seamus ennis, god of uilleann pipes

[greenfish13]

this is impressive i could never do that with an instrument, even if i tried

[dave45900]

any1 know the name to this great piece???

[JTman615]

Dia, tá mé bródúil as a bheith hÉireann.

[Irishsk8er50]

@JTman615 faggot

[87GordonFreeman]

it takes you to places...

[Ollphiast]

Cuireann sé ar snámh sa tsamhlaíocht duine bheith ag éisteacht le ceol den scoth ar leibhéal chomh binn agus chomh glan le seo..... gura buan cuimhne agus meas ort a Shéamuis

[097liambox]

21 people don't understand music........and never will..........

[soundbeans]

Beatiful ... makes me proud to be English.

[Maelsechnaill]

@soundbeans ?

[piobairesicago]

@Maelsechnaill

soundbeans is using a bit of dry wit to say he or she does not appreciate it. That's fine. "Rule Britannia" and "God Save the Queen" both make me proud to be an American : )

[storchnuts]

@soundbeans yes shame you weren’t Irish if I was English I would be embarrassed to say that

[ConorHeg95]

The 400,000 views and counting simply reinforce the powerful music coming from the beautiful pipes from a master... You can't help but be in awe. Brilliant!

[BunduBasher58]

Hallelujah and Amen!

[kieran536]

touch your bloody soul and tear your heart out you should try spend 15 years learning them ..

[BigBec1926]

Great piece of music.

[TheSkirmishes]

can someone please explain...why do i get tears in my eyes (in a goodway)...whenever i listen to uilleann pipes

[TKMVillar]

SEMEN STAINS THE MOUNTAIN TOPS.

[irkofan]

The beauty of his soul emanated from the very instrument he played. What a soul Seamus Ennis was.

[AyeYirMa]

The Cladaigh ring on his hand (:

[PNasty666]

@uuuurk I dunno, it's possible. I played the violin for many years from childhood through my teens (still do though i spend most of my time with other instruments and computer software now) and i have some long skinny bony fingers (not quite like Seamus here though) and both of my parents have thicker, stubbier fingers.

[Uuuurk]

Is it just me or do your fingers "change" when u play pipes?

[wolfhul]

@Uuuurk Maybe the best pipers just have those long straight bony fingers!

[DaddysTaz]

@Uuuurk yeah, cuz you're working out your muscles in a certain way, so those muscles are strengthened and the others weaken.

[confuse]

i know this guy

[Nervakis]

The Uillean Pipes: If your granddaddy didn't play them, you wouldn't be here.

[siphon1028]

@Nervakis my granddaddy didn't play them.

[Bitteulze]

@Nervakis Rubish. My grandaddy didn't play any instrument at all, and still I'm here. The only thing that brought me here is the love of good music. Grandaddys have nothing to do with appreciation of music.

[Johntheresonator]

What a find! Such wonderful playing.

[lasthoorah1]

A man played the pipes at my Grandfathers funeral. I wasnt even born.

[Nautilus1972]

@lasthoorah1 I had carrots yesterday.

[mrkielbasa]

@Nautilus1972 raw or boiled ?

[ecureuil85]

Gorgeous

[MorkaGraven]

He's the worlds greatest because he has little competition...

[puukkaproductions]

Great playing!

[Bigirishcunt]

I play the Bagpipes which compared to ths Instrument are really easy, I would love to play them but they are mind blowingly hard to play!!!! simply beautifull!!!!!!

[Seanmcdhuibhne]

O The Easter Snow It has faded away. It was so rare and so beautiful

 And it's melted back into the clay. RIP Seamus

[MARVELAG]

Why do I think of Brave Heart when I hear this?

[godzilloid]

@MARVELAG all the bagpiping in Braveheart was done with Uilleann pipes, not the Highland pipes, as one would expect.

[applethem]

@godzilloid And some of it was recorded in Ireland. My friends Da was helpin' with it. As far as I know they just took a lot of off duty army chaps and used 'em

[MorkaGraven]

@godzilloid These have a better tone imho. Bagpipes are too screechy.

[RpOutOfTime]

He's in deed the god of uillean pipes. But the vid seems to be an older one, right?

[sherlockholmesdrunk]

Irish Mozart

[listenthinkspeak]

For God's sake does anyone else hear that train or is it just me?!!!

[marcusqwerty]

21 people have Van Gogh's ear for music.

[ernstbecker1]

It was once said that the Uillean Pipes mimiced the tenor voice of a woman? So be it. Either way both Pipes and voice capture the Irish soul !

[samhobson30]

Masterfull

[dayday8421]

Makes me proud to be a celt :)

[95jjs]

lol...

[1carrigdhoubh]

The King of all Uileann Pipers. God Rest You Seamus.

[nelsonn69]

Absolutely beautiful!!!!

[zephendroyd]

this video makes me shed tears

[P0wergl1de]

Have you been to Carrick... nevermind

[P0wergl1de]

what is the name of the song?

[RoryGarbutt]

Why not just widen the holes at the top end of the chanter so that you can maintain the same air pressure and have an octave key?

[iiijg77]

@RoryGarbutt I don't know the answer, Rory, but tuning the pipes is notoriously difficult. As soon as you widen the holes in one place, all sorts of other complications arise for both tone and tuning. Perhaps there's something about the conical bore, plus the dry double-reed that makes it difficult to use octave-key technology!

[spiderysheets]

@KissakiSan Uilleann pipes are overblown to achieve the second octave just like a whistle/tin whistle. It has everything to do with air and nothing to do with fingering, though with pipes different fingerings or even a key is sometimes needed to play an individual note once in the second octave, like C natural.

[RoryGarbutt]

Got to be the best chord/regulator work on YouTube. I have a question though, to get to the higher octave is there an octave key like on the clarinet or do you just force more air through the read?

[spiderysheets]

@RoryGarbutt 2nd octave is achieved with higher bag pressure, which overblows the reed. Bag pressure must also be increased as you climb even the 1st octave. Precise bag pressure is required to play in tune.

[clinpsydoc]

Sweet sounding register

[150Boop]

tá sé sin go háilainn an maith!

[PrometheusIICaucasus]

True Caucasian man..

[231rft]

@PrometheusIICaucasus true IRISH man, irish arent exactly wat you think of when you think of caucasian.

[Hotpinkzebra66]

cool cool cool

cool

[Brennna]

What a beautiful sound. This guy is/was quite a character. I wish they had him talking. He's a funny guy.

[inlandonline]

"An Raib Tu Agan Gcarraig" -- "Have You Been To The Rock?" or "Were You At The Rock?"

[GrapeApeFTW]

"Were You at the Rock?"

[izalman]

19 people fail to recognise genius....

Sad

[evolution100001]

really soul touching......!! I m an Indian ..and not much aware of bagpipers but from my child hood i got attracted by these Irish/Scottish melodies.one of my favorite was i listen in the movie "road to perdition" some old Hindi songs have used this instrument that is what i listened when i was kid.some Indian army band also include bag piper i hear them playing beautifully on republic day parade

[missreddragon88]

This reminds me of My Dear Late Grandad!...it makes me cry everytime I hear it!!!!

[MICKYMAVYT]

listen to this guy, hes new on the pipes but hes pretty badass

watch?v=7k03RV5k23M&feature=re­lated

[Cartier2235]

What song is this?

[vomiol]

Good god look at his HANDS.

[williammannix123]

looks fucking hard

[Sabih2424]

19 people are deaf

[ctait96]

@Sabih2424 20 now!!

[Solidleoncheif]

@ctait96 SWEET JESUS, 21 NOW! PEOPLE ARE GOING DEAF NONSTOP, AND WE CAN'T HELP THEM D:

[cheapy2006]

@Sabih2424 21 now. they've no souls either!!!!!

[RoboticusMusic]

@Sabih2424 21 FAGGOT!

[thewriter2993]

This makes me want to cry, it's so beautiful

[namaste91]

19 people are having no sense of good music...

Woah,this sound gives me shivers of goosebump.

[KingRivfader]

Nothing can equal pipe music. It is the most moving music, that I've ever heard.

[emncaity]

@KingRivfader

Ditto a hundred times.

[GazzVidss]

in Ireland we had a golden age , it ended 400+ years ago ,

this music make me feel the pain of my land and the scars that have only just healed .

[DarkMedievalTimes1]

@GazzVidss What golden age are you talking about?

[DougExiter]

@GazzVidss You should study the music from Ireland from 400 years ago, it's quite a bit different from the traditional that we play today.

[49thdevil]

19 people need the arse kiked

[mauricejudge]

Beyond anyone these days..Their likes are gone from this earth.

At the Sense of Ireland festival back in the 70s,Seamus walked in as I was fluterin away on the pipes,he came over and listened attentively and made some courteous comments before drawing attention to the fact that he was in need of a drink.He played a blinder concert,also Paddy Keenan,all guns blazing.I have tapes of it.

I met Seamus's sister Barbara in South Africa.I was playing in one of the few Irish pubs then.She gave me a mus

[emncaity]

@mauricejudge

OK, you HAVE to go back and finish that story...

[shamrock4500]

Tears

[golaoi]

Fear na bhfear i saol na píobaireachta. Níor chuala éinne eile i ngar de ó thaobh chumhais ná áilneacht. Gael iontach ab ea é chomh maith agus bhí sé in ann na cheithre chanúint sa Ghaeilge a labhairt go líofa, Gaoluinn na Mumhan, Gaoluinn Phort Láirge, Chonamára agus futa fata Thír Chonaill!

[videocircus]

@golaoi

Cool, you be speakin Irish

[leicsnamhagaelinn]

Is mór an trua é ná bhfuil níos mó daoine mar a leithid inár measc inniu.

[Lisnageeragh]

@leicsnamhagaelinn Is mor.  Not only that , but I recently went to a fleadh competition ...after a pause of almost 50 years ...more youth and more players ...but a loss of subtleness, melodic sense and musicality. Ennis/ Carty/ Canny/ Moloney/ Cooleys/ O'Brien ....is all lost!!?? The few young players I meet don't seem to know what I'm talking about!

[cabottobac]

Incredibly Beautiful ... I have an old Finbar Furey album that comes close ... AMAZING!

[gerbar61]

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet's wings.

W B Yeats (abbreviated)

[xantares13]

there is so much, human in his playing

[bravewilliam]

I just spent twenty minutes reading stupid comments that have nothing to do with this song... so sad. Im just trying to find the name of this tune! Anyone?

[davetree05]

@bravewilliam Hello there! I heard this very recording on the radio one Saturday afternoon in 1965 in a programme called the Folk Music Virtuoso by Bert Lloyd and have until recently been searching for it since!! It made a tremendous impression on me and converted me on the spot from rock music to folk!! I can remember distinctly Bert translating the air as "Were you at the rock and did you see my love?" I dont know gaelic but it was something like Tu ar eigh an carraigh. 35 years ago!

[piobairesicago]

@davetree05 "An Raibh Tú Ag An gCarraig?" is the name usually given for the air and the song associated with it. Hope it's helpful. You can find the lyrics in Irish and in English translation via a quick google search. Enjoy!!! : )

[ElAbortionist]

@bravewilliam It's called a number of different names ''An Raibh Tú Ag An gCarraig'' or ''Were You At The Rock And Did You See My Love?'' I believe is a loose translation of that but don't quote me I can't speak Gaelige ;)

[longboardisgood]

Like feeling alive under a cold and heavy winter rain. great music

[deniscoIL]

@longboardisgood ....in ancient times when human was free to go anywhere he wants...sound of freedom that we want back to our lives...

[quiffly]

Love this a Scottish Canadian firefighter after a pretty rough day........something to mourn/be happy about all in the same breath.

[seonidh]

@quiffly did you know the union pipes were made in scotland as well in the 18th-19th centuries but were suplanted by the highland pipes regimental marching. The union or pastoral pipes had a scottish trad as well.

[ja3399]

As this awesome, haunting music plays here, I see people arguing about whatever. Please, go argue privately, and let us who have come here to listen, do just that. Politics, what word means what, who is the better player, this just isn't worth squat. Argue elsewhere, but come here to listen, to feel, and perhaps to remember our roots from long ago and far away....

[cahillgreg]

Is that Gaybo there clapping behind Seamus at the end ?

[bennie777]

@cahillgreg

it is, gay mary from a long time before the naff jumpers and the toy show, gods help us but we were better off with him than we are now with english telly

[JayMe1530]

@doctorpapaya Oh my sweet jaysus...another wanker..i use the same thing the world does..dont campare me to that fuckin fool because of it..were both human..thats about as much as we have in common.. now fuck off

[bob4444555]

@doctorpapaya oh yeah, apple pie is also english. the oldest recipe dates back to 1381. way before you got your colony.

[bob4444555]

@doctorpapaya The internet was invented as a by product of the CERN research institute in europe so that scientist could send each other information. The computer was invented during the second world war at bletchly park by the British code-breakers to crack enigma and was called colossus. You can check up on this and i wil be happy to hear the contrary, but before you go bashing stuff, get your facts right.

[Maitiu3]

whats the name of this song? ....... Need to know!! Seamus is a legendary figure with this fine instrument... makes you feel like we are back in the times of celts of old... unreal how much a song can reach out to you and nearly bring a tear to the eye( as sad as that sounds)

[Newrock2425]

@Maitiu3 Have You Been To Carrick, or Were You At The Rock. Something like that

[robdowling123]

@Newrock2425

An raibh tú ag an carraig - were you at the rock? :)

[matiness1]

WOW. 

[CHUPAMEDIA41]

É in Irish is like Ñ in Spanish, the little accent mark makes a world of difference.

[joegeman73]

beautiful! god save eire!

[Gaeilgeoir]

@joegeman73 Please spell the country's named properly -it's Éire! --"eire" means "burden"! That little accent mark (called a "fada") is very important. It changes the sound and in notable cases like this, the meaning. In any case, without it, the word it misspelled. So get it right. -That is all.

[COEH07]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT

[BlackFolkAndPiano]

slow airs, played by him, became magical

[pixelles10]

i love Irish music so much

[spoombung]

awesome

[30Ciaran]

Sorry mate Johnny Doran was the king and will never be beaten. Seamus is incredibly talented, no question, but Johnny was the Jimi Hendrix of the pipes.

[TheSvartHelvete]

Leo Rowsome is just as good as Paddy Keenan. those two are my favourite Irish pipers.

[MrPinoypanda]

so beautiful, but I can't help but imagine if he was the guy next door if I would hate him or love him,

County Kerry

[cameron6697]

hes a face on him like hes trying to tame the pipes

[Domitianvs]

@cameron6697 Well, they don't call it octopus wrestling for nothing. It can be quite like taming a wild animal.

[cameron6697]

@cameron6697

Hes is actually trying to Tame an Octopus

[TotallyNotAlex]

@cameron6697 Uillean pipes: they are tamed, not played. =)

[keithoyoung34]

@TotallyNotAlex nice brother,well said.

[DenverMcHaggis]

@TotallyNotAlex No joke there.

[Dihnekis]

holy shit. i like to think of myself as a musician, but this is just something else.

[Bryan198026]

Man what I wouldn't give to get my hands on a set of these, even if it was just a practice or half set right at first. Then I could get the hang of the basics before I tried tackling the regulators.

[cyborgevo1]

What tune is this?

[Bufalocarlos]

This is Pure Heaven.....................

[Kungen940127]

@CasperTvrnello  Håller helt med! This is really beautiful! I love it :D

[rollingthunder32]

my god its undeniably extravagent

[TuomasLover90]

this is the real, hidden, sacred sound of the sea...

[contax2a]

I heard him play at a Dublin pub in the 1978 or so. A slim man with a calm dignity that made me listen. But I think he was better back in the 1950ies or so. I never heard any better Irish playing than Mr Ennis playing ”Bucks of Oranmore”. Clear and VERY rhythmic.

[Nipponkoku]

Shame 19 people missed the like button.

[meaninglesscog]

@Nipponkoku Some people have no sense of what is good in the world.

[Penguingirl79]

absolutely stunning. you really feel every note.

[TheBirdMamma]

I used to absolutely love these kind of bagpipes but I never learned them I played various versions of the scottish bagpipe. only one criticism is Sometimes, not all the time, is that these pipes sound like cats being choked and car-horns

[MichelleEssex]

Best player ever in Ireland..... just magic

[conniebutkovich05823]

no words can express my feelings upon hearing this....

[seonidh]

these are union pipe with a rather diverse and international history.

[Forcalious]

I just love the sound of the uilleann pipe.

But who decided that it should be spelled like that?! I had to copy-paste it to spell it right >_<

[caoimhin8]

@Forcalious uilleann is an irish (gaelic) word...not an english one...so that explains the spelling. uille means 'elbow'....uilleann is the genitive case....uillinn is the dative case (in the modern language uillinn is the nominative and uillinne is the genitive in ordinary usage). They are called píoba uilleann in Irish - 'pipes of the elbow' for obvious reasons.

[HEVIAMIDI]

@caoimhin8

[emncaity]

@caoimhin8

Eh, f%ck with the fookin' cases and all...reminds me of why I give up before I start, every time I get the idea to try to learn more than a few phrases in my family's native language. Sheesh. And I even know what case is (I had Greek in college), and taught English at three universities, and it STILL seems friggin' impossible. (Actually, thanks for posting.)

[deenibeeni]

@caoimhin8 Thank you for that great explanation! much appreciated.

[TheGentl3man]

@Forcalious

It's the Irish spelling

[Tuffnuttz892]

im australian and currently 14 years of age. this video is awesome, very beautiful sound.

[kungfupanda502]

@Tuffnuttz892 why does you age matter

[Tuffnuttz892]

@kungfupanda502

because the majority of people my age reject this music

[kungfupanda502]

@Tuffnuttz892 well im american 14 years old and  agree with you that this is beautiful

[CasperTvrnello]

Vackert!

[xxsugarxarteryxx]

sounds awesome! love the sound of uilleann pipes! btw, he looks like captain picard, no? lol

[endgame999]

makes me proud to be 100% born bred and raised irish. pisses me off americans whos great great great grandads sisters friend once had a dog that he bought of an irish man.. nah

[sandrock772]

@endgame999

that's funny, my great great great grandad's sister's friend once had a dog that he bought of an irishman.

[khasab]

@sandrock772 That's odd because my great great great grandmother's father once sold a dog to an american woman.

[KatharsisWorks]

in my opinion it sounds quite simply. Try to imagine this track as notes...

[seanobrien321]

@KatharsisWorks I doubt thats simple!

[galamexa789]

i can't believe someone actually disliked this video.

[apologeticsman]

bagpiping is kind of like horse racing, the Jockey or player is really just there to operate the horse/bagpipe.. it is the pipes themselves that are the star

[seanobrien321]

@apologeticsman not bagpipes mate!

[spectrum99122]

what a beautiful sound. First heard it on an old Planxty album, fantastic.