

so freakin awesome!! :)

[@phillyphanatic1830]

Go Irish!

[@fletchbhoy]

Mhaith an fhearr ! great stuff

[@fortypence]

Brilliant.

[@jesseusgrantcanales]

I was told though the Title of the song "Rakes on the Mallow" is actually "Rakes on the MARROW" not Mallow.

[@alunpalmer7337]

Mallow is a town in County Cork. The song title is Rakes of Mallow, meaning guys in Mallow who are always living it up. And while we are at it, Garryowen is an area in the town of Limerick, not a feller called Gary Owen. Talk about misheard song titles.

[@williamdirks3972]

@@alunpalmer7337 What about "The Green Hills of Tyrone"?

[@ifonlyicouldstop]

@@williamdirks3972 LOL, good one. Next time you see a Tyrone you can tell him he was named after an Irish County, Tyrone ("Tir Eoghain" or "the country of Eoghain"). I can confirm that they have hills there. As for the Green part...well, it is Ireland.

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

BuckEye49 you got that wrong "The Rakes of Mallow" is a traditional Irish song and polka. The song is about the rakes from the town of Mallow, a town in County Cork. The song was written about the Creagh family who came from Doneraile, seven miles away, Also i live 79.3 km or 49 miles away in CLONMEL COUNTY TIPPERARY In Irish CLUAIN MEALA CONTAE THIOBRAID ÁRANN. COYBIG.

[@petesy03]

Up the Irish 🇮🇪

[@AngusOnkel]

Gives gooseskin Lads :-)

[@EMR11353]

The origin of the highland pipes is Scottish but is commonly mistaken as irish. I myself am irish and bagpipes are not one of the major instruments. In Ireland

[@israelipiper]

Well, St Lawrence O'Toole Pipe Band is one of the finest anywhere. And Northern Ireland has one of the highest densities of Highland pipers anywhere!

[@colinmcdonald8521]

+EMR11353 True, in modern times at least; the pipes in Ireland were overtaken as popular instruments by the tin whistle, the flute, the fiddle and finally the accordion. The bodhran, by contrast, remained near universal in rural Iriah music. I still like Irish military piping, and it will stand comparison with Scottish piping, whatever our Jock friends may claim!

[@alunpalmer7337]

The origin of bagpipes is the Middle East, and there are many different varieties found all over Europe. The distinguishing feature of the Scottish variety is the third drone, and these are the most readily available in Ireland, so most often played by pipe bands. Some makers have attempted to reconstruct bagpipes with only two drones and label them as Irish, but the thing is, the bands generally can't afford them!

[@alunpalmer7337]

And one other thing. In the US the pipe bands are mostly attached to police or fire departments, which historically were staffed by Irish immigrants who could find no other work. So, if Americans think pipe bands are full of Irish and not Scots, that's because they actually are, at least in the US. Then they think of kilts and pipes as Irish, which is not so much the case. Even then, kilts and pipe bands were popularised in Ireland in the 19th century by the Gaelic League, and an Irish two-drone version of the pipes had died out some time before that.

[@David-lu4gq]

Would be nice to see them play the Irish War Pipes. Also, there is a drawing or painting, not sure which, that shows an Irish piper, and it looks as though the pipes have a third drone. I don't know.

[@alexweatherburn4390]

Now now Joe, no need to be nasty.

[@brianblithe2271]

kind o worried about "whitey' but wtf