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  • Beautiful!

  • Dubh in Gaeilge is black not dark as said in description. It would be Black Rose.

    Now if your wanting the word for dark it would be "dorcha"

    Source? - It's my mother tongue I can teach your own scholars Gaeilge. - Pádraig O'hÁinle

  • @MrJoshuaPadraig

    Róisín meaning "little rose"

    Rós just means Rose.

    Sláinte

    - Pádraig O'hÁinle

  • Your voice is Beautiful! :))))

  • sorry, the ladies name is kathleen largey, Irelands greatest singer.

  • This girl is ruining this song. Listen to Eileen largeys version,no comparsion.

  • Amazing music... Simply amazing... ^_^

    Faving it! :D

  • How do you spell pedant

  • the way this female sings this song is terrible, so many squiggles around each note that you can hardly follow the real melody. we here call that "overartistic", which means "ruined by too much effort". i only recognized it from the headline. listen to the dubliners´version to know what i mean.

  • Polish are arrogant, should we be greatful you have "a respect" for us, why would you not have respect? we don't need to be vocal about ourselves, learn our ways and save your praise Mr Polish man

  • @edMstaunton hi man, take a lesson from an alien speaker: you mean "grateful" don´t you?

  • A great version of this song. :)

    It's funny though, I've never seen the name Roisin translated into Rosaleen before... i've always just thought of it as...well...roisin. (if you get what i mean)

    Not a big fan of Sean Nós signing, but like this very much. :)

  • hehê_àNYÒnË_wånÑà_chât_wÍth_mÊ­_Í_fÉÈl_sÔ_lÓÑÈly_tÖÐÃy■

  • my name is roisin :)

  • Absolutely amazing...you have a gift, thank you for sharing it.

  • This is beautiful. The history behind it also a wonderful thing... Thank you, MollysIrishEyes

  • There's Brilliant and Fantastic but this if u dont mine me saying was

    Incredible! Just BANG ON THE BUTTON hugs from Ireland Deborah xoxo.

  • I had to comment here as well (I´ve posted about ten others always saying how much I love your country :D haha)

    I love Ireland! I wish to see you one day...

    Our countries have a similar history and I have a great respect for you. Serbs were slaves to the Otomans for more than 500 years and we got our freedom back not allowing at any point our language, culture or religion to be changed or forbidden by the barbarous Turks.

    You will be ONE country one day, too. :)))

    Greetings from Serbia!

  • My you have a beautiful voice!

    I see that you have the words posted. You don't, by chance, have the Gaelic lyrics written out phonetically, that you could post?

    Thanks for the recording!

  • i agree whole heartedly with you,The poles are a very brave people.

  • Tá guth álainn agat níos mó le do thoil mo bhuíochas leat

  • perfect voice lovely song

    

  • Please do a recording out in the fields and not in the recording studio. It sounds sterile.

  • First, you have a beautiful voice. Second, thank you for singing it in Irish and for posting the Irish lyrics. I've studied Irish and find that singing a language helps me understand it and speak it more intuitively - or here's to hoping!

  • My the gods bless you I'm full Irish and understand what u are talking about

  • Thanks for sharing this...this is simply beautiful.

  • Lovely rendition of beautiful song.

  • Fantastic video, song!!!^)))5*)/

    Olga/

  • Wow -- you have a marvelous voice! Beautiful!

  • wish there was a little less echo on this Beautiful Rendition

  • absolutely outstanding! very well done. i enjoyed this :)

  • The use of vibrato is non-traditional, but otherwise very nice. Thumbs up.

  • thank you so much for posting this on here. Ireland is so beautiful. I would love to visit there one day & see my Mother's homeland

  • my name is Roisin and i have always been picked on for having this name....but i am proud of it, i am scottish but im glad to have a bit of irish linked to me...does anyone know anything else about the history of the name roisin...also i have a twin called siobhan, do you know anything about her name please...

    you have a beautiful voice!!!!!

    :)

  • @Roisin93bun oooh snap! Is mise Róisín freisin. :D

    xxxx

  • @Roisin93bun ..Yea Roisin is a beautifull name...Roisin dubh ,was a kinda "FEMME FATALE" IF YA KNOW WAT I MEAN????But don't worry, as ya haven't reached that stage ,yet, HOPEFULLY, BUT I LOVE THAT NAME shrouded in mystery??Ancient Celtic MYSTERY

  • Brilliant! Beautifully done, so professional. I live in England, but most of the family is of irish origin, so I totally feel the roots. Beautiful language Gaelic, and you do it wonderfully in acapella. Acapella is hard to do, too!

  • You sing this song so beautifully!

  • you sing like an angel and look stunning - damn there's a very lucky 'other-half' somewhere out there!

  • Could you please please please post pronunciation of the lyrics? It's a such a beautiful song, I want so much to learn it.

  • álainn :)  . (beautiful)

  • Thanks for this.

  • I think you're skilled enough to go onto Britian's got talent!

  • Songs like this make me proud to be Irish, I miss Ireland....

  • nice video :)

  • This originally wasn't a song, but was actually a poem by James Mangan that was written after the Great Famine.

    Beautiful song, though.

  • Wonderful!

    I`d like to have this played( or sung), when they lay me down....

  • there's a pub in Boston called the Róisín Dubh. Now I know how to pronounce the name. Thanks!

  • erin go bragh this is most beautiful song. I love it

  • That was fantastic. I fell in love with this song when I first heard it on Voices of Celtic Women. You did a beautiful job with it and your voice was just amazing.

  • This girl has a fine voice and she sings with feeling.

  • how is singing this

  • I have been passing this along to friends on Facebook and the feedback has been amazing. You should do more Irish songs just like you did this one! I am truly floored. I am Irish and I have heard many good Irish singers and to sing in Gaelic is difficult. You did a fantastic job on this!

  • Thank you soooooooo much LaneyOfLimerick! This is a very special song to me. I haven't had much time to work on something new but I'm gonna try to put a new irish song up soon :)

  • @LaneyOfLimerick sorry now but the word you looking for it gaeilge not gaelic.

  • What an incredibly beautiful voice! I got goosebumps listening and had to play again. Why have we not heard before of Molly McColgan? You would blow any the competition on American Idol and Britain's Got Talent. A cd produced anywhere? So beautiful a voice that even the angels would weep!

  • What  a lovley song from a lovley lady just superb.

  • Beutiful,, looking for a girl with green eyes .....

  • can you post the lyrics phonetically please? i'd like to learn the song but don't know how to pronounce any of the lyrics. T_T so sad...

  • A wonderfull song

  • So I know the Scots and the Irish can never agree on who is best :P

    But as a Scot, I have a lot of respect for the people of the Emerald Isle....Scotland and Ireland's histories are similar as well and they share Gaelic as a language with dialects being the difference. Celtic culture, period, is a beautiful thing and something to be proud of if you have it!

  • thats it mate .very similiar ,very lil point in celtic people arguin

  • @xlaxpinguinax yEA ,WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON,,,But don't ya think, sometimes, that our dIvisions have been fabricated by DIVIDE N CONQUER POLICIES??????????????????????­????''

  • I was really touched by your words! Even if I am not scottish I have a Celtic heart and love your country, your culture and your music. Cheers Scotland!

  • @melschoeny It's an irish song, about Ireland yet your saying cheers scotland?

  • brings tears to my Dutch eyes too! Splendid!

  • I am a Polish man but I ve got a great respect for irish - very brave nation

    ireland and poland had a very similar history - a lot of blood for freedom...

    cheers ireland !!!

    cheers poland !!!

  • Interesting parallels you draw.....& quite true. I will be counting the "40 shades of green" on the Emerald Isle in May. I enjoyed Zakopane & Krakow last summer. Hi from Canada

  • @panpiotr888 ...Yes my friend, and there will be much more blood for freedom????but it is worth the pain.....? because finally, we are right%% aan when you're right, NOBODY CAN STEAL YOUR SOUL?? BUT THEY WILLTRY TO DEGRADE YOU, Label you, INDOCTRINATE YOU, FUCK YOU DOWN 'TILL YA NO LONGER CAN SEE THE GROUND????KNOW WAT I MEAN???

  • @panpiotr888 and who did poles fight against for their freedom?

  • @osjaikisa Assuming that you are genuine interested and not just being rude, might I as an Irishman point out that from the time of Jan Sobiewski (and probably long before) up to the Warsaw ghetto the Poles have done little else but fight for their and our freedom. The Polish War Memorial is a rather inadequate ackolwdgement of their WW11 contibution

  • @flanncada 1. Pay attention: I didn't asked about their contribution to something. I asked who did they fight. 2. "Our freedom"??? Whose "our" !? Taking into account that you are irish I dare assume that in your opinion poles fought for freedom of Ireland. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?!?!?. 3. And if you talk about their contribution in WW2 I can tell you: their fight for THEIR freedom lasted 3 weeks!!! Overrun by germans in 3 weeks! FACT!!!

    P.S. Not to mention somebody else's freedom!)))

  • @osjaikisa If you interested in the answer you could read some European history to learn of the continuous fight for freedom of the Polish Peoples against the Russians, Prussians, Ottomans and Nazis. If it wasn't for Jan Sobieski we might well be part of the Ottoman Empire. Anyone who fought against the Nazis fought for the rest of Europe and the polish struggle lasted beyond the initial defeat - a bit like the Irish! Pearse surrendered after 5 days. I'm only interested in the song

  • @panpiotr888 And irish have even greater respect for poles! You can notice that on construction sites across Ireland! )) Every time I went to toilets on different sites I had a great time reading the walls!)))

  • @panpiotr888 well, not quite.there are two important differeces:

    1) there was a time when poland did not exist as a state, and

    2) poland is the only state which exists/existed in two completely different areas.

    you live now where once was east prussia and where once was poland is now russia.

    so especially you should know and appreciate what it means to be dispelled. it is not only a polish misfortune

    greetings friederich

    (not a revanchist, so don´t try to discuss what i didn´t say)

  • This is a great tune. Spend most of my time finding some traditional ones. Long live the Flanagans and all the other Irish Clans!

  • brings a tear to these Irish eyes

  • makes me wanna run naked through the countryside

  • lol

  • Hmmm, i wish i could sing like this......

  • This is a beautiful song huh, and i wish i could hit those high notes too but anyways Im sure you sing good :)

  • My name is Rosaleen, and I was named after this poem. Now that I've heard this, I am very proud of my name.

  • Im an Englishman living in Dublin with my irish fiance, and until i met her, i was oblivious to anything Irish. Iam definitely learning a lot about the culture and especially the music and the people. The people are really friendly and i just love being here. Irish folk music is just so passionate and i love it, especially when it is sung by a beautiful voice like this. Long live Irish music.

  • Glad you love it here! :) As an irishman I personally have a love hate relationship with Ireland, Love the people, music, culture, friendliness and the craic but hate the weather!

  • too bad your own country treated us irish like shite for many years then

  • My great grandfather is 100% Irish. That make me one eighth little Irish bastard. Long live the Hailee family

  • Exceptional voice, a both moving and beautiful performancei

  • A lot of Irish or Scottish folk songs like this song remind me of old japanese folk songs. I think there is possibility that old Celtic tribes used to live in Old Japan. For example the legends of "Oisín" and"Urashima taro" are very much alike.

    The word"mac"(son) is like "mago"(grandchild). The reason why I love Celtic things may be from this.

    Bhí sé gohan deas. Go raith maith Arigato, a Mholly!

  • the irish have been through alot through the famine and England ruling us although im only 13 i love our irish culture and this woman sings this absoultely beautiful and im sure its better than any celtic version x my opinion and you have your own

  • gorgeous voice. beautiful song.

  • I'm actually writing a book about a girl named Roisin ^^

    Your voice is very beautiful and stunning!

  • this is actually my name

  • Thank you for posting this. My parents were Irish and the older I get the closer I am drawn to understanding my roots. There is so much art in Irish culture. Much pain and injustice. The emotion is touchable.

  • go raibh maith agat molly.

  • "... this is the kinda shite they feed Americans." You're right hollyboo... just like Celtic Woman.

  • this one is better than celtic woman

  • Hehe, you don't have to be Irish to feel the call of that beautiful island. I've been there for two weeks years ago, on a trip with my dad and sister and ever since I've been wanting to return. This song makes my heart fly high and I wish I could be in Ireland now.

    Beatifuly sung, absolutely stunning, sent chills up my spines and tears to my eyes.

  • I'm sorry, but i must correct you. Dubh is not dark. It's Black. But night video anyway.

  • You mistake literal translation for correct translation, which is almost the opposite of the truth. What is meant is black-haired, which, by the way, would be poetically ugly in English, and poetry without linguistic beauty is nonsense.

    It would be more laughable to translate this personification of Ireland as `little black rose´ than, say, `Fear gorm´ as blue man - even though that meaning is also there, implied in the poetry.

  • Yes, charles,it is black in literal Irish,as in the colour.But also used, especially in song and poetry, to mean dark - mood,sadness or just generally.Of course it is possible the woman in question was African,but she is really a metaphor for Ireland in most scholarly interpretations of this piece.

  • Oh cop on! Roisin Dubh means Black Little Rose, and was a common image used by poets to represent Ireland as a beautiful flower, or beautiful woman ( eg Thin Lizzy's 'Dark Rosaleen') shrouded in darkness under British rule, waiting for the light of freedom to shine on her so she could blossom again, blah blah blah. There were NO Africans knockin around Ireland in the 1500-1800's, so there is NO possibility this poem was about an African individual. Get a grip here, man!

  • wow, lovely song, I wishi could learn irsh gaelige someday :) i want to right few lyrics

    gra na'hPanama? ....love from Panama

  • i love panama lived in bouquete nr david for 6 months

  • wow, beautiful song and awesome singing!

  • Hi fair plat to you, If only more Irish language was tried by everyone it would be more acceptable it would be more popular , Ceist ?,why do Irish speakers expect everyone to be perfect speakers of the language No other language expects other people[ie non natives to be perfect in there teanga, so why o why some Irish, it surely puts a lot of us off, Rant over, have a nice day.

  • this is a beautiful song but the translation of the song is wrong !!!

    Roisin Dubh is translated from irish to english as " black rose " .

  • Please read the full info. It's in there :)

  • It really is amazing wish visit Ireland one day

  • beautiful !!

  • I think its a pity to talk about Dublin like that, its a lovely city and I don't think a tourist is in any more danger here than, say, Paris. So, no, things are not that bad over here by any stretch of the imagination. That said do give galway a look. Beautiful place.

  • just great! really

  • is there any place to download this?

  • go híontach . gan léitheaid

  • "Molly - Ta'tu go halainn - tu go hiontach:)

    "An rud a lionas an tsuil lionann se an croi"

    Slainte Molly;)

    Laz from Ireland!

  • What a fabulous voice!

  • Gorgeous! Reminds me of Cathy Ryan's Oro mo Bhaidin.

  • meh m,iddle name iz roisin!! :D

  • I'm blown away!

  • course they do lol Irish Gaelic

  • WOW!!

  • Ireland has there own language?

  • haha..

    yes.. older than english, and a number of european languages.

  • i'm shaking my head at you....

    really now......

  • Are you kidding, seriously?

    You've never heard of Irish?

    Good God.........

  • wow

  • Wow nice song and Pictures.

  • The song and the lady are both beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i plan to name my future daughter roisin after this song!

    its beautiful and haunting!

  • Such a voice and song!!!

  • I do believe this is the most beautiful song I have ever heard.

  • great song, love it makes me misss the old home

  • WOW THIS SONG IS SOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING.

  • amazing! im like 12% irish and i love it :)

  • Wonderful song

  • rivers flow

    the winding path

    round the slow shouldered mountains

    many rivers of turf

    an asphalt

    and time

    to a destination current

    and unamed

  • Nach iontach an amhran!!

    One of the few Irish poems/song that is better in the translation than in the original gaelic

  • omg! you sing this so beautifully!

  • so beautifully sung x my names roisin xx

  • Is iontach amhran!

    Is maith liom e!

  • great song, lass...great little diddy

  • Cheers Molly! This is a fine one...

  • I'd never head this before. Beautiful.

  • yes it was unbelievable i am like 80% irish love it

  • einfach fantastisch!!!!!!!!

  • Gle mhath. Gle, gle mhath.

  • Absolutely breathtaking. Loved Irish music even more after your beautiful performance.

  • I have to come back and listen to this every now and then. You do such an absolutely beautiful job on this, Molly. Simply beautiful.

  • Really? You sang this? Amazing!

  • Guth deas (ach chan minic a chluintear guth mar sin a ceol ar an tsean-nós) ach níl dfhuaimniú rómhaith, munach an trascríobh ar dheis ansin, cha dtuigfinn mórán dó. Déan do dhícheall le ceol mar a cheolas muitir na Gaeltachta...

  • I just loved it.I would love to know Gaelic, although the translation is great as meanings.Congratz and remember we are many in the world that love Eire and Celtic spirit.

    God bless you,Molly.

  • That was bloody beautiful.

    I got goose bumps quite a few times :)

  • You've killed me with your voice (in a good way!). I'm sitting here now in my room, completely speechless... that was amazing.

  • My goodness! Thank you so much for the wonderful compliment :)

  • This iS the most stunning version I have heard of Roisin Dubh , absolutely stunning !

    Thank you Molly.

  • LOL missing the point?

  • haha

  • Greetings from The Republic Of Singapore. It's a very lovely song.

  • Amhrain iontach caitheas a rá!!

  • Appreciate the translation. Maybe someday I'll put in the effort to learn more than the ten words of Gaelic that I have now. Eirinn Go Brach!!

  • i absolutely LOVE her voice :) ahhh . makes my day .

    i really knew what she was saying...

  • Oh my God! I knew your voice was awesome but this was Incredible! you'r absolutely amazing, I'd love to have the right words to describe my astonishment, but my english isnt enough good..

  • beautiful!

  • hey bravo irish ...i love you girl even i don't understand what it mean in this song !thank you for sharing !

  • beautiful! i'm your newest fan;)

  • Go-hiontach!

    Loved it!

    x

  • A Róisín, ná bíodh brón ort ná chás anois tá do phárdún ó'n Róimh agus ó'n bPápa agat tá na bráith re [Breagh Ri'ogh?]ag teacht thar sáile agus ag tríall thar muir 'S ni ceilfear fíon Spáinneach ar mo Róisín Dubh Tá grá agam i mo lár dhuit le blíain anois grá cráite, grá cásmhar, grá ciapaithe grá a d'fhág mé gan sláinte, gan rían, gan ruith [Ri'ogh?] is go bráth, bráth, gan aon fháil a leagadh ar mo Róisín Dubh _____________
  • Is thusa Rosi'n in do ceoil docas.

    Tabair liom duit and deoch ruad as ri'ogh Espanagna.

    Your are E'ireann in your dulcet song

    Permit me to bring you heart red wine from the Spanish King.

  • Hi

    Love your song. I am learning to play Mandolin and tried playing along as you sang. I am not sure of the key you sing in sounds like C sharp. Can you help me out?