Na Gamhna Geala - Triona Ni Dhomhnaill 1976

[Dectheboner]

Gillette

[hirundine]

She sure could hit those notes, listening to her later work it does not seem like much has changed in that? .... cheers!

[mickigoe]

Perhaps the most accomplished of all our great revival figures - always loved Triona.

[minwav]

A wonderful musician

[corsica290]

@synthpathetic Ceann de na ceoltoiri is fearr in Eirinn.

[SEAHARP11]

Trina, It's nice to see you again....... a friend from New Jersey

[hipster01cg]

@synthpathetic how shallow, its 1976.

[ghasafello]

Precioso, very nice, isa si que é unha gharghantiña pra mandar dourare

[kenrubes]

incredibly beautiful

[mrsinn]

Thanks to the uploader!

[bookkeeper57]

Triona sings the lament of a young woman, newly married, who would rather be back on the hills, watching the cattle. It's called "The White Calf". This is a sean nos delivery.

[Lughaidh2]

Ó Domhnaill más fear atá ann, agus Ní Dhomhnaill más bean atá i gceist, so bhí sé ceart : "Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill".

[TIGETIKKER]

See on nii ilus!

[irishmanandproud]

neart amhran,, nior chuala me faoi an cailin seo raoibh, an bhfuil aon amhran eile le fail aici

[brandnathan]

beautiful

[bookkeeper57]

Triona is just a kid here. Her voice is not this soprano today.

[LindsayCurran]

Exquisite.

Thanks, bilko.

(and thanks, also for so many wonderful knowledgeable and appreciative comments)

[carlaturc]

that spectacular tecnique!!!!!

that very good singer!

that emotion!

[xxxxpengwenxxxx]

Nach bhfuil guth binn agus gleoite aici!?! taispeántas foirfe is saghas suaimhneach i mo thuairimse. Is aoibhinn liom é!

[pbsandcspanwatchit]

the language of the heart.

My Scot/Irish ancestors pioneered Calhoun Georgia,US, in the early 1700's. I have always been drawn to Celtic music and accents. When I heard Night Noise live in the late 80's it was heaven, the old theater has the most awesome acoustics, it really was a spiritual experience.

[umcloughlin]

Recently anthropologists have found evidence to trace the origin of the Celts to the Kazakh steppe, a vast grassy prairie in Kazakhstan.

[heliotropezzz333]

@umcloughlin That's interesting because, I'd previously read the oldest traces had been found in Austria.

[Ursamare]

That's fascinating...do you have any more information on this theory or know where I might be able to research further into it? Very, very interesting.

[hanjobb]

the celts werent even the original irish people

[kealyc]

She succeeds it sound like a song from hundreds of years ago. You really feel transported back in time. Dia leat, a Triona

[joeygsmom]

incredible. I feel like Ive been transported back to a past life.

[LindsayCurran]

Beautifully said!

[mbhluvskmy]

Gaelge...beautiful. English=French, German, Latin...blah blah

[shellouise]

It is Gallic. For those not familiar with it, it is the the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, Switzerland, eastern Belgium and western Germany before being supplanted by Vulgar Latin, Dutch and German from around the 4th century A.D onwards.

[hanjobb]

not true..

[shellouise]

@hanjobb

Hi hanjobb - what is not true? Just a bit confused. Was I wrong about this being sung in Gaelic? Just to make it easy, I previously said that Gaelic it is the the Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul, Switzerland, eastern Belgium and western Germany before being supplanted by Vulgar Latin, Dutch and German from around the 4th century A.D onwards.

If my understanding is incorrect, can you clarify the facts.  Thanks.

[ravichandra70]

@shellouise, Gaelic refers to the Goidelic languages, also called the Insular Celtic languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. They are a later off-shoot of the older Gaulish and Continental Celtic tongues once spoken in the areas you mentioned. This song is in modern Irish and not one of it's historical relatives.

[AnBhfacaTuMoBristi]

@ravichandra70

Goidelic and Insular are not interchangeable terms. Goidelic (currently comprised of Modern Irish, Scots Gaelic and Manx) is a branch of Insular Celtic, the other being Brittonic (Welsh, Cornish, Breton). Insular Celtic is not an offshoot of Gaulish or Continental Celtic. The Celtic language group is divided into Insular and Continental branches, both of which derive from proto-Celtic.

[ravichandra70]

@AnBhfacaTuMoBristi,

Thank you for the clarification! I am not a linguist although this area effects my work at my information seems to be dated. In anthropology I've come across several sources stating that the Insular languages split off from Gaulish yet it appear that is an over-simplification! Did the Goidelic-Brittonic happen on the Continent? Thanks, RCM

[lionmadman]

this language is very old, i think people got to reserch where it really comes from. its got some thing to do with the phoenicians, and the middle east. very beautyful!

[yahoochiewatchie]

Nice tash..

[hapenny44]

i love the fact we still have our tradition no matter how they try'd to stop it !!! they never did

[Lughaidh2]

Iontach galánta.

[lorgain2]

Maith thu Triona,

[hansaushamburg2008]

what a culture! What a tradition!!

[GriffinHistorical]

Wow! that is an astonishing vocal - thank you for posting it :D

[frannymagz]

tá sí iontach, ach nach bhfuil an sloinne "ní dhomhnaill"? níl sé ceart, "ní domhnaill".

[bilko1234]

Tá brón orm

[frannymagz]

lol fadhb ar bith, ní dhomhnaill is sloinne domsa ;)

[Thorwald88]

@frannymagz I dearly love Triona's voice but I think my favorite individual selections were a couple that she did with "Relativity." I really wish someone would upload a video of "There Was A Lady," and perhaps "When Barney Flew Over the Hill"

[neilhosey]

@frannymagz nil sé sin fior!! :P s'é an aistriúchán ceartaithe don O Donnell... Ni Dhomhnaill!

[AstAMoore]

@frannymagz Her name is spelled correctly. It’s lenition: Ó Domhnaill becomes Ní Dhomhnaill.

[AstAMoore]

@bookkeeper57 I know. I first heard her on Nightnoise’s Parting Tide album (1989 or 1990). Beautiful stuff.

[CantwrCymreig]

@AstAMoore

In Welsh, we call lenition "treigladau." Adjectives describing a feminine noun will take the "treiglad meddal," soft mutation or lenition.

[MrHRua]

@frannymagz 'Ní Dhomhnaill' -Bean 'ó Domhnaill' -fear 'Bn.Uí Dhomhnaill'- Bean a phós isteach. 'ó Dónaill' leagan eile den tsoinneadh céarna, tá na rialacha céarna i gceist.

[fosseseptique]

close your eyes...she's the bird next door but her voice is astonishing...and she hasn't put her finger in her ear!!! she has music in her DNA....if you love great music then listen in awe!

[LindsayCurran]

so well said!

[surfmcgoogler]

All good Irish women have moustaches. My Mother has one and she's a great woman.

This girl is excellent. Her tone is great. I don't like it when I hear Sean-nos with a really shrill tone. Like some of the other ones you can hear.

[cebrownf]

It proves we are good in the sack!! High testosterone levels or something ;-P

[goofy79248]

besides.....can't you love this music. Nearly heavenly in my opinion.

[arnoirish]

How about you just shutting the fuck up to beauty!! you cunt!

[Apmhflick]

"The Shawshank Redemption"--Red: "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it."

[RussMoxham]

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[dotaylor96]

@Apmhflick its soething about calves, baby cows.... not exactly eart rendering stuff.....

[22grena]

@dotaylor96 uless you are a subsistence farmer and your very life depends on your crops and livestock. Context always context.

[dotaylor96]

@22grena which is pretty much what i am :/....

[22grena]

@dotaylor96 In England?

[dotaylor96]

@22grena en irelande du nord

[cmacmuiris]

den chéad scoith mar is gnáth a thríona. Maith thú ar fad!

[nighthawk006]

Whoa! Thanks for uploading.

[nycjamie]

Look at her hair! She wouldn't look out of place in the audience of Swap Shop.

[winniemiles]

great, thank you very much Bilko. Triona's sound is truly emotional, heidski I share your feeling. Thanks again

[buergidunitz]

cheers Bilko! you're a legend.

[flanncada]

Sebbytong - you say more about your own needs - like a modicum of manners!

[1bkenny]

She does indeed!! God Bless Ireland in the old days LOL

[eness3]

i think this might be the best thing ive ever found on the internet!

[heidski]

I shouldn't be watching something like this at work--I commence to tearing up...tell folks I got allergies. Thanks for a great video

[alonzogarbanzo]

Awesome indeed. Thanks for another gem, bilko1234.

If I'm not prying here, I'm curious if your handle relates to your own name. I can't see "Bilko" without thinking of good old Phil Silvers.

Oh, and relating to your summary of the lyric of this song, I'm reminded of Garrison Keillor's joke: "I never knew what true happiness was until I got married. And then it was too late."

[sidewalkchalkvission]

awesome