Kilkelly Ireland - Going Home

[maguireking]

that is my best friend in @1:31 john ur such a ledg and mac the black dog and spot is to

[maguireking]

thats my friend in 1:31 john ur a leg and mac is to

[paganstormcloud]

I see the late patsy on the video,very sad to see familiar places and faces

[paganstormcloud]

I see the late patsy on the video,

[11cutecuddly11]

this song is amazing because kilkelly is so small, that a song would acctuly be on youtube, most of my family still live in kilkelly :)

[johnnyk555]

OMG that me in 1:31 when i was 5 and that my dog spot (the white one) and my other dog mac i still remember when this al happined i nw 12 yrs old and and im shocked to see that over 32,000 people have seen this :o

[crc778Hypnodoc]

As an Irish emigrant from Kilkenny Ireland this amazing song could equally be about mine and millions of other Irish refugees of the terrible hardship in Ireland over the centuries. Most emigrants were forced to leave never to set foot back home again. This song is as important to Irish history as it is Beautiful

[MsCactusWren]

Thank you to Brentuna for posting this. Thanks also to Jim Brannigan for your performance, and for commenting and confirming what I half-remembered about the song's origins: I learned it many years ago from an issue of "Sing Out!". I cried when I learned it then, and I cried just now listening to it.

[Beachinus]

Darn it

You Irish!

Why does your music stir me so?

I find it soulful, doleful and incredibly stirring

As far as I know I don't have a drop of Irish blood in me yet I feel the pain

Thank you papa:) I enjoyed the site and this lovely song

Cheers

Kiki :)

[billonthepill]

shit song ;

[brentuna]

suso, Thank you for the comments. I also followed a girl from Kilkelly. We have been married 43 years now. Spain must have many little villages and be a wonderful place to visit.

[SarkWolf]

Once,not many years ago,i'd loved a girl from that city.Ever will forget her,though she rejected me even when I followed her until the very Ireland,i discovered my 2nd favourite country in the world after mine (Spain). Nice song and vid.Congrats

[bjswcs]

Such a moving rendition of this mournful song.....very stirring.

[gerryq2]

gerryq2 I sang this at a local folk session. A women cried and a man asked when the film was coming out!

[starinthenight86]

amazing!

[celtic4ever18]

very  nice

[MrJohnLimper]

nice one

[Daddymccourt]

Great singer, have enjoyed all he has on Utube. Does a fair job at the Irish songs but is much, much better at the Scots.

Hope more appear soon.

[maryredmond]

One of the best ....

Mary

[Cln3004]

This song allways brings tears to my eyes. Nice version as well. Looking forward to spend x-mas with my family in Kiltamagh.

[jackjoshea]

Great voice with a huge depth of feeling - Willmac1967, nationality does not dictate who can sing a sing - I know people with no Irish connections whatsover who were in tears on listening to this song - Grow up and broaden you mental horizon for God's sake!

[wingzero890]

I always cry when I hear this song.. its just dripping with woe.

[jabberwocky1969]

I've heard two versions and this is the best so far.

[willmac1967]

great song why is someone scotish singing it sounds shit with the scotch twange leave it to us irish u scotch prick

[reddirt3050]

Great Song, well put together.

[SPS145]

Its heart breaking to listen to a song like this and hear of the suffering that the Irish people have endured in the past.

[HailNehemah]

Mayo... A Beatiful Place in ireland by Connemara

[michaelheaneyvideos]

The best version I have ever heard. It brought tears to me. A beautiful sad song.

[cmurphy2826]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this singer Scottish? Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm sure plenty of Scots had very similar stories.

[brentuna]

Yes, his name is Jim Brannigan. He has the best version I have heard of this song.

[madhatters8898]

@brentuna I've been to many of Jim Brannigans pub concerts and lounge sessions in Cape Breton. This is by far my favorite song he does... that and the alligator song!

[paganstormcloud]

@cmurphy2826 Love this song it is so haunting and poignant,i am a native of kilkelly.

[paganstormcloud]

Respond to this video... Love this song and video so many familiar faces i see the late jimmy duffy.

[yedon68]

yes, i relate to this...!

[rpgplayer101]

I Love this song.

Nice video to go with it too!

[Irishfianna]

thanks for that

[Irishfianna]

WHAT COUNTY IS KILLKELLY IN???

[brentuna]

Mayo

[Irishfianna]

thanks

[brentuna]

Your welcome. I made this video from a visit to my wifes home town of Kilkelly where her father is buried. He was IRA and was given a 21 gun salute on his burial.

[llamaroo]

he`ll never b forgoten in kilkelley

[llamaroo]

mayo

[johnnyk555]

@Irishfianna mayo i that boy at 1 31

[WelshNIrish4Evaa]

WOW Beautuiful , touching !

[mdenniz]

So nice song,,,is my dream visit Ireland

[chavrons1]

No Keating.,

We had a great great grandfather who was one of the early settlers of Australia, who came out because of the potato famine.

So it wasn't just America they migrated to during that time.

[chavrons1]

I could be about immigration to Australia to during the Potato Famine.

[JKeating1711]

Australia?, i hope you mean America

[MartinaBC1963]

The song makes me cry.

Beautiful!

[maryredmond]

I love this version - could you tell me who recorded it and when?

Mary

[wurzelmumu]

lol:o)

noo, I'm german and I had an english exam about this song. And...it was the most difficult exam I can remember:D

[MariluLane]

that bar look a bit dodge. good wishes to all the person's fam they've made a nice vid for them here :)XXX

[stjosgal]

Kilkelly is a lovely town 2 live in....Great video by the way 10/10

[wurzelmumu]

lol, I had an exam about this song today:D

too bad we haven't had much time so I wasn't able to understand everything ( Im from germany:D)

[Ratter08]

In welchen fach hat man eine schulaufgabe über das lied?

Englisch?

[imaonarseal]

da weis ich nicht, vieleicht Wurzel versteht kein Deutch....

Ratter is asking what subject do you get examined on this song for?

[imaonarseal]

oh, looks like english to judge by comments above...jarwohl Englisch, sicher!

[Ratter08]

I allways hate english as a subject.

For a bavarian is it the hell to speak englisch because we have a other gramma

[MariluLane]

Kein Problem. Du bist ausgezeichnet.

[Screeny3]

Oh, funny :)

I had to understand it in my english lessons.

It's about immigration to the USA.

Great music, i think but very sad :'(

[polter211]

Saddest song ever. Love it, though.

[valaisans91]

this song takes part in our english book in the school. its a very very sad song. but i like it.

[Chopplex]

damn its like a punch in the gut...very tear jerking

[nitewulf2hell]

Oh my god, i'm so glad i found this, because... i once i heard "kilkelly, ireland" at the boyscouts which remains one of the strongest thaughts back to then - and this version is perfectly depressing and all... thanks for posting this!!!

[Montana2221]

A grand song! Reminds me of my grandfather who came to America(Montana) in 1910. He sent money home to help his family in Ardara Co. Donegal. He never returned. Ive been to his old home on Loughros Point five times from Montana. Beautiful Farm and love the stories and music at Peter Olivers.

[Ratter08]

Oh God this song is great

[wingzero890]

Never forget.

[Ambidexter143]

As one who emigrated to the U.S. over 40 years ago, this song brings a tear to my eye and a lump to my throat.

[thestallionsgroup]

:) Love it!! :)

[rfmb35]

it was about 20 years after the famine in Ireland when the first letters start crossing the wild Atlantic, love this song to bits, im in Co Donegal by the way and thanks to Jim Brann for the information

[turtleguy910456686]

Is this about the potato famine?

[stephenhillmusic]

Amazing song. Amazing singer.

[JimLaddie]

Hi: I had no idea that this tune was on here. The song is fairly recent and was written by two brothers in America (Peter & Steven Jones).

They were rummaging through their aunt's attic when they came across a series of letters from Ireland.

It is the saddest and one of the most beautiful songs, I know & is available through CD Baby on my "Troubadour" album.

I cried several times just learning the words.

Thank you for taking the time to listen,

Sincerely

Jim Brannigan.

[billywry]

don't cry about it jim what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. keep the best side out.

[philipwilliamson]

I saw a poster once: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

"What does kill you makes you dead, so you have to be careful."

[gerrygm38]

Jim

I cry every time I listen to it God Bless you

Uncle Gerard

[LasNederland]

I appologise, it was originally written by Peter Jones in the 1970's. This song is actually based off real people, and is written about a true story.

[LasNederland]

Jim Brannigan.. I think he passed, this song is very very old. None the less its still my favorate song.

[bingoone]

excellent as usual

the bard of Margaree

and does a wicked

"smoke on the water " too

:)

[Bealzbob]

Thank you for the effort put into that video.  It gives the song added poignancy.

[infinitypharao]

so moving...

[ecthelion314]

what a magnificient accent!

[purrshaped]

He does a fantastic carrickfergus as well,

he's a very powerful singer

[cannuccia7]

so touching....

[jenni4claire]

This is beautiful, ta.

[madbogman]

Kilkelly has not changed,it has kept its character ,well done Kilkelly

[sodzlaw]

thats my great uncle jim im a grant from scotland we both jammed in holytown many moons ago jims one of the most tallented men i know james and your uncle joe say hi

[1892magpie]

Very moving video. Thanks for sharing it. The song Kilkelly is a classic, and this version is excellent.

[sawdoctor11]

What a great video. The people of Kilkelly should be proud of their town

[rasherst]

Beautiful! Thank you.

[Yonigogo]

Kilkelly rocks!!