Port | Orkney | Amhrán na hEascainne | Dé Domhnaigh | 16/4

Sraith ceoil á chur i láthair ag Julie Fowlis agus Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. Julie and Muireann visit the Orkney Isles to meet musical friends.

[@wlamb9]

He looks like he came up out of the sea, wandered inside, sat down at the piano and showed the rest of us how music should be done.

[@shawngraham3598]

Aye!!!!

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Or from the distant past when life hung from a mystic thread, and our strength was in our own arm and shoulders.

[@Ernthir]

and then he turned into a tree

[@JobHuntingAbroad]

Haha yes

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

He sang one of the the Eurovision Song Contest intervals in the mid-1990s.

[@misterflibble6601]

The Celtic spirit in human form! II didn't understand a single word but was still moved to tears

[@ianmcevoy7106]

When songs like this are done the right way you can feel each word and note with every part of your body. The strings at the end pull the tears out just fine.

[@brancofuncic5519]

This mans voice rattled my bones. The words I know and all too well the sentiment behind them. 🙏🏻

[@iceandale7621]

This is without doubt the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard, ever. Diolch yn fawr o wlad fy nhadau, Cymru am byth!

[@saigeengland4495]

Perfect description. Oh, I'm sure he did.

[@thehealingdance]

oh what a beautiful chant....simply sublime

[@whistlingbadger]

Profoundly beautiful. Thank you for keeping the spirit of our ancestors alive. Why on earth is this age-restricted?

[@TheChiliconkarma]

Possibly because the AI can't verify that it isn't 100% profanity / other unwanted material. Small language = no recognition by the pseudo-state.

[@Sionnach1601]

He controls his intonation and delivery just so perfectly. Masterful, masterful performance. His piano playing is outstanding too, with masterful glissandos which beautifully enhance, yet don't drown out the equally INCREDIBLE flute playing. It's an extremely soulful piece, performed ASTOUNDINGLY WELL by all.

[@lapwriter5889]

Liam is a musical genius. I can’t understand why TG4, Conradh na Gaeilge and Gael Linn don’t record him singing the best 50 or 100 songs i nGaeilge ? It would be a treasure trove for future generations, and for baritone voices to sing along to. Liam has only recorded 4 or 5 songs as Gaeilge to-date.

[@WadeLoganArt]

Despite listening to this song for literal years, I just discovered this is the same ballad (in English) as Swallowed by the Sea by All Them Witches and I can't get over it. They both are masterpieces.

[@johanhellemans9947]

First thing i did after reading the above is go look it up 'cause i'm big fan of All Them Witches. Came as a surprise. ;-)

[@jodiescarcega1924]

I’m an American and i just love this music and language!

[@jamesdolan4042]

Is that how Liam looks these days. I have fond memories of the Hothouse Flowers. Lovely song and musical accompaniment by the way.

[@erikfinnerty767]

My heart aches and my eyes are full. This was beautiful, and though I do not understand a single word I understood them all.

[@erikfinnerty767]

1manuscriptman and now I have even more reason for the ache in my heart

[@thierryfradet2397]

Tout simplement extraordinaire !

[@jewlsseven1]

This transports me to the land of my ancestors.

[@robertdigout5008]

What a voice! What wonderful musicians! I don't understand a word of Gaelic, but I'm loving this soulful music.

[@hughneek12]

God bless these lovely people.

[@Nefertitigrafiti]

Humbled, tearful, mournful. ❤

[@newhuskytwenty]

Traditional music is not so commercial but it's authentic and timeless, a treasure direct to feelings and unchanging by fashions.

[@Sionnach1601]

So VERY well said. I salute you for that

[@newhuskytwenty]

@@Sionnach1601 Greetings from the Basque Country, Spanish side. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZjUm3-DeriGbZo&ab_channel=Alex989Y

[@thebardofoisin7999]

Guys this was truly the most beautifully crafted Celtic track that has ever graced my young Irish ears. Honestly hats off and fires lit just please never stop singing the old tunes...may they echo through every age to come 🙏 Love to you all your Anam Cara Luke Kelly 🎸🧙🏼‍♂️🚐🧚‍♀️🔥🍀

[@davidgargiulo1012]

This is beautiful music. No matter who sings it or plays it man or woman. This music touches me.

[@tedball8677]

Man... THAT is haunting. Don't understand it, but I feel it. Good Lord that's powerful.

[@jamesewanchook2276]

wow thid guy is the Mcoy! Gaelic props from Vancouver Canada,,,

[@marijedubateau]

this is unbelievably beautiful, the voice of the singer, the melody, and o gosh the flutist is out of this world XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[@anitaholladay2389]

The flutist is Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh. She is an Irish singer with many of her own albums, but does play the flute beautifully as well. You will find the 3 primary musicians, Liam, Julie Fowlis, and Muireann, performing on the Highland Sessions series of videos, and a bit on Transatlantic Sessions.

[@DrustIV]

Beautiful melancholy. Greetings from the Pictish diaspora.

[@larryhawk41]

How deep is a broken heart? Honor thy depth with a wailing. Honor your heart with a song. ~ hsh

[@davidgallagher6988]

Born and bread in Ireland but have no Irish, so sad I know....love this

[@arkaellejah8474]

Magnifique!! Que c est beau!!! Merci pour ce partage!

[@JasonBurkeMurphy]

Beautiful. I love the way these sessions were filmed.

[@Killian1826]

The great thing about music Is that you dont have to understand what they are saying for it to speak to your soul. I loved this. Good job

[@lupinlllrocks6006]

So true

[@ricochet4674]

It was calling me to move to Ireland and speak this beautiful language. The language of (some of) my ancestors. It makes me feel connected to my family’s history and knowing this beautiful language once was spoken by one of my ancestors. And it fills me with longing to live there not just in that country but in the time before all the Norse and English influence. Just pure Irish with their culture alone in the most peaceful and beautiful land in the world. When everyone there spoke this amazing language.

[@mikem9001]

@@ricochet4674 Fair enough, but just to note that Irish as we know it today wasn't spoken "before all the Norse and English influence" (nor before Brittonic influence for that matter). All languages continually influence each other, and people travelled all over the British isles and to nearby Europe.

[@JasonBurkeMurphy]

Scroll up for a translation.

[@MasterMichelleFL]

@@ricochet4674 💚 My feelings exactly! I'm actually using an app to learn this secret magical language!(Duolingo has it!! It's a great program!) 💚

[@padrina1]

That song goes through the bones, hugs the heart and penitrates the soul xxxxx

[@comesahorseman]

Haunting, just haunting.... Don't understand a word, but I can't stop listening either. :)

[@ricochet4674]

Clara J fun

[@bigears4426]

Clara J luckily my wife is a good cook

[@eudyptes5046]

@@bigears4426 The better the food the less obvious the poison;-)

[@sevenswords8781]

Where have you been all day, little brother? Where have you been all day, flower of young men? Fishing and hunting, Make my bed for me, I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What had you for your dinner, little brother? What had you for your dinner, flower of young men? An eel cooked in herbs With poison pressed into it I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your daddy, little brother? What will you leave your daddy, flower of young men? The key to my stable And my mare for him I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your wife, little brother? What will you leave your wife, flower of young men? Hell for her dwelling-place Heaven being closed to her I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your mother, little brother? What will you leave your mother, flower of young men? If I were to leave her eternal life I would only leave her a broken heart I am sick to my heart, and always will be.

[@NotAlrightSpider]

I cried. Goosebumps all over my arms. Didn’t understand a word but I knew what he was conveying. Perfect.

[@scotttizzard8526]

Beautiful! It's all about the expression of shared emotion. He feels the song, sings it and we feel it.

[@pamberry6354]

Makes the soul stir....

[@ozwhistles]

Even in the heart of darkness - the music. The eternal light. The true magic.

[@loganscott8243]

That true man👍

[@thewaningtree6632]

This is unbelievably beautiful.

[@robertjohnston1339]

Respect to our Celtic Agus Gael cousins in Alba. It is a beautiful lament. We all survived Cromwell and his kin. We are seeds that the English buried ,but we grew stronger. Never forget our suffering and teach our Children of the old Celtic paths. Saoirse Agus Saor.

[@northscot9862]

yes and forever. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

[@magnuschristianssen8999]

Americans, keep in mind WHY our ancestors left the Old World, there are hints buried in all of these songs on WHY Ireland and Scotland were so toxic to live in. Better to be in America and unburdened by the ancient blood-feuds!

[@direbanana3942]

I didn't know the Dude from the Big Lebowski could sing so well. But that's just, like, my opinion man :)

[@sharonconstable8146]

Just returned from the Celtic Colours festival in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Julie Fowlis, heard here on harmonium, was utterly sensational.

[@ifonlyicouldstop]

I think that's a full on Shruti box rather than a harmonium. It has though toggle switches rather than a keyboard.

[@thenamarie9108]

Wish this collection was on Spotify

[@susanwright9807]

Soulful and wonderfull! Thankyou, from Portland, Oregon

[@barrettwissell9708]

I love how Liam's voice has matured.

[@jedandcats]

We used to sing a bastardised version of this song when I was a child, but this is its truth and it spirit. I found it by chance today, at a time when I am experiencing grief, and it's hard to explain what it did. Maybe it confirmed that grief is a pain known deeply in our cells, in our humanity, in our souls. And that, today, was what above all I needed, to share the pain. Thank you for this.

[@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon]

Our Struggle is what tempers us. The coming Struggle will truly test us..

[@davidgargiulo1012]

AMEN/

[@larryhawk41]

@@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon TY

[@bridboland8839]

This leaves a wonderful after scent that lingers on and on and on resonating long afterwards within the mind of Time

[@TG4TV]

Thanks for you comment

[@InGratiaDei]

Now that's music.

[@aaronmatheny695]

There is more talent in that room than the whole of mainstream music industry. AMAZING!

[@toinehorsten6622]

Beautiful; glad that I have seen Liam live in Den Bosch

[@robertjohnston1339]

Greetings from your Celtic Gael cousins from Eire to Alba. Slainte Agus Saoirse.

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Up the great Gaels of ireland and Scotland, the men that god made mad. For all their wars are merry and their songs sad.

[@ricochet4674]

I want to go home to you...

[@joenutley135]

@@cathalodiubhain5739 I think you mean Ireland

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

@@joenutley135 you shouldn't think, you should know.

[@davidgargiulo1012]

Right back at ya from the USA.

[@bobwerber2984]

Man is that unusual. Strong stuff for the old spirits.

[@timothypruitt9028]

My tears remind me of oppression. My understanding of the old language gives me hope. Let all people have their freedom.

[@dennissiefker-doc9978]

‘The story we had … [was] that his newly-married wife… gave him an eel full of poison for his dinner. And that his sister was sitting by his bedside, asking him questions. ‘Where were you all day? Cé raibh tú ó mhaidin, a dhriotháirín-ó?’ And then, ‘What will you leave your father? What will you leave your mother? What will you leave your brother? You know. What will you leave your wife?’ And he said, ‘Ifreann mar dhúiche aice. Hell may be her destiny. Flaithis a bheith dúinte uirthe. Heaven may be shut against her.’ And then he had two sons, according to this story, too, and she asked him, ‘What will you leave your little sons?’ ‘Hopping,’ he said ‘from place to place, begging their food,’ he said, ‘and ending up with the same way’ he said ‘I’m dying now.’ He was bitter, and who wouldn’t be? And this is the way they used to sing it at home.’ Cé raibh tú ó mhaidin, a dhriotháirín-ó? Cé raibh tú ó mhaidin, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Ag iasgach ‘s a foghlaéaracht, Cóirigh mo leaba dhom Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus ligí dhomh luí. Céard a d’ith tú ar do dhinnéar, a dhriotháirín-ó? Céard a d’ith tú ar do dhinnéar, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Eascann a raibh lúib uirthe, Nimh fuinte brúite uirthi. Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus ligí dhomh luí. Céard a fhágfas tú ag do daddy, a dhriotháirín-ó? Céard a fhágfas tú ag do daddy, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Eochair mo stábla aige Sin is mo láir aige Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus ligí dhomh luí. Céard a fhágfas tú ag do bhean phósta, a dhriotháirín-ó? Céard a fhágfas tú ag do bhean phósta, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Ifreann mar dhúiche aice, Na Flaithis a bheith dúinte uirthi. Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus ligí dhomh luí. Céard a fhágfas tú ag do mháithrín, a dhriotháirín-ó? Céard a fhágfas tú ag do mháithrín, a phlúir na bhfear óg? Dhá bhfágfainn saol brách aice D’fhágfainn croí cráite aice. Tá mé tinn fó mo chroí, agus béad go deo deo. Translation Where have you been all day, little brother? Where have you been all day, flower of young men? Fishing and hunting, Make my bed for me, I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What had you for your dinner, little brother? What had you for your dinner, flower of young men? An eel cooked in herbs With poison pressed into it I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your daddy, little brother? What will you leave your daddy, flower of young men? The key to my stable And my mare for him I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your wife, little brother? What will you leave your wife, flower of young men? Hell for her dwelling-place Heaven being closed to her I am sick to my heart, and I want to lie down. What will you leave your mother, little brother? What will you leave your mother, flower of young men? If I were to leave her eternal life I would only leave her a broken heart I am sick to my heart, and always will be.

[@TG4TV]

Thanks for sharing. Go raibh míle maith agat as sin.

[@dennissiefker-doc9978]

tá céad fáilte romhat

[@fedrighbeli5791]

We have the same song in northern and central italy, taken and translated from an english-scottish border song during the late Middle Age.

[@fedrighbeli5791]

The english-lowlander version is "Lord Randall". In Italy we have "Il testamento dell'avvelenato", "L'avelenè d l'Ardundlà, ecc. Anyway the music is very different.

[@BraVeHeart1297.]

Thanks for the translation

[@peterjhillier7659]

What a wonderful Experience, it tears ones Heart abroad, I could listen to this beautiful Music forever, how hauntingly the other Instruments and Voices add to the power of the Sung Words. Thank you all.

[@Jim-oe9pt]

What a priceless cultural treasure! This has to be preserved and nurtured for generations to come.

[@TG4TV]

Thanks for your comment, you might be interested in our new trad channel kzbin.info/door/gfCO6Y3KV1qX8YVFj8N4TQ dedicated solely to Irish traditional music, song and dance. Go raibh maith agat.

[@iamdbatatnight5600]

And this is what the English tried to stamp out historically in Eireann (Ireland) and (Alba) Scotland

[@simonidastankovic2627]

@@TG4TV BRAVO !!!

[@Sionnach1601]

@@iamdbatatnight5600 It could be gone in the next 40 to 50 years and so will na hÉireannach if we allow mass immigration to continue unhalted. We're already at 80℅ in only 20 years, with 34℅ of under 15s having at least one non-Irish parent. The people behind all of this care nothing for this beautiful, unique and rich culture that we have. We are predicted to be a minority in our own countries by 2040.

[@itsfreerealestate6747]

@@Sionnach1601 Unfortunately, there is no way back now my friend.

[@ElenaSob]

Спел очень красиво и самое главное: душевно!!! Музыка приятная на слух.

[@TheBeardedBlueberryFarmer]

The best thing I’ve heard in a while!

[@barbaraodonnell1909]

Im Polski but I Am here in USA...I was a 47 year old when I married my Irish DONEGAL hubby! It's never to late to marry your Soul mate! BARB! KEEP the Catholic Faith!

[@yoshimimiyazaki2602]

I don't understand a word however I understand the sorrow that his beautiful voice evokes.

[@Sionnach1601]

He controls his intonation and delivery just so perfectly. Masterful, masterful performance. It's an extremely soulful piece, performed ASTOUNDINGLY WELL by all.

[@user-ux2sp9zd8h]

Песня глубины Мироздания👍💪🙏

[@cosmo550]

I think it is the most beautiful 😍 thing I have ever heard 😍😍😍😍🤩 perhaps because I'm halv Scottish and Norwegian 😊

[@northscot9862]

A lot of Scots have some Norwegian blood, I myself am a Norse Gael. From the Gallowglass. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH.

[@cosmo550]

@@northscot9862 I love it☺️my mom had a sticker on our car when I was small with that🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍🤗

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

A common Scottish and Norwegian word is “Bairn”

[@harmony01ful]

I,m touched by this music in unusual and beautiful ways

[@arthurfioratifaria3615]

It is simply marvelous. I admire the power of language, the power of word, and it's musical dymension, the sound. Through language entire cultures live, survive through time or die... in the emptiness of the act of forgetting. Time is something interesting, the center of our hopes, but the very enemy against which we constantly fight with our poems, our songs and words... This is what means to be human: to speak, to sing, and to constantly fight Time, and at the same time, praying to the Ages that our memories carry on.

[@michaellucas187]

I woke this morning- listened to this beautiful lament and felt good. Then read the translation. Now feeling miserable ☹️ The day can only get better. 😃😃

[@susanwright9807]

This music is so soulful....it is in my blood stream!

[@malfunctious]

Please, please share with us all the gift of this haunting troubadour’s name- my heart is aching to hear the tales and woes only this mesmerizing and heartfelt voice can tell, and I am utterly bereft for not knowing if or how I may find him again.... My heart has truly been broken and calls out for the solace that only such a voice can bring to make it whole again!

[@beachdog67]

He's Liam Ó Maonlaí. Same piece is posted with full musician credits (and lyrics) here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZawg2mwiJl-l68si=WyJuW37f4ii0i5aj

[@donthejewler74]

Glè mhath !

[@daveyjoweaver5183]

You have All awakened my Spirit with your Heart Created Sounds. Heartfelt Thanks! Love, Light and Peace! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@TG4TV]

Hi Daveyjo, thanks for your comment; you might also like our Traditional music channel bit.ly/2V8xyBG

[@russcorbett3923]

I'd love to have been in that room for the recording of this . Wow !!!

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

just breathtaking

[@TMacGamer]

Keep this music alive!

[@Tim21832]

what ever the were singing didt matter think I must have been there in another ife ,wonderful

[@talexander7217]

That rug really ties the room together

[@XandruReguera]

Haunting. Thank you for sharing

[@briancarroll3541]

music such as this gives us reasons to be decent, to be better, to be anything at all.

[@czezmik1]

Beautiful music, beautiful people !!!

[@fionakidd1172]

Mo chridhe! Mo chridhe! Tapadh leat...

[@custodiofigueira5497]

Exellente chanson. Talent au rdv pour une belle voix 🎵🎶 un plaisir

[@mattgowans5121]

This is making me want to grow my hair and beard out more

[@wloszczyznazkrakowa]

I am so grateful to this incredible artists for that spirit in music. You give light !

[@guytan27]

Quelle prestation, c'est de toute beauté. Merci de nous faire partager ça.

[@TG4TV]

Yo bienvenue

[@whatabouttheearth]

why is it everything related to a voice that the Irish touch is amazing? even their speaking accent is great

[@thomaskelly5349]

The people of the world became so full of indulgence that they believed they were bigger so language was scattered an to the gaels was the best language left

[@cigh7445]

@HanselManCan The language is Irish

[@michaeledwards5954]

Wow, bloody awesome!

[@TG4TV]

Glad you like it. You might also like kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGPUoYaEZ52Nntk

[@sconniepanda5835]

Asa Highlander with an Irish Mam...I would say that this is.....WONDERFUL. Thank you to all here. My spirit is flying.

[@zacharyrowe8395]

This tune sounds like old Scandinavian music. I like it

[@adelinespeer6269]

Scandinavian music comes from Gaelic. Old Irish wS spoken in every cpuntry in thr workd befire Arabic etc. Then people would chop peoples heads off if they spoke God's language. To be a Hebrew or Iberu you had to go to Ireland and get an education for 20 years So all tjexaealtjy people in tje wotldcsent their children to Iteland to get an education. Norway. Kings kidnapped Irish women to make them their wives because they were so beautiful.

[@stepitup5409]

How could there be 22??? I just don't understand. This is so so beautiful.

[@zaccrease5696]

Miss my family

[@feigekatarina5745]

Can I fall in love with Ireland any more?

[@Sionnach1601]

It could be gone in the next 40 to 50 years and so will na hÉireannach if we allow mass immigration to continue unhalted. We're already at 80℅ in only 20 years, with 34℅ of under 15s having at least one non-Irish parent. I am sure that the same thing is happening in Scotland, as it's happening all over the UK. The people behind all of this, care nothing for this beautiful, unique and rich culture that we have. We are predicted to be a minority in our own countries by 2040.

[@paullooney2522]

@@Sionnach1601 The people behind this are globalists.

[@marynadononeill]

The destruction of traditional Gaelic culture is a real and serious thing.To get informed and try and do something is not fringe or 'far right' or anything else like it. We are starting in Ireland finally talk about it but there is a violent fight against it! The media\government and even laws are trying to squash even asking questions! This man is standing up. www.irishpatriots.com kzbin.info/door/mZT7978t08mpJJGD-SdRaQ Also The NP kzbin.info/www/bejne/mae0mat7oJtsqtE

[@Sionnach1601]

@Macavity Macavity I am so sad to hear it. The sleepy well-fed natives are their own worst enemy. "You can go on and protest and lose sleep trying to tell folk. But I'm alright Jack" mentality. Beautiful Scotland. We are being told here by our piece of dog sht Taoiseach (PM) that we should "Embrace density". GRRRRR. Nothing makes me MORE furious. 4.5 million here 10 years ago, very little crime rate. The country was coming on nicely until the fabricated property bubble. Then it all went to hell. The un want to put 65million here. Like Scotland, Ireland is overall nicely sparsely populated. We need to keep it that way and protect our culture and ancient legacies.

[@Sionnach1601]

@@marynadononeill Well said for all that Mary. I am following Irish patriot alright. Great stuff. If we don't, not only will songs like THIS be gone in this video, but there will be no one to sing them as the PEOPLE will also be gone!!! They want to PLANT 65MILLION here on this little 4.8million little aul rock of ours in the Atlantic. Bstrds.

[@lauriewilson4016]

432hrz . Our heart and our life.. If i have any irish in me.. where do i surrender to this.. and then before i knew the gift is there.. love

[@bagofhammers7479]

This lifted my soul

[@moosey62]

Dear friends, I wish you all much love x Sadly I'm too old now to learn the old ways,

[@AlainBlay]

Superbe comme toujours 🙏🏻

[@bonniefoster7521]

Listened to this beautiful haunting music while touring Scotland. I cannot hear it often enough.

[@bonniefoster7521]

Michael Halligan. Thank you for post and music. Wonderful holiday in Scotland!!

[@thenextshenanigantownandth4393]

@Michael Halligan Ireland is not part of GB, Liberty or death

[@rossmccluney2483]

@Michael Halligan delete that flag off your comment please.

[@dirknadolski9109]

getting gooseskin ... everytime i'm listening

[@susanwright9807]

very soulful and beautiful!

[@bricewebster6348]

Such a sad song...

[@sargintrock2538]

Now that is Harmonious talent!

[@itempany]

Very moving.......takes me back to my roots

[@simonidastankovic2627]

HAUNTING ! KEEP ON GOING! THANKS !

[@joenutley135]

Beautiful

[@maxgargan4834]

music is beautiful - despite the hardships

[@IainMcGirr]

Solas mha chroi ..Solas mha chroi.... light of my heart.. as Gaelige via Irish...oh How i f**king miss thinking in my native thoughts.. just saying lovely dialect

[@MasterMichelleFL]

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