Déanta - The Benedy Glen

[MP34976]

That song, is from Deanta's 'Ready For The Storm' cd, "long may she propser".... "From calamity and famine great heaven defend them And grant them content them 'neath their clear purling rills." One of my favorites. I think that Solas, The Words That Remain cd equals this one.

[Tara20052]

This is one of my favourite songs on the Celtic Wonder CD..beautiful lyrics and voice..

[Iamtehawesome66]

This song brings me to tears every time

[sonsofcarson]

this is the song of my family or clans homeland McCluskey clan

[LaurentziuRo]

Wonderful voice !

[SocietyGoneViral]

someone was hiking up a beautiful snow-covered hilltop, but the poor guy must have tripped on a rock, because he fell down and landed on the dislike button.

[macdoff]

Mary has a voice like a nightingale. She is one of my favorites female singers!

[josparkes1]

Hauntingly lovely !

[osrik100]

huh nice!!!!!!!no comment

[ArtofDread]

Call me a pussy, but every time I hear this song it rminds me of lost rlarives and it just brings tears to my eyes.

[11tilly]

im marys son and this song was dedicated to me =] scoreeeeeeeee

[coughinpeaches]

This song always brings me to tears, very beautiful

[arjantjeee]

you should listen to julie fowlis :D

[meteofan1]

When I hear, that Mary Dillon's voice is angelic, then I wonder how SiggyStern's voice should be named ? ...Archangelic??

[SiggyStern]

Mary Dillon is my favourit singer, her voice is just angelic!!!!

[osrik100]

amazing

[Laurar44]

Mary is surely an angel come to earth. Her voice is absolutely beautiful. I wish she was still singing/recording.

[Odinsmann]

Thank you for the lyrics.

[Jyotiland]

lovely.

[phonemonkey3]

nDoire Abu! Go Raibh Mile Maith Agat.

[nighthawk006]

Fantastic! *****

[Yoshiki97]

Really good !! This Voice is great!!

[auroranebulosa]

Though I only have a bit of Irish on my mother's side, I've always had a love of Celtic music. Feel as if I once dwelt in those fair lands in some past life. Have sung this before a number of audiences who absolutely loved it.

[audrus177]

I'm 45 years old and I'm from wild Russia. But I always want to cry when I hear when Mary sing this song. Tnahks

[gtcoupe16v]

Through Benedy Glen oft at eve have I wandered

With a heart that is lighter than the dew of the morn

Her heather-clad mountains and clear crystal fountains

Delightful to view by the light of the dawn

I see her green hills and swift-running streamlets

Eternally flowing right on to the sea

By her side I lie down on a bank of blue violets

And its murmuring and gurgling are music to me

[gtcoupe16v]

n far foreign lands oft do her sons wander

By Niagara Falls or the Prairie Grand

Where nature is seen both majestic and savage

But their hearts are at home in their dear native land

They long to return to the banks of the Lena

The Roe and its branches on every side

Where there lies brave Cooey, that once-mighty chieftain

Who once 'gainst the Saxon defended with pride

[gtcoupe16v]

Her daughters are fair and her sons, they are gallant

They scorn the tyrant, the serf or the slave

Their rights they maintain at the point of the bayonet

With an arm that is strong and a heart that is brave

In an abbey not far from the town of Dungiven

Their spirit hovers over that once much-loved soil

Where there lies brave Cooey, that once-mighty chieftain

Who commanded of yore from the Bann to the Foyle

[gtcoupe16v]

His statue disfigured by base alien mongrels

His name oft impaired by unscrupulous foes

Yet his soul shines in glory 'mid choirs of angels

As his body lies moldering on the banks of the Roe

Long may she prosper 'neath her sheltering mountains

Carntogher, Benbradagh and surrounding hills

From calamity and famine, great heaven, defend them

And grant them contentment 'neath their clear purling rills

[feckincrap]

hailing from Dungiven myself - there are many great singers play in the town but none can silence a room in the way Mary can when she gets up to sing

[verrejoputa]

I absolutely love this band, and she has one of the best voices I've ever heard. It's sad that they don't play together anymore.

[utubnxxx]

Beautiful looking people and lovely voices to go with them. It makes me feel like there is a richness in Gaellic culture that is lacking from our own. Hardy people from colder climates but healthier than us.

[ShuShuKun]

beautiful and inspiring; it makes me very proud to have irish in me. i love déanta.

[Paulibanjo]

best singer in ireland, had the pleasure of being married to mary for many years and had two children amy and shane.

[jimbutler1950]

You let a good one get away from ya there, Paulibanjo.

[bramptonraised]

I truly enjoy this song ever since I first heard it many years ago. About Benedy Glen and the people who lived there (McCluskey's, a sub-sept of the O'Cahan's).

The pictures that accompany the song, while very picturesque, are not of Benedy Glen, Roe River nor of Cooey's tomb.

[Miwel1990]

anybody knows more bands or singers like this?? like deanta and Cara Dillon??

alguien conoce más bandas o artistas igual que estos?? como Déanta y Cara Dillon??

and other question, in wich song participe Mary Dillon with Cara Dillon?

y otra pregunta, en que canción participa Mary Dillon con Cara Dillon??

Thank you very much, gracias

[josvanderborght]

@Miwel1990

Hola Miwell

trate obtener cancion Lone Tree o John Condon por Mary Dillon.

Try to get songs Lone tree or John Condon sung by Mary Dillon

CD Boys of the Island

Jos

[kamele2353]

@Miwel1990 Have you heard Emily Margaret on her CD "Be Thou My Vision"? It is available for individual downloads and physical CD purchase on iTunes and CDBaby, as well as short clips here on YouTube. She has a new album in the making called "Morning Song". Beautiful voice and a variety of songs on the albums. This song "The Benedy Glen" will be on the new album.

[phonemonkey3]

@Miwel1990 Dia Duit. Hola. Annyeong Haseyo etc

Have a wee look at my folk playlist. You might like it, ye might not.

[jordan0641]

@Miwel1990 Altan, Niamh Parsons

[GoldenOakFarm]

@Miwel1990 Should check out Orla Fallon :)

[jeanpca]

@Miwel1990 : Try Clannad, The Chieftains & Old Blind Dogs for starters.

[TheGNARLYPRODUCTIONS]

@Miwel1990 Try Altan. They're one of my favorite bands. :)

[Aurigas]

Peazos paisajes ^^

[audrus177]

I read somewhere that Mary Dillon took participation in one of Cara Dillon's album. They are sisters

[PopHorizonScanner]

Mary sings with Cara on "P Stands for Paddy (Lament for Johnny)" on Cara's REDCASTLE SESSIONS DVD. Brilliant DVD by the way!

[CRAFTYMARCUZ]

who is singing this song very good indeed

[markpde]

CRAFTYMARCUZ: the singer is Mary Dillon. She still lives in Dungiven, I think, but that's all I know. I listened to them in concert on Radio Scotland's 'Celtic Connections' in the late 90s, just before they disbanded, when they were at their absolute peak. Classiest music I ever heard in my life - just perfect.

[CRAFTYMARCUZ]

Thanks very much i'm from dungiven myself but i only heard the song recently.Yeah it is just perfect thanks hus goodluck

[0Sceadugengan0]

Lovely Song

[matepate123]

Hello! ...beautiful land of fairy music... :)

[GraySnow58]

The lyrics are inspiring, carrying the beauty and majesty of an auld land and fair. The music is artfully simple and pure; the voice of love and woe mixed. If I were Irish, I'd fight to free this land too.

[AngelHael]

This song is one of my favorites by Déanta. The vocal is just so pure and beautiful. Thank you for uploading this!

[BastEgyptska]

^^ beautiful....

[elguirre07]

Para quienes no conocen a Déanta he aquí una muestra de la incredible voz de Mary Dillon. Gracias Miwell de un enamorado de esta voz tan increible.

[pizzaleon]

Es verdad, no conozco otra voz femenina más bonita

[elguirre07]

Hola: Déanta Tiene 3 discos (1993, 94 y 97) comercializados por GREEN LINNET. Desconozco si hay otros, creo que no.GREEN LINNET es un sello discográfico de tus vecinos del Norte. No te sería dificil conseguirlos. Saludos. Por cierto: Ready for the Storm y Whisper of a Secret incluyen los textos de las canciones.

[pizzaleon]

gracias

[LoveMattersMost]

I remember this lovely tune from many years ago, when I first heard it! What a classic! And what a talented singer of this haunting tune! The pictures do the song justice.

Sincere thanks for this Posting! : )

[annacaygob]

So beautiful!