brilliant> grew up listening to Luke and the boys. Holds many happy memories for me. My father was irish although I was born and raised in England. Doesn't make the music and its sentiments any different for me. Can still love the music for what it is
Another song written by Ewan MacColl performed superbly by Luke Kelly. However I have reservations even though my sympathies are with the travellers. Ewan MacColl writes such songs as a middle class man populating his songs with working class phrases to gain credibility in an artificial and phony way. This is not the stuff of good poetry.
i remember meeting luke in the house in the late 60's.my dad did alot of work for the itinerant settlement commitie putting on shows in the abby....after, the dubliners would come back to the housewhere there was always plenty of porter layed on....
I heard some of Luke's music in the pub and thought it was brilliant. So I came to youtube to listen to more of it. And then saw that some nincompoop had started an argument in the comments. All I have to say to you is shut the heck up and listen to the music. Like this if you came to listen to some really good music not to argue with an idiot.
Luke was and in my lifetime probably will be the best ever singer of Irish ballads, ballads Ewan McColl wrote, and any tune you put before him to put to music like Patrick Kavanagh did. I know some good singers but I'd never ask them to sing Raglan Road.
Lukes voice always has been, always is, and might always be, the voice that brings a tear to every Dubliners eye at a few tunes, and every Irishmans eye at a lot of other tunes. RIP with my grandads Luke, you had the X factor.
i am prould of my mothers people i am english brourght up in a house schooled and the rest tuck all the stick and digs think travlers ways are the real old irish ways they are irish people but from years ago keeping the old trdishin going..speling a bit bad many thanks..
i hear this tune i get shivers down my spine , i'm irish and love everything that is. do you realise the man that owns jacobs put hundreds of irish men and women on the dole, just so he could have more profit by sorce-ing once irish made biscuits to england , shame on you i say, how can an irish man take the food from irish mouths and justify it by saying its good business, he's a traitor to everything that our flag represents. remember jacobs 1916, there are many will never forget,but he did
Love Luke Kelly, but what the hell is going on in the picture? It looks like some guy got the missus by the face so the other lady can burn her with her cigarette!!! ....or amI the only one that sees it that way? :)
Great song . I have loved this version for many years and it withstands the passing of time.Its as wonderful to me now as it was when I was a teenager.
He is compelling to listen to cos he sings like a man....there is a manly quality to his voice that is absent in today.......he buddied alongside hard working tough men and absorbed that reality like an artist does..... and by magic ...some of its essence is reproduced in the feel/sound of his voice and music....he is a great artist!
yesss this is the way i heard this song years ago by my friend step father i met her after 30 year's and told her i had some beautiful memorys of this and scorn not his simplicity
Thank you Kelly oneill for another great tune - Once in Liverpool when I went to see the Dubs, I thought I glimpsed them in the town and ran over (I was a teenager) and it was just a bunch of bearded auld Scouse musicians going to the gig. I realised as I approached, and ran straight by as they clocked this weird kid running at them full pelt.
@Kellyoneill, thank you for posting so many Dubliner videos. I love their music, and truly miss Luke and Ronnie. Since I live far away in Americay, I am not nearly as educated as I should be on Irish history, battles, emotions and music. Therefore I find most of the snarky (or even hateful) comments back and forth about politics to be a distraction from the excellent music.
I hope we can grow to appreciate each other, even as we differ. God knows we all have much to be forgiven; let's enjoy.
you look at travlers they have some very old ways and traditions they go back hundreds of years they are like the irish people way back because they dont marrie out and dont mix with outhers they have the old irish ways like in a time capsule..
@crf250chris well said my friend, they dont change their ways for no man,,, live the way they want and hold on to traditions, alot to be said for that
Guys give it up. You all might think I'm being a prick. Facts are facts, the north is gone, always will be. Time to move on. Live in peace with our protestant neighbors at least their clergymen aren't kiddy fiddlers!
IRELAND: GO AHEAD FOR GALWAY MOSQUE, COMPLETE WITH TOWER MINARET
A mosque with with tower and minaret is to be constructed for Galway's Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Planning permission has been granted for the mosque to be built by the city's Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.
source: Irish Examiner 4/5/10
When Ireland is overrun with muslims and immigrant communities, with no-go areas just like in many parts of Britain, don't say you weren't warned.
It's a Ewan Mc Coll song, we would not have a country without the "Tinkers", the people who keep our heratage alive..Go raibh mhaith agat. forever in your debt.
'what sets us apart is our ignorence to other cultures and people' saoreire158, who are you talking about when u say us. are u stupid enough to think that you speak for irish people. majority of irish people are proud of who they are and where their from, you seem to have a fondness for the british , who have robbed ,raped,murdered, and tryed to steal our country for 800 years. go put your comments on the prody songs, because no self respecting irishman would want to read ur shit
And so you should, be proud ofr your beautifull country, Ireland and the Irish people is/are for me the most beautifull I know, comming from Holland myself. I whish the people over here could be more like the Irisch people, than the worlod would'nt be such an awfull place if you ask me irishmanandproud!
@irishmanandproud At least I'm not a brainwashed fool. I'm proud of my nationality. As a part of a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of Ireland society. Fuck the North, I don't want it. Our great government can't even look after 26 counties at the moment, let alone 32. Let the Brits have the north. Its amazing the amount of fools on this use any videos that are remotely Irish as weapons against the Brits. Brave men hiding behind false names.
@saoreire258 'fuck the north, i dont want it' whos offering it to u ,u gobshite. the north is as much part of ireland as the south,west,or,east. its because of pricks like u that the british held on to the notrh(politicaly), you are a discrace, and an embarresment, whats a gobshite like u doin listnin to luke anyways, he'd turn in his grave if he read ur shit. i would have thought ud be more at home listnin to elton john, or garry glitter or maby take that,,, i feel sorry for ur parents
@saoreire258 ireland like america is a republic, not a democrasy, democrasy means mob rule, we are a republic on like ur unwritten brit constitution, oh by the way, drop the irish name u are using, u are everything but irish, a disinformation troll would be a more accurate title for you. travelling people have a culture, you have none you can be proud of.
@irishmanandproud Despite losing relatives in the struggle, none of my family would say that "the British" were to blame - it is not the common people of Britain who have raped and robbed Ireland over the past 800 years - most were too busy being raped, robbed and starved by the same masters that subjugated the Scots and Irish because their own people had become too troublesome. Luke Kelly knew this and often spoke of it.
@irishmanandproud can you say your grandfather fought against the Tans at Skibbereen I can, can you say your uncle was interrogated and beaten to a pulp by peelers at the bridewell,I can, can you say your granduncle went down with the Repulse working as a stoker for the royal navy, I can, Can you say your grandfather fought at the bulge with the British army, I can.800 years of memories how many have you that you hold such a grudge against anyone? where was your war, what battle did you win.
@rostovondon46 why the fuck are you mouthin at him, he didnt say anything wrong. he's IRISH. thats all that counts, you lose someone important and he is fighting for ireland than all true irish patriots lose someone
This song is by Ewan MacColl and is about all travelling people of the british isles; where the nomads - entertainers, horse traders, fare men, itinerant workers and tinkers etc .of which I am proud to be, have wandered for centuries ...
saoreire258 you and "YOUR" country men should be ashamed of yourselves. If you are SO educated, how many nations and indiginous people have "YOUR" country men/women destroy for the sake of money. You and your whole country should be ashamed and apologise to those people you have "civilised" How fucking dare you!!
why all the bigoted argument going on here this song is about my people the travellars or gypsies we get this kind of thing everywhere we go hense why most of us now live in houses people should learn that god made the big picture where we all belong in this world and should learn to live together and btw for the record im scottish
dont it make you wonder why mainstream tv dont put this on tv when they let on to care for travelling people. luke was proud to repersent all the people and sing about them.
How am I being racists, I'm simply stating what everyone knows, I'm sorry if I offended you or your british friends, I'm proud of Ireland and i'll take any opportunity to praise my country, Maybe you should pay a visit back to the old country...enough said.
Irish people are travelling people at heart, we travelled the world helping to build and sustain nations, Irish people are welcomed in the four corners of the earth, unlike the british who had to be beat out of everywhere they tried to conquer. Thats what sets Irish people apart, we have respect for and embrace other peoples and cultures. Thats why we as a people can travel anywhere...Patrick (Ireland)
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What sets us apart is our ignorance to other cultures and people. Look at the strife in the north, the gang wars in New York in the late 1800's, Ned Kelly's outlaws in Australia. The Irish Immigrant was seen as a dirty Neanderthal and was considered of no higher social standing as the Black slaves. Eventually the Irish became civilized as well as Black people but before this we were both valued for our contributions as manual laborers. This is my unbiased opinion. Joe (Ireland)
Joe my friend, you need to read those books again, how any Irishman can blame the Irish for the situation in the north is disgraceful, the things you mentioned are purely Irish people struggling within an unfair system, The Irish have always had respect for others, they proved that. Stop the fuck putting yourselves down all the time, Jesus man! Show a bit of respect for yourself if not your country...
I have plenty respect for myself, enough respect to educate myself on matters before jumping to absurd conclusions like you are. How are we not to blame for the situation? "unlike the british who had to be beat out of everywhere they tried to conquer." Its people like you who breed hatred. I would love to see a united Ireland (Achieved democratically) That is not going to happen. Leave the Brits alone and change the record for fuck sake. Its about time we moved on.
Jesus man! you so fucking shallow, I'll leave you alone,your not worth the hassle, maybe you should forget about seeing a united Ireland and consentrate on just seeing Ireland...
I'm not shallow at all boy, My great grandfather and granduncles died for the Ireland we have now, the republic of Ireland that has a friendly connection with our British neighbors. Its people like you and the bigoted Catholics and Protestants that keep hatred alive. This song is about the travelling community and their traditions. Why are you using it as a weapon against the British? They've changed for the better. So must we. Grow up, see the bigger picture and move on. Good luck.
Let me guess joe, english parents or relatives or you spent some time in england. Your an idiot if you think we the Irish (you are not truly Irish so your not included in this) are to blame for the north, was it our fault we were invaded.. was it our fault out counties wouldn't be given back like the rest of Ireland.
I think you are just a Brit idiot saoreire258. And I am not even Irish. You piss me off. If your grandparents died four the cause, Why Have you given up for Gods sake.
'Eventually the Irish became civilized'?? when did this 'civilizing take place? maybe you could research a little into how early Irish Christians re-educated and re-civilized Britain and western Europe in the 5th and 6th centuaries AD, after the decline of the Roman Empire when Britain and Europe were plunged into a dark age of barbarian rule without reading or books. Most of your examples are 19th centuary, relatively recent in historical terms
well said let no man look down on you.you are a good warm strong race of people.if people cant say something nice then they should shut there rotten mouths peace to you xxxx
the thing is they paint all travellers with the same brush..
they spend there time pickin faults with travellers but in actual fact they should admire hw the travellers are keepin old ireland alive. ive grow up with travellers and have never judged them in my life, only benefited from being in their presence. all i can say is long live Irish Travellers.
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The problem about travellers is that they don,t always want to travel too far before they settle down in someone elses back yard and then procede to cause mayhem for the local people they settle by.Most of the travellers today are non tax paying thieves,rapists and vagabonds of the highest order.If you paid thousands of pounds for the property of your dreams I can be pretty sure the last people on earth you would want would want creeping around your garden at night would be travellers.
@noyna9 .nah mate thats a pretty rasist veiw. , theres good and bad in every group of people, travellers and settled, .sure some of them are rough but thats just the way their brought up. maby if actually knew some of them you mite change ur idea.
now thats funnny.the tear from a glass eye.wish i lived on a split screen half size albion bus.shame the nomad lifestyle is buried under legislation by people who are just pissed off that someone else is trying to live the dream they never will...hmmm
The travellers looked after me when I a kid and vice versa. At eight I was helping them. I did things no 8 year old would know to do and take great pride in it. To live in a stuck up neigbourhood(Foxrock) and for it to have no affect on me was and still is a great feeling and my own proof that I follow my own path.
Another of Luke's great songs. This one lamented the end of an era in which the tinkers and the poor farming folk lived in the same communities and needed each other; the tinkers to practice their ancient trade of tinsmith and the settled to pay them what they could afford for their services.
Travellers are bad to the bone. They're degenerates with no morals that know no depths to their depravity. They are dogs and if you let your guard down in dealing with them they'll bite you. Be very wary of them and sorry Luke, but you can shut the fuck up glorifying their sordid lifestyle. From my experiences with them there isn't a decent traveller on the fucking planet.
I Love barneys banjo playing especially in Dirty old town from the performer, and Johns Fiddle playing in Kelly the boy from killane (performer) just goes right through you it's amazing :)
@kellyoneill Heyah, Kelly. Just popped on to this vid and saw your comment. Why is it you never liked Mister Drew? I'm not insulted (as a big Ronnie fan, I've read about his grumpiness etc.), but I'm more . . . curious, really. Haha
@spudseamus Didn't Luke play the 'G' banjo? It sounds like a picked G-banjo in this recording, maybe Barney McKenna was playing the mandolin, but Luke also played mandolin and could play the whistle so it could be a solo job! I'm not saying it is but it could be. I dont think Barney is playing the banjo here though.
kellyoneill, your music list is the best on you tube and it is fatastic to hear songs that I had forgoten from my youth and brings back lovely memories of drinking with my many Irish friends in Scotland.
Incomparable voice - powerful, poignant and with perfect diction. In every song he ever sang you could hear every word perfectly. There will never be another like him.
If you like Luke, and who in Irish trad doesn't, take a listen to Pecker Dunne if you haven't already. As Christy Moore says, "I've never met Bob Dylan, but I've sung with Pecker Dunne."
Me granda grew up with luke, his ma used to mind him during the day. He tells me alot that sucked a tit (a do-di :) ) til he was 7. Thats my claim to fame with luke anyway, what a great man!!!!
Luke Kelly was from Sheriff St. St Laurences Mansions to be precise, inner city Dublin. It was a beautiful parish but took a turn in the 1970's ( we will blame Dublin Corporation for that - lack of planning). Luke Kelly was unique and no doubt his inner city roots shaped him - only 1 word for Luke - PURE.
A Romany is a Gypsy, a group who travelled the hills and glens of Ireland and Scotland , tinkering (fixing pots and pans) and singing and playing instruments for a living. They were a source of many fine tunes and fine musicians, some were even itinerant pipers of wonderful calibre,as I was privileged to hear when home in scotland to visit my grandfather many years ago. I was standing on the Moray Firth when I heard pipes on the ocean breeze, an hour or so later down the coast road came a piper
@Macangusagain Irish Travellers are not of Romany decent, different gene pool completely. Irish Travellers are unique to Ireland (were anyway) People assume the myth that Irish Travellers stem from the famine period of the 1840's, but their origins go back much further, to the Treaty of Limerick 1691 or before, the Desmont Rebellions and the Plantations of Munster in the late 1500's.
luke always said ewan mccoll was his mentor and rightly so,mccoll was the best picker and collector of songs in lukes formitive years, and luke went from pupil to master. p.s. since when did sherrif street where luke was born become a romany tennement.look up your street finder.
The song was written by Ewan McColl,Kirsty's father who was Scottish.A lot of his songs are covered by Luke(Shoals of Herring,Dirty Old Town and hundreds more)but Luke was not a Romany and who cares he was a legend!!
I used to have this track on a Dubliners album - it was 'A Drop of the Hard Stiff' and I must have played it 10,000 times! for years it was the only Luke track I possessed.
can you think of any other voice that touches you in the way Lukes does? He could lift your heart one minute, and break it the next.God bless my dad for playing his records when we were kids.Been listening ever since.This version of travelling people is breathtaking and seeps into the soul.
im sorry, but while i like damiens stuff, as a singer he isn't in the same league as Luke Kelly. He doesn't have that power that pins you to the wall and makes you listen to every single word of the song. Damien's good but Luke was, and always will be the greatest singer of all.
Remember this song being sung by Ewan when I was a child, by the way what did that poor woman do behind Luke to deserve such treatment ?
renee2461 1 day ago
brilliant> grew up listening to Luke and the boys. Holds many happy memories for me. My father was irish although I was born and raised in England. Doesn't make the music and its sentiments any different for me. Can still love the music for what it is
pmanning46 3 weeks ago
A song about the travelling people, and most comments involve fighting......how unexpected!
dubcindub15 1 month ago
the worst man who hates the travelling man is a IRISH MAN the biggest hypocrite on this side of the clay.PROUD TO BE A TRAVELLER
hemanjoyce1 1 month ago
nobody but nobody can sing like this man, period.
irishgeal1 2 months ago
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Another song written by Ewan MacColl performed superbly by Luke Kelly. However I have reservations even though my sympathies are with the travellers. Ewan MacColl writes such songs as a middle class man populating his songs with working class phrases to gain credibility in an artificial and phony way. This is not the stuff of good poetry.
mouldybear 4 months ago
Kelly, where's the picture from?
Thanks :)
paulebroderick 8 months ago
love this song makes me wish i was a traveller i know a generation or 2 down the line my gran was a settled one
EasyHackin 1 year ago
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irishgeal1 1 year ago
Lovely, syncopated rhythms before Planxty had hit puberty. Sorry Andy et al ;-)
bealmor1963 1 year ago
i remember meeting luke in the house in the late 60's.my dad did alot of work for the itinerant settlement commitie putting on shows in the abby....after, the dubliners would come back to the housewhere there was always plenty of porter layed on....
MrCrispian 1 year ago
what a voice
MrBlacknail69 1 year ago
FREE BORN MAN country lanes and byways were allways my way,thank you for posting this.
3rk4u 1 year ago
I heard some of Luke's music in the pub and thought it was brilliant. So I came to youtube to listen to more of it. And then saw that some nincompoop had started an argument in the comments. All I have to say to you is shut the heck up and listen to the music. Like this if you came to listen to some really good music not to argue with an idiot.
RoboSniper 1 year ago
@RoboSniper Here, here!
theloudhalo 8 months ago
did luke kelly write any of the songs he brillently sings? just wondered! i love him all the same.
declanjahern 1 year ago
@declanjahern The Only one Luke wrote himself was "For What Died The Sons Of Roisin"
kellyoneill 1 year ago
@kellyoneill he wrote walking in the dew.....the sons of roisin was a poem
nipplebrady1988 1 week ago
@declanjahern he wrote "walking in the dew"
nipplebrady1988 1 week ago
Luke was and in my lifetime probably will be the best ever singer of Irish ballads, ballads Ewan McColl wrote, and any tune you put before him to put to music like Patrick Kavanagh did. I know some good singers but I'd never ask them to sing Raglan Road.
Lukes voice always has been, always is, and might always be, the voice that brings a tear to every Dubliners eye at a few tunes, and every Irishmans eye at a lot of other tunes. RIP with my grandads Luke, you had the X factor.
dubcindub15 1 year ago
i am prould of my mothers people i am english brourght up in a house schooled and the rest tuck all the stick and digs think travlers ways are the real old irish ways they are irish people but from years ago keeping the old trdishin going..speling a bit bad many thanks..
crf250chris 1 year ago
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i hear this tune i get shivers down my spine , i'm irish and love everything that is. do you realise the man that owns jacobs put hundreds of irish men and women on the dole, just so he could have more profit by sorce-ing once irish made biscuits to england , shame on you i say, how can an irish man take the food from irish mouths and justify it by saying its good business, he's a traitor to everything that our flag represents. remember jacobs 1916, there are many will never forget,but he did
fakerbaker1000 1 year ago
Love Luke Kelly, but what the hell is going on in the picture? It looks like some guy got the missus by the face so the other lady can burn her with her cigarette!!! ....or amI the only one that sees it that way? :)
h8erman 1 year ago
Lovely, really like this song, sung by the brilliant Luke Kelly, great stuff !
josparkes1 1 year ago
Great song . I have loved this version for many years and it withstands the passing of time.Its as wonderful to me now as it was when I was a teenager.
PURPLEBEATTIE1 1 year ago
a legend
MrM894 1 year ago
He is compelling to listen to cos he sings like a man....there is a manly quality to his voice that is absent in today.......he buddied alongside hard working tough men and absorbed that reality like an artist does..... and by magic ...some of its essence is reproduced in the feel/sound of his voice and music....he is a great artist!
batterseaspark 1 year ago
never heard any one else sing this one, only luke can do it justice.
irishgeal1 1 year ago
Liam Clancy has a great version of this. He and mr. Makem.
robertmacisaac 1 year ago
yesss this is the way i heard this song years ago by my friend step father i met her after 30 year's and told her i had some beautiful memorys of this and scorn not his simplicity
lizdfizzz 1 year ago
Thank you Kelly oneill for another great tune - Once in Liverpool when I went to see the Dubs, I thought I glimpsed them in the town and ran over (I was a teenager) and it was just a bunch of bearded auld Scouse musicians going to the gig. I realised as I approached, and ran straight by as they clocked this weird kid running at them full pelt.
TheMerseyBoy 1 year ago
o well , if anyone can beat that, post it. damm that kelly fellow.
irishgeal1 1 year ago
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irishgeal1 1 year ago
'knee tremblin' just could not describe the Dubliners music better..............
jobirgheidi 1 year ago
@Kellyoneill, thank you for posting so many Dubliner videos. I love their music, and truly miss Luke and Ronnie. Since I live far away in Americay, I am not nearly as educated as I should be on Irish history, battles, emotions and music. Therefore I find most of the snarky (or even hateful) comments back and forth about politics to be a distraction from the excellent music.
I hope we can grow to appreciate each other, even as we differ. God knows we all have much to be forgiven; let's enjoy.
banjocordian 1 year ago
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banjocordian 1 year ago
you look at travlers they have some very old ways and traditions they go back hundreds of years they are like the irish people way back because they dont marrie out and dont mix with outhers they have the old irish ways like in a time capsule..
crf250chris 1 year ago
@crf250chris well said my friend, they dont change their ways for no man,,, live the way they want and hold on to traditions, alot to be said for that
irishmanandproud 1 year ago
Guys give it up. You all might think I'm being a prick. Facts are facts, the north is gone, always will be. Time to move on. Live in peace with our protestant neighbors at least their clergymen aren't kiddy fiddlers!
saoreire258 1 year ago
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IRELAND: GO AHEAD FOR GALWAY MOSQUE, COMPLETE WITH TOWER MINARET
A mosque with with tower and minaret is to be constructed for Galway's Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Planning permission has been granted for the mosque to be built by the city's Ahmadiyya Muslim Association.
source: Irish Examiner 4/5/10
When Ireland is overrun with muslims and immigrant communities, with no-go areas just like in many parts of Britain, don't say you weren't warned.
waaeaa 1 year ago
See you all in Blair!
aisirmor 1 year ago
God bless the travellers.
BobTheGamerUK 1 year ago
traveller and proud and i pay taxes noyna9 u should get ure facts right because they are wrong very wrong
mickc1987 1 year ago
luke put the traveling people on the map with beuatiful songs as this.
irishgeal1 1 year ago
It's a Ewan Mc Coll song, we would not have a country without the "Tinkers", the people who keep our heratage alive..Go raibh mhaith agat. forever in your debt.
bettyswollex 1 year ago
love luke love ireland love being an irishman! dont care where youre from any where in the world we welcome ye!
TheFoxington 1 year ago
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crf250chris 1 year ago
up the travellers
LUKE KELLY IS A LEGEND
mickc1987 1 year ago 3
up the travlers good and bad
crf250chris 1 year ago
if u have respect for your nation it should be..
"i am Irish...among the british.."
simple things that that show respect.
TheTrueGalwayGirl 2 years ago
i think this singing has made luke the unsung king of the gypsys.
irishgeal1 2 years ago 3
Grow up and move on!!! Everyone else has.
Rachelsawyer84 2 years ago
'what sets us apart is our ignorence to other cultures and people' saoreire158, who are you talking about when u say us. are u stupid enough to think that you speak for irish people. majority of irish people are proud of who they are and where their from, you seem to have a fondness for the british , who have robbed ,raped,murdered, and tryed to steal our country for 800 years. go put your comments on the prody songs, because no self respecting irishman would want to read ur shit
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RyanRhodes7 2 years ago
And so you should, be proud ofr your beautifull country, Ireland and the Irish people is/are for me the most beautifull I know, comming from Holland myself. I whish the people over here could be more like the Irisch people, than the worlod would'nt be such an awfull place if you ask me irishmanandproud!
ejlaparram 1 year ago
donke wel
bettyswollex 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud At least I'm not a brainwashed fool. I'm proud of my nationality. As a part of a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of Ireland society. Fuck the North, I don't want it. Our great government can't even look after 26 counties at the moment, let alone 32. Let the Brits have the north. Its amazing the amount of fools on this use any videos that are remotely Irish as weapons against the Brits. Brave men hiding behind false names.
saoreire258 1 year ago
@saoreire258 'fuck the north, i dont want it' whos offering it to u ,u gobshite. the north is as much part of ireland as the south,west,or,east. its because of pricks like u that the british held on to the notrh(politicaly), you are a discrace, and an embarresment, whats a gobshite like u doin listnin to luke anyways, he'd turn in his grave if he read ur shit. i would have thought ud be more at home listnin to elton john, or garry glitter or maby take that,,, i feel sorry for ur parents
irishmanandproud 1 year ago
@saoreire258 ireland like america is a republic, not a democrasy, democrasy means mob rule, we are a republic on like ur unwritten brit constitution, oh by the way, drop the irish name u are using, u are everything but irish, a disinformation troll would be a more accurate title for you. travelling people have a culture, you have none you can be proud of.
irishgeal1 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud A good punch friend, right smack in the middle.
tompouceful 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud A good punch, friend. Right smack in the middle.
tompouceful 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud Despite losing relatives in the struggle, none of my family would say that "the British" were to blame - it is not the common people of Britain who have raped and robbed Ireland over the past 800 years - most were too busy being raped, robbed and starved by the same masters that subjugated the Scots and Irish because their own people had become too troublesome. Luke Kelly knew this and often spoke of it.
LockhartSpain 1 year ago 11
@LockhartSpain TOO BLOODY TRUE 100 STARS FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!
margatelad 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud Too right.Great comment
PURPLEBEATTIE1 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud can you say your grandfather fought against the Tans at Skibbereen I can, can you say your uncle was interrogated and beaten to a pulp by peelers at the bridewell,I can, can you say your granduncle went down with the Repulse working as a stoker for the royal navy, I can, Can you say your grandfather fought at the bulge with the British army, I can.800 years of memories how many have you that you hold such a grudge against anyone? where was your war, what battle did you win.
rostovondon46 3 months ago
@rostovondon46 why the fuck are you mouthin at him, he didnt say anything wrong. he's IRISH. thats all that counts, you lose someone important and he is fighting for ireland than all true irish patriots lose someone
irishpodge121 1 month ago
This song is by Ewan MacColl and is about all travelling people of the british isles; where the nomads - entertainers, horse traders, fare men, itinerant workers and tinkers etc .of which I am proud to be, have wandered for centuries ...
ThePudd63 2 months ago
all of yers get agrip.fer fek sake
bigteafool 2 years ago
answer to realcoolhand1 :
You should listen ! Fuck ou !
151119491 2 years ago
saoreire258 you and "YOUR" country men should be ashamed of yourselves. If you are SO educated, how many nations and indiginous people have "YOUR" country men/women destroy for the sake of money. You and your whole country should be ashamed and apologise to those people you have "civilised" How fucking dare you!!
realcoolhand1 2 years ago 2
why all the bigoted argument going on here this song is about my people the travellars or gypsies we get this kind of thing everywhere we go hense why most of us now live in houses people should learn that god made the big picture where we all belong in this world and should learn to live together and btw for the record im scottish
jobabyuk 2 years ago 3
dont it make you wonder why mainstream tv dont put this on tv when they let on to care for travelling people. luke was proud to repersent all the people and sing about them.
irishgeal1 2 years ago
ah love the lukes. still makes me cry.
irishgeal1 2 years ago 2
How am I being racists, I'm simply stating what everyone knows, I'm sorry if I offended you or your british friends, I'm proud of Ireland and i'll take any opportunity to praise my country, Maybe you should pay a visit back to the old country...enough said.
needasecondchance 2 years ago 3
life is life strugle what you have god bless the travellers
pete584 2 years ago 4
Irish people are travelling people at heart, we travelled the world helping to build and sustain nations, Irish people are welcomed in the four corners of the earth, unlike the british who had to be beat out of everywhere they tried to conquer. Thats what sets Irish people apart, we have respect for and embrace other peoples and cultures. Thats why we as a people can travel anywhere...Patrick (Ireland)
needasecondchance 2 years ago
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What sets us apart is our ignorance to other cultures and people. Look at the strife in the north, the gang wars in New York in the late 1800's, Ned Kelly's outlaws in Australia. The Irish Immigrant was seen as a dirty Neanderthal and was considered of no higher social standing as the Black slaves. Eventually the Irish became civilized as well as Black people but before this we were both valued for our contributions as manual laborers. This is my unbiased opinion. Joe (Ireland)
saoreire258 2 years ago
Joe my friend, you need to read those books again, how any Irishman can blame the Irish for the situation in the north is disgraceful, the things you mentioned are purely Irish people struggling within an unfair system, The Irish have always had respect for others, they proved that. Stop the fuck putting yourselves down all the time, Jesus man! Show a bit of respect for yourself if not your country...
needasecondchance 2 years ago 2
I have plenty respect for myself, enough respect to educate myself on matters before jumping to absurd conclusions like you are. How are we not to blame for the situation? "unlike the british who had to be beat out of everywhere they tried to conquer." Its people like you who breed hatred. I would love to see a united Ireland (Achieved democratically) That is not going to happen. Leave the Brits alone and change the record for fuck sake. Its about time we moved on.
saoreire258 2 years ago
Jesus man! you so fucking shallow, I'll leave you alone,your not worth the hassle, maybe you should forget about seeing a united Ireland and consentrate on just seeing Ireland...
needasecondchance 2 years ago
I'm not shallow at all boy, My great grandfather and granduncles died for the Ireland we have now, the republic of Ireland that has a friendly connection with our British neighbors. Its people like you and the bigoted Catholics and Protestants that keep hatred alive. This song is about the travelling community and their traditions. Why are you using it as a weapon against the British? They've changed for the better. So must we. Grow up, see the bigger picture and move on. Good luck.
saoreire258 2 years ago
Let me guess joe, english parents or relatives or you spent some time in england. Your an idiot if you think we the Irish (you are not truly Irish so your not included in this) are to blame for the north, was it our fault we were invaded.. was it our fault out counties wouldn't be given back like the rest of Ireland.
etniesdub 2 years ago 3
fuck you, you bigoted asshole.
ConallMullan 2 years ago
@ConallMullan
JerryVanderwaarde 2 years ago
I think you are just a Brit idiot saoreire258. And I am not even Irish. You piss me off. If your grandparents died four the cause, Why Have you given up for Gods sake.
lytsepieter 2 years ago
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whitesugarray 2 years ago
@saoreire258
'Eventually the Irish became civilized'?? when did this 'civilizing take place? maybe you could research a little into how early Irish Christians re-educated and re-civilized Britain and western Europe in the 5th and 6th centuaries AD, after the decline of the Roman Empire when Britain and Europe were plunged into a dark age of barbarian rule without reading or books. Most of your examples are 19th centuary, relatively recent in historical terms
prunch72 1 year ago
i am a yong member of the travelling people i think some people are to quick to juge dont look down on someone if ur not picking them up
jackjones608 2 years ago 7
well said let no man look down on you.you are a good warm strong race of people.if people cant say something nice then they should shut there rotten mouths peace to you xxxx
leftclog51 2 years ago 4
Beautifully stated my friend, Patrick.
needasecondchance 2 years ago
the thing is they paint all travellers with the same brush..
they spend there time pickin faults with travellers but in actual fact they should admire hw the travellers are keepin old ireland alive. ive grow up with travellers and have never judged them in my life, only benefited from being in their presence. all i can say is long live Irish Travellers.
TheTrueGalwayGirl 2 years ago 5
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The problem about travellers is that they don,t always want to travel too far before they settle down in someone elses back yard and then procede to cause mayhem for the local people they settle by.Most of the travellers today are non tax paying thieves,rapists and vagabonds of the highest order.If you paid thousands of pounds for the property of your dreams I can be pretty sure the last people on earth you would want would want creeping around your garden at night would be travellers.
noyna9 1 year ago
@noyna9 .nah mate thats a pretty rasist veiw. , theres good and bad in every group of people, travellers and settled, .sure some of them are rough but thats just the way their brought up. maby if actually knew some of them you mite change ur idea.
irishmanandproud 1 year ago
@irishmanandproud no man has any right to buy or sell land for private gain.
bettyswollex 1 year ago
@noyna9,
So people who don't pay taxes must be thieves and rapists?
Stonegolem42 1 year ago
I whole heartedly agree, our songs and culture is because of theese people. we are forever in there debt. beachuis mo chairde,
bettyswollex 1 year ago
Ewan mccoll is a genius who has never got credit for his genius
IShotJR100 2 years ago 5
I fell in love with this song when I heard it from Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers, but I think I like this version better...
eclecticism7 2 years ago 3
2 generations from the road. However, the urge still exists here (!) Be strong all !
aisirmor 2 years ago 3
the essence of drifters, hobos, gyspys and travellers of all sorts is captured in this tune.
ThomWithKawliga 2 years ago
dam u luke, any version after that is a poor second.
irishgeal1 2 years ago 6
Luke kelly is one of the greatest singers, with the Dubliners, and just as good live.
Sang emotive ballads beutifully, irish songs with great soul.
auntyl6549 2 years ago 18
im a traveller and proud of my history
nomadic117 2 years ago 10
all irish is travelers we are in every country in the world
murphyjoseph123 2 years ago 2
now thats funnny.the tear from a glass eye.wish i lived on a split screen half size albion bus.shame the nomad lifestyle is buried under legislation by people who are just pissed off that someone else is trying to live the dream they never will...hmmm
hortobaghyi 2 years ago
Jesus, the timbre is phenomenal.I love his singing.The greatest balladeer.
eblanaken 2 years ago 6
The travellers looked after me when I a kid and vice versa. At eight I was helping them. I did things no 8 year old would know to do and take great pride in it. To live in a stuck up neigbourhood(Foxrock) and for it to have no affect on me was and still is a great feeling and my own proof that I follow my own path.
davidoffon 2 years ago 8
Another of Luke's great songs. This one lamented the end of an era in which the tinkers and the poor farming folk lived in the same communities and needed each other; the tinkers to practice their ancient trade of tinsmith and the settled to pay them what they could afford for their services.
TheODubhthaigh 2 years ago 10
a beautyfull song for the travellers
preacain 2 years ago 4
Travellers are made up of good and bad, just like non-travellers.
TheODubhthaigh 2 years ago 6
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the dudes a fkn fake
2fdfuu8n 2 years ago
Who's a fkn fake? Luke Kelly? The best, the most sincere, the most musical of a very musical generation.
TheODubhthaigh 2 years ago 7
what are you on about he is a fake
Irishfianna 2 years ago
god bless you luke you could take the tear from a glass eye r.i.p
pete584 2 years ago 9
i dont c y ppl av 2 fight ovr songs!! it was sang 4 a reason nt 2 fukin fight ovr like jst listen 2 it nd enjoy wat most ppl do!!
xXxShawBabiixXx 2 years ago 3
Irish travellers are the true irish of eire,look back to the potatoe famine god bless them all.
JCnephin 2 years ago 3
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HAHA Dirty tnkers!! Who are you? lvely song!:)
lorcanb7 2 years ago
as true as that may be it was a long time ago and they have only themselfs to blame foe people hating them so much now.
corpseorourke 2 years ago
cant judge every traveling people the same if you do your stupid
Irishfianna 2 years ago
swear ta gad boss tell no lie
yobrowordup1 2 years ago
I don't even care what the song is about....it's all about the voice...did you ever hear anything like it?
dubb1995 2 years ago 8
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Travellers are bad to the bone. They're degenerates with no morals that know no depths to their depravity. They are dogs and if you let your guard down in dealing with them they'll bite you. Be very wary of them and sorry Luke, but you can shut the fuck up glorifying their sordid lifestyle. From my experiences with them there isn't a decent traveller on the fucking planet.
VICTORGIRAFFE 2 years ago
I've never met a traveler as ugly as you.
YeChewB 2 years ago
You've met them all, have you? Or even most of them? Anyway: the song is from their own perspective, not that of outsiders.
Btw: This is truly magnificent singing!
oskhen85 2 years ago 3
That comment was to victorgiraffe, not to YeChewB
oskhen85 2 years ago
a lovely reflection on a way of life we could all have done with having lived.
irishgeal1 2 years ago 2
Ah Luke, sorely missed, never before and never again
paddyod2 2 years ago 6
now Kelly dont get mad but we all know how good Luke was/is but isnt Barneys playing here just knee tremblin" nice one
spudseamus 2 years ago 5
lol, Here Jim!
I Love all the dubs, Just drew i never liked.
I Love barneys banjo playing especially in Dirty old town from the performer, and Johns Fiddle playing in Kelly the boy from killane (performer) just goes right through you it's amazing :)
kellyoneill 2 years ago
@kellyoneill Why don't you like Ronnie Drew?
I do not say I like him, but just want to know your point of view on him.
(Thanks again for all your videos! you're the best!)
Chomuno 1 year ago
@kellyoneill Heyah, Kelly. Just popped on to this vid and saw your comment. Why is it you never liked Mister Drew? I'm not insulted (as a big Ronnie fan, I've read about his grumpiness etc.), but I'm more . . . curious, really. Haha
irkofan 1 year ago
@spudseamus Didn't Luke play the 'G' banjo? It sounds like a picked G-banjo in this recording, maybe Barney McKenna was playing the mandolin, but Luke also played mandolin and could play the whistle so it could be a solo job! I'm not saying it is but it could be. I dont think Barney is playing the banjo here though.
' I'v made willow creels and heather besoms'
prunch72 1 year ago
respect the tinkers
connaught2008 2 years ago 3
kellyoneill, your music list is the best on you tube and it is fatastic to hear songs that I had forgoten from my youth and brings back lovely memories of drinking with my many Irish friends in Scotland.
Many thanks
dundeebell 2 years ago 9
Thanking You :)
kellyoneill 2 years ago
God bless you Luke you and Ronnie are missed but you live on in the hearts of your people the last high kings of Ireland prophet poet warrior kings!
Que te Vaya Con Dios Luke y Ronnie qerido amigos Los ultimas reyes de Irlanda viva Irelanda Viva la libertad Slainte!
preacain 2 years ago 2
Incomparable voice - powerful, poignant and with perfect diction. In every song he ever sang you could hear every word perfectly. There will never be another like him.
darkdolores 2 years ago 6
If you like Luke, and who in Irish trad doesn't, take a listen to Pecker Dunne if you haven't already. As Christy Moore says, "I've never met Bob Dylan, but I've sung with Pecker Dunne."
PackingPadre 2 years ago
The term for Irish Travellers is "Pavee" in their own language, the Roma are gypsies from Eastern Europe and the two are unconnected.
FTA69 3 years ago
Me granda grew up with luke, his ma used to mind him during the day. He tells me alot that sucked a tit (a do-di :) ) til he was 7. Thats my claim to fame with luke anyway, what a great man!!!!
neilhosey 3 years ago
Luke Kelly was from Sheriff St. St Laurences Mansions to be precise, inner city Dublin. It was a beautiful parish but took a turn in the 1970's ( we will blame Dublin Corporation for that - lack of planning). Luke Kelly was unique and no doubt his inner city roots shaped him - only 1 word for Luke - PURE.
mbrownn 3 years ago 5
A Romany is a Gypsy, a group who travelled the hills and glens of Ireland and Scotland , tinkering (fixing pots and pans) and singing and playing instruments for a living. They were a source of many fine tunes and fine musicians, some were even itinerant pipers of wonderful calibre,as I was privileged to hear when home in scotland to visit my grandfather many years ago. I was standing on the Moray Firth when I heard pipes on the ocean breeze, an hour or so later down the coast road came a piper
Macangusagain 3 years ago 4
@Macangusagain Irish Travellers are not of Romany decent, different gene pool completely. Irish Travellers are unique to Ireland (were anyway) People assume the myth that Irish Travellers stem from the famine period of the 1840's, but their origins go back much further, to the Treaty of Limerick 1691 or before, the Desmont Rebellions and the Plantations of Munster in the late 1500's.
prunch72 1 year ago
Sorry lads, but whats a romany
whackfoldeediedo 3 years ago
whats a romany?
growchronic 3 years ago
The Christy Moore and Van Morrison comparison doesn't work with regard to Luke but If you write it you will ignite it when you sing it.
davidoffon 3 years ago
luke always said ewan mccoll was his mentor and rightly so,mccoll was the best picker and collector of songs in lukes formitive years, and luke went from pupil to master. p.s. since when did sherrif street where luke was born become a romany tennement.look up your street finder.
irishgeal1 3 years ago
The song was written by Ewan McColl,Kirsty's father who was Scottish.A lot of his songs are covered by Luke(Shoals of Herring,Dirty Old Town and hundreds more)but Luke was not a Romany and who cares he was a legend!!
alanfaehamilton 3 years ago
The one and only,what a great talent, he died too young.
lorgain2 3 years ago
Nice song...
Bohumill2 3 years ago
Luke Kelly was NOT a romany. End of story.
dubb1995 3 years ago 2
I used to have this track on a Dubliners album - it was 'A Drop of the Hard Stiff' and I must have played it 10,000 times! for years it was the only Luke track I possessed.
Now Kelly has introduced me to a whole lot more!
anniesharratt 3 years ago
Luke kelly was Romany??? really????
fenian08 3 years ago
ain't no doubt Luke's voice is the most meaningful ... alongside Ronnie's that is ... never knew he was Romany ... you learn every day
Rikkyhardo 3 years ago
heart rendering, the mans not human.
irishgeal1 3 years ago
come on stab city! let your shit mare the words of Luke! you are a fuckin disgrace!!
polmaccaba 3 years ago
has anyone got the Johnstons version of this???
sugarpaddy08 3 years ago
used to have on a 45 about 40 years ago, it was my pride and joy, took it to my local youth club and someone pinched it (theiving tinker!)
paddyod2 3 years ago
OOps didn't mean to give a thumbs down - Is the man not allowed a bit of humour? - even in brackets.
For the PC there are far more INAPPRORIATE comments on YouTube
jesscheckin 3 years ago
dont be like that good words sang like lukes must be drank wiv apinch ov salt
marienphil 3 years ago
ta gra go mhor le bhuachaill seo,an ar mhaith luke! ni raibh tu marbh le daoine le seo
floydbaby 3 years ago 3
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grizzlybear0 3 years ago
Great song by an absolute legend..Forever in our thoughts Luke
BTW..was this a Ewan MaColl song originally?
DesiBhoy1 3 years ago
Yep, Ewan MaColl wrote it.
kellyoneill 3 years ago
great song by a great singer. a talent lost but not forgotten.
killiekentman 3 years ago 2
this guy is without doubt...the greatest folk perfomer, that`s ever performed...simply incredible
Alan174 3 years ago 5
Ni bheidh a leitheid ann aris!
iantoh53 3 years ago 2
can you think of any other voice that touches you in the way Lukes does? He could lift your heart one minute, and break it the next.God bless my dad for playing his records when we were kids.Been listening ever since.This version of travelling people is breathtaking and seeps into the soul.
dubb1995 3 years ago 10
yes damien dempsey is another voice that hits u like that
mcanner25 3 years ago
im sorry, but while i like damiens stuff, as a singer he isn't in the same league as Luke Kelly. He doesn't have that power that pins you to the wall and makes you listen to every single word of the song. Damien's good but Luke was, and always will be the greatest singer of all.
dubb1995 3 years ago 6
agreed nobody can match luke but if you listen to hell or barbados it blows you away
mcanner25 3 years ago
Incredible voice!
thegreatsilkie 3 years ago 9
Guth cruinn agus beacht. Tuigtear chuile rud a dheirtear.
iantoh53 3 years ago
love it
baconxxxxx 4 years ago 2
Wonderful. Just wonderful. Vintage Luke. Sings like no other.
raphael2176 4 years ago 4