The Dubliners - McAlpine's Fusiliers

[@fitzerelli1]

Ronnie drew was One of Ireland's greatest singers And that is one of ireland's greatest songs.

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

😂😂The Fureys are the real business😂😂

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

The only good one was Eamonn Campbell❤❤

[@stosandra5655]

De mon Alsace, (strasbourg) je l'ai connue grace au clip avec Pogues. j'ai adoré ce Monsieur, quelle pro et très classe ;) il me fait pensé à mon papa musicien pro

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

Absolutely right. A true and honest talented gentleman. And a true Droghedean. God bless you eamonn❤️❤️

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@fitzerelli1 Auld beardy was an exibitionist nothing great at all and an auld jeer

[@philipbegley4513]

This sadly reminds me of my late dad, he worked in the UK in construction and said this song is almost a true story of life for Irish men. He then went on to be one of the long distance men of the song. I asked would you retire in England, not a chance I'm just Mick or Paddy there, at home in Cregganbane Glebe I'm Henry Begley.

[@angelaodoherty2200]

Exactly..my family the same

[@sperrinwell-beingandyoga9224]

In Crossmaglen the fire burns true...🤗

[@jjmurphy00]

😊

[@mischlingbeerandcigarman]

Respect. Irish miners, me da s side, scotland

[@mischlingbeerandcigarman]

​@@sperrinwell-beingandyoga9224tge molotovs on the N.I. polis vehicles!

[@SandraWalker-s6h]

My dad was from Dublin came to England at 16 and worked for wimpy and John lang Greatest man I ever knew been gone 35yrs but still miss him 😢

[@gillianp2043]

Your Dad and his mates built the midlands I know. Sadly it's time for reconstruction . The Irish builders we knew of old don't exist now. Who will build the new midlands I wonder?

[@aidikel852]

@@gillianp2043the Irish are still here they just own the contracting Companies now and the lads coming over are estimators, surveyors and engineers rather than just labour.

[@keithsim171]

A great tribute to all the hard working Irishman

[@DanPurdy1]

Ronnie Drew had the most beautiful voice and knew how to use. Great music.

[@askmebollox1]

True mate some a the songs jus suited Ronny yunno

[@jeremybolton6419]

"Like honey poured over thunder."

[@tarapatterson7814]

Thankyou Paddy. you have built the country we know, from the railways to the wartime airfields you have done a great job

[@Tugger4me1]

could not have said it any better

[@peter2023]

I am a brit worked for John lang on the north see pipeline, going in , I played guitar and remembered these songs the micks sang ahhh good times

[@michaelrelihan3528]

My old man was one of the fusiliers in the 1960s God rest his soul, died at 53.

[@angelaodoherty2200]

❤

[@celticoverall]

God rest him son

[@jaymooney1285]

☘️🙏🏻

[@MartinGreene-hv6fn]

@@celticoverall ✊☘️🇮🇪💚🤍🧡🍀✊☘️🇮🇪💚🤍🧡🍀✊ OVERALL GREAT NAME HAIL HAIL ✊☘️🇮🇪🍀💚✊

[@jimkennedy7385]

Great song from Ronnie and always reminds me of my old dad Michael Kennedy (Sligo) He worked for Wimpeys on the construction of London Airport where he met my mother Mary Whelan (Cork) who ran a food and tea van for the workers. The Irish rebuilt London after the war with their hard labour and resilience. I worked on a McAlpine job myself in the seventies and met many great old Irish workers who were the subject of this great song. When the going gets rough call in the Irish. ☘️

[@Zurzi]

Brilliant

[@eoinfitzpatrick7830]

Was mcalpine as bad as the say

[@johnodonovan4175]

Worse

[@angelaodoherty2200]

Exactly 💯

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

Old beardy was a brit hater and told wild tales to bring adulation on himself. Many an irish family made it big in Britain. Never bite the hand that has been good to you. But you are alwa Irish and prouds​@@angelaodoherty2200

[@JML-fy4od]

my grandfather loved this song and in his last years (when his memory wasn't as sharp), he'd humorously make up the words

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@JML-fy4od Yeah. He must have been ronny droop

[@ottconsulting4499]

Their songs drag on your heart. Love them.

[@filmlondon147]

I worked for Mc,as back in the 60s at Dungeness and on the Isle of Grain mentioned in this song, im English but every word they sing is true

[@DrewColclough]

I've worked for mc alpine ,mad how its still going to this day to this day,r.i.p my dad mad Charlie from cill cannaigh 😢 ,,when the going get rough ,well You must be tough ,with mc alpines fusilier .Boom 🎉

[@Ben-gl6pw]

Ronnies best song without a doubt

[@PatrickHiggins-f4n]

Ronnie was the nicest man in the music business. 🙏 🪦 god rest his gentle soul.

[@andrewisted5910]

I'm a ex mcalpine uckfield bypass in the early 1980s happy memories with the great lads plus the crack 👏

[@thomasmcclean4352]

To ALL OF THE IRISH who worked on our building sites, our roads and everything else, you could really graft and put a proper day's work in. I salute you, from an Irish mammy and Scott daddy.

[@darnick54]

I’ve loved this song since I first heard it on an old record over fifty years ago….I was young then, I’m an old man now, but still I love it. Reminds me so much of my grandfather, a Wicklow man born 1880….he used to tell us he led out the plough horses in his bare feet at the age of twelve. I was brought up in an old tenement in Edinburgh, so far from any Irish ground. Many thanks for the listening pleasure

[@dermotmcglinchey282]

The talent in that group of men was phenomenal , and thats even without the beloved Luke Kelly ...So long to all those wonderful men now all gone except John Sheehan, I was regularly in West Germany as it was in the late seventies and early eighties and believe me they absolutely loved the Dubliners...

[@Awitsaduck]

Sean cannon in this video is also still with us

[@BTS-rd8wm]

I was raised in the Isle of Grain...my late mother was from Kerry 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪❤️❤️

[@richardwhite9312]

My dad's family came from westmeath to work on the isle of grain ,my dad met my mum a connemara girl living in chatham 🙏☘️🇮🇪💚🙏

[@BTS-rd8wm]

​@@richardwhite9312only 5 miles from where I live now

[@richardwhite9312]

Kerry the land of eggs & bacon 👌

[@richardwhite9312]

I live in strood ,small world .

[@BTS-rd8wm]

Am back out there 2 weeks time...3rd trip to Ireland this year 🇮🇪❤️​@richardwhite9312

[@gerryhanly3194]

My uncles went to England in the 40s to work. I can imagine the hard lives they had. Ronnie Drew was a one off. What a voice!

[@angelaodoherty2200]

So did, some of my family..No bxxcks No Irish, No dogs

[@johnallright6847]

Great music from a rare band of true musicians.

[@KevinMeehanWhistle]

Absolutely top class. This song is a banger

[@margaretsmyth600]

What a treasure, these men left to us mere mortals, God rest their precious souls, thank you all for the memories, Eddie, David, Paul need I go on..

[@sircashew1097]

I had totally forgotten this song, this brings back so many memories 🥲😊

[@ValdemarC4005]

Jeez Mckenna goes insanemode on his banjo in this version💥🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Domitianvs]

That was just his default setting. Thankfully I got to see him live before he passed, and I'll always remember him shuffling on stage and then just playing the absolute hell out of that banjo!

[@oscaraiken5484]

I was just thinking how insane the banjo sounds.

[@AndreWehrle]

Listen to their recording of "Building Up and Tearing England Down" (also recorded by Christy Moore under the name "Paddy on the Road"). I think the strings burst into flames by the end of it. Barney: "I GOT BLISTAS ON ME FINGAS!!"

[@jamesmcmenamin-yz8ti]

A superb band, and one of there best song. 👍

[@VincentRoddy-v7d]

While the music and tempo is upbeat the song is quite sad. So many Irish emigrants and there families identify with this song. Fantastic song

[@jdion79]

Mr. Campbell's chunking rhythm is sooo brilliant and adds such a tasteful layer!

[@TheScribeofLight]

There are other versions of this song, but IMHO nobody delivered it like Ronnie Drew. This encapsulates the Irish experience of so many, and is as much a part of Irish history as everything else.

[@tonyrichardhall1174]

Barney and his banjo....heaven

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@tonyrichardhall1174 No he's in👹👹👹👹👹

[@philipbegley4513]

My dear old dad RIP worked for Cementation in between being a long distance men for Polar, finished at 73 driving with Michael Begley transport out of Dundalk. Good times over nearly 55 years.

[@butchd18]

Amazing voice beautiful hymn

[@DerrickJenkins-s6c]

Wonderful band. Wonderful characters. How we miss them. ❤

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

They still perform. Some new members and to the relief of many. Without auld beardy😂

[@OliverBootle1]

Love this. What a singer he was.

[@randolphscott3361]

Real music.

[@jaymooney1285]

The pain of listening to your own language and not understanding it, Isn’t spoken about enough. Thank you England.

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@jaymooney1285 Yeah you must be talking about Dublinese. It sounds like Chimpansese😁

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

​@@anthonybrady-lb5vethink ye the right clever bastid do ye. Ive hear better retorts blasting your mother's piss flaps

[@margaretsmyth600]

Thank you..

[@mgking77]

I had the pleasure of meeting Ronnie Drew back in 2008 when he was doing his one-man show in New York. He was nice enough to wait around with my mother and aunt while I was getting the car so I can say hello and take a pic. This was the song that made me such a fan.

[@EasyWind013]

This song brings tears to my eyes

[@eoinfitzpatrick7830]

Pure gents...pure dublin paddys

[@RYNT1157]

One of the best Late Late Shows ever In my opinion.

[@cheekyfragrance]

The violin solo is so amazing it literally sounds like a typical electric guitar solo in a rock or metal song! Such great song structure.

[@BestUserNameUK]

It's a fiddle, not a violin.

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@cheekyfragrance Oh Jeese me poor teeth. A monkey scraping his nails on a blackboard👎👎🤮🤮

[@anthonybrady-lb5ve]

@@BestUserNameUK A fiddle? It's all a fiddle👎👎

[@jaymooney1285]

Johnny boy is the greatest fiddler or whistle player this world has ever seen. Stay well me boy💪🏻

[@lucapranzo6627]

Fantastica. Dubliners per sempre!

[@carontex8587]

Non sei il primo italiano che trovo sotto ai video dei Dubliners. Sai mica perché ce ne sono così tanti? Uno non se ne aspetterebbe nessuno.

[@lucapranzo6627]

@@carontex8587 Io trovo che la musica irlandese sia sublime. In particolar modo quella suonata dai Dubliners!

[@carontex8587]

@@lucapranzo6627 Eh sì. È qualcosa di eccezionale.

[@danwhite7143]

Ronnie was sensational deserved more credit

[@followerofterry8279]

I'm not joking, this song makes me wanna go to Ireland and work as a construction worker for a few months.

[@terencepatrickmurphy9368]

But it's about how the Irish built all the roads in England after the war!

[@thebagelsproductions]

Check out Luke Kelly singing Black Velvet Band live if you haven't, I think you will love it ♥️

[@DreamClean]

It's about the Irish in England.

[@richardpentelow5111]

The replies are all correct. And no, you don’t want to.

[@liamjackson9587]

Or you could try mcalpines in Huddersfield 😂

[@Blacky474]

Ronnie Drew had the most distinctive voice's I have ever heard, I'd love to hear him swear, as he would have been awesome. I know Ronnie liked a dram, great singer.

[@derekwhitenz]

Love the intro. Says so much..

[@dannylavery]

If anybody ever asks you "Who was Ronnie Drew?" just play them this clip. Definitive.

[@paulzeigler1075]

That fiddle at 2:30…

[@grahamgardner2816]

As a retired joiner worked with many Irish. Popular myth was they were a bit slow on the uptake. That said it was usually Irish in the JCB with a Brit banksman. Leave you to judge who's the slowest. Oor Welly 🤗☕

[@josephcroft4268]

brings back memories working for Tersons & McAlpines

[@EasyWind013]

They just kbow this song is beyond quality

[@patearly9492]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing and God bless all from Patrick

[@tonylaff1007]

My grandad was one

[@johnlovett651]

My father was one in the early 50’s

[@johncorrall1739]

@@johnlovett651 Mine too.

[@dlite6999]

Bless our dear David alexander Conlin 3rd county cork lighthouse i never got to visit but the light house closed to public now A grand jig and musicians wouls gather in the candle lights rip Grand dad your finally back home in county cork

[@michaelward2869]

Yeah, guys, I've just been jamming some drums to this tune . Funny enough, it's this kinda music that rocks and brings us all to now, whoooo .😊❤❤❤

[@jazz185]

Worked alongside these boys. Never met many bad ones. My best pal worked with John Laing and says the same, all good lads with not a lot. They drank the sub as he said, it got them through the week. The digs weren't the best, coming off a night shift and the bed was still warm from lad doing days.. One landlady told me she provided a lunch bag.. It was a slice.of bread dipped in the lard used to cook breakfast! Hardy boys the irish, god bless them.

[@JonfitzFitzjohn-k6s]

Absolutely Brilliant

[@Hollcall]

BARE DOWN LADS, BARE DOWN. Hahahahah...well done!!!

[@potdog1000]

perfect, working class folk music

[@bobeden5027]

simply the best!

[@shanehewitt8956]

Absolutely love it

[@mischlingbeerandcigarman]

Me irish uncle brought me up on this. Raffin scotland.

[@andrewmaccallum2367]

Magnificent 💚

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Fucking bloody great song.

[@BestUserNameUK]

Galtymore, Cricklewood... In Drumlish now.

[@tweeka9380]

Legends true pros

[@josephregan9321]

I'm dedicating this poem to: John Gallagher and Packy Duffy - GRAFTERS!

[@josephregan9321]

❤

[@odemu2074]

Éireann ❤

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

⚡ To the unions.

[@shaneomalley9912]

I LOVE ❤️ IT

[@Sabouma28]

who was sitting next to John Sheahan (to his left)? I can only see part of a black sleeve, but I can see him/her playing guitar....

[@stefanjakubowski6037]

Aye, I've been there.

[@shaneoconnell268]

Turn on the captions at the very end😂

[@nickmayer1383]

Imma tree worker out here climbing 100 ft up pissing rain you got a sore back nobody gives a fuck…. But we all love it and you know what we call ya if you stop for rain

[@AudiaDefila]

Great song and incisive commentary.

[@denislenihan1565]

Is there a better banjo player than Barney McKenna?

[@WilliamHoggan]

No

[@ciaranchapman1099]

I second that​@@WilliamHoggan

[@johnmiller4272]

The best

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

The story of very hard-working Irish men and women who rebuilt London and England, at first it was the Irish who suffered the insults and bad behavior of some people who did not know better and who had a touch of imperialism, ignorance and brutal nastiness in them, later it was the turn of t he poor dogs also the black people all and Indian people who suffered, later the Irish people were put at the top of list as the most favorite and trusted foreigners as people came from all over Europe and other countries come to carry out the work that the British people did not want to do

[@billmcgarry5474]

Thats very true.

[@johndoyle2397]

But sure you know we got to know many beautiful English girls didn't we😊

[@seamus9750]

Classic !!

[@rowancrew2934]

Epic.

[@davideddy2672]

You gotta head back t' the Motherland for a sesh - all ya can eat an' all ya can drink! 😉👍

[@1954barker]

Me too

[@stanpennycook5414]

And dig for gold

[@joemay2640]

❤

[@NostraFnDamus]

Me and the lads :D

[@TobcioccLeyton]

The moat Joyfull positive protest songs ever

[@andrewtessmer8791]

listen often without comment; for posterity I comment.

[@The_Irish_Volunteer]

Cannot be compared.

[@1339LARS]

Well to go paddy!!

[@valeriewalker9332]

🥰❤❤🍻🍻

[@gerrycassidy1111]

been there done that...

[@francis888ful]

Wimpy, We import more paddy’s every year😁

[@RaglanDarlene]

06150 Santina Field

[@margaretroberts8222]

💕💕💕💕💕

[@michaelosullivan1024]

Ah. The dubleres

[@ralphmorris7781]

Cricklewood craic ye plastics

[@tonygallagher7873]

Champions no song like it

[@Anonymous-Joker74]

♥️🙏🏼 John McLean

[@doloughtydoloughty]

Barney in his prime.