Irish Tradition : Skara Brae - An Cailin Rua

[wisbetwilsion]

Definitely not English.

[mickigoe]

During the folk revival , Skara Brae made only album - but it was the best one of that period. With all due deference to Clannad , Bothys etc. There is a superb instrumental on it - think "Lisa" is in the title - it's years since I heard the full album.

[fdawify]

omg this is like really striking something deep in me :p just hearing this language its like it belongs to me, but then it doesnt... its really weird. i need to learn gaelic and get back to my roots (I am irish), but then again are they really my roots? its confusing. its a beautiful song whatver happens tho

[Yehudittx]

@fdawify It's ok - I feel the same thing about Hebrew. It IS in your blood or your genes or whatever.

[mmasny]

@fdawify The language is beautiful in itself imo, regardless of where you're from. I'm Polish and the sound of Irish and Scottish Gaelic strikes me too. The learning is hampered by the fact that the resources are limited (there is nothing like the Oxford English Dictionary for Irish for example) but still there's plenty of books and material online.

[Moondancer007]

@ UISTMAN59 Tháitin an t-amhrán sin go mór liom!! :) Go raibh maith agat as a bheith ag cur an leagan seo ar "You Tube". Slán agus beannacht.

[corsica290]

@DaithiBOC Bean Uí Chuinneagáin, sílim. Nuair a bhi me ag Queen's sna 70, bhi leachtoir agam darbh ainm Bean Uí Fhlanagáin. Beannacht ort, a chara.

[irish1967]

Thank God for this song !.. Its now my new fav Irish Song... My gf is a redhead and she didnt like my last fav song... Black Is The Colour...lol :)

[MegaPollock1]

great celts where here first so whats the problem none hah

[jmasny]

@MegaPollock1 Actually, Celts weren't first in Ireland. There were other people before, only we have little idea who they were.

[mmasny]

Who's on the picture?

[UISTMAN59]

@mmasny Maureen o'Hara of course :=)

[jmasny]

@UISTMAN59 Thank you.

[cinnamonbrandylite]

@UISTMAN59 - loved her in 'the quiet man' - one of the best fight scenes in cinema, imho!

[soloasdubh]

Pointe beag baoideach ...

Dar leatsa is iad lirící na tríú líne sa chúrfa ná:

"Chun fhuil aon mhíle dár shiúil mé ar an fad sin,"

"Chan fhuil ..." a ba cheart a bheith ann ámh.

Chan fhuil (Ulaidh) = Chan eil (Alba)

[Moondancer007]

@soloasdubh Bhí mé éisteacht leis an triú líne sin arís agus créidim go bhfuil an ceart agat, mo chara!! :)

[MissMegara]

This is SO beautiful.

[Chatita2]

Beautiful, simply beautiful.

[UISTMAN59]

@Chatita2 Thanks for adding a comment :-)

[marypmurphy]

Does anyone happen to have this song in sheet music (preferably piano, but I'd take melody and chords)?

[UISTMAN59]

@marypmurphy Sorry to take so long to answer. I have just realised that Ido have the music to this. If you still need it please send a message.

[mmasny]

@UISTMAN59 It's been a year, but perhaps you do still have it? I would love to learn. I've managed to work out the chords but anything more is way above my musicality.

[Sabia1609]

Galanta :)

[punkin541]

Beautifully sung.

[MichaelPatterson9]

Aye, adh mor ort

[UISTMAN59]

Ta failte romhat :-)

[denisdeasy]

stop handwringing about your origins & just enjoy the music - skara brae were a template for a succession of irish traditional groups, specifically the bothy band & patrick street, followed by the wonderful collaboration between kevin burke & micheál ó dhomhnaill, a succession of excellence - in retrospect, a golden decade of irish traditional excelllence...

[Philoaussie08]

I just love listening to this song, Thanks

[lprzepiora]

Love this! Mother of 10 w/ 4 read heads. does that mean we are vikings too? Where did the red hair come from? I'm mostly part Irish/Italian, my husband mostly polish/scottish. we are Americans, but that to me is more of a Nationalistic pride of sorts, not a heratige. I want my children to have a heratige ya know. My great grandmother was from Ireland, I know nothing about her, how sad. Where is my culture? I left when my family came to America from Italy & Ireland too.

[capndoomed]

Skara Brae is the name of the group.they are from Donegal,but i think one member was studying archaeology in Orkney,and just liked the name.

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for the note capndoomed - I always thought there had to be a logical explanation :-)

[seonidh]

mabe he was impressed by the pre christian sophistication of the islanders?

[DaithiBOC]

Great version of a great song. Many great versions but not all are recorded. My favourite is by Citísean bean Ó Cuinneagáin (or NiCuinneagáin, I forget which) , Sadly, no one has taken the time to record and publish her music. She is an 89 year old sean nós singer from Teileann in Donegal with a fine strong voice on her.  She learned her version from her granny when she was a girl.

[DamianNixon]

Ta an ceart 'gat fa' Chitísean.....ach is fearr liomsa fear darbh ainm 'Daithí Sproule' ag gabhail do 'n ceann seo. Ádh mór duit a stocaigh. D. ("I forget fwhich".....Classic! lol)

[faeriegirl84]

"I prefer her to any cow or heifer"

Beautiful sentiment!

[xXBoxcar182Xx]

Love the music..and just for the record..love skara brae too...come to think of it...just the Orkney's in general.....beautiful

[Gogs126]

Thug mé liom í abhaile go baile... - I love it! Blast from the past :-)

[weescone001]

IRISH tradition? Im confused. Skara Brae is in Scotland..

[UISTMAN59]

Irish indeed and yes, of course, Skara Brae is in Scotland. What's in a name, eh - you just can't rely on anything. You might have heard of a Country band called Colorado, voted 'Best British Band for nine consecutive years by the British Country Music Association - and they were from Golspie! :O)

[Caledonia62]

Weescone!..no matter, we're all Gaels :)

[UISTMAN59]

Try telling the Orcadians around Skara Brae that - they think they're Vikings ! :-)

[Caledonia62]

I wonder what DNA studies say about. I'm sure it was a shock to Icelanders when they found out that they're more closely related to Dublin, Ireland than Bergen, Norway (due to the Vikings' penchant for Irish and Scotttish wives)... :)

[UISTMAN59]

Orcadians, to say the least, are not Icelanders & the Icelandic peoples are not "more closely" related to Dublin than Bergen (even if you take into account the mixing of genes that took place there ) What DNA studies in Iceland show -is pretty much as you say "Icelandic haplogroup-3 chromosomes arrived with males of Scandinavian origin and Gaelic chromosomes belonging to this haplogroup are most probably the result of Viking activities in the British Isles" but we're definitely not all Gaels

[seonidh]

True, the vikings took slaves from all over scotland and Ireland. They killed all the men on Shetland, Orkney and took women as slaves. Terrible, should we ask for an appology?

[Caledonia62]

lol...and demand reparations too! :)

[seonidh]

Yeah Norways worth a fortune lets start a petition ;)

[mujiel]

Aye! Cheers to the Scots and us Irish too!

[butteminers]

Thanks for the posting this. I first heard it sung by a Breton group in Irish.

[alejandra379]

sooo beautiful.. I love this kind of celtic music, so close to the traditional way of music making and singing...

[UISTMAN59]

Gracias alejandra.

[smicker231]

Thanks very much i've searched for this for years after hearing it in the Armagh scor. I didnt know who sang it and just saw it on TG4

[UISTMAN59]

You are very welcome smicker231. Other songs from this album have been posted by Sportymike.

[animalunaris]

Tá mé ag foghlaim seo amhran é go fóill ag rang seán nós, tá sé go hallain.

[GMarie4]

Mise freisin!!!:)

[queue3]

I've always loved this song. I first heard it maybe 20 yrs ago on a NPR radio program. I taped it off air and listened to it over and over, never knowing the name of it or who sang it. I lost the tape about 15 years ago and have never heard it since...untill now. Thank you so so much for posting this.

[UISTMAN59]

You are very welcome queue3. Thanks for your note.

[Philoaussie08]

Thank you for sharing such beautiful voices and music!!

[UISTMAN59]

Thank you for your comment (and also for your spoon playing)!

[PhalainaBelgium]

Very nice song by Triona & Micheal Ni Dhomhnaill, who played with "Relativity" : accordionist Phil Cunningham and his brother Johnny, who plays fiddle - both from the band Silly Wizard - as well as the keyboardist-singer Triona Ni Dhomhnaill and her brother, the guitarist-singer Micheal O'Domhnaill, who were with the Bothy Band. Phalaina

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for the note PhalainaBelgium. Mícheál, of course, was never a "Ni Dhomhnaill" - that being used only for Tríona and Mairéad, Mícheál being Ui Domhnaill. I think Relativity only recorded two albums, both of which are great. I hope you enjoy my postings of Johnny and Phil.

[WhiteArtStudio]

I enjoyed this very much, thanks!

[UISTMAN59]

You are very welcome. WhiteArtStudio

[lorgain2]

Sad to learn of the death of Michael, a lovely song, thanks for posting Uistman.

[UISTMAN59]

You're very welcome. Thanks for your kind comments elsewhere also.

[clarebannerman]

Poor Mícheál is no longer with us. Great voice.

Tá an amhrán seo go hiontach.

[UISTMAN59]

The song is wonderful, as you say. A great voice indeed.

Ní feicfear a leitheidi go brách arís.

The whole band was great.

[seonidh]

Scara brae is a neolithic 5000 year old neolithic village found in scotland. Is that the name of the band too?

[UISTMAN59]

About This Video : "The band is Skara Brae : Triona & Maighread Ni Dhomhnaill, Michael Micheal Ui Domhnaill and Daithi Sproule."

[eringobragh16]

Bhi amhran sin hiontach! Go raibh math agat!

(Just trying this out in "the real world". I've been taking Gaeilge classes in college for about four months now, might as well see how well I fare)

[eringobragh16]

*Bhi amhran sin GO hiontach.

just caught that :)

[maureenderry]

I love this. I have sung Gaelic songs and still do but did not learn Gaelic at school and found it difficult to do so when I went to Irish classes. If I need help with a song I go to my eldest sister who speaks Gaelic well or I go to a friend of mine Dickie McGowan.I know I should have kept trying but I didn't. .....

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for your comment Maureen. It's not easy to learn languages later in life, as I know. I was brought up with Gaidhlig as my first language. I have only a wee bit of Gaelige. Happy New Year to you.

[WhistlingPaddy]

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[UISTMAN59]

Nollaig shona agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit, WhistlingPaddy.

[WhistlingPaddy]

Go raibh mile maith agat agus Athbhliain faoi mhaise tu féin. (I'm a Ulster Irish man so we were never taught Irish at school :(:( sorry if there are mistakes)

Slán

[GMarie4]

well done...brilliant!! :)

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks GMarie4

[Rickupinoft]

Very surprised to see Skara Brae up here. They are fantastic! The band comprised of the O'Dhomnaill family of Bothy Band fame and Daithi Sproule, the well known singer and guitar accompanist.

[UISTMAN59]

That's what I've got in my notes (didn't mention the BB though) Good to see that their tape is now available on CD.

[pennycarrol]

I don't undertand a word, but the music in really nice! By the way, who's the red-haired woman? Is she an actress?

[UISTMAN59]

Thanks for your comment. I intended to add the lyrics but didn't think I'd get a viewer so quickly! The lady is Maureen O' Hara. The first photo is from 'The Quiet Man,' one of my favourite films.

[UISTMAN59]

I have now added the lyrics, in Irish and English. (Both photos are of Maureen O' Hara).

[Jubiejones]

I design and edit the official Maureen O'Hara website. A fan alerted me to this delightful song this morning and I am sharing that information with Ms. O'Hara herself. She doesn't do computers, but she'll love knowing there is this kind of a tribute with her image.

[UISTMAN59]

I am glad that you liked it. You may already know of the video of 'Maureen O'Hara - Our Queen of Ireland' by Gmarie4 which is also very nice. The official website mentioned is at moharamagazine dot com

[taterfrog]

Please add a note to Ms. O'hara that another fan also noted this lovely site with her image and in addition to admiring the wonderful music he wanted to send along a note of well wishing and thanks to Ms. O'hara for all her wonderful work and giving so much of herself to the world. She is a treasure never to be forgotten.