Brid Ní Mhaoilchiaráin - Sean nós singer

[HBhannahbrown]

An-mhaith! Tá an ag canadh go halainn. Is breá liom Gaeilge. Is mac leinn me i gCeanada. Tá me ag foghlaim Gaeilge i Saint Mary's University i Halifax, Nova Scotia. Tá sé go híontach. (Haha, I know, it's pretty primitive, but I'm only just finished my first year of majoring in Irish Studies here, pretty excited to continue, God bless! Slán!)

[MarthaH605]

Beautiful. What do the words mean?

[muisire]

I can scarcely believe the wonder that is this song and this singer and this tradition.

Cuireann siad a dtriur draiocht fa mo chroi istigh...

[thirteenfingers]

And that - right there - is why so many young Irish hate the language and drop the subject at the first opportunity.

It's criminal.

A slightly different approach would have half the feckin' country bilingual with native Gaeilge and Béarla!

Madness.

That said - it's far better than the standard of Irish lessons I got in the middle of Manchester! Still - I'm learning now so no bother... I just need to get through the first Buntús Cainte book and I'll be away! Haha.

Slán

[TomasMacAodhbhui]

iontach

[IsCumaFut2]

class stuff. i would love to see simon cowell judge this, he would have nothing to say would he??

[irishfiona1]

she was my teacher in national school!!! =] soo gud!!!

[Eireann1able]

Gra agus dilseacht. Beir bua!!!

[liamcrouse]

got that right... im in my 2nd year of it

[macangail]

iontach maith ar fad! Tá glór álainn aici!

[noname1555]

What are the lyrics of the song in English?

[liamcrouse]

learn the language

[EverythingZen14]

hard to do if you arent surrounded by speakers and you live in an area that doesnt offer classes. I would love to learn Gaeilge, but, how?

[captainbillshatner]

We too must fade, quiet eventually till the winds carry our storm to a new past. Remember.

[Seamus616]

Genocide is a hotly debated topic. They illegalized Irish speakers, dress, Catholics in the majority of the island, and killed those that disobeyed. This may not reach the standard you believe has been set to define genocide, but genocide isnt defined by the amount of deaths or results, it is defined by the act itself. You havent proven or advanced any of your points, you are merely disagreeing with mine. It is far easier to reject something than it is to verify it.

[Rednuts142]

ar fheabhas ar fad. nár laga Dia do guth iontach

[Sergentpeper1967]

I love Gaelic, it sounds so beautiful. I have taken a Gaelic class, and will be continuing this semester (I live in Wisconsin, USA of all places to learn Gaelic). I really wanted to start because of my Irish roots though. ^_^

[darkwingwindmage]

If you've taken a class, you should know it's called Irish, not Gaelic.

[spraycheese101]

If your going to be pedantic it's Gaeilge!

[seancooley]

wow theres just something about the way she and other singers of this style hit the notes of the song...its very powerful.

[baskitkase182]

Tá Brid go hiontach!

[cosinbrother]

please view my celtic channel for traditional and modern in all the celtic languages :)

[xoxoGalwayGirlxoxo]

Aww Maistreas Bhríd....Fair Play :D xx

[staidmheidhreog]

Nár laga Dia thú, a Bhríd!

The song is called "An Sagairtín." This clip is just the first two verses of it.

"Tá an oíche dorcha agus tá sí fuar

Is tá sí ag goilliúint ar mo chroí go crua

Ní thiocfad abhaile, ní imeoidh mé ar cuairt,

Nó go bhfeice mé mo stóirín 'tá 'na luí cois cuain.

"Nach deas an sagairtín é stór mo chroí,

Tá an pobal beannaithe a dtéann sé thríd

Tá séala ó Mhuire aige is branda ó Chríost

Is tá sé ag triall ar na coláistí."

[emncaity]

Anybody have a translation? I know a few phrases, that's it...

[LoveMattersMost]

She doesn't need a band to play with her. You can hear the fiddles, pipes and whistles in her voice. Astonishing and beautiful.

[animalunaris]

If this is lost, the world loses.

[ajax515]

It might be comforting to know that Ireland has started a restoration effort. Posting bi-lingual sings in Gaelic and English on many roads.

[animalunaris]

Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge agus Seán Nós (as Béurla) go fóill, i Sasanach!

Go dochasach beidh mé ag foghlaim Seán Nós as Gaeilge freisin.

[ajax515]

? Sorry not nearly that fluent or much at all.

[ZexionRocks]

tog go bog e! =)

[kathleenirish]

That's been going on for years, it's up to the Irish themselves to keep it going, and to care...why aren't we more like the Welsh?? Gra`, Cait!

[Seamus616]

Because Welsh was not banned by the English.

[shibec69]

Not true - for decades schools used to have something called the 'Welsh Not' that would be hung around the heads of any child who spoke Welsh. They were then encouraged to 'catch' another child speaking the language, because the one who had it around his neck at the end of the day was beaten. By policies like this and massive migration from England during the coal boom, the language fell from 80% of the population c.1860 to 50% by 1900, to 30% by WW2, to 21% today. Bloody English! Grrr...

[Seamus616]

i dont want to bring anti english sentiment into this video, but the Irish sufferered basically genocide at the hands of imperialists.

[shibec69]

Oh no I realise that and wasn't trying to say that the situation in Wales was anything like Ireland. It's just a pity that even in fairly enlightened times, the English government thought that it was a positive thing to try and get rid of the Celtic languages. A famous parliamentary report in 1848 concluded that the main reason why Wales was poor and rural was because they spoke Welsh and not English! Of course that didn't seem to handicap the rest of the non-English speaking world though!

[neilhosey]

i have so much respect for the welsh in the way they have kept a firm grasp on their language. It should be a model for irish.

[JIMMYISFAT666]

Sorry to say.. but it's dead now, and it's never going to be widely spoken ever again. Forcing it down our throats at school is no way to spark enthusiasm either, it has simply made me despise the language and everything about it.

[neilhosey]

it isnt dead and hopefully willl never be. but thats my opinion. It is taught badly, ill give you that, but that shouldnt a reason to not want to learn it. its an easy way out to blame teachers, 14 years in school learning it and most ppl cant speak fluently? a disgrace for both the teachers and the student.

[shibec69]

Thanks. I think the one of the differences is that there are huge areas of Wales, basically the whole of the western half, where the Welsh has never stopped being the community language. The reason why some areas are say 70% Welsh speaking is simply because 30% of the population there is English. Most speakers are enthusiastic about keeping their language and are keen to use it. I really feel that the threats are external e.g. migration from England rather than indifference from speakers.

[shibec69]

So the situation is quite different to Ireland from what I know. We were starting off with a strong base of serveral big counties with 90%+ speakers (which are still the strongholds today). Also in many of the areas which are majority English speaking now, e.g. the mining Valleys of the south east, these all had strong Welsh speaking communities in living memory. So I think Ireland was starting from a weaker position to begin with and it was always going to be a harder task.

[garvito101]

yeah man. seriously.

what happened to us? we suck...

[TomasMacAodhbhui]

Ní cheapaim go bhfuil an Bhreathnais comh laidir 's a cheapann tú

[omarshinken]

@TomasMacAodhbhui pogue mahone

[Seamus616]

What are you talking about? of course it can be considered genocide. They legalizer a culture, language, and religion with the threats of death and starvation and thats non considered genocide? the only reason more Irish werent slaughtered was due to the fact they submitted to the new culture or emigrated. British, Spanish, French etc settled North America. Ya mightve had Irish soldiers but the Irish state didnt even exist lol

[Seamus616]

*illegalize/outlaw

[Seamus616]

You seem very defensive, and the fact your making judgement calls and personal remarks is an indication that you are ignorant of the topic. No mandate representing the democratic will of the Irish people existed at the time. So to blame a the mercenaries of a subject state for the military and political will of an imperial regime which dominated the area at the time is ridiculous. Your definition of genocide fits perfect, the English enforced death penalties to people who didnt retract beliefs

[Seamus616]

That's not colonialism by the Irish nation this colonisation was not just due to people escaping the famine the penal laws before that choked out any chance of economic dynamism in the country there was no choice in joining the british union, since our ''representatives'' could not come from the largest demographics in the country. "lol"

[Seamus616]

Ah come on. I hear and speak Irish every day. TV, Radio, School, Online with friends. It could be doing ALOT worse. And at least we are now using our ancient tongue in modern and contemporary ways

[boxmusic90]

Absolutly lovely a rare thing

[heidski]

Jeez, where is she from and where can I hear more? You got it...

[mucbarbartha]

It's a a style of Irish music called sean nós, which means "old style" in Irish. If you search for sean nós you'll find it. It is lovely, I'm happy that people can find it here.

[heidski]

No, I know it's sean nos, I'd like to find out more about this specific singer, and wear I can hear more

[CailleachBeara]

maith thú!

jeez...ffs!

lovely. altogether.