The Rare Auld Times Rip Pete St John

[@joemarkham5142]

"The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad."

[@charlesfulcrum3170]

To walk in to a pub, and be so privileged to here such music and singing, would be something that would stay with me forever.

[@thomasobrien1213]

Go do it. It's actually almost spiritual. My whole clan is from Ireland. Half still live there. So glad and privileged to be born green.

[@Leon-kt5hq]

That is what a funeral should be like. Some good old friends, companions and beer. It’s amazing. I am speechless. I prefer a pub, not a church anymore.

[@NathanMeffert]

Without church, you're just a drunk. With church, you're a drunk with soul. The entire Irish pub experience is built on a history of soulful drunkenness. Neglect the church, live in the ruins of the past until even the ruins are dust. No, my friend. Something sacred animates this. It's up to us to find out what. The people who built these pubs knew something that us moderns have forgotten to our peril.

[@dominiqueschaffnerlolagirl6925]

I am with you about that .. too many churches.....temples...synagogues...mosques...cathedrals....chapels....etc...and all the congregations vying for the most attendants and their tythes....donations...gifts....offerings...alms...etc...! what a racket.... give me some pubs, inns, clubs, bars, grills, anytime...anyplace...!

[@anthonyharris338]

God bless

[@mikaeljanzon2584]

Love frome Sweden! Göteborg

[@mikaeljanzon2584]

Slansche!!!

[@francesbaldwin2526]

As a teenager in Scotland we heard Irish music and sang it all the time and knew all the words. Still love to hear it and I am 78.

[@JohnSmith-lt3jl]

As an Ulster Protestant I love this music and would love to be with these gentlemen and buy them all a drink

[@jennyb7745]

Nobody does it like the Irish . . . ☘️

[@garysinclairbarsby6675]

I had never been to a wake as such. A very good friend, collapsed and died in Portugal. His wife arranged a wake in my bar. People arrived from all over Ireland. His sons were fabulous singers along with Karaoke. Never have I ever seen so much love and respect in celebrating a life. RIP Larry. ❤

[@coreythomas8050]

Guys I'm from Newfoundland and I absolutely sang along with this one ,ta bron orm ,slan

[@saphireblue3374]

You wont believe how often i watch and listen to this song!... im indian by birth but grew up in London...but i swear i must have been Irish in a past life as i love and relate to everything Irish especially the music RIP Pete StJohn❤

[@deeesoirscegardner]

Living in the occupied counties of Ireland 🇮🇪 in co tyrone. Listening to Glen and the irish men singing rare auld time .proud to be Irish

[@bandulo]

Good man,I live in Strabane,what do you work as?

[@sherp2u1]

No Surrender ☘🍻✝

[@Cfcbhoys]

superb only occuipied if you want it to be

[@oleyullah]

Haven't those counties elected to stay with the UK though?

[@Simpo28]

​@oleyullah no representwtive people ever voted for this. That's not how colonialism works, sadly. Tiocfaidh ar là! 🇮🇪

[@philipowen3370]

From liverpool , love the Irish people, God bless you all ❤

[@hxjay1971]

love the irish ,from a proud yorkshireman ,sing up boys

[@sebbe0113]

Amazing❤. Just amazing. Big love from Norrköping sweden

[@mattpalmer6054]

I find this highly emotional to watch and listen to. It’s so amazing to watch. I’m not Irish but dream one day of visiting Ireland and being in a pub like this to witness something like this. Something I’d never forget.

[@kittymaher9395]

Cead mile failte , ( a hundred thousand welcomes )

[@alexharrington6459]

You don't have to be Irish to love their music, the people or Ireland itself. I love all three and I'm English.

[@cherbert359]

I’m very proud my Irish heritage

[@jcnimmer]

​@@cherbert359 and we stuck back on the island are happy that so many around the world are proud of their heritage. Through it all we can now share the stories of how hard things were for so many and connect as brothers and sisters of the same land. We can celebrate the success in the context of this little countries complex and too often sad history.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Matt Book your one-way ticket to Ireland you will receive a welcome like a long-lost brother, you will never want to return home,

[@marin5673]

Beautiful Irish people 🇭🇷❤🇮🇪

[@Bossnium]

I put my sister in a grave when i was 17 she was 20, I didnn know my heritage at the time. Im a Harp and this song is what i want at my deliverance.

[@PatrikMFredriksson]

Beautiful Ireland! 🙏✝🥰🙏

[@richardmclintock1729]

it's great to hear traditional folk singing, not everyone appreciates it, But having been a folk singer brilliant!!!!

[@Ward34d]

May this video never be lost

[@scottmay7862]

I wish Dublin was like this now… I miss the old way of life❤

[@JohnSmith-lt3jl]

Gone everywhere my friend -generational issue and us old lads are dying out.

[@thomasanthonykelly2158]

I couldn't agree with you more and I people with the olden ways, I am 67 now and still listen to music like this ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@dominicjones-mb9vq]

What a beautiful send off

[@fbiiburton]

Awesome Irish music

[@ethanfox9357]

As an Australian with half Irish Ancestery. Listening to this calls me home to a place I've never been. But I feel it's a reflection of the changing world we all live in. Nothing is what it was once and for many, it feels like it's maybe not for the better.

[@MrMollypockets]

can not disagree with you my friend, so best be making the best of it then, whatever it maybe , my guess is,,,,,the best you will ever get in life is simply having the craic with good honest folk and sure, do we need anything more than that,,,,,,

[@ethanfox9357]

@@MrMollypockets 'my guess is,,,,,the best you will ever get in life is simply having the craic with good honest folk and sure, do we need anything more than that' - Never a truer word spoken there friend. No matter where we hail from across the "Quay" around the world, I think we can all agree to that and I think that's the biggest lesson that the progress and complications of today have shed light on. Simpler times make for happier and more fulfilling lives and bring out the best in us...

[@maciejzachara388]

One of my favourite songs. I love Irish music. Greetings from Poland.

[@upularFTW]

that was incredible, what a great culture!

[@KM-gf1ur]

it does'nt get any better than that in a million lifetimes.xx

[@Oly-b3y]

Fantastic tunes great voices. Unbelievable loyalty to a departed friend. Up the liberty's.

[@michaelfoley7204]

Very proud boys from a proud Irish man living in Australia god bless

[@deiselden]

1 love from bristol

[@santiagoflores4913]

I'm a proud Chilean, blessed twice over by living and being made welcomed into this messy and wonderful island. This here, believe it or not, is my dream come true, so it is. Blessed indeed. Míle buíochas, Éireann.

[@Fred-d9v]

Beautiful community spirit

[@Tom-cj9te]

oh what a wonderful culture, fantastic 👏👏👏. Greetings from East Germany ✌️

[@Rhea303]

These must be the best times of their lives .. they will never forget .. singing together is the finest thing there is.

[@dianehargreaves4828]

Brilliant 👏

[@dianehargreaves4828]

I only wish my mam was here, for me to play.

[@kevinperree7764]

It’s a funeral wake...

[@giovannimugnaini6715]

@@kevinperree7764 it's too hard to read apparently

[@Martennl]

A 'thumbs-up' or simple 'like' is so not what I wanted to honour this video with... There should be a special icon for 'heartfelt love'. This is what I feel for all the men sharing their grief and singing this song.

[@JockLambert1972]

There’s a lot of mighty talented musicians/singer sat around that table.

[@deborahking2367]

Oh my, I’m watching this from Nova Scotia, Canada! This is my favorite song of all time. Ireland my favorite country of all time! I love the people, I love the music and I’ll take the weather. U til I’m there again I send my love across the Atlantic.

[@jamaidalex]

Wish I'd been in this pub when this was happening. I'd have stayed the full 12 hours, singing along 🖤.....

[@jennymason2522]

One of the best Irish songs I've ever heard and it's incredible

[@georgekawaguchi9392]

I love this Irish setting where friends share a pint and sing to the memory of a good friend. The Irish know how to do it right. A Japanese Canadian who has a bit of Irish in him🍀🤤

[@jennymason2522]

Dublin is Amazing and the people of Ireland are kind as can be

[@jamieparsons1569]

I listen to this song 10 times in a row n never get bored of it love it n I listen to it everyday ❤️❤️❤️

[@mikemcq10]

I want to be there, even if it's a sad occasion. I hope people do this for me when my time comes.

[@utlaginn]

Amazing love this culture and friendship

[@northernfire9591]

Keep revisiting these videos and they never get old, nor do I think they can. It would have been such an honor and treat to just sit and listen to that wonderful 12 hours of music. Wonderful!

[@giorgiomartinico3774]

That's why Ireland is the most magic place in the entire world! ❤

[@GáborFarkas-v2v]

I’m pretty sure this is the best video on KZbin

[@UselessClubFoot]

I wish i was irish. Feels like i have an Irish heart. Much love from boring Essex

[@TheLeiferikson]

Try Raglan Road by Luke Kelly.

[@Boramat17]

3:34 all the other lads sing louder because he is in tears thats so beautiful that is friendship

[@Boramat17]

3:46 the guy caring for him - this whole footage is so beautiful

[@nickym106]

I watch this video every week beautiful song

[@gerardfollett8108]

One of my favourites. Living in Canada and these guys don't know how lucky they are what a great group of buddies.

[@sugarmaple60]

Canada is where I am from and we have some pretty good sing a longs in pubs too!

[@shard841]

Fantastic, the man with the hat in has great voice. God bless you guys.

[@karlcashin3389]

His name is George Murphy.

[@joecasey7415]

Love to see people talking and doing their thing and the singers carryon and nobody has an issue

[@whiskybooze]

I'm Irish on my Mother's side. The only other Country she has ever visited is Ireland and she said it was beautiful and always dreamed of going back. I one day hope to visit this beautiful countryside of Ireland.

[@naktank]

Thank You. I love You Guys. Greetings from Poland.

[@MariuszMiskiewicz]

Honor and care for who you are beautiful, I have great respect for how you understand each other, respect and are proud of your country.

[@-m-8653]

i mis time when i was young and here at Finland we have same kind of pubs....not anymore:( Dont ever lost this amazing culture what you have there

[@Mrtalbotf]

See the admiration in Glen's eyes for the fella singing the second verse?

[@BoarhideGaming]

Yeah, it must be such a proud moment to see younger generations continue your musical traditions, and so well too. It's written all over his face

[@Alma-vs6yb]

It was David Brown singing the second verse and then David and Sean Butler singing the third, some very talented people on this video

[@rorazvan]

@@Alma-vs6yb Do you know who's sitting between Brian and George?

[@DanDahl-r2f]

I am such a noob. Took me forever to realise this. Watched this video a million times. Watched the videos of Shane Macgowans funreal the same amount of time. Only now I realise the people at Shanes funeral are the same people in this video. Great music!

[@DanPurdy1]

A beautiful song sung by almost enough people. A great to see Paddy Reilly sitting there. His singing of Fields of Athenry there is really special.

[@iainwatson2415]

Absolutely beautiful .especially when ins a dram in my hand

[@petibatyo]

I can't find Paddy Reilly in this video....

[@DanPurdy1]

He is the older gentleman in a black hat a couple of seconds into the video, then later when the camera swings to the last, and the last person shown.

[@petibatyo]

@@DanPurdy1 Thank you, I found him now.

[@edmartin8595]

One of the most beautiful videos ive seen on youtube - alot of love and talent in that pub

[@lordofdogtown3]

This is one of the most beautiful things i ever saw on youtube since ever ❤

[@juanhunglow2220]

Both my my parents were Dubliners and i spent many a happy school holiday there and brought their ashes back to be spread on the beach at Portmarnock, the scene of their first date. I grew up on this music. We played the Dubliners’Rocky road to Dublin’ at my dads funeral as he was carried out of the church

[@owenzey]

ar dheis de go raibh a h'anam Phil

[@EL-rb8mp]

Hits hard more than ever this song, wish we had the rare oul times back again

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

Left Dublin 35 years ago. Seeing this video makes me long for home.

[@patrickglennon7058]

Same, left in 87, I'm sorry I left.

[@annmonaghan3456]

Thank you for sharing, Ireland lost a true legend, RIP Pete

[@tanjamoha3161]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😂❤️❤️❤️✌️

[@sarkisiangeorge]

If you listen to the quality of paddy reilly's voice versus him singing the same song 20-30-40 years before, today's voice has a much fuller and deeper quality to it. Perhaps it is all the nights in the pubs and concert halls, but I certainly love today's version. God bless Paddy Reilly. There is something about the quality of paddy reilly's voice that has a richness to it. I don't know how to explain it, but his voice is very comforting to my ear. God bless us all.

[@davidhassell710]

Fabulous, soulful, spontaneous music by such talented artists - a one off to be cherished.

[@siobhan2362]

I’m a Cork girl and I love this

[@michfisch8138]

So schön , behalte eure Kultur und seid stolz darauf es berührt immer mein Herz ❤ eure Musik zu hören

[@dinty66]

I met Pete a few years back on the deck of the Jeannie Johnson for a famine memorial & the Guy had such a heart for all of us Aul'' stormers & messers !! I may quote the others & say it was surreal !!

[@UncleDavey]

These guys nailed it, absolutely nailed it. The authenticity in their voices is breath taking. Thank you for sharing.

[@sherp2u1]

They are professional musicians and singers...of course they nailed it....

[@chico11mbit]

What a tribute .. Absolutely wonderful and heartbreaking...

[@7basement]

FROM CANADA you lads nailed it ... Pete St John would be proud

[@Nosaj1978]

Great send off to a friend, watched dozens of times here at my computer on the East Coast of Canada. Wish there was more videos from that day.

[@7basement]

@@Nosaj1978 same here

[@Hey_its_Koda]

As American. Not even Irish. It special to see friends sing about someone they loved. Emotional.

[@BLUETERRIER7]

As a Belfast man I love this ….wonderful.👍

[@panagiotakonstantopoulou962]

I was on my first trip to Ireland as a student for an Irish friends 21st birthday party. The first night in a County Kildare pub we experienced this; my friend's younger brother was a singer an he always sang in their local. It was beautiful. I recommend this; it is utterly beautiful and emotional experience to have in Ireland but it is a MUST in my opinion.

[@tbask]

I keep coming back to this. Wonderful.

[@thatpanamahatlife1497]

Me too!

[@lamb7780]

I keep coming back to this, it is beautiful. That's a send off 😢

[@chrisburns6063]

American here. Scotch Irish ancestry. Brings a tear to my eyes and I cracked open another beer. Bless your heart !

[@liamalone960]

Marvelous. Brought me some tears. Greetings from Switzerland

[@patriciathewisher2315]

I too remember Dublin City in the rare ould times. Pity that’s lost and gone forever. Dublin RIP.

[@dellhell8842]

Oh the years have made you bitter... This song was written by Pete St. John about Dublin in the 1970's about the changes back then. Dublin has changed utterly again since then; the grey unyielding concrete having yielded to glass and steel. But a city is more than it's buildings, monuments and infrastructure. So here we are in 2022 with Dubliners still being Dubliners; they're not singing this song to look back in anger, they're singing it to celebrate the life of the man who wrote it.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

@@dellhell8842 I think both the city and its people have lost their souls. I think Dell Hell, I’m entitled to think that and you’re entitled to disagree with me. I’m not bitter. Just sad about that. And I did already know Pete wrote the song. But thx all the same.

[@Dividend_Traveler]

What a beautiful word! Comparing to what’s going on right now in Germany…

[@sherp2u1]

I'm soo sorry for what Merkel did to your beautiful, amazing cultural astonishing country....! Mein Beileid, sie war eine Verräterin...

[@michaelbishop6831]

I can’t watch this video enough! I want to be sent off like this.

[@gtrednblack83]

Irish genuine people. Greetings from Sardinia Italy

[@timosullivan3329]

What a beautiful song 🎵

[@johnearle1394]

Absolutely fantastic singing paying respects to their friend n fellow musician who passed away he be proud of them all god bless

[@coreythomas8050]

I've been learning old irish(Gaelic)on an app called Duolingo ,it's free and it's great ,I'm a big supporter of keeping the irish language alive and I hope I reached someone through this ,may this lad rest in peace ...if he got tribute such as this albeit he was a was a great person .may the Irish language live on through his memory,god bless

[@stjop2798]

Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times. Raised on songs and stories, heroes of renown, The passing tales and glories, that once was Dublin town, The hallowed halls and houses, the haunting children's rhymes, That once was Dublin city, in the Rare Oul Times. Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times. My name it is Sean Dempsey as Dublin as could be Born hard and late in Pimlico in a house that ceased to be My trade I was a cooper, lost out to redundancy Like my house that fell to progress my trade's a memory And I courted Peggy Dignan, as pretty as you please, A rogue and child of Mary, from the rebel liberties, I lost her to a student chap, with skin as black as coal, When he took her off to Birmingham, she took away my soul. Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times. The years have made me bitter, the gargle dims me brain 'Cause Dublin keeps on changing and nothing seems the same. The Pillar and the Met have gone, the Royal long since pulled down As the grey unyielding concrete makes a city of my Town. Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times. Fare thee well sweet Anna Liffey, I can no longer stay, And watch the new glass cages, that spring up along the quay, My mind's too full of memories, to old to hear new chimes, I'm a part of what was Dublin, in the Rare Oul Times. Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times. Ring a ring a rosie as the lights declines, I remember Dublin city in the rare oul times.

[@saphireblue3374]

Love this RIP Pete StJohn

[@CorentinHarbelot]

I dream to visit Ireland! I’m not crying, you are. What a bunch of wonderful people!

[@darrenwallace756]

That was heartfelt and beautiful respect 🙏 to a man, highly regarded. Beautiful. Truly special. Cheers.

[@The63Jazz]

Stunning, emotional just as it should be. Safe onward journey Pete. Thanks George you all did him right.

[@martinkelleher5662]

Absolutely beautiful where in the world would u get a sing along like that eh only us Irish can create an atmosphere like that in a pub

[@wg1062]

you do it better than us yanks, but that's why I like to go to my local pub that carries on the tradition of trad night. Hope you don't mind us borrowing some of that Irish magic.

[@davidporter1855]

Cornwall

[@martinkelleher5662]

@@wg1062 not at all glad u like it

[@vp5236]

Try Mexico your family across the sea.

[@Tristan.k50]

don't forget about newfoundland.

[@robhallett5244]

I used to love heavy metal music. But now I'm loving Irish music.

[@J-J_du4nb]

Quality find - please recommend similar hits. Cheers,

[@avamac555]

Pure class / a joiner taught me this song along with the trade , with farming .. it put manners in me for the future .

[@kevcliff9699]

I wish I could like this more than once, so evocative, makes me miss the homeland everytime I listen

[@mikemagan2459]

Extremely emotional. Well done for the video.

[@tommygunn3676]

This is how you celebrate someone's life!!!! This is what they would have wanted

[@majsterV]

Wow, this is how should be this song always singed. Slowly but loud on full throath. Murphy is absolutely killing it.