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  • Born or irish mum and english dad... lovely kind dad ( never hit ) lovely mum thrown out of ireland for being pregnant out of wedlock . No politics , just plain loving peolple... i love my irish mum for her intergrity to never mention her injustice... god that is valour, id be shouting from the rooftops at such crap endured .. theres an irish mum to the end ..... you cannot conquer that kinda faith and love mr fckin churchill... stick the stika up yer ass ( sorry dad , i know unders

  • any one but the wolfe tones

  • Rest In Peace, Kevin barry, Martin "Doco" Doherty, Every Martyr And rest in peace Ireland, we will fight but we've been sold out,

    eire's sons will never die, the true warriors!

  • THIS JUST TELLS STORY OF THE INJUSTICE THAT THIS BRAVE MAN DIED FOR A FREE IRELAND AND IT COST HIM HIS LIFE FOR POLITICS

  • RIP KEVIN

  • So, now u are 16, what facts would you like?

  • My mother had us listen to these songs every sunday after dinner until church at 6:30pm. (on an old record play), She was a very traditional and true women. God bless her and may she rest in peace.

  • kevin barry is a saint for Ireland, the brits hav alot to answer for, god save Ireland up the ra

  • reminds me of angela's ashes haha

  • never gave in to the bastard tans... pure hero kevin barry rip never forget

  • Thanks for the reply irishtom2thecore! I am now reading Angela's Ashes and apparently his father belted out Keven Barry when he had taken a drink.

    Long may it live on. Keep the faith and we will all keep his memory alive

    God Bless,

    Ver.

  • kevin barrys last letter . before he died is up for sale on sat 17, 4, 2010 in ireland true

  • I too, like josparkes, shair ancestry between England and Irland - Wrights of England and the Clan Collins of Dublin. Born on the only day that everyone thinks they are Irish - March 17 - and yet my heart is heavy knowing that Irland not only is oppressed by English law, but also by differance of religion. I pray that one day Irlans will be independant, not only from the unjust English law but also from their 'petty' indifferance of religion - as both worship the same One True God!

  • @kussmienearse Thanks for your comment I fel the same, as the people of Ireland have faced boycott and cruelty over centuries, and have to keep explaining how it has affected them, and how it is impossible to let this unfairness just go, when it has affected them so much !

  • God Save Irland, Cried the three. God Save Irland, now hang me!

  • To all the plastic paddies in the uk....fuck off home, the famines over.

  • @jollyrodgerdvd Apart from your vulgarity, what a reckless comment to make. That is precisely the sentiment of the Irish toward the foreign English, Scots and Welsh settlers and their descendants in the Northern part of Ireland. Although the Irish are not being as English about it. They are inviting the English foreigners to stay and become Irish citizens. In the meantime the Irish in England are merely collecting rent for the past nine hundred years of English criminal occupation in Ireland.

  • It brings back memories of my Irish republican grandmother who used to sing this to me as a lullaby!!

  • This song brings back many happy memories of my primary school days particularly 6th class as a local girl sang it so beautifully, I am now teaching it to my own children - Keven Barry, what a hero!

    Veronica

  • wel said m8.. legend of a man, and a legend of a tune.. i have a we girl, shes 2, but wen shes old enuf il teach her this song myself.. love it so much

  • just love this song, my mum sang it to me - happy memories, now I am passing it on to my own children, Keven Barry a true hero will never be forgotton.

  • I remember as a lad in Kilkenny seeing a play about Barry in the town hall, as this great song rang out at the end all the men stood as all the women openly wept, I'll never forget it. Still Tis time now to not forget but to forgive the stupid English and finally let Ireland live in peace.

  • KEVIN BARRY:

    =============

    You will live forever in the history of IRELAND !

    HEROES like you cannot die !

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  • fuckin legend of a song

  • i love this song my mum learnt me it and my brother his named after kevin barry xx

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  • To, BigMacDaLedge2k9, I Salute you !!! Thank-you ... ITS Not always easy , as you all prob. know .. Experience , doesnt always come easy , BUT SURE HOPE , MY FRIEND , THAT OUR HANDS WILL CROSS OCEANS , LANDS & SEAS & THE SANDS IN FRIENDSHIP

  • irish dont tell englsh rats !!!!!!!!!!!!!111

  • sorry BigMacDaLedge2k9, but the black watch were/are scottish who were founded to keep control of the rebel highlanders,

  • True that's why for every one that falls an fairy will laugh! any gale who bares arms aginst his own kind for money holds no value as a human!!!

  • @kilwinninglad08 hello, there, :) just got an opportunity ,to get a mo here,.. Hope I can clarify , Big MacDal, response, he & I were referring to not your reference , we were speaking about, another reference , one to the Canadian Black Watch . Take care my Friends . we all have each others backs

  • i Love this song and wish i could listen to it but my sound card don't work TIOCFAIDH AR LA

  • my gealic team is named after kevin

    barry r.i.p derrylaughan

  • I have no political or religious beliefs but this young man was a true hero and hope his memory will live on forever. xx

  • He's my great great grand uncle, I visited mount joy prison just before they reburied him and I truly love this song.

  • maevey08 what a wonderful , thing to be able to do !!! I am so happy to see this , that you were able to go to see where you Family member was buried .. God Bless

  • were you from i live down the road

    montjoy castle

  • oh, not my place to say, too much here , but my Irish,Canadian ancestory , says we honour this young man , but we also as Canadians , serve with N.A.T.O. WE hold our heritage dear, as all serve with , so , it is time , we , honour all !!

  • well, dont know why everyone sems tol be taking , umbrage here with eah other ?

    The young fellow , Kevin Barry , was just brought up to believe , in the only thing he knew as Freedom..My heart bleeds for this young person , so many yrs ago.. BUT , ALL THAT ASIDE , HE WAS BRAVE , NEVER GAVE ANYTHING AWAY !! HE DESERVES TO BE HONOURED , NO MATTER ANYONES THOUGHTS !! hE WAS ONLY 18YRS OLD !!

  • Fuck the black and tans. BRITS OUT!

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  • Very moving, I saw his grave in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin last week along with other heroes not far from the entrance of Glasnevin. His grave was the one on the far left at the end of the group, and was lovely.

  • R. I . P . FREEDOM FIGHTER ,

  • what a great song and i am british long live old ireland

  • fuck off home huns

    tiocfaigh ar la

  • a legend.we can thank the likes of that man for our freedom

  • Yes, I went to Glasnevin Cemetery last week and saw Kevin Barry's grave in a grouping of other heroes not far from the main entrance of Glasnevin, it was lovely.

    Saw many others too.

  • I really want this song. where can I get it?

  • download youtube to mp3 converter wen downloaded click on the URL left click then right click and copy then bring up youtube and right click and pastein to youtube then press download wen downloaded drag an drop in to where ever you want to put it me i put in to my music hope you get what you want

  • These comments are bringing a tear to my glass eye , sob , sob ............

  • kevin barry prould to be irish

  • this song makes me sad and angry it must live on to remind us what the british bastards did to our people we must never give up the fight for our country

  • We must remeber that we are Irish and our Closest brothers are the Scots... Lets Forget The Bigotry of Secreterianism and Join hands in the Scots fight for Independence

  • so we have just 2 forget aboot the black watch and all the anti irish people in scotland tat despise the irish

  • sorry , somewhere along the line here is mis-information ..the Canadian Black Watch , was made up of Canadian SCOTS / IRISH ... I think , you were referring to the Black & Tans ??

  • the black watch were Canadian/Irish, do you mean Black 'n' Tans

  • Hello, Big Mac ;)) I hope as a Canadian Service Personel, that you were not refering to me as a Whanker !! lol !!! God Bless you !!! I was referring to the The Canadian Black Watch , the Japs & some Gerry's called them the Ladies from Hell !!! They were basically , our Canadian Irish/ Scots , from our Maritime Provinces ... Oh, by the way , being female & a Medical Officer , I am not sure if Wanker would quite fit lol !!! God Bless !!!

  • oh, have a moment here , Thank-you Big Mac !!! yes , The Black Watch , referred to were our Canadians // of Irish , Scots heritage & basically , from our Maritime Provinces... Thank-you .. We Honour .

  • @tommcath mate, I'm British and I agree with you. Sorry.

  • @TheHasselBoff u think ur fooln me fuck of u british wanker dees pages arnt 4 u

  • @tommcath not the british get it right it was the english

  • Singer is tommy byrne of the wolfetones

  • Please tell me who this great singer is.

    Mike

  • i am now 50 and i listened to this song when i was 7 and more i used to sing with it not because of the story but because i liked the songi dont care who is who or whatever I AM SCOTTISH . and i do not like the english. BUT I HAVE MY OWN REASONS, BUT I AM AS PROUD AS YOU, AND I LIKE THE IRISH. GOOD PEOPLE

  • So sad, and emotional, and sacrifices for the Gem in the Centre of it all, Old Ireland.

    I am English, with Irish ancestry (Grandfather on Dad's side) so you may not like me, but I love Irish music, and anything to do with Ireland is alright with me !

    Norfolk UK

    (female 59)

  • @josparkes There are millions of decent and honorable English people who are not responsible for the horrible murderers of their English governments sadistic brutality toward the people in Ireland throughout the centuries.

  • @frbjoern Ok, but memories are always going to be there about what happened to the Irish over the centuries, and England have responsibility for a good deal of those things.

  • @josparkes1 I know! and as long as England continues to occupy the Northern six Counties of Ireland there really is no chance for a lasting peace because it is pointless telling a thief that they can keep what they stole. I doubt the English want peace in Ireland. The English and Scottish settlers and their descendants consider themselves as subjects of Mrs. Mountbatton of England and her government. My point is, not all the English are guilty criminals like her and her fellow thieves !

  • @frbjoern I agree with you, but the trouble is the Oranges who dwell there, think they have the right to lord it over the others, and who are so pompous with it, as you'd expect. Everybody on whatever side you agree with, should try to respect the views of the other, and not do their best to impose views that just anger and annoy the other people !

  • @josparkes If there were more people like you around we all might be able to come together as God's children and work on a peace plan! If I were English, I'd be proud of you! As it is I'm not English and I am still proud of you!

  • god bless kevin barry beattie,miss you wee man, francis joseph

  • fucking idiot lol

  • fucking die you cunt

    no surrender

  • your a hun wanker. you should go die! TÍOCFAIDH AR LÁ

  • AND MINE .. KEVIN BARRY FRIERY

  • Friery is not mentioned at all as Irish, Friary and priory are both of Anglo Norman stock

  • GOD BLESS KEVIN BARRY!

    love you!

    kevin  barry

  • Kevin Barry was a distant cousin of my dearest mummy who has just died at the age of 86yrs...she would often sing this song, she was the best mum in the world and i am heartbroken...

  • my gran used to sing this song to me when i was younger ,god rest her soul ,,im proud to be of irish heritage ,,,oh my name KEVIN BARRY CAMPBELL

  • and mine KEVIN BARRY CASHIN...mad hey

  • Barry was a Norman name that came to ireland during the Anglo norman invasion, Campbell is a scottish and English name that came here during the time the English took our lands and used the Scottish to run them , hence the plantationists. Neither are irish names.

  • The Anglo-Irish, whatever the sins of the 13th century, have shed enough blood in the cause of Liberty that I have little respect at all for anyone that would deny that they are Irish.

    A mans Surname, BTW, doesn't tell you all of his Heritage by a long shot.

  • it wasnt the 13 th century they arrived in 1168, and in ireland a surname meens everything, a surname tells the Male history.

  • I've got One English Protestant great-granda out of four, and an English surname.

    A surname doesn't tell you much. That's 1/8th of my heritage, 1/16th of my sons.

    Kevin Barry himself? Might have been 1/128th for all we know.

  • try means you thick prick

  • I don't like the Wolfe Tones singing this song. The definitive version was done by Paul Robeson. ♥

  • god bless u barry one day we will be a nation once again rip

  • only if we do something other than talk

  • thats true and now the ira and inla are disbanded we wont get for a long time

  • Hey guys chill on the music.What will be will be.

  • pick and choose your arguments mate , at the end of the day he killed 15yo boys . Deny it !!

  • I am 15, do you think those things would be taught to me? I will not go against the hsitory teacher who taught me and helped me through the most horrific year of my life and the aftermath.

    Now if you were a true academic you would know NOT to use wikipedia. In fact wikipedia is often banned from use because things can be changed by people who don't know the truth, so that takes away stock from your argument.

    Deny that! P.S. I am not denying your argument it is just i do not know the full truth.

  • Amen. Wikipedia is a good course, but not always. It always has to be checked with something else. For E.g Wikipedia Currently states the IRA Fought in the 1916 Rising. Despite the fact they were not formed at the time.

  • that is true. back then they were the IRB (Irish Republican Brotherhood)

  • @darrin42 The volunteers from all orginisations were collectively known as the IRA during the 1916 rising.

  • @aegiswieldingathena was the irish republican brother hood in the 1916 rising

  • ok this is NOT true because you had to be 18 to enlist into the british military at the time if the kid was 15 and lied about his age then his death was his own fault not Kevin Barry's AND Barry was never proved to have killed ANYONE he was just the only one they caught.

  • Yawn

  • Well done Wolfe Tones, from their Album, Till Ireland A Nation.

  • thank you WexfordBoyo18. The reason I did not add in any others was because I simply did not know any others. Your arguments add weight to what I said but allow them to be more clustered. I salute your superior knowledge in history.

  • another example of the British not taking into account the public voice. The 1916 executions? Britain lost all the supporters they gained from the rising, Cork burning, Terence McSwiney and then killing an eighteen year old boy!

  • 1916 a mere 92 years but only yesterday to a rebel scumbag.

    Come into the 21st century ya eijit

  • Do you say the same thing to people who speak of the Holocaust? We are in the 21st Century. This is HISTORY you retard! And it shall be remembered.

  • well said mate well said...

  • history is the story of people, I was merely stating the impact of the 20th century people of ireland. Answer darrin42's question then we will talk. You have really hit below the belt to attack a 15 year old.

  • the execution without trial of paddy moran and tom whalen in mountjoy prison in 1920, the beating to death of a mister james flareghty in dublin castle because he happened to live on the block where a british soldier died, and countless other attacks on civilians all within 2 years of eachother, you see you listed events within 10 years including IRA men, even though kevin barry should never have died or ever been tortured, he was an IRA, he knew what they would do to him and he faced it bravley

  • a decent argument, but if your opponent had any undertstanding of history, he wud be able to counter that by saying those events were spead out over nearly 10 years and therefore cannot be clustered together as repeated offenses, but instead independent instances of brutality, a stronger arguement would have been to say another example of the british armys brutality and ignorance, alongside such examples of the 1919 burning of cork, the ioen fire on civilians at a football match in 1920

  • Lifted from Wikipedia - Washington was only 19 and that the other soldiers were of similar ages. General Macready informed General Sir Henry Wilson on the day that sentence was pronounced of the three men who were killed by him (Barry) and his friends two were 19 and one 20 — official age so probably they were younger... so if you want propaganda there you are.[7] It was later reported that one of the infantrymen was as young as 15 years old.[8]

    so don't feel sorry for KB , he killed kids.

  • well, how deep his involvement was is not well known but there were not really doing that back then. They were targeting British officals. Well that shows that the British did not follow up on ages, a silly error to send unexperienced soldiers to a worn torn country. What about cork burning of 1919 or the executions of the 1916 rebellion? They cannot be propoganda.

  • retard and who put those kids in uniforms and gave them weapons. ur scummy little empire of course there gonna be killed if u put them out to fight in places where u are not wanted and despised as the tottureing scum that u were

  • The favorite song of Francis Hugues

    RIP Brave Kevin Barry and Brave Francis hugues

  • The best version was by me Mam, after a few Paddies on a Sat night.

  • Can anyone tell me why Ireland should not be one united country please? I am asking this in the context of the present day. This is a genuine question.

  • I dont understand... because the north wants to be loyal to england and the south wants to be a free and independant country, free from english rule?

  • THIS SONG WAS BANNED FOR THIRTY YEARS BY OUR NATIONAL RADIO STATION R.T.E.

    The best version I've ever heard was by the black American baritone Paul Robson.

  • I am probably going to make a lot of enemies with this post!! I am a staunch loyalist! I am totataly opposed to the death penalty! I hope Kevin is buried in consecrated land! No one should be muerdered by any state! RIP Kevin Barry!!

  • Last week I said I am a loyalist and totally opposed to the death penalty. A week later I am still a loyalist totally opposed to the death penalty. A great yorkshireman called Ron Dougall tought me the words to the Ballad of Kevin Barry. I am so proud to say that prods and catholics must unite and support Barak Obama!!

  • shows u dont reli understand the conflict with that its loyalists and republicans you have to unite it was protestants that helped start the rebellion becuz they saw the injustice and horrible treatment of the irish. Its only loyalists my family ever fought with never protestants even my great grandfather who was in the gpo buildin had protestant friends

  • Mr Obama supports abortion only satan and his followers kill the unborn .When will the west get behind Jesus again, it is written only in the final days those days seem to be far away right now, remember that God loves us all and our name was known to him before the first star was born.Who knows all those aborted babies could have the answers to our energy crices right now ,but if that problem were solved we would surley find another reason to hate and kill one another

  • Fuck Obamba Muslim shite! You are proud of fuck all you mixed up non convictional moron

  • Why haven't anyone made a movie about one of the greatest heros of Ireland, Kevin Barry?

  • It is not the English but the English Ruling Class who are responsible for the deaths during the Famine and the murders of heroes like Kevin Barry and James Connolly

    "another murder for the Crown"

  • I am english and even I think we all deserve to face a firing squad. maybe not all of us, but some reparations would certainly be in order.

  • my mam used to sing this song to us when we were kids.well done .

  • mareano god bless the english ? u r on the wrong site...fuck i english there traters and intruders read u r historty b4 commenting ...god bless the i r a

  • my brothers name is kevin barry mc and my son is called aidan after aidan mcanespie and his middle name is kevin barry ....a true legend the ultamet irish rebel god keep you safe tiocfaidharla...r i p

  • i dedicate this to my grandfather and my mother john and catherine connors i may have been born in england but my heart and soul will always belong to county cork in youghal xxx

  • My Grandfather Was In The IRA God Bless Kevin Barry , Ireland And CELTIC

  • god bless barry our greatest hero

  • I try not to get into arguments re. politics.

    However, I read about the Irish Potato famine, how the pickings of the land was sent across to England and sold abroad whilst the people starved. There was plenty of food to feed them but women and bairns were allowed to die in the streets and farmlands. The English Government stood by and did nothing. They wanted Catholic Ireland to die out.

    I can understand why there is still a deep hatred towards England in particular for this injustice.

  • I am Kevin Barry, lol.

  • My late da`s favourite! Long live the spirit!

  • i remember my father fif e ad dru band whe n i was akid afte r processionsunday in wapping east london they wod play all the old rebel songs and every one enjoyed it,prods aswell,god bless the english

  • he s probably rolling over in his grave at the new ireland.OVER 400000 NON IRISH NOW IN IRELAND DRAINING THE ECONOMY.THOSANDS OF FAKE MUSLIM NIGERIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS DEMANDING FREE CASH,FREE MEDICAL,FREE LODGING.WAS THIS WHAT BARRY FOUGHT FOR.ITS LIKE ANOTHER FOREIGN INVASION,AND NOT A SHOT WAS FIRED.ireland will lose its identity and traditions within 20 yrs.shameful.

  • PISS OFF,

    NAZI CUNT !!!

  • hees right my da emmigrated during the troubles and he wants to move back wit us to good old wexford, my second home but he cant because theres no work or home to go back to the majaorioty of true irish are over seas and they young lads back home dont even know our history or our stories and songs, their letting the british win

  • ireland has one of the lowest unemployment rates in europe... and most immigrants were needed to fill in job spots. And we should help people in need since half of the world helped us when we were in need.

  • yeah low un-employment rates genius thats why theres no jobs for him to go back to, at least none that pay well, i was merely saying that the irish still in ireland (at least the youth) doesnt know anything about our history or our culture and then the irish outside of ireland appreciate our culture more than the youth back home and its truly sad because the immigrants arent assimilatting the natives are i have nothing against the immigrants its the process i dont like

  • ok i misunderstood you then.

  • well siad

  • hey people my name is kelly mccormack and thats my grandad singing kevin barry his name was harry mccormack he was part of the band the freedom fighters from ireland x

  • any chance of cd

  • ROAST IN HELL SCUM

  • it is people like you with your vile comments,

    who should be hanged.

  • God bless Kevin Barry!

  • u dirty hun bastard!

  • Paul Robeson recorded this song also. Is it posted on YouTube

  • R.I.P

    this song shall liv on x!x!x!

  • God bless Kevin Barry, may he rest in peace,and i think you mean fuck the english

  • This song is sung the whole world over. Ignore the guless comments from shitless morons.

  • Shut the Fuck up keep digging thats all ya can do..head down arse up in a trench you duck eggs..what do the say about the paddy strong in the back and weak in the head lmao

  • I also blame the jews! free palistine !!!, God is great regardless if your christian or islam!

  • Did anyone mention he was just 18 years old !!! Christ of all mighty , help us all . The British have a genoside on their hands!

  • Fuck the British Empire!

  • Long live the British Empire

  • Wanker!!!!!! same pricks father is most proably a good auld irish man

  • Long live a true Ireland

  • Up the I.R.A

  • tiocfaidh ar la ripm kevin barry lad like u will free ireland great sond

    british r scum go on home british bastards

  • God bless Ireland.

  • IRISH PATRIOTS

    1 in 7 people in Ireland are non-nationals. 400,000 legal immigrants and at least 200,000 illegal!

    The only organisation that whants to put a limit on immigrants is the Immigration Control Platform (I.C.P)

    Look at the massive problems othere European countries are having because they are an insight to the future of Ireland!

    Race or colour,s not an issue its how long our culture will last?

    Please support the I.C.P

  • Kevin Barry was a brilliant student who was training to be a doctor when he was hanged. A hero for aul' Ireland. RIP Kevin Barry.

  • they believe we are ifidels because we believe we worhip 3 god, the father, the son and the holy ghost, what muslims have got to do with this vid beats me but a phot wouldn't have went amiss.

  • I feel sad about what england has done to the irish people i love this sad song may he rest in peace love from Denmark

  • Up the 'RA!!

  • Disgusting comments on this site from violent islamists. I AM Irish , and, much as I love Ireland, I also totally support the brave military operating in Iraq and Afghanistan to root out evil. God ( the ONLY true God, not allah, bless , protect and keep those brave and beautiful soldiers who are giving their lives for our freedom. Jesus gave His life to save our souls. Good will win in the end.

  • allah is god! are you daft?

    i am a catholic-roman catholic.

    even arabic speaking christians use the word allah to speak about "God"

    they believe in the same things as we do!

    لله أَكْبَر

    Allahu Akbar, allāhu akbar!

    god is the greatest-only god is great!

    peace be with all humanity-islam is not a religion....it is a way of life and a code of moral living for humanity!

    God bless you all!

  • dude ur an idiot. just cause he has the same name doesn't mean he's the same god. allah is a pagan moon god and mohammed is a false profit.

  • no no,

    please do not term me, an absolute stranger, as an idiot.

    now back to the origin of this. ah yes...Allah.

    now i hate to inform you but Allah IS the same god we believe in-the god of Abraham.

    but clearly i m wasting my time speaking with people who don't want to hear.

    peace be with you

  • You sir, are fucking stupid. Why is it you and you comrades in ignorance must preach violent hatred towards things you have absolutly zero understanding of? If your going to beleive everything you see on television, or hear from a polition, then god must have made you a human being by mistake cause you clearly have the intelligence of a fish.

  • r.i.p kevin barry p.i.r.a  tiocfaidh ar la

  • WHAT DIDNT JUSTICE DO?the european law will hear you