my grandpa would understand scotts gael since he know irish gael and from mexico since his mom is from southern ireland as his frist language and second the tribe huichol and third spanish
I have no idea what this talented and gorgeous lass Karen is singing about, but she has my heart won just with her approach and classic looks. "whoop". :-)
What a classic in Gaelic song!!! It truly depicts the journey and experience of the Gaelic language as well as the Celts as a whole!! God Bless you Murdo MacFarlane, you make us so proud to be Scottish, we have to be stubborn and fight for Gaelic!! There's no two ways about it!!
The land of my ancestors calls to me. I cannot even begin to tell you how deep this music resonates within me.
It looks like I have been tasked with learning Gaelic. I know this song has a Y/T entry with the English translation but I owe it to my ancestors to learn it "old school."
This is great. This is the first time I have seen or heard Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh with Karen Matheson...love em both! Does anyone know the name of the cellist here? I have seen him before and like his playing a lot! Well done mates.
For so long we were the Secret People, our language and customs ruthlessly persecuted. Now this has lifted to a certain extent, the biggest threat is the US/Anglicisation of our young via technology. Most of them can name the last 3 winners of Xfactor but not their grandmothers maiden name. Learn it yourself then teach them! Use the technology for the growth of our Gaelic/Celtic cultures. Given what we survived in the past, don't let it die through laziness! ..gan teanga, ..gan anam!
Szesskhao, i am french and I speak Catala. I understand your point very well...but by speaking english you are taking part to that phenomenon. In some centuries, english will be the only language spoken in the world... Espero que estas capaz de hablar otras idiomas amigo :) un saludo desde Francia, sigue defiendo tu cultura y tu idioma !!
No seas negativo hombre! tengo un monton de amigos jovenes gallegos que hablan gallego (y lo pasan mal si estan fuera do pais y no tienen con quien hablarlo!) Mientras, hacen jornadas poeticas, dan clases en universidades de fuera de Galicia, etc. además en galicia teneis grandes músicos que componen en gallego... Mucha suerte, y ya verás como sobrevive!
Hello from Spain! More exactly from Galicia, in the Northwest of the country. I would like to explain to you that Galician language, although it's a romance one as Spanish, is in serious danger because here everybody can speak Cervante's language but not the same happens with the other. People found more useful Spanish, so they reject the words of their ancestors. The policy of the Autonomical Government isn't enough and it doesn't seem worried about that. Young people don't care neither :-C
@changolini just to be specific, Karen sings in Gaidhlig, which is Scottish. Gaelige is the language of Ireland. They are both very similar but quite different (especially in written form). I just don't want you to get confused :)
@changolini Celts were not one people. The Celts were spread all over Europa. Julius Caesar I think it was Nothren what is now France, killed boat loads of Celts. In other words there were a bunch of Celts with different regional dialicts.
@hoppyhayes VERY VERY TRUE we as celtic people bless you we have had many lies about our tribes being in europe and being genocided. they started with the cilipine gatali , then the helveti's and the gauls next, till they killed most and ran our few living in to the isles with the other tribes .The way they where easy to hide it was like america with veit nam and a few other conflicts, IT was called a police action and a war was NEVER declaired aginst the celtic people , a hidden intent
In the past they were much more widespread, ranging all across northwest europe, now they are limited to the fringes of britain, ireland and france.
However, the celtic languages mainland europe were wiped out. Breton is a descendant of a british language, now spoken in brittany, in northwest france
Karen Matheson is singer of the scottish band "Capercaillie" since 1984. This band has recorded nearly 20 cds since than. The half of the songs is in english, the other half in scotish gaelic. So where is the problem?
This lady records in english and gaelic, and the gaelic songs are all translated. You can find the english lyrics in music labels and online shops - if you search for! This was my way to this language, I got these lyrics here in less then 2 hours.....
The gaelic Ireland and Scotland together in a proud and patriotic traditional, sung by two beautiful lassies and guided by some of the best musicians of the gaelic world. This is music from the heart....... Kate is awesome!
Druids from around the world need your support in preserving our ancient Indo European Heritage and Traditions. Dear born again Pagan Celts you are welcome to help save the Hill of Tara's Royal Grove from the M3 by sending a protest letter to UNESCO at - Europe and North America Unit, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07SP, France. Sincerely we all want to thank you for investing your time regarding this urgent situation.
Maybe not "in love", but "in lust", for sure. I'm a photographer, and I think it'd be hard to take a bad pic of her face. Those cheek bones, and that jaw line, beautiful eyes... well, I could go on and on.
I'd sit at her feet for a long time just to take pictures and hear her sing.
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Great voice as heard on 40 shades of Green with Roseanne Cash WHY does she not record in English. I was born in Scotland but have'nt a clue what she is singing about.
@elvisrule aye agree if it your singin in your language is leave it alone i wish i could speak it but a cannie was never taught galic instead i was taugh (english) and im not being racist in anyway im just scottisth and id love to learn my own l language
@delreb Try Comunn Luchd Ionnsachaidh (CLI) in Inverness. They have distance learning stuff and contacts all over Scotland. I was 28 before I found out my Grandad actually spoke it at all - when I started learning! So go for it - It is no more difficult than learning a european language.
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My comment was regarding someone with such a beautiful voice not recording in English. Gaelic is spoken by less than 1% of the people of Scotland. Therefore 99% have not a clue what she isd singing about.
i'm not even from scotland and i disagree. yeah i wish i could understand it, but i love the sound of the language anyway and it would be a shame for these songs to be lost just because everyone wants them in english
I had the same problem some weeks ago: What are she singing about? Please click at the Dan Ar Braz video: Language of the Gaels with Lyrics..... stunning english lyrics.
hi, thanks so much for directing me to that vid. i would like to learn this language at some point, ever since i was on the isle of mull i've loved this language and the culture
Because less than 1% of the worlds population speak Gaelic is the reason it needs to be sung in Gaelic. Gaelic must be kept alive. I am not saying that we need to speak it on a daily basis, and Governnment forms don't need to be printed in Gaelic. Music can keep this language alive. Besides that it has a haunting beautiful sound that cannot be attained in English. I don't speak French or German either; but there are some songs that just sound right in French or German or Spanish for that matter
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Winchester It is NOT 1% of the worlds population it is less than 1% of SCOTLAND's population.. Lovely voice with a commercial sell in English. Keep Gaelic alive for the few who go to her concerts but still record in English.
Cànan nan Gàidheal Cha b' e sneachda 'san reòthadh bho thuath Cha b'e crannadh geur fuar bho'n ear Cha b'e uisge 'san gailleon bho'n iar Ach an galair a blen bho'n deas Blàth, duilleach stoc agus freumh Cànan mo threubh 's mo shluaidh. Séist Thig thugainn, thig co-rium gu siar Gus an cluinn sinn ann cànan nam Féinn Thig thugainn, thig co-rium gu siar Gus an cluinn sinn ann cànan nan Gàidheal
No it wasn't the Germans, the Irish and the Scottish both had "Wicker men" and so did the British Celts but as I said it wasn't often that they held such massive sarcifices, something horrid would have to happen for them to turn to doing that!
The foreign Middle Eastern religion Christianity and their doctrine which is anti Indo European, does not represent the nomadic Pagan Celts from around the world. The Hill of Taras Royal Grove is asking all Druids from around the world to unite together against the Middle Eastern Christian extremists who wish to bring harm to the citizens of ancient Gaul, which is the Unification of the EU. Sincerely the Druid's Brehon Laws
as an Irishman living in Alba, where can i learn the Gaelic. I walk every weekend in your mountains and want to be able to call them as they should be:"Sgurr dearrg" or ""Ben More Coigneach"!
Let's enjoy the music and fight only the battles that need to be fought today.
History is more complex than "good guys v. bad guys." You'll find something reprehensible in every culture, past and present. "Good guys" can go bad; bad guys can sometimes redeem themselves. I wouldn't write off the Romans or the Celts.
I've just read many of the comments on this video and many mention the roman/celt confrontation.
BUT in this song, that enemy/plague coming from the south..."to blight blossom, leaf, stalk and root the language of my people and my race" is NOT the roman empire, BUT the english language and its carriers.
Interesting how Karen Matheson adds a quick wolf bark at just the right spot/timing within the songs that she sings, when I hear it it makes me believe that she has strong instincts on the right time to bark. . .Great Video!
please view my celtic channel for music modern and traditional of celtic artists, history, culture, tv ,film, tourism and languages from all the celtic countries. enjoy :)
Karen Matehson is for me the best female singer of our time.
God bless her. Thanks to her and artists like Donnie Munro, Runrig and Arthur Cormack the Scottish Gaelidc language will stay alive. It is such a beautiful language. Moran taing.
Agree she is wonderful, I grew up in the same area as her, but have you ever heard Catherine Anne Mac Phee. Her version of this song and An ataireachd ard, my grandfathers song, are truely amazing. its really nice to see such an interest in my language in Germany. I was amazed to see you can study gaelic in Bonn.
a lot of the artists you mentioned fuse rock with gaelic, and are therefore the most famous. however, i believe we should also suport the traditional side of it and i recommend you have a listen to people like ruaidhridh campbell, norrie maciver and darren maclean to get the reel tradition
Regarding Karen Matheson nothing needs to be said, she is masterful. Nice work here by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. Vocal and fiddle, sort of a Celtic Alison Krauss. Awesome.
We once too spake a language called Gaulish (not Gallo or Gaelic), but unfortunately, there are only faint Celtic echoes in our language of West-Flemish.
Since my English book in school displayed the Celts as a vanished people (It did not point out who did it. Hm, I wonder why?) I was filled for years with a sadness of this once so huge people having disappeared. Years later I learned that some Celts still exist, but that their language(s) have died (Cornish, Welsh, Scottish) and the last remnants slowly die too.
Man I am so happy to realise, that during the last two decades the Celtic heritage revives!
Most Europe has a Celtic heritage and Celtic ancestry, from Portugal to Eastern Europe. There was never a united people in the political sense but a myriad of tribes with a common culture and way of life as opposed to the Roman (evil) one.
Tholomaios, the Celts didn't die out. They just mixed and dispersed throughout the world. And there's still pure pockets in Ireland and Northern Scotland.
The Romans painted a bad picture of the evil barbarian Celts. In fact, recent evidence suggests the Celts had the wheel before the Romans and were far more cultured than the victors, who always write history.
Some examples. If a Roman mother didn't want her newborn child it was within her rights to toss it on a dump for unwanted children. The Celtic laws made it compulsory for the young, orphans, the aged, the sick and disabled to be looked after.
While the Romans held women in contempt the Celts allowed women to seek a divorce. Women could become leaders of war a thing unknown with the uncouth Romans.
If you have access to Mozilla Firefox Stumble Upon videos look up "Barbarians - The Primitive Celts". It lasts one hour and brings up most of the points re. the Celts and Romans.
It will amaze you as to the culture and organisation of the European Celts, who eventually found their way to Britain.
No wonder the descendants of the Irish and Scots produce so many brilliant individuals throughout the world. The Celts were truly the Chosen Ones.
Hi nacho1560! Well, as you can see from my comment I already know the Celts have survived in those spots you mentioned. That the Celts have mixed wherever other peoples invaded I have also concluded long ago. For instance I have talked with a friend interested in history about the Bavarians being most likely Celts in accordance to their genome although they speak German and consider themselves to be Germanic now.
I doubt most people would sympathise with the Celtic moral codes more than with the Roman ones would they know them in full. For instance had Celts homosexuality being punished with death (as far as I know).
But that is altogether another issue: The examples you give prove, the Celts have been "just". But that is a moral category and might only prove them to have had rules closer to ethical convictions in today's Europe!
But "civilization" in terms of historical science does not judge the ethical convictions of peoples of the past (or at least it shouldn't). The level of civilization I judged upon how sophisticated technology, administration, law, religion etc. was.
Here the Celts clearly lose against Greeks, Romans etc., as do all "barbarians". Yes, the barbarians weren't as half savage as the self declared civilised peoples painted them, but it clearly wasn't Slavs, Germanics nor Celts to build aqueducts etc.
I'm more concerned about the ethical laws and morals of the people who lived then than the building of aqueducts, etc.
To me a people who care about the weaker members of their society are more worthy of respect than the powerful Roman Empire that despised women and ignored their poor.
The victors write history. The Celtic priests are called barbaric for practicing human sacrifice. Yet what was the Roman equivalent, feeding Christians to lions? Or gladiators dying for sport?
It is a problem that in our daily language "civilised" means as well "technically advanced" as "morally non savage". In accordance to historical science it's only the first in accordance to Ethics it's only the latter.
Your statement that you judge peoples in accordance to their ethical, moral and legal system (which means you judge their system by yours) means, you judge them by ethical categories.
I do a lot of talk about ethics, but when dealing with ancient history I usually don't.
I'm not trained in historical science, Tholomaios. I'm just giving my opinions. I'd rather have lived under the Celtic laws and way of life than the Roman one.
Celtic trade routes were far superior to Roman ones, and they had hundreds of gold mines. One of the reasons a bankrupt Caeser craved their lands and their wealth.
Maybe, that's how one should have put it right away.
By the way, I am just watching the film you recommended to me. I'm just the half way through an d I like it a lot. Indeed it confirms the picture of Indo-Europeans that I already have for a certain time: the barbarian Europeans were way more civilized (concerning technology) than we thought. They had roads, huge temples, ships etc. We only didn't know because it was all wooden and has mostly rotten long ago!
Thankyou!!! Someone who likes the "underdog" races for once. Its always Rome this and Rome that....well ROME SUCKED when it ruled every damn thing they touched.
I don't know, orgueluse, maybe I'm just going along with the popular view that the Druids, the priests of the Celts, sacrificed humans to appease the Gods.
Yeah, but as it's the victors who wrote History, that might just be propaganda. We know so little about the Celts actually, because they didn't keep written records (preferred to transmit knowledge orally). Maybe they were the ones who were civilised, and the Romans were the true barbarians.
If you have access to Mozilla Firefox Stumble Upon videos look up "Barbarians - The Primitive Celts". It lasts one hour and brings up most of the points re. the Celts and Romans. It agrees with what you're saying.
Fair comment Tholo. No doubt they had bad laws as well but the looking after children instead of throwing them live onto a dumping ground shows a more civilised legal system than the Romans. Not taking sides here but homosexuality is also prohibited in the bible.
A lot of Scots, whether they have any Celtic blood or not, would claim to be Celts first and foremost and not British. Interesting that it's the opposite in Bavaria.
@Ringsafe 1, Also very well said.
Beautiful voice Karen, keep singing.
AtlanticCross1 2 months ago
0:14 :)
Karlderron 2 months ago
Please tell me, what is this 'legendary Series'? Want to know more!!
tdbsnr 2 months ago
When Scot or Irish or Welsh do sing a melody in their own tongue the birds of heaven take note.
ringsafe1 3 months ago 4
@ringsafe1 Very well said sir.
ralphyboy25 3 months ago
Caren - I love you since the90s when I discovered Caperceillie!!!
camposi 3 months ago
Beautiful voice. Beautiful music. Enough said.
327409427 4 months ago
my grandpa would understand scotts gael since he know irish gael and from mexico since his mom is from southern ireland as his frist language and second the tribe huichol and third spanish
changolini 4 months ago
I love gaelic and can even speak it a little, but it's a bitch to learn to spell lol
IwishmynamewasEzio 5 months ago 3
@IwishmynamewasEzio Well, but is´s one of the most beautiful languages I know!
19clown69 4 months ago in playlist Gaelic song
The gaels are still here - I live Karens voice and just they way that she does it - very hard to beat - Gerry - Dublin
SPAREPARTSCENTRE 6 months ago
There's a Donegal influence there
jakesprake 6 months ago
@jakesprake
True, but in which direction? You do know that Donegal is Dun na nGall? Fort of the Foreigners???
I suspect our county is the Irish home of the Highlanders, the Gallowglass & all that they brought (back?) here!
A Donegal "Highland" tune, is in fact a "Strathspey" I'm told!
DonegalRaymie201 3 months ago
amzing voice type "karantez vro" by veronique autret
chrisbreizh29 6 months ago
ireland.Scotland,Wales,Isle of Man,Cornish,and Bretons.6 Natrions are we all Gaelic and Feree.
billyhunchback 6 months ago 4
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First verse:
It wasn't the snow of frost from the north
It wasn't the cold snap from the east
It wasn't the rain or gale from the west
But the disease which has blanched from the south
The blossom, foliage, stem and roots
Of the language of my race and people.
I love it.
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gimmespam9 6 months ago
as Runrig describe it .. tis the tongue of angels :)
weeabi1 7 months ago 4
@weeabi1 An Honourary Irish Woman.Sheer Class.
billyhunchback 5 months ago
FABULOUS <3.
IRISHVERO 9 months ago
4 Jamaicans have said: Dis I like!
Honeysucklebommie 10 months ago
I have no idea what this talented and gorgeous lass Karen is singing about, but she has my heart won just with her approach and classic looks. "whoop". :-)
Honeysucklebommie 10 months ago 2
Can anyone translate this?
kifferd 10 months ago
@kifferd I cant post the link it wont let me; just type in Canan Nan Gaidheal english translation.
Honeysucklebommie 10 months ago
@kifferd search this song by Dan Ar Braz, it has subtitles
livivication 10 months ago
this is nothing less than fantastic.
northertnivorycoast1 1 year ago 4
Anywhere to download her songs???
DespotStefanVisoki 1 year ago
Is breagh liom an Gaedhilge agus an Gaidhlic. Alba agus Eire le cheile go deoidh na ndeor.
Londubh1 1 year ago 3
What a classic in Gaelic song!!! It truly depicts the journey and experience of the Gaelic language as well as the Celts as a whole!! God Bless you Murdo MacFarlane, you make us so proud to be Scottish, we have to be stubborn and fight for Gaelic!! There's no two ways about it!!
Albainn1 1 year ago 2
The land of my ancestors calls to me. I cannot even begin to tell you how deep this music resonates within me.
It looks like I have been tasked with learning Gaelic. I know this song has a Y/T entry with the English translation but I owe it to my ancestors to learn it "old school."
And what a beautiful voice she has!
freedumb2003 1 year ago
yay for this song and his meaning :-)
RobroyMayo 1 year ago
Superbe langue gaélique superbe chanson
nufnuf13 1 year ago
I just can't get enough!!!!!!!!!!!
EinfarchesLeben 1 year ago
I normally listen to Irish Gaelic music, but I love this song!
I've noticed that Scottish Gaelic is more, I dunno, harsh and guttural than Irish, but it's still one of the most beautiful languages, in my book!
mashmusic11235 1 year ago 2
@mashmusic11235 This song really doesnt need to be gentle though :)
TubaGlider2 1 year ago
@mashmusic11235 yes its due to the norse influences although old irish is very much in tone to scottish gaelic in the pronunciation and spelling.
seonidh 1 year ago
@LAVEYRONNAIS and to others...
...the language is important but....
...the more important thing is what beats in our hearts
...la chose plus importante c'est ce qui bat dans nos coeurs
RobroyMayo 1 year ago 2
@RobroyMayo Moi je suis Ecossais et j'aime bien cette chanson. Jeff
jeflossie 1 year ago
Tir gan teanga, tir gan anam. Greetings from Suomi
hamalhel 1 year ago
@hamalhel As Gaeilge, Tígan teanga, tír gan ainm. :) Oiche maith agat.
miselemass 1 year ago
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@hamalhel As Gaeilge, tír gan teanga, tir gan ainm. Oiche maith agat
miselemass 1 year ago
my favorite song
klarainvest1 1 year ago
This is great. This is the first time I have seen or heard Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh with Karen Matheson...love em both! Does anyone know the name of the cellist here? I have seen him before and like his playing a lot! Well done mates.
ZedekZadik 1 year ago
Awesome! I loved this sessions! Thanks to youtube and your upload I can enjoy them!
It's a pity that many languages are getting lost. I wish I could have known the one of my land (Cantabria) meanwhile, I support these other ones!
Alba gu bráth!
MaireCeann 1 year ago
I'd love to hear who this band is also. Of course, I love the vocals/singer. Grand indeed! Just lookin' for some more on the band lads and lass.
portlandjohn8 1 year ago
For so long we were the Secret People, our language and customs ruthlessly persecuted. Now this has lifted to a certain extent, the biggest threat is the US/Anglicisation of our young via technology. Most of them can name the last 3 winners of Xfactor but not their grandmothers maiden name. Learn it yourself then teach them! Use the technology for the growth of our Gaelic/Celtic cultures. Given what we survived in the past, don't let it die through laziness! ..gan teanga, ..gan anam!
ShaneAnDiomais 1 year ago
siuthad a nise,seinn am fear ud aon uair eile mus fhalabh mi nam laidhe chon a spiorais............
ninodelbayble 1 year ago
Szesskhao, i am french and I speak Catala. I understand your point very well...but by speaking english you are taking part to that phenomenon. In some centuries, english will be the only language spoken in the world... Espero que estas capaz de hablar otras idiomas amigo :) un saludo desde Francia, sigue defiendo tu cultura y tu idioma !!
LAVEYRONNAIS 1 year ago
I'm from Greece, and I wish I could speak your language! If only! :(
Morequende 2 years ago
I wish I could speak yours!! :D
LaSeuleEtoile 2 years ago
Can you allow that a language everybody can talk perfectly if they want dies because it's a politics'weapon used to Galicians fight each to others?
szesskhao 2 years ago
@szesskhao
No seas negativo hombre! tengo un monton de amigos jovenes gallegos que hablan gallego (y lo pasan mal si estan fuera do pais y no tienen con quien hablarlo!) Mientras, hacen jornadas poeticas, dan clases en universidades de fuera de Galicia, etc. además en galicia teneis grandes músicos que componen en gallego... Mucha suerte, y ya verás como sobrevive!
MaireCeann 1 year ago
@MaireCeann
Thank you very much, honestly. I feel deeply moved on your words. I wish you're right.
szesskhao 1 year ago
Hello from Spain! More exactly from Galicia, in the Northwest of the country. I would like to explain to you that Galician language, although it's a romance one as Spanish, is in serious danger because here everybody can speak Cervante's language but not the same happens with the other. People found more useful Spanish, so they reject the words of their ancestors. The policy of the Autonomical Government isn't enough and it doesn't seem worried about that. Young people don't care neither :-C
szesskhao 2 years ago
I too I had a full working knowledge of my language. Alba Go Bragh
scotia1946 2 years ago
fabulous wish i could speak my own language....:((
glamereena 2 years ago 29
I totally agree. Deprived of my heritage. :(((((
scotia1946 2 years ago 2
@glamereena u could learn by using some gaelige learning stuff it help me alot wen i went to my grandfathers father home town in ireland
changolini 1 year ago
@changolini just to be specific, Karen sings in Gaidhlig, which is Scottish. Gaelige is the language of Ireland. They are both very similar but quite different (especially in written form). I just don't want you to get confused :)
ainefidileir 9 months ago
@ainefidileir man how many celtic languages r there?
changolini 9 months ago
@changolini Celts were not one people. The Celts were spread all over Europa. Julius Caesar I think it was Nothren what is now France, killed boat loads of Celts. In other words there were a bunch of Celts with different regional dialicts.
hoppyhayes 8 months ago
@hoppyhayes true
changolini 8 months ago
@hoppyhayes VERY VERY TRUE we as celtic people bless you we have had many lies about our tribes being in europe and being genocided. they started with the cilipine gatali , then the helveti's and the gauls next, till they killed most and ran our few living in to the isles with the other tribes .The way they where easy to hide it was like america with veit nam and a few other conflicts, IT was called a police action and a war was NEVER declaired aginst the celtic people , a hidden intent
dagnab1 8 months ago
@changolini Currently, 6. These are:
Breton (Brezhoneg)
Welsh (Cymraeg)
Irish (Gaelge)
Scottish (Gaidhlig)
Manx (Gaelg)
Cornish (Kernewek)
In the past they were much more widespread, ranging all across northwest europe, now they are limited to the fringes of britain, ireland and france.
However, the celtic languages mainland europe were wiped out. Breton is a descendant of a british language, now spoken in brittany, in northwest france
poloniumandrats 8 months ago
@poloniumandrats ive heard manx before
changolini 8 months ago
Is it Donal Lunny playing the bouzouki ?
yunkah95 2 years ago
@yunkah95
Yes
billcody27 2 years ago
if you want to see the words of this song copy and paste..........^
Dan Ar Braz - Language of the Gaels with lyrics
ahumanfly1975 2 years ago
Magique magique magique........
ledanois76 2 years ago
Rydym ni'n teimlo yr yn ffordd ynglyn a'r Gymraeg -- yn gobeithio cadw heniaith mewn perygl o ddiflannu.
(We feel the same way about Welsh -- hoping to keep an old language in danger of disappearing.)
Evan Owen
CantwrCymreig 2 years ago 11
scottish gaelic is in more danger, it is 50,000 speakers and welsh has 700,000 speakers but still welsh is in some threat
SuperAbraham1234 2 years ago 2
Thanks.
LanguageLuo 2 years ago
Fabulous! I wish the lyrics also appeared in the video so that I may be able to repeat the words and finally sing the song.
LanguageLuo 2 years ago 2
Check out the version by Dan Ar Braz on Youtube
- this has the lyrics. You'll also find them if you do a Google search.
Enjoy!
soneroc 2 years ago
I keep on clicking on this video. The music and the voices are perfection!
Thank you for posting it! :-)
BoudiccaBlanc 2 years ago 4
@DerekMoncur:
Karen Matheson is singer of the scottish band "Capercaillie" since 1984. This band has recorded nearly 20 cds since than. The half of the songs is in english, the other half in scotish gaelic. So where is the problem?
This lady records in english and gaelic, and the gaelic songs are all translated. You can find the english lyrics in music labels and online shops - if you search for! This was my way to this language, I got these lyrics here in less then 2 hours.....
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What album is this on? It is beautiful.
winchester18862003 2 years ago
The best of two worlds:
The gaelic Ireland and Scotland together in a proud and patriotic traditional, sung by two beautiful lassies and guided by some of the best musicians of the gaelic world. This is music from the heart....... Kate is awesome!
billcody27 2 years ago 3
shes from taynult argyll
JAKWIK 2 years ago
She's beautiful, as I've mentioned before, and sings like an angel, but I'd watch this and her others just for the "Woo".
buttonpuncher 2 years ago
very beautiful. aahh.
sergaan 2 years ago
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Today at The Hill of Taras Royal Grove,
Druids from around the world need your support in preserving our ancient Indo European Heritage and Traditions. Dear born again Pagan Celts you are welcome to help save the Hill of Tara's Royal Grove from the M3 by sending a protest letter to UNESCO at - Europe and North America Unit, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO, 7 place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07SP, France. Sincerely we all want to thank you for investing your time regarding this urgent situation.
MagicTellaVision 2 years ago
I'm in love
Munchhurdle 2 years ago 2
Maybe not "in love", but "in lust", for sure. I'm a photographer, and I think it'd be hard to take a bad pic of her face. Those cheek bones, and that jaw line, beautiful eyes... well, I could go on and on.
I'd sit at her feet for a long time just to take pictures and hear her sing.
buttonpuncher 2 years ago
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Great voice as heard on 40 shades of Green with Roseanne Cash WHY does she not record in English. I was born in Scotland but have'nt a clue what she is singing about.
DerekMoncur 2 years ago
Karen Matheson has songs in English, and many with Capercaille.
Why are you complaining about someone singing in their own language?
I think Gaelic is more fitting/beautiful for this type of music.
elvisrule 2 years ago 44
@elvisrule aye agree if it your singin in your language is leave it alone i wish i could speak it but a cannie was never taught galic instead i was taugh (english) and im not being racist in anyway im just scottisth and id love to learn my own l language
delreb 1 year ago 3
@delreb Try Comunn Luchd Ionnsachaidh (CLI) in Inverness. They have distance learning stuff and contacts all over Scotland. I was 28 before I found out my Grandad actually spoke it at all - when I started learning! So go for it - It is no more difficult than learning a european language.
Cheers
Aalanone 1 year ago 5
@elvisrule english is verrrryy gay
changolini 1 year ago
@elvisrule I prefer Gealic since I am not distracted by the meaning of the song then.
chrysopoeia321 3 months ago
for goodness' sake there are so many resources around you for learning Gaidhlig!
Just give it a go.
ainefidileir 2 years ago
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My comment was regarding someone with such a beautiful voice not recording in English. Gaelic is spoken by less than 1% of the people of Scotland. Therefore 99% have not a clue what she isd singing about.
DerekMoncur 2 years ago
i'm not even from scotland and i disagree. yeah i wish i could understand it, but i love the sound of the language anyway and it would be a shame for these songs to be lost just because everyone wants them in english
minicolster 2 years ago 4
@minicolster:
I had the same problem some weeks ago: What are she singing about? Please click at the Dan Ar Braz video: Language of the Gaels with Lyrics..... stunning english lyrics.
billcody27 2 years ago
hi, thanks so much for directing me to that vid. i would like to learn this language at some point, ever since i was on the isle of mull i've loved this language and the culture
minicolster 2 years ago
Because less than 1% of the worlds population speak Gaelic is the reason it needs to be sung in Gaelic. Gaelic must be kept alive. I am not saying that we need to speak it on a daily basis, and Governnment forms don't need to be printed in Gaelic. Music can keep this language alive. Besides that it has a haunting beautiful sound that cannot be attained in English. I don't speak French or German either; but there are some songs that just sound right in French or German or Spanish for that matter
winchester18862003 2 years ago 4
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Winchester It is NOT 1% of the worlds population it is less than 1% of SCOTLAND's population.. Lovely voice with a commercial sell in English. Keep Gaelic alive for the few who go to her concerts but still record in English.
DerekMoncur 2 years ago
Not everthing is about commercial sales.
winchester18862003 2 years ago
If you admire her voice then respect the language! She speaks at least two, how many do you speak? lol Go hifreann leat! Ag fein truaillaithe...
thatfitzgeraldgirl 2 years ago 3
What language is this?
DevoutAckleist 2 years ago
Scottish Gaelic.
Panceltic6 2 years ago 3
just...perfect
Jessileal 2 years ago 2
Non seulement c'est une femme superbe mais elle chante à la perfection pour ce style de musique !
Merci tomtscotland.*****
Not only is a beautiful woman but she sings to perfection for this style of music!
Thank you tomtscotland .*****
glaoud 2 years ago 4
Bliss!....Slainte!
usergently 2 years ago 2
Suas e! Gle mhath!
mhicnanolc 2 years ago
zwierzchnik 2 years ago 3
TANG'***!!! WALA TALAGA AKONG MAINTINDIHAN PERO HANEEEEEPHHH SA GALING! HINDI KO MAPIGIL PANUURIN NG PAULITULIT!
Thank You tomscotland!
Kwago69 2 years ago
lovely tune!!
marguer1 2 years ago
um enough criminals would usually do it
singularitygirl 2 years ago
That violin duet rocked!
proggoth 2 years ago
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD...but I never get tired of listening to this. Thank You! (I'm from the Philippines)
Kwago69 2 years ago 4
I love that song, and both Karen and Mairesd are fabntastic singers.
Moran taing!
MartinaBC1963 2 years ago 3
Isn't the blonde in Altan?
toryvbaby 2 years ago
yes, her name is Máiréad.
IrelandsChild 2 years ago
See also the Dan Ar Braz arrangement
soneroc 2 years ago
robinhood48,
if you do a Google search for "Canan Nan Gaidheal", you'll find the lyrics along with
a translation into canann nan Gall
soneroc 2 years ago
No it wasn't the Germans, the Irish and the Scottish both had "Wicker men" and so did the British Celts but as I said it wasn't often that they held such massive sarcifices, something horrid would have to happen for them to turn to doing that!
Ealasaid17 2 years ago
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The foreign Middle Eastern religion Christianity and their doctrine which is anti Indo European, does not represent the nomadic Pagan Celts from around the world. The Hill of Taras Royal Grove is asking all Druids from around the world to unite together against the Middle Eastern Christian extremists who wish to bring harm to the citizens of ancient Gaul, which is the Unification of the EU. Sincerely the Druid's Brehon Laws
MagicTellaVision 2 years ago
Translation (part of it):
It wasn't the snow of frost from the north
It wasn't the cold snap from the east
It wasn't the rain or gale from the west
But the disease which has blanched from the south
The blossom, foliage, stem and roots
Of the language of my race and people
Come along and join us in the west
So that we will hear the language of the Gael
MartinaBC1963 2 years ago
cus beurla a-staigh seo
gordonmaloney0 2 years ago
as an Irishman living in Alba, where can i learn the Gaelic. I walk every weekend in your mountains and want to be able to call them as they should be:"Sgurr dearrg" or ""Ben More Coigneach"!
Where to start?
brother1ray 2 years ago 3
sorry i never responded to this. check out the courses sabhal mòr ostaig run through the summer.
gordonmaloney0 2 years ago
Thank you kindly Mo Chara. I shall!
brother1ray 2 years ago
I feel this is something precious. But I do not understand the lyrics.
Anyone here to translate?
robinhood48 2 years ago
Let's enjoy the music and fight only the battles that need to be fought today.
History is more complex than "good guys v. bad guys." You'll find something reprehensible in every culture, past and present. "Good guys" can go bad; bad guys can sometimes redeem themselves. I wouldn't write off the Romans or the Celts.
cosette2193 2 years ago 6
Brilliant song and message indeed.
I've just read many of the comments on this video and many mention the roman/celt confrontation.
BUT in this song, that enemy/plague coming from the south..."to blight blossom, leaf, stalk and root the language of my people and my race" is NOT the roman empire, BUT the english language and its carriers.
RLMBTN 2 years ago
Interesting how Karen Matheson adds a quick wolf bark at just the right spot/timing within the songs that she sings, when I hear it it makes me believe that she has strong instincts on the right time to bark. . .Great Video!
duinnerfs 2 years ago
Danny Thompson - genius!
neacht 2 years ago 2
Celtic Music is geil
gammonheimer 3 years ago 2
What is this from? What event? What a fantastic combination, the best from Capercaille and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh .
rjkopp 3 years ago
Karen Matheson is beautiful. Long live the Gaelic language.
EastWindRain 3 years ago 3
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cosinbrother 3 years ago
Karen Matehson is for me the best female singer of our time.
God bless her. Thanks to her and artists like Donnie Munro, Runrig and Arthur Cormack the Scottish Gaelidc language will stay alive. It is such a beautiful language. Moran taing.
Martina (from Germany)
MartinaBC1963 3 years ago 3
Agree she is wonderful, I grew up in the same area as her, but have you ever heard Catherine Anne Mac Phee. Her version of this song and An ataireachd ard, my grandfathers song, are truely amazing. its really nice to see such an interest in my language in Germany. I was amazed to see you can study gaelic in Bonn.
eamonmmac 3 years ago
a lot of the artists you mentioned fuse rock with gaelic, and are therefore the most famous. however, i believe we should also suport the traditional side of it and i recommend you have a listen to people like ruaidhridh campbell, norrie maciver and darren maclean to get the reel tradition
daskarf 3 years ago
all I want to scream is... Alba gu braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaath!
alejandromatheson 3 years ago 3
Regarding Karen Matheson nothing needs to be said, she is masterful. Nice work here by Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh. Vocal and fiddle, sort of a Celtic Alison Krauss. Awesome.
btex99 3 years ago 3
listen to this lovely song,and cut out the history lessons.historians should have their own websites. oidhche mhath.......
ninodelbayble 3 years ago 4
Truly lovely.
Rossdhu16 3 years ago 2
Tha seo ceòl gle mhath. Tapadh leibh!
kakoen 3 years ago 3
an cuala sibh riamh cathy ann ga sheinn? tha i cuideachd uamhasach math air
daskarf 3 years ago
càit an cluinneadh?
gordonmaloney0 2 years ago
"Cànan nan Gàidheal" bho 1984. ach 's urrainn dhut ga fhaighinn air CD cuideachd
daskarf 2 years ago
Boahhhhh, I love Karen!
camposi 3 years ago
um
I'm a brunette.
And we're far from just Irish, sorry. I'm Scottish and Manx thank you.
tressa13 3 years ago
who said ghailig was dead?
martyskene 3 years ago
glé shnog :)
animalunaris 3 years ago
splendid
thovoll 3 years ago
this song is truely fantastic, especially the meaning behind the words.
AskSOmeoneelse 3 years ago
We once too spake a language called Gaulish (not Gallo or Gaelic), but unfortunately, there are only faint Celtic echoes in our language of West-Flemish.
kerstmanneke82 3 years ago
Since my English book in school displayed the Celts as a vanished people (It did not point out who did it. Hm, I wonder why?) I was filled for years with a sadness of this once so huge people having disappeared. Years later I learned that some Celts still exist, but that their language(s) have died (Cornish, Welsh, Scottish) and the last remnants slowly die too.
Man I am so happy to realise, that during the last two decades the Celtic heritage revives!
Go on Celts, drop the foreign tongues!
Tholomaios 3 years ago 5
Most Europe has a Celtic heritage and Celtic ancestry, from Portugal to Eastern Europe. There was never a united people in the political sense but a myriad of tribes with a common culture and way of life as opposed to the Roman (evil) one.
orgueluse 3 years ago 3
Tholomaios, the Celts didn't die out. They just mixed and dispersed throughout the world. And there's still pure pockets in Ireland and Northern Scotland.
The Romans painted a bad picture of the evil barbarian Celts. In fact, recent evidence suggests the Celts had the wheel before the Romans and were far more cultured than the victors, who always write history.
nacho1560 3 years ago
Some examples. If a Roman mother didn't want her newborn child it was within her rights to toss it on a dump for unwanted children. The Celtic laws made it compulsory for the young, orphans, the aged, the sick and disabled to be looked after.
While the Romans held women in contempt the Celts allowed women to seek a divorce. Women could become leaders of war a thing unknown with the uncouth Romans.
nacho1560 3 years ago
If you have access to Mozilla Firefox Stumble Upon videos look up "Barbarians - The Primitive Celts". It lasts one hour and brings up most of the points re. the Celts and Romans.
It will amaze you as to the culture and organisation of the European Celts, who eventually found their way to Britain.
No wonder the descendants of the Irish and Scots produce so many brilliant individuals throughout the world. The Celts were truly the Chosen Ones.
nacho1560 3 years ago
Hi nacho1560! Well, as you can see from my comment I already know the Celts have survived in those spots you mentioned. That the Celts have mixed wherever other peoples invaded I have also concluded long ago. For instance I have talked with a friend interested in history about the Bavarians being most likely Celts in accordance to their genome although they speak German and consider themselves to be Germanic now.
Tholomaios 3 years ago
Concerning the Celts being "more civilised":
I doubt most people would sympathise with the Celtic moral codes more than with the Roman ones would they know them in full. For instance had Celts homosexuality being punished with death (as far as I know).
But that is altogether another issue: The examples you give prove, the Celts have been "just". But that is a moral category and might only prove them to have had rules closer to ethical convictions in today's Europe!
Tholomaios 3 years ago
But "civilization" in terms of historical science does not judge the ethical convictions of peoples of the past (or at least it shouldn't). The level of civilization I judged upon how sophisticated technology, administration, law, religion etc. was.
Here the Celts clearly lose against Greeks, Romans etc., as do all "barbarians". Yes, the barbarians weren't as half savage as the self declared civilised peoples painted them, but it clearly wasn't Slavs, Germanics nor Celts to build aqueducts etc.
Tholomaios 3 years ago
I'm more concerned about the ethical laws and morals of the people who lived then than the building of aqueducts, etc.
To me a people who care about the weaker members of their society are more worthy of respect than the powerful Roman Empire that despised women and ignored their poor.
The victors write history. The Celtic priests are called barbaric for practicing human sacrifice. Yet what was the Roman equivalent, feeding Christians to lions? Or gladiators dying for sport?
nacho1560 3 years ago
It is a problem that in our daily language "civilised" means as well "technically advanced" as "morally non savage". In accordance to historical science it's only the first in accordance to Ethics it's only the latter.
Your statement that you judge peoples in accordance to their ethical, moral and legal system (which means you judge their system by yours) means, you judge them by ethical categories.
I do a lot of talk about ethics, but when dealing with ancient history I usually don't.
Tholomaios 3 years ago
I'm not trained in historical science, Tholomaios. I'm just giving my opinions. I'd rather have lived under the Celtic laws and way of life than the Roman one.
Celtic trade routes were far superior to Roman ones, and they had hundreds of gold mines. One of the reasons a bankrupt Caeser craved their lands and their wealth.
nacho1560 3 years ago
Maybe, that's how one should have put it right away.
By the way, I am just watching the film you recommended to me. I'm just the half way through an d I like it a lot. Indeed it confirms the picture of Indo-Europeans that I already have for a certain time: the barbarian Europeans were way more civilized (concerning technology) than we thought. They had roads, huge temples, ships etc. We only didn't know because it was all wooden and has mostly rotten long ago!
Tholomaios 3 years ago
Thankyou!!! Someone who likes the "underdog" races for once. Its always Rome this and Rome that....well ROME SUCKED when it ruled every damn thing they touched.
Ealasaid17 3 years ago 4
damn right
daskarf 2 years ago
Where is the evidence that the Celts practiced human sacrifice?
orgueluse 2 years ago
I don't know, orgueluse, maybe I'm just going along with the popular view that the Druids, the priests of the Celts, sacrificed humans to appease the Gods.
nacho1560 2 years ago
Yeah, but as it's the victors who wrote History, that might just be propaganda. We know so little about the Celts actually, because they didn't keep written records (preferred to transmit knowledge orally). Maybe they were the ones who were civilised, and the Romans were the true barbarians.
orgueluse 2 years ago
If you have access to Mozilla Firefox Stumble Upon videos look up "Barbarians - The Primitive Celts". It lasts one hour and brings up most of the points re. the Celts and Romans. It agrees with what you're saying.
nacho1560 2 years ago
Thanks, I will check it out!
orgueluse 2 years ago
The Celts had "the Wicker Man" where they burnt animals and people in a big wicker made man :) It never happened to often though..or so I've heard.
Ealasaid17 2 years ago
Fair comment Tholo. No doubt they had bad laws as well but the looking after children instead of throwing them live onto a dumping ground shows a more civilised legal system than the Romans. Not taking sides here but homosexuality is also prohibited in the bible.
A lot of Scots, whether they have any Celtic blood or not, would claim to be Celts first and foremost and not British. Interesting that it's the opposite in Bavaria.
nacho1560 3 years ago
A voice of haunting beauty with emotion that captures the sadness and loss of a nation!
Abbaodin 3 years ago 5
koja super pesma
cocrcici 3 years ago
Tapadh leibh gu leòr, mo charaid (mar as àbhaist!) -- 's fheàrr leam a bhith ag éisdeachd ri òrain na Gàidhealdachd! Cùm a' Ghàidhlig beò!
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cosinbrother 3 years ago