The Fields of Athenry - The Dubliners | Festival Folk (1985)

[@jredmondscaff]

Nobody sings this song like the great Paddy Reilly...magnificent song makes me proud to be Irish 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@simmo303]

Try Robin Hey.

[@davidbosquette4798]

@@simmo303 Doesn't come even close.

[@michaeloshea4236]

Beautiful song with powerful words Ireland 🇮🇪🍀. Born in London England but proud of my Irish roots 💚

[@fuinneamhdearfach4751]

Very true

[@georgewilson4454]

I agree Q R Irish Hussars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@bettytoh9088]

The appeal of Irish songs is that it always tells a story depicting the history of that country. The melody is beautiful and the lyrics can be so heart wrenching .

[@nickkafouris4424]

So true

[@kathybettany4617]

It is a really special song to me - I lost my dad in 2009 and mum and dad were from County Mayo xx We as young people went every year as young children and my heart belongs there always has x

[@craigsanders5839]

🥺❤️💚

[@jeanmullen]

A bit late, but bless. God knows what these ancestors of ours suffered. Immortalised in such songs yet the reality of their sufferings we can only imagine.

[@fuinneamhdearfach4751]

Aw bless, that's a nice post Kathy 💚

[@terryguinan104]

Kathy, they can take the person out of Ireland but never the Irish out of the person. Come on Mayo!

[@NYCBG]

Not a drop of Irish blood, yet I cry like a child lost whenever I hear Fields of Athenry.

[@paulmac251]

that is because you have a "soul", gets you in the guts, take care pal !

[@NYCBG]

@@paulmac251 Thank you! And thanks for explaining that my soul is actually in my guts 👍. Makes sense when you think of it!

[@craigsanders5839]

Absolutely the same as that 🥺

[@johnf4279]

@@NYCBG Absolutely. We all 'get it' in different ways. That's the magic of the song.

[@johnoconnor4623]

I cry too in memory of all those who were in the song and there were millions.

[@Meszlenyi]

I am Hungarian, I am living in Leicester, England. But every time I hear this song my heart twisted and I start to cry! 26+6=1

[@gerardconvery3226]

Get in there friend

[@matthewdooley9046]

@Jakob Randy shut up literally negative infinity people care.

[@petercon667]

Raise in Leicester both parents Irish ☘️. One of my favourite songs that portraits the Irish struggle against the oppressed at that time......

[@derekobeirnes482]

🇮🇪🍻

[@salmotheleaper7817]

May your God bless you my my friend!

[@grahamhemming4509]

Born and bred in Birmingham went to Catholic school. Most of my friends have Irish roots. Love St Patrick's day . God bless the Dubliners there songs are great.

[@eckpolmick5080]

Paddy's timing and intonation is perfect.

[@irelandcitizen531]

y wouldn't it be. he's a musician it's his job

[@johnhill1219]

A beautiful song. Just love it. I choke up everytime I hear it. Wee Johnny 68% Irish. Born in Edinburgh Scotland.

[@jockstewartredmond1093]

my sons fav,, wish I had been with him when he died,,i miss him lots somewhere in usa he is lain. his mammy died in 1980 buried in Fife,,i love and miss ya both.

[@bindy8054]

Love don't die...breath ...I'm here with you .......just a thought I get when I'm missing..we know they re in us .. beating away..❤️💞💞

[@jeremyakerman2507]

Feel for you. Been there. Mine was killed when he was only 33.

[@paulritchie5868]

God love you pal.Hail Hail.

[@michaelmccarty3395]

I can not even imagine the sorry you feel. My heart goes out to you.

[@mattdavis3741]

I send you every chunk of love I could possibly give, may they rest in peace 🧡🤍💚

[@jasonvoigt6575]

My grandad would stand up with hand on heart and belt this out at least once a month, It means so much more to me now he's gone. He also claimed to have Drumcondra's most beautiful voice lol. This song has, And will continue to resonate for many genetations to come. Just beautiful

[@shan-rosebrown2697]

Lovely song

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Love it. But, combined with hearing the song, I can't stop tears. Thank god for Irishmen!

[@antoinettedaly1284]

I know Dromcondra well. My nanny lived on Walsh Road for over 50 years. We were regulars there until her death in the late 90s.

[@davidreardon4253]

I know the feeling because this is my family song. It reminded my forebears of the struggles that they faced to survive in rural Ireland, and why my grandfather felt that he had no choice but to emigrate from County Cork to the UK in the 1870s.

[@finch8652]

Never get tired of hearing this song. Great voice

[@henriklarsson5221]

I remember us driving into Denmark here from Sweden to watch the Dubliners, young men in our 20´s who had recently found their treasures, rented a cottage to stay over close by the concert. I can remember us lowering the average age with a lot in the concert :D Still it was great and totally worth it! peace

[@normarigby9845]

john carr Larry Gatllin Larry Gatlin Joe Dolan

[@AlexV-zg6co]

Pure brilliant music. Shaking Irish hands from Saint-Petersburg, Russia! I am so much love this song, that’s now I know it’s lyrics

[@langmorerenoir7270]

farm bot , so easy , try a little bit harder

[@AlexV-zg6co]

@@langmorerenoir7270 did not get you

[@petesy03]

Fair play👍👍🇷🇺🇮🇪

[@liamoconnor4314]

Rony drew you legend he paid for my grandfather funeral a lot of respect for him

[@bobw7066]

Absolutely heart breaking, my maternal Grandfather was Irish. From Australia

[@suzannehutton4123]

It makes my tummy go flip flop. I am a new convert to the DUBLINERS. And I just love their voices and their harmonies. I am a huge fan and will Always play them. Suzanne Hutton

[@TheGlaveror]

Welcome, you're in for a great, emotional ride :)

[@oliverbendt3104]

I listen to them all the time when I'm not whacking myself off, probably once a month now as my hands a bit sore

[@paulwieczorek1945]

I have spent many hours listening to a wide genre of music. It never ceases to amaze me how music, in all its variations, unites us worldwide. Why do we allow ourselves to be divided? We can live and glory in our differences, afterall, what is diversity other than accepting, enjoying and respecting our differences.

[@leegrant9438]

Irish music is the best

[@Mariamne62bgl]

If everyone agreed with you, there'd be no more hate ... no more intolerance ... no more wars. There'd be peace. Someday???

[@Elizabeth-iw3wd]

@@Mariamne62bgl 👏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Mariamne62bgl]

@@Elizabeth-iw3wd And I made that comment before the current slaughter going on in Ukraine. SMH, will this world never know peace?

[@alexbowman7582]

Apparently when Billy Connolly went to Australia he was asked by immigration officials if he had a criminal record. He replied I didn’t know you still needed one.

[@minotauruskt]

Brilliant

[@Deejaay83urj38]

Bloody brilliant. That's the best one I've heard

[@casperScott-m9c]

Lol yes I have heard that one before. Apparently they have had to alter the one year student visa forms to stop smart replies. The one I heard was that they changed the word from sex to gender because every student put yes please when the question was sex. I am happy to say that I wasn't such a smart arse but only because I didn't have the chance. I went to Australia with work... No paperwork required in the Royal Navy

[@ireneparry8247]

My ancestry is Eng/Welsh but I absolutely love the Irish music,the songs tell great stories and the medlies are beaufiful

[@dnmurphy48]

English and Welsh and Scottish folk do the same

[@England4life1000]

Happy to say my father is from county wicklow and im proud of where i call home ... ive never fit in schools etc ... here in london .. its like no one know history or we cant be free ... so when i feel trapped to wish to be home in ireland .... il sing this song ... and really it means so much to me

[@cammurray8453]

My people have been in Canada for 150 years, but this music touches something deep within me.

[@delby66]

What a BRILLIANT!!! voice Paddy has. To me, this is the best version of this wonderful Irish ballad.

[@pemacal57]

Nobody sings this song like the great Paddy !

[@vgalletti9915]

From Italy with love

[@Silverblade61]

Been to Ireland many years ago and it touches me deep inside. Especially the music. Love from Germany !

[@michaelgoddig4061]

Qdo

[@Silverblade61]

@@michaelgoddig4061 Qdo ? please help me I am German :)

[@jamesdolan4042]

I am happy that Ireland had that profound experience for you Theresa. Please do come back anytime. I have fond memories of the time I spent in your country. Take care.

[@maxmodine8142]

@@Silverblade61 "When" in Portuguese - an Irishman Abroad.

[@Silverblade61]

@@maxmodine8142 sorry I don't really understand what you mean 😊

[@katrinaedgley39]

My absolute favourite song. Love the Dubliners and memories of Ireland

[@stephanieackroyd1230]

Omg I never get tired of listening to this song

[@patriciamarkwell1127]

Haja

[@peterkelly9537]

Yes million %

[@michelleryan4712]

The music of the tin whistle is magic , a tiny instrument with a genius playing it, absolutely stunning

[@davidmoshal5368]

Me also.

[@catherinemuirhead1745]

What a wonderful version of one of the most heart breaking songs🇮🇪💚 that voice coupled with the music of the Dubliners just like balm to the heart x

[@catherinemuirhead1745]

Hello Michael, doing okay thanks, hope you are too....busy watching the US Election or pantomime as it is turning into!! Take care 🇮🇪☘️

[@FanTactic1]

Absolutely Brilliant! I never tire from hearing the Dubliners sing this song.

[@annrbrennan]

It's actually Paddy Reilly singing.

[@annrbrennan]

Accompanied by the Dubliners

[@ElisabethKlaassen]

Great voice beautiful song !

[@ireneparry8247]

Have loved the dubliners for some years now. Hope to make a pilligrimage to the pub they started in before I am too much older than my 72 years

[@terrygeorge6781]

Yes your not on your own I intend to make the same trip hopefully soon age 72” will look for dates and place to see the Dubliners

[@terrygeorge6781]

Do you know name of the pub and place

[@anthonysacco2276]

So beautiful. Nothing beats Irish Folk music.

[@nickkafouris4424]

@nickkafouris4424 0 seconds ago Except Greek! Both are melodic and emotional. Ireland and a Greek Island, Cyprus

[@davidgraham1079]

The most beautifull song ever writen

[@andrewwood940]

Paddy reilly is the best Irish singer of multiple generations. What a man

[@Mranstedsf]

Google Liam Tiernan you might like him too, wonderful Irish singer!

[@colincrooky]

Brilliant, 35 years ago. Well done Paddy you did good! Thank you

[@michelstrogoff99]

Never get tired of listening to this song, and this version is so beautiful, what with the voice and the fiddle and tin whistle... very touching indeed.

[@B1N4RYGH0ST]

I love this song, I was brought up on ballads from The Dubliners, The wolfetones, The Clancy Brothers and many, many more. Happy New Years to all.

[@petesy03]

The best of them all, he leaves the rest in his wake, excellent!

[@larkm.dalinrobart3316]

I can never hear this song without crying. Just beautiful.

[@jamescorcoran5868]

It's really good to hear it when a good singer sings it probably.

[@donaldzahnke1951]

Iam a American but love Irish music and this song 🎵

[@davidbosquette4798]

Never fails to make me lament a lost Ireland, this one. How I long for the days of old. Paddy wipes the floor with some who try their soulless covers of this song. 💚🇮🇪💚🇮🇪💚🇮🇪

[@fiona2398]

This song always brings tears to my eyes. Go Dubliners!

[@murielorsborn3510]

XI love this song especially when Paddy Reilly sings it what a talent makes me think of my three Irish grandparents I love Ireland Gods owncountryGOD BLESS ireland🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇

[@ambrosemclaren145]

Amen a thousand times!

[@lorrivaughn9066]

Me too. Proud to be Irish 🇮🇪🙏❤️

[@nicolapowney9262]

Lovely comment.x I adore Ireland My Nan was Irish and my adorable boyfriend is a Dublin fella. Ireland and the people there are amazing❤x

[@kennygreig456]

Best version I've heard, by far the best I've heard Paddy sing it as well, his voice is top notch here as for the whistle just class.

[@reggiewaworuntu3880]

I agree. I love Isla Grant version too.

[@tiashakelly]

Never tire of listening to this song. Beautiful.

[@sylvialeach6292]

Me neither, it still gives me goose pimples each time I hear it.

[@Twalsh016]

This tugs my heart strings so hard. This version has so much emotion as well. This is about the 10th video I've just seen in a row.

[@kathleenlynch6757]

I herd this song in the irish centre Manchester it did bring a tear to my eye's k🥰

[@Janetsfear]

I love many versions of this magnificent tune but Paddy did it best for my taste.

[@maryogrady3412]

NO ONE COULD SING THIS SONG LIKE !! PADDY REILLY . SIMPLY THE BEST .

[@TheLupulalb]

God is my witness, I love Irish music so much that I only listen to it in the car, Ireland has so many wonderful voices , Derek Ryan ,Finbar Furey , Christy Moore ,Mary Black , Enya , Aoife Ní Fhearraigh etc.etc.etc. .... God bless Ireland, free and happy 🍀🍀🍀

[@bigfish700]

Thank you God bless you !! ☘🇮🇪👍🍻

[@TheLupulalb]

@Michael Adams Yes, and many others

[@brianmodum5312]

Dia duit! Go raibh maith agat!! God Bless You! 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@martincochrane2243]

Also Johnny McEvoy Mike Denver finbarr furey Sean Keane patsy watchorn foster and Allen Dolores keane Could go on and on Ireland full of great talent

[@TheLupulalb]

@@martincochrane2243 I said Finbar Furey, yes! Ireland has many talented singers, and many heroes

[@herbiehartwig9685]

Absolutely love this song and I’m Scottish 👍👍👍

[@StevieTheScotsman]

Brings tears to a glass eye. ..

[@robertbutler5559]

My great grandfather left Limerick City in 1870 and ended up in Texas after a few years. He did not experience the famine. This beautiful and meaningful song is one of the reasons I feel my heart drawn back to Ireland.

[@sandidavis820]

I also live in Texas but my heart is in Ireland

[@birmanets]

Would love to visit Texas. My great grandfather survived the famine as a kid and died in 1917 aged 77! I still live in the same house he lived in.

[@angelasharpe6348]

Nobody can sing it like this man.

[@gillwilkinsongw]

I saw The Dubliners just once at Norwich Theatre Royal some years ago. Sadly it was their last concert, as Barney passed away about six weeks later. I thank the Lord that at last I got to see them.

[@edwardking4095]

Honestly makes me cry every time I hear it

[@briansalmon8289]

Lovely brings tears im irish decent im from Cleator moor in Cumbria nicknamed little Ireland love this song and many more

[@terrystorey5331]

August 2021Still listening to the greatest Irish voice ever fabulous song, an English fan.

[@patricko4964]

Beautiful, brings tears to my eyes. Makes me sad and proud of my heritage!

[@markrhodes5474]

Paddy Reilly sings this song with love and emotion

[@aaronbaldas3911]

I'm not Irish but I can picture the theme of the song. It makes me cry. Can't stop listening to it.

[@leonardturner1136]

Excellent version, beautiful

[@veseljkorogomentic829]

Beautifull

[@murarisaikia7971]

I studied in a school run by Irish Christian Brothers and had heard our wonderful teachers singing this song whilst strumming the guitar. The lyrics tugs my heart and I can't help the tears....

[@billnevill1988]

Gorgeous! The Irish are sooo good at their history and older songs!

[@craigsanders5839]

I agree mate 👍shit at footy tho 😁

[@normamcneill151]

Only irsh people can sing that song wonderful

[@patwynne8373]

What a most beautiful song, my very favourite. I hope it is many years before God calls me, but when my time comes, I would like it to be sung at my service. God bless Paddy Reily and the Dubliners, Erin Go breath.

[@patwynne8373]

Sorry for the spelling mistake I meant Erin go brath. I think I spent tha right

[@alien-mp7ci]

When Paddy Reilly sings its pure magic

[@bubblezovlove7213]

This is the first time I've heard him a d yup, goosebumps. Not many singers can do that to me. That's a lovely timbre hes got going on there. Very lovely...

[@williamkeyes6836]

He has the best voice listing from Canada 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦😊😊

[@jeandavies8027]

Absolutely beautiful I just love this song , reminds me of my dear Sister Lucy whom we lost but her spirit is around us .

[@Elizabeth-iw3wd]

So sorry for your loss 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@alemutasa6189]

As an islander who's under a foreign government law I can only relate to what the lyrics say. Greetings from Sardinia

[@dbomdnb]

Makes me so proud, in the spirit of defiance, but also angry, about the oppression, and the many lives that were shattered by it. Because, I know for sure that this song was first sang in grief

[@rogerbirch914]

dbomdnb you do know it was written in 1979 and is fictional?

[@dbomdnb]

@@rogerbirch914 nope, didn't bother googling. Makes it more amazing for me tbf. The emotion of it is still real. Its only a few generations

[@marshnn]

This is the anthem of my beloved Munster rugby team

[@monadlay1337]

Nobody sings it like Paddy. This version is the very best

[@delby66]

You are so right Mona. Paddy has a brilliant voice.

[@rocker6883]

Paddy’s version with the Dubliners is the definitive recording of this song.

[@susanlaird5154]

Same here. Slee scotland

[@geoffoutdoors]

Agreed

[@stefanocapretti5311]

Esecuzione fantastica !

[@gingercat555]

GREAT SONG with real meaning ... I am half Irish on my Mothers side from Co. Mayo ... so I can feel this song from inside given past history ... I am PROUD to be half Irish ... have so many really happy memories from my times I spent in Ireland with Family there now sadly gone but always in my heart forever.

[@Boatman607]

Love this 😀 ❤️ from every part me

[@alastair9894]

Beautifully sung

[@ambrosemclaren145]

Oh, the love and suffering of the faithful Irish people. So many true children of Father Patrick. God loves them and their souls will shine like diamonds in the celestial realm. Erin go bragh!

[@patriciabutler8248]

This song always brings tears to my eyes. Have always loved the Emerald Isle. From England.

[@Michael-bf1dt]

Hi Patricia how are you . Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Hope you’re safe from Covid. It’s a lovely video - he sings it so well. Have a good day and stay safe. Best wishes 🎶🌹🙏 Michael

[@sherp2u1]

Probably the best version of the Fields ever recorded....God Bless you Paddy...++++

[@verakostovski2243]

Beautiful and very powerful song .Love it !!

[@chrisgibson6520]

If you get the chance, listen to the version Paddy sang this song with the Dubliners in 2003 at the Gaiety. His voice was good in 1985 but I swear to God it was even better in 2003. Also, Dirty Old Town , again in 2003. Absolute magic. I'm 68 and only recently came across this. A lot of wasted time until now.

[@DavidNewlandz]

Touching my emotions. Beautifully performed. Top sausage to all concerned. Never made it to the "Emerald Isle" YET!

[@marielivingstone5369]

David N.you do not know what you are missing!!!! You are very welcome to The Emerald Isle. Nr. Ireland.

[@DavidNewlandz]

@@bullkid4 Thanks for the tip Larry Ihope to make my way to the Emerald Isle before too long,n' I will be bringing my 6 string!

[@sandidavis820]

This song really speaks to my soul

[@andrewwood940]

Paddy bar none. Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Slàinte Mhaith!

[@greenghost3797]

I once managed a pub in the canary Islands for a Scottish lady who was steeped in Glasgow Celtic tradition with her father having former and current members round her house after finishing up in the pub he'd worked in for a few more and a sing song. One night after closing there were a chosen few left on the premises for a "few late ones" and a bit of a sing song started. A Glaswegian gentleman sang this song as well as Paddy Reilly and a few more great ballads of Irish and Scottish origin. After getting chatting with him he told me he was a season ticket holder with Glasgow Rangers but through his love of traditional music and ballads he had a lot of friends who were Glasgow Celtic season ticket holders and they went to many music sessions. He'd, like myself, learnt this song long before it was destroyed by being sang at football games and "used" as some kind of "statement". What a gentleman. I hope he and his wife and family are well and he's still singing those great ballads. Fuck the begrudgers.

[@lindaswift6486]

What a lovely voice good old songs will live on for ever 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@johnwilson9688]

Absolutely fantastic. 👍

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

It was written in 1979

[@aarnopennanen56]

Tämä on todella kaunis kappale.

[@ledzebulon6235]

Fantastic

[@marylawtoncostine9577]

My beautiful dad in heaven name is Michael love and miss you every day dad xxx This song makes me so proud to be irish 🍀❤😊🍀

[@alicepayet5688]

My son is called Michael as was his father before him. His father was from Roscommon. Michael senior passed away when our boy was 8yrs old. This song pulls at my heart strings.

[@michaeldoyle8733]

I remember my Dad singing this the last time I saw him

[@michaelrigney1536]

Alice I understand you entirely, I , a Michael, have an uncle, a grandad (whom I lost the day of my confirmation), my great grandad and his father before him, all called Michael. Not only does it give me pride but also shows the history of the Irish. Being called Michael😂

[@johnmorrison7219]

Listening in derry 2020

[@mewmeehan]

Listening for the gazillionth time in the Bronx, NYC, USA.

[@AlexV-zg6co]

In Saint-Petersburg, Russia

[@tonymurray814]

John Morrison in Boston MA

[@gail9566]

@@tonymurray814 Alberta Canada 2020

[@mortenb1888]

Denmark 2021

[@cherylblack4659]

Beautiful song 💗

[@darrengriffin9842]

PURE PERFECTION

[@tomwalsh5601]

I'm from the Asdee Parish and I love it too, I meet my friend Martin in Shellharbour every Sunday...he is sorry about his Club St Thomas losing one of Five in GALWAY..Better luck in 2025

[@marjanadolhar]

Poslušam znova in znova sem iz Slovenije . Čudovita pesem . Irci ste najjoljši ❤

[@annemarieherre9869]

Wonderful! RIP my wonderful dad Jimmy Donnelly 💕💕

[@johnoconnor4623]

The original and best, the song that has traveled the world and is the best.

[@vladimiryelbaev2726]

Magnificent one from the band's classic line up on par with The Town That I Loved. .the audience involvement the dedication the works... Glory. I wish I were...

[@alabardean]

I adore this expecially now when we are at risk of freedom and democracy

[@EwelinaLaskowski]

Wonderful ❤