Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta feat. Malinda: “Eileanóir na Rún” (2021)

An Irish song performed in the sean-nós style, originally composed by Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh in the 17th century.
Video source:
“Learning a 16th Century Irish Love Song (in IRELAND ft. Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta)”:
• Learning a 16th Centur...
16 November 2021

[@maesnow3554]

I think this is the purest love song ever written

[@johnobrien3251]

Brilliant, fair play to the young ones keeping our music and traditions alive

[@purplemonkeyelephant]

4:19 always gives me chills

[@gabriel1494]

You know, a mhuintir,, I really don't know how often I have listened to this, here at home (of sorts) in Germany or walking in solitude along the homme of my heart by the West Coast, and it never fails so send shivers down my spine or tears to eyes. I have seen and heard so many Irish musicians and singers, many, many of them very good indeed. The scene has changed many times. And I dare say, it will continue to change, since change is life... But I do want to say thank you at least once, albeit in this virtual world of the worldwide woven web, LOL, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Not only because you are keeping the old ways alive, but much more than that, you are bringing them into a living future. You ARE the future. May your paths be a safe ones and always lead you to doors opened in welcome with a warm fire by the hearth.

[@nbenefiel]

I lived in Ireland all of the 70’s. I came home to marry my husband, whom I love dearly, but my soul still longs for Ireland.

[@addisonfidler959]

Why does this not have more views?!?!? This absolutely blew me away and damn near made me cry💖😍! Absolutely brilliant performance 💖👏🏼!!

[@bulkvanderhuge9006]

The harmonies on this are absolutely beautiful

[@fiachoconnor]

Mesmerising. Truly incredible.

[@santadjango]

Listening to this song from Poitiers (France). So beautiful!

[@Samistheheroo]

Thank you for making this clip into it's own video!!! I'm always scrolling through the original video for this song.

[@TheNamesMatthew]

I feel that.

[@allenraysmith6885]

❤BEAUTIFUL!!❤❤

[@charletteepifanio]

Brilliant Sean Nos ❤

[@photographybyliamanderson1659]

Urgh. Harmonics are to die for! First saw the one on the left just now in Ireland in music and now am obsessed

[@raygoetz3891]

Truly exquisite blending of voices--beautiful!

[@debcarroll8192]

Stunning!

[@andredenhartog1264]

Dit is zo mooi; het doet pijn

[@c.brownell8618]

Beautifully sung ❤

[@UncleMick]

Pure beauty I hear

[@brucespringclean6540]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ feel it in your core

[@thedaisybeau]

absolutely beautiful xx

[@nomadicrecovery1586]

This is amazing, thank you

[@DeeMannion-f7r]

❤❤❤❤ beautiful , Dublin fan

[@UncleMick]

Ní féidir liom gan éisteacht leis seo. Tá mo chluasa agus mo chroí ag déanamh gairdeachais agus ag caoineadh freisin ar son rud éigin caillte. (níl a fhios agam an iad na focail ceart)

[@paulflute]

Thanks for doing this.. I asked Melinda a few times but .. I've shared this vid so many time with instructions of where to start.. ;9)

[@TheNamesMatthew]

The best

[@Theheroicbladesman]

✨

[@vivianlemottee3291]

Wonderful 🇦🇺❤️🇮🇪

[@eire1334]

Aoibhinn!!!

[@boru1982]

Good God the discipline in concentration required to isolate your own line while sitting right next to the others...

[@ProletariatSympathiser]

Mo ghrá den chéad fhéachaint thú, a Eileanóir a Rún Is ort a bhím a' smaoineamh tráth a mbím ar mo shuan Mo ghrá den tsaol 's a chéad searc Is tú is deise ná ban Éireann A bhruinnilín deas óg, is tú is deise, milse póg Chúns a mhairfead beo beidh gean a'm ort Mar is deas mar a sheolfainn gamhna leat A Eileanóir a Rún Bhí bua aici go meallfadh sí na héanlaith ón gcrann 'S bhí bua eile aici go dtóigfeadh sí an corp fuar ón mbás Bhí bua eile aici nach ndéarfaidh mé 'Sí grá mo chroí is mo chéad searc A bhruinnilín deas óg, is tú is deise, milse póg Chúns a mhairfead beo beidh gean a'm ort Mar is deas mar a sheolfainn gamhna leat A Eileanóir a Rún

[@meganhenderson1715]

Tsm!

[@estherdoyle6552]

❤

[@ChurlishCurmudgeon]

I’ve been rewatching the full version of this that Malinda made 2 years ago. It’s tedious to scroll halfway through the talking to get straight to the singing. So you’ve made me a shortcut of which I’m appreciative. Just give credit to the lady on the right.

[@JHJHJH]

There is already a source link to the original video in the description. :)

[@dkewlguy]

Is im not butter?

[@timothylocklear2961]

That is so strange because I was thinking the same thing

[@nils8584]

So i cant find a meter for this song, Im trying to transcribe but it's hard without one... does anyone know?

[@JHJHJH]

You could try messaging the singers on their Facebook page, “Séamus and Caoimhe.”

[@nils8584]

thanks! ill try@@JHJHJH

[@gabriel1494]

@@nils8584 It's really not an easy thing what with the syncopation and the melismatic treatment, but underneath all that cold be a very slow undulating slightly uneven 3/4 measure. You'll find that there are a number of related tunes being played in sets here and there like the Eileen Aroon waltz. Of course the renaissance and baroque didn't have a "waltz" as such, but a "3" measure would have been very much accepted for a "sensual" song such as this. It isn't ideal, but you can use a 3/4 to notate the song, only you'll surely be rending your hair in no time, figuring out the way the phrases come in on the upbeat or offbeat just after the "3s or before the "2"s. I would just try to notate it without a fixed measure. Each phrase "as it flows". If you like maybe look at a manuscript like the the "Rossi Codex" oder the "Codex Faenza". Just a google image searches and look around on KZbin. Something like kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3nIimd-q6qMsJY You'll know what I mean.

[@paulflute]

an interesting question.. one answer.. there is no meter.. that's almost the point.. it goes with the phrase, the breath and the ornaments.. Slow aires where often scored on an open page.. you would use the note lengths as an indication rather than anything strict and use bar line to indicate phrasing.. but another answer is that there is something important about this being a living aural tradition that was not written.. almost intentionally strongly not written.. to the point that is almost feels disrespectful or maybe incongruous to write ti down.. like some tribal people think taking a photo of them steals a part of their spirit.. these songs are a trace of what is essentially a shamanic tradition remaining in western Europe.. writing it down feels like attaching a weight to a song birds legs. I'm just about to learn this for a gig and am resisting the urge to even write some phonetic notes for myself.. it just makes the ear lazier.. that said did you contact them..? I'd be interested to hear their take on that.. as they are already bending the tradition with harmonies.. and it is after all very much their tradition to bend as they feel fit..

[@timothylocklear2961]

@@paulflute this is precisely what I was going to tell them, but you beat me to it 😂😂 that’s one of the most wonderful things about slow airs. You can sing them almost however you want in your own interpretation of how the song should be sung.

[@Precious-Blood-of-JesusChrist]

Marry Hindi singing with Gregorian chants and you have Sean nós

[@jsigur157]

A lot of voice gimmickery, still sounded good, though

[@dkewlguy]

Gimmickery? You mean amazing.

[@DarWeter78]

Super! Ár deartháireacha agus deirfiúracha.