The Boys of Barr na Sraide

[@speakswahilidammit]

We Cornish have also suffered under the imperial boot of the Sawsnek. You are a beacon - the first independent Celtic Nation. Hope we can rely on your brotherhood in our own struggle. We also need to be free!

[@bonez025]

Great voice great song anyone who had to leave Ireland to find work will have a great feel for this song

[@donkey3214]

This singer has a very haunting voice. I just love this old famous Irish song. Brilliant upload. Great singing.......5 *****++++ !!

[@ReelRanksTop]

i really love this song, and being from kerry myself it makes me think of my childood skipping over the sand dunes playin soldiers great singing....conjures up many great memories very close to my heart!!!

[@sentimentaloldme]

Lovely version..and one of my fav. songs ever...

[@gearoidryle0]

beutiful song about a beutiful town of cahersiveen.

[@dobman2011]

Haunting , beautiful, deep. As oposed to the utter shite that surrounds us at every tuen these days, even in Cathair Saidhbhín. Sang this at my mam's funeral up here in dirty dublin.and also at her bother's funeral down in the sacred acre., Cill Mhearnóg cemetry. Ciarraí Abú!

[@Parsnipsone]

Love your singing on Boys of barr na sraide.......... and the video is great! well done.

[@eagallagher7]

So beautiful~~thank you for posting this to KZbin!

[@McGillicodi]

Powerful!, I would pay to hear this, we don't always get this in the pubs now, = pity,

[@tomahern1]

Barr na Sraide in Gaelic means The Top of the Street. I love the song and the singer has a great voice.

[@hullaballu007]

Beautiful ballad voice.

[@jerryetchison7752]

Wonderful song. We really enjoyed meeting you in Ireland. This is really beautiful........ Jerry and Loretta

[@michaeljordan3422]

Wow Brilliant Performance Love It It Well Done

[@HarryHotspur100]

Mo cheol thu. This is superb -such homage to the place, the lyrics and the music. Well done!

[@10pennysweets]

Beautiful.

[@thesevisions]

stunning! great job.

[@eileennestor9274]

lovely singing great song

[@Niamh929]

My grandfather is Bat Andy! Up Kerry!

[@otioseod]

You got some grandfather. We just buried Liam Sutcliffe today.

[@breffnipark]

Fab Song !!! : )

[@occiditeomnesursos]

Magnificent my friend. Slainte.

[@adrianmccarron4909]

Great song,well done Ben

[@martinomahony8101]

Ben? Hi Adrian; Who is that person, please?

[@adrianmccarron4909]

Ben Yeates....friend of mine Martin from across the pond...

[@HarryHotspur100]

Mo cheol thú. This is superb in homage to the place, the lyrics and the music. Well done!

[@Vegan123]

Beautiful Caherciveen

[@Lissadell1916]

Indeed.

[@AnaJilK]

@donkey3214 Beautiful voice and a heartfelt performance indeed... Thanks so much my friend for sharing this video! ♫♫♫♫♫

[@sraideoin1]

This song only has the same name as a pub in dingle, but the wren tradition is still huge in dingle thats where the mix up usually comes from, the song is about cahirciveen

[@TheBlackcat239]

no its about the top street of Cahersiveen! The song is based on a poem by Sigerson Clifford, who was born in Cahersiveen, and it tells the story of the boys of Barr Na Sraide Top Street who hunted for the wren. The poem recalls the life of his boyhood friends starting from when they were young children through to the Black and Tan period, and up to the civil war.

[@marthakelleher5106]

Lovely song and great singer but I sure am glad that the poor Wren isn't hunted anymore.

[@lindboy1983]

sorry, I meant the definitive version of this song in my oppinion

[@toon4life1892]

rip kieran Herrity

[@ElRojoDiablo1]

I think the singer is Ralph Mc Tell???

[@Jamie-qk2vb]

Tiss himself alright 💪

[@adrianmccarron4909]

Not Ralph....singer is Ben Yeates...

[@skippership7]

@TheRenardpoint >if you are so sure that this guy is not the singer then tell us all who is>we would love to know>

[@skippership7]

@TheRenardpoint - who's name is what?

[@bonez025]

Cahirciveen

[@michaelwalsh4765]

YUPPP THE IRISH 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@ft01061990]

You sing this better than Christy Moore.

[@Grifflaw]

@Lissadell1916 I did indeed well done

[@lontjc]

Does anyone know who the singer is?

[@Jamie-qk2vb]

Think it’s Ralph mc tell

[@martinomahony8101]

@@Jamie-qk2vb You must be joking, surely?

[@adrianmccarron4909]

Ben Yeates is the singer Tim...

[@malachy1847]

Couldn't see 'Dingle' ever..'climbing the mountains and looking at the sea'...Ye need one leg shorter than the other to get up and around parts of Caherciveen...

[@skippership7]

@TheRenardpoint - Don’t procrastinate if you don’t know the answer, just say so. It was a serious question. I’ll try again. What is the name of the singer of this song who is a friend of yours?

[@redtube1616]

up the marys

[@leebrian100]

englishman singing an irish song!!

[@johnsheerins5582]

+Brian Lee so what,we sing beatles songs

[@claoftheninesausages]

And, singing it very well!!!

[@mikedeman5351]

A singer is a singer. This man transcends nationality. He does this song PROUD !!!

[@liamg353]

That is how good the song is, even the English can't resist our music. ha

[@paddyd65]

don siffe i think is singin but i could be wrong as me hole

[@claoftheninesausages]

@paddy65 No, it's not Don Stiffe singing so the first part of your post is incorrect, but although I don't know you I have a feeling the second part may be correct!

[@martinomahony8101]

What's wrong with your hole?!!!

[@martinomahony8101]

Who is/was the singer? He seems to be reluctant to reveal his identity

[@ccahill2322]

Martin Omahoney, Why should you assume that he is "reluctant to reveal his indentity." This man worked with the Irish on London building sites. From that he wrote "From Clare to Here." A lovely but sad song about the heartbreak of forced immigration from Ireland. By your rather ignorant remark it is clear you are among those who have neither knowledge or feeling of such a time. You are at about the time when you may learn it all anew. His name is Ralph McTell. A great writer of songs. A good human being. And an Englisman