Celtic Tiger Vikings

[AllyDK9]

i'm proud to be danish <3

[LightningEidolen]

The music is amazing

[BewareSwordflash]

I listened to the music before I saw this (I love Ronan Hardiman!!!). I really have to say, what my imagination portrayed was so much cooler.

[sdcow]

yes, the celts are older than the vikings and originated in eastern europe. during the dark ages the monks kept all knowledge safe. get the book "how the irish saved civilization." great reading. btw, vikings did not have horns on their helmets. that was an invention of wagnerian opera in 19th century germany.

[CaliptoGarcia]

QUE HERMOSISIMA MUSICA DIOS MIO. ES LO MEJOR.

[janelb888]

@Beatleschick1- No way. This one is, by far, the best out of all his works. The music is the best, the dancing is the best and the story is the best. SO patriotic to Ireland and America; you can really feel Flatley's heart in this one. The contemporary dance in this is definitely not the greatest, but the rest is fabulous.

[Djabenusiri]

@janelb888 What part of a stripping flight attendant is patriotic? The flag bikini she strips down to and dances in the rest of the show?

[YolandaBru999]

@janelb888

This was his best show ever! All the history about Ireland and leaving Ireland, hoping to make a new start.

My English is bad, sorry.

[Beatleschick1]

This is the most awkward of all of Flatley's works. This show is not my taste and a far cry from Flatley's early works which slowly deteriorated and lost a little bit of quality with each show. Riverdance and Lord of the Dance were great. But it started going down hill fast with Feet of Flames with all the raunchy dance sequences.

[LibbyinVa]

LOL..somehow I simply can't see my Viking forefather's dancing in such a manner, let alone with those horned helmets on...with that being said...there is a lot of Danish blood in any number of the Irish families due to those old sea faring warriors...

[jillyhawk]

Ahhh, so those nasty Vikings (me ancestors) invaded Ireland (home of me other half of lineage)...without that, there'd be no Jillyhawk, the CelticDane...If only the pillaging, plundering, rape & murder were not a part of it all, to this lover of peace. Breaks my heart, when one country invades another, with my country, America, being leader of the bloody & shameful pack, here, today..lessons never learned from the past..great dance vid..thanks to whomever sent it, Highness, lol! ~Peace forever!

[ReptaRRluVV]

this is the most true irish dance in this piece of the show i like it! (:

[ChristoDK]

that was some of my history, i come from denmark :)

Looked really good ! :D

[JorgHeinrichreich]

@ChristoDK 20 mins from my house are burried 2000 danish vikings. what u learn about ireland in danish schools?

[ChristoDK]

@JorgHeinrichreich crazy hehe (: was it a big battlefield? we actually learned very little about ireland

But i know u guys also have a great history

[ChristoDK]

@JorgHeinrichreich crazy hehe (: was it a big battlefield? we actually learned very little about ireland

But i know u guys also have a great history

[ChristoDK]

@JorgHeinrichreich crazy hehe (: was it a big battlefield? we actually learned very little about ireland

But i know u guys also have a great history

[dragoonlass]

I luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv the men's costumes (who ever said dancing was for girls and girly men only?) and the music is really amazing!

[unclephil440]

I wonder why women like sailors so much

[Winnie0216]

You actually took the time to write that review? That is good artistic work, and you have no right to talk like that about anyone. If you don't like it, don't watch it.

[Tumalupip1981]

This one rocked!!! Still rocks I listen to it everyday =) It vibrates your body at so many points. Shakinggggg!

[biancastel]

Either way, according to Flatley, it does seem the Irish women quite welcomed the coming of the Vikings ;-)

[grobo11]

Amazingly they did. Vikings washed once a week, combed there hair and took great pride in their appearence, Celtic men on the other hand..... Well let's say they wern't exactly Gok Wan. So the Celtic women were more attracted to the Vikings.

[APiratezLife4Me91]

Did the vikings actually invade ireland...?

[ThorvikHaroldsson]

OFCOURSE! they pillaged it and plundered it for a very long time! untill Ireland united their forces

[BigOrangeTitan]

Yes, until they were driven out by Brian Boru.

[moonlight772]

very nice !

[hermionefan3]

I love this dance for some reason...

I wish I had one of those dresses, they're pretty.

[alexandra91pc]

I NEED THIS SONG!!! Can andybody send me this one?? PLEASE

[hermionefan3]

This song was made specially for this dance, so the only way you can get it is probably by downloading the Celtic Tiger soundtrack from somewhere.

[Dialove2008]

It's good from its corninest lol

[amusedcoconut]

haha it reminds me of a school production, kids carrying sails on their backs to be ships lol

[WickedHuldra]

totally agree!

[greenlady13]

Ah the Vikings...I note that they left out all the pillaging, plundering, rape, murder and arson. :)

[uniooms]

Tis the best show ever!!!! OOO~ sexy too!

[ladyScarlett88]

I love their costumes!!! niceee

[nimozni]

any1 got a link where i can download the tune ?? :D

[metropolis285]

vikings were never that friendly

[NALEtheridge92]

XD lol

[vanefreja]

hehe:P:p

[WickedHuldra]

Come on, we had a certain charm ;)

[nimozni]

any1 has a link where i can download he track ?? :D

[avienda101]

itunes

[mush1955]

Well if these GIRLS are what VIKINGS look like today all I can say is ......please invade Wales next cause us Taffys will surrender with a smile on our faces !

[Emikero]

Sure you would. XD

Nah, I like being half Irish, HAlf welsh as well. :D

It's awsome, I have been trying to do what the dancers all can, I do Irish Dancing, but it is actually harder than it looks!! lol.

[chef094]

The Tune is a Jig Called hardiemen the Fiddler

[perpetualsneeze]

lol, you can only imagine how the irish who were terrorized by the vikings would feel if they could see this

[celticpop28]

I love so much this music!!! I love the bagpipes!!

[cometirish]

The music is AWESOME! The viking costumes are REALLY stupid, though!

[WickedHuldra]

well, it's Flatley's show so what would you expect :P Great choreography, but costumewise... yuk, especially on him!

[gswiaczny]

cool! those horns looks a little bit stupid, but this is really cool!

[Babbe]

Yeah, it is! And the horns would look stupid, since the Vikings never actually wore them... But w/, it's a show, not a history lesson!

[gswiaczny]

yes i know :) but definitely they look stupid xD they should be a little bit smaller or something. But it's still one of the most awesome shows i've ever seen. Want to see them liveeee...! xD

[den22thecoast2]

Well being hisorical correct, Irish people are part Viking and some dare I Saxon and of course Celtic. This is just a fact of life, Dublin,Cork Galway and Wexford were viking cities. You can still the Nordic triats in the ppl there! For the record so no surprises!

[brianhourigan]

You mean Dublin, Limerick, and Waterford. Cork has not been proven to have been founded by the Vikings while the celts founded Galway, therefore you are historically incorrect. I am surprised you missed out on mentioning Limerick and Waterford, two of the most prominent Viking cities (outside of Dublin) at the time of the Vikings.

[den22thecoast2]

Um I never said founded...I said were cities! Yes Galway was founded by Celts...so what.. Vikings raided all main cities and ports. Anyways my point was there is Viking blood in the Viens here. So you are wrong to mis quote me....two wrongs dont make a rite! Ahem Mr Perfect..lmao... thats a historical fatc!!

[RoseKillawee]

does it really matter why or how hes doen the dance its amazing so jsut enjoy watching it if ya dnt like it dnt watch it... its not difficult

[glitzysibz]

I think Micheal Flatley is amazinn!!

[bretlovesdonuts316]

the thing about Michael Flatley's shows is that they're NOT all Irish Dancing, he obviously loves dance so much that he let's other styles play a part

[ghillieelf]

i'm not a big fan of that crazy dancing girl in the beginning, but otherwise i love this dance. i also like how they used hard shoes in a slip jig.

[lelfeorki]

the only one I like on the show, which is quite a sham for irish dance I think

[lelfeorki]

taht's freakin' awesome I LOVE that.

[vanefreja]

i never thought i would see this...neat!!

[dancerdolfins]

I LOVE THIS DANCE! this was probably my fave from the whole show! i love the music and the slipjigs

[horsegirl13orli]

I absolutly love this song!!!!

[den22thecoast2]

Is nt history wonderful...you can keep digging up some wonderful and interesting facts!

[den22thecoast2]

JimmyRatz, and then Brian Boru Deateated the viking in Dublin (clontarf). About the end of the 5th century, a wave of Christian Irish Celts from Scotia, as the Romans called Ireland, established the kingdom of Dalriada on the Kintyre Peninsula

[shawnieallen2001]

i love this one

[darkeelf]

WOW the music...really great!!!

Much better than those americans red n blue Utopia...arghhhh

Thats the real Flatley spirit!!!

[maggierg09]

You know, Flatley is an American too...

[saoirse3473]

doesn't really matter how it was portrayed, but it matters how teh dancing was. and it was amazing! and i adore the costumes. i want the one the first girl was wearing ( the one who was barefoot doing the "celtic/viking pagen/ whatever its supposed to be dance)

[j3ss390]

i think its cos vikings invaded celtic areas like the isle of man (which is also celtic) for example

so i guess there is some sort of connection or something lol

[filip74]

Ancient Celts had different horns on their helmets. The original vikings, in history, have no horns...it's just a spectacle...

[hlinskona]

AAAHHH why do the Scandinavians have bloody HORNS ON THEIR HELMS!!

[Lildemon6657]

It's for theatrical purposes I do believe. And if you wish to gripe at someone for it, opera would be the one! I myself find it quite amusing, always makes for a good chuckle!

[scati1971]

Anyway Celtic isn't necessary meaning Irish, there was other tribes like the Tuatha de Danann and Fheir Bheags in Ireland before the Celts. The Vikings raided Ireland and were generally thought to be savage after our gold and religious artifacts, with no learning and they didn't have horns on their caps and the Irish women would not have been dancing with them, more likely hiding up a roundtower.

[SanniYork]

This really puts vikings in a good light^^ And why do I feel the need to dance with them? Go!

[TriannaMaxwell]

Actually, I want to disagree Eireann425. The Vikings landed in Ireland and founded Dublin, yes, but the Celts had been there for centuries having made their way from the continent after spreading from India-ish. That's why Celtic and Indo-European (even Sanskrit!) are so similar.

[scati1971]

And were kicked out of Dublin by King Brian Boru, a few years an English team of scientist did research on viking DNA in Ireland and England. Loads in England practically none in Ireland, some only in Dublin, nothing in the rest of the Country.

[TriannaMaxwell]

Yep, I love that part of Irish history. But clearly not exactly what Michael Flatley was channeling here... not sure what he *was* channeling. I love it nonetheless. ^_^

[inuyashaluver1]

the first people that come in are vikings. the irish did not dress like that.

[jimmyratz]

Viking Scotland, known as Lothlend, Laithlinn, Lochlainn and comprising the Northern and Western Isles and parts of the mainland, especially Caithness, Sutherland and Inverness, was settled by Norwegian Vikings in the early ninth century. By the mid-century it was ruled by an effective royal dynasty that was not connected to Norwegian Vestfold. In the second half of the century it made Dublin its headquarters, engaged in warfare with Irish kings, controlled most Viking activity in Ireland

[Eireann425]

the celts were originally vikings actually

[scati1971]

Oh dear Lord, celts were originally vikings actually, you have to be American, or joking or both.

[hlinskona]

scati: probably American, and it breaks my heart to say so because I'm American and I know that the Celts were most certainly not Vikings.

[WillyBobStudios]

Sorry. They´re Celts not Vikings. But a great show none the less!

[Ed2L]

If you had seen the show and read the program you would have seem the number listed as "The Vikings"

[WillyBobStudios]

Oh, sorry. My bad. Guess Michael Flatley is a great dancer but not a great historian, haha!

[Irishlad23ni]

Not entirely true. The vikings fought all over the British Isles and were also absorbed into its many societies, including Ireland. They were for instance hired by Irish Chieftains as professional soldiers to field in battle against rival Chieftains. So in actual fact, The Vikings had a large role in how societies developed. Although I detest Flatley, he is to an extent correct.

[TheBambi237]

@WillyBobStudios I think that the celts are descendant of Vikings.

I am not sure.

[GearardoCearbhaill]

@TheBambi237 well im irish and can tell ya the celts are alot older then vikings

[reelburke]

@TheBambi237 Nope--the vikings invaded Ireland (let's face it. Who HASN'T invaded Ireland at one point or another? :D) and basically tried to destroy the Irish culture. The Celts hid a book of their stories/culture, known as the Book of Kells (sp?) to try to keep it alive. Many Irish knots and the designs on traditional/school/older Irish Dance dresses are from this book. Random Irish fact of the day. :D

[JorgHeinrichreich]

@WillyBobStudios ; they are vikings. danish ruled ireland for 300 years