Seamus Ennis - Have you been to Carrick

[@Tannat61]

nobody comes close to the wonderful Seamus Ennis

[@HIBERNIAN04]

Seamus had many friends in Carrick-on-Suir and I saw him perform there a number of times at the Old Tinvane Hotel, run by Sean & Cait O'Connell. Cait was a sister of The Clancy Brothers and Sean and Cait's son Robert O'Connell has made a big name for himself as a Folk & Ballad Singer in The United States.

[@RockyRoader]

I've heard the song "An raibh tú ar an gCarraig" sung to this tune many times - my sister does a fabulous version. The song is a love song, with the singer wondering if her lover was at the Mass Rock, and whether he was sad as she is. He was at the Rock, but he's not sad.

[@feargach2107]

Have you been to Carrick? That's a laugh and a love song? Too good.

[@jsilence418]

SOUL music for sure . thank you for posting.

[@davidradford7720]

Beautiful

[@ralphsilat]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for posting this!

[@arfer]

Wonderful.

[@gabrielkeown38]

Slow airs are very challenging to play especially on the pipes but Seamus was up for the challenge RIP

[@MartinAnthonyEgan]

An Bhuil thu eag an Gcarraig "Have you been to the Rock" is the Irish Title of this Song of which Liam O'Maonlai does a beautiful Muster Sean Nos version on his Solo Album.

[@joebyrne5277]

couuldnt agree more

[@qnz09]

i think ur right< i mean im not irish but i saw a video of seamus ennis explaining this tune exactly how u said< and he says it is called "Were you at the rock? or were you at carrick"

[@LordClaremorris]

Haha, it's not have you been to Carrick, it's "Were you at the Rock?" Carraig being rock in Irish. It's about Rocks that Catholic Irish used to have Mass at when they were forbidden to go to Mass in Church.

[@jeremyhunter2319]

James Rooney he says in another video an alternative name is "were you at Carrick?". I didn't make the link between Carrick and the mass through the Irish word for rock, so thanks for the info! I couldn't understand what he was saying originally.

[@ralphsilat]

Oh, ok. Thanks for the info :-}

[@Will170392]

why is this tune called have you been to carrick? Sure you're not mistaking it with An raibh tu ag an gcarraig? (were you at the rock?)

[@gimpyFG71]

This sounds SO much better than Scottish bagpipes. Lyrical and beautiful.

[@jeremyhunter2319]

chris gray Scottish Highland pipes? yes, I imagine that would be terrible, they were designed as an instrument of war. there are Scottish smallpipes though, which may be good for this.

[@yasdnilknarf1885]

You have never heard anyone play this on the Scottish bagpipes so your comment is as redundant as you are.

[@MarkRobertCuthbert]

@naomheanna - Carraig or creag = Carrick = Rock (carrick is the anglo word for rock)

[@DaithiToms]

LordClaremorris: Just copped that myself, I have the Lomax version from 1951 and recognised it instantly.... the name threw me off entirely

[@Will170392]

IT'S TO DO WITH MASS ROCKS...as during the penal times catholicism was banned in Ireland when the English invaded, so masses had to be held at secret places, where a rock would be used as the alter, there are still some to be found in Ireland. The song is actually unusual as it was used as a code between catholics as to whether it was safe to go to the mass rock. By my question is...is this tune really called HAVE YOU BEEN TO CARRICK or has it been mistaken with an raibh? a dwi ddim yn saesnaeg

[@armaghlore]

where is carrick in this piece??

[@jamiedickson]

@gimpyFG71 Different, not better. These pipes are to be either followed or played solo. Different feel. If you want to get in a fighting mood,l listen to the Scottish pipes.

[@BrianQuesta]

carrick on shannon?

[@armaghlore]

where is carrick in this piece?? an raibh tu an charraig...same carraig?

[@ChasR8]

lets get him 10k views by pattys day 2011 ;) go Seamus.

[@Tannat61]

Just shut up and listen to him play. who cares what are the technicalities of this song are, he does it his way if you don't appreciate him playing this go away and winge elsewhere

[@joebyrne5277]

definatley no ther piper sound anywhere close to him.........

[@Will170392]

but carrick is a PLACE NAME and gcarraig means rocks. I can be as literal as i like because this tune isn't An Raibh tu ag an gCarraig anyway. I mearly ask is this tune actually called Have you been to carrick? Or has somebody mistaken it with An raibh tu and translated it themselves? Stop being such a big feckin eejit

[@fanmaxis3004]

this sounds like cult music