Lisdoonvarna - Christy Moore

[kmcardle100]

Dundalk here... Not as impressive :)

[essenceidentity]

This song is simply about the Matchmaking festival in Lisdoonvarna. People travel from far distances in Europe to attend this Event. I Heard this song live last night acapella. He told us the Chorus and did the verses solo. Hearing an actual Irish fellow sing this live and intimate is truly transformational

[culzo89]

Tell you what, you can a fuckin unreal plate of sausage and mash in the restaurant shown at 4:02. It's across from the centra in Lisdoonvarna! :D

[kobweb999]

@culzo89 No centra in lisdoonvarna! Spar? Mace? The bar shown is Nellies/The Ravine.

[rorymcilroyfan911]

@clavery1234 im irish and i want a 32 county republic

[clavery1234]

Fuck up about this republicain shit yes im irish and i would like to have a united ireland, but at this moment in time Southern Ireland can just support its self. id rather drain england money than waste the euro. Think about it that way

[clavery1234]

@clavery1234 english money ^^^^

[MrPaulm1888]

Fantastic,Glasgow Bhoy thinks its great,photos and song, good together

[ninelivecat]

It's like San Jose got to there sometime

[brennan2185]

Kentucky here...what happened?...how'd I get too Lisdoonvarna?...too many Guinness'?...oh well I guess I'll see ya' in Galway then.

[awnie01]

thats like a kick up the Christy Moore as we say in Limerick!! :/

[lukabloom12]

the greatest song ever written?

[whelandj9]

aboi christy

[sainiabraham]

just had been to lisdoonvarna for a 5 day holidays... reallt good

[Ryanaldo96]

gearad keenan great man brilliant version of this song

[JackMan2540]

What a legend! Great song too :D

[khalikid07]

Scup the DUNDALK!!

[showaddy11]

christy moore might be a saint.ach yi kinow what saints do. they save the rest of us. thanks christy. i wll try and catch up

[zeppelin69able]

Saw Christy Moore at The Wexford Inn in Dublin in '82, awesome show.

[JoshFitzer]

how could 8 people dislike this song

[flopsy1997xfactor]

@JoshFitzer Ehhh?

[liverpool644]

there nt irish

[johnmonagh]

the craic's ninety at listoonvarna...bailéad gaeilge cuí



[JoshFitzer]

i taught the craic was 90 in the isle of man

[dertapsi]

Wirklich schön war dort 10 tage beruflich als Busfahrer ist nur halt von Deutschland sehr weit weg

[Blaubeerwald1]

I heard this song the first time while driving from Limerick  to Dublin. At Dublin Airport, I bought the record. :-)

[maryboi09]

funny thing is my name is mary o hara haha

[1997lolman]

mint song tis a classic

[flyremci]

christy moore gose where the fuck he likes

[alvinkel1]

Brillant!!:) :P

[dowling1981]

@alvinkel1 Trallagh?

[xxxhodeixxx]

jesus katie didnt realize this video had so many views!!!!!!

[kobweb999]

@xxxhodeixxx I know mon :P haha jaysus i put a serious amount of effort into those pics in fairness.. it deserved the 200,000 views!

[TheDirtyyoke]

@jimmy!! great effort luv, suits the song!!! b the jesus!!! haha up the irish!!!!

[EireannRebel]

last few choc ices anyone???

ha Great.......

[Shotcaller71]

Does anyone know where Christy moores version of the rocky road to dublin is ?

[asho421]

great song my lil cousin 1st time hearing dis song thaught he was saying o mister garda

o mister garda

mister

mister

mister

mister garda!

hahaha very funny !

[flyremci]

ive been in lisdoonvarna

[aoifeisdeadly]

im from lisdoonvarna!!!

[MrScooty101]

Could this song get any better?

[JohnSmith7033]

YOU CANT BATE A BIT A CHRISTY FUCKING MOORE HAAA?

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[decy2k11]

a song and a half!

[caolan4]

FUCKING CLASS

[MrCasual1986]

a cousin of mine goes pot-hole'n...

[gaikokugo1]

Wow, the famous tradition of Irish lyricism put on fine display by Christy Moore!

[harshanamanju]

he is so handsom and single but he is a father naneedj.info

[rorymullan]

bloking2003 you free stater WANKER. IRA...not the old freestater pricks, the good ones that kept up the fight

BRITS OUT OF IRELAND!

Great song.

[StonefieldJim4]

Yeh, great song, but wake up - the war's over. The nationalists lost. And that's coming from a republican.@rorymullan

[dkr56]

@StonefieldJim4 sorry, but you have no idea what you are talking about.

The nationalists lost, coming from a republican? First of all, republicanism is a branch of nationalism, so why are you making it out like you are not a nationalist?

Second point is, the Provos didn't lose, a believe they agrred to a ceasfire and the main parties met in the middle with a compromise. If they lost, then so did Collins and the rest of the old IRA in 1921...

[StonefieldJim4]

Capitulation to British imperialism is losing: Collins, de Valera, and the rest@dkr56. This is not a condemnation, but rather a sober assessment of the facts. Describing myself as a republican is not an expression of blind faith in 'the old ways' (which would, of course, contradict my remark about the war being over), but a statement of loyalty to the argument that the division of Ireland remains the fundamental problem.

[bloking2003]

westbelfast100 scum keep your ira shite and f off

[jasonf236]

@bloking2003 fuck you ya west brit wanker

[decy2k11]

@bloking2003 shut up u fool

[bloking2003]

westbelfast100 scum keep your ira shite and fuck off

[CaledoniaJMR]

Love Christy--always have!

[misbeahave]

I just discovered Christy Moore this year I love him he is great ,love to harmonize with him it sounds good when I do

[westbelfast100]

up the PIRA

[lyndastar01]

im dyin 2 go 2 lisdoonvarna, im in dublin so i better go next summer :) and join in the bands hahaha

[paddythejack]

ok people lisdoonvarna is jumpin wityh people music and craic so cmon the craic is mighty

[JohnnyKeo]

Hola to all in Lisdoonvarna,

from Johnny Keogh in Frigiliana

it's a long, long way from Clare to here,

but the sun's still shining and the water's clear,

the weather is great but if its music you seek,

then head down to Lisdoon, any day of the week...

Oh Lisdoonvarna..........

[smitty62108]

New York here

[makedon300]

I love Christi, nice Irish music...from Greece

[hartsty]

Does anyone not seemto know that the song is not about Lisdoonvarna match making but about a folk/rock festival that took place between 1978 and 1983?It wasn't in Lisdoon but in nearby Doolin which was less known at the time.I went there twice in 81 and 83 when Van Morisson and Galagher played there.It was wild enough and the last festival was marred by a lot of violence(which would never happen at sanitised Oxegen).It was chaotic enough and had little or no security.Great crack mind you.

[ShaiyaPlayer01]

@hartsty Willie Clancy Festival in Miltown Malbay maybe.

[davidoffon]

@hartsty last festival was finished off by the multiple deaths on a nearby beach , I believe was on the sunday afternoon. was there in 82, Spain won world cup on Sunday. The levels of drunkeness were not made aware to me at the time, I was the drunkest there. 15 pints & a bokkle of Vodka before I even got there. I was to drunk to drink any more after I arrived. spent the whole night in the square, near broke & never got back to the site, me friend said he'd a blue tent & I had bubble vision!

[paddythejack]

@hartsty the festival was actually in lisdoon for the first few yrs then it was moved to doolin and this song was wrote about the festival when it was in lisdoon

[MrFinnypo]

go on christy ya boyo!!!

[sexyduck69]

went to lisdoonvarna and it was sum sort of dating week for all these old people...never seen so many old people gettin it on im defo hitting up that plavce wen im an old man haha im 22 and this is a fuckin great tune!

[braemage]

@sexyduck69 Sounds like the DVD "matchmaker" check it out if u hav'nt seen it

[pauliebennett]

Anyone for the last few choc ices now?

[gordlightfootfan]

kobweb999, thanks for posting this. There is a great documentary about Lisdoonvarna called LISDOONVARA - LOURDES OF LOVE. It was directed by Hans Heijnen and is available on FIRST RUN/ICARUS FILMS. Definitely worth checking out. Cheers from Canada!!! Go Ireland!!!

[coilinquigley97]

What a tune

[weatibix134]

TUUUNNNEEEE



[MarcellusGrey]

The best reason ever to visit a place. Heard about it in a song!

[jesus007jebus]

4:00 ?? Very passionate about the music :D

[paddykiddy]

unbeleavable song and the place is beautiful :) i recommend u all go :)

[cheypie18]

gwan christy!!!yeeeooow

[artichoke9963]

to those 6 people that did not like this, they need to go to L------------ and relax.

[TheChaplinLover]

Thanks!

[meagher100]

i wil have to go there,dan from newry,great song....................me belly tinks me throat is cut....goin 4 a curry.....good luk..

[redron1234]

alochando shame that you think that way I am Irish and believe me all of Ireland is not the same. I have a wee place in spain and I must say that i never get the same treatment in Spain. The Sanish people are so friendly made me feel right at home!!

[asrex101]

long live nicky kelly..a legend..good man christy ...

[DoranOwns92]

I was once in Lisdoonvarna with the lads. A whole week of singing this song lol

[alochando]

Lisdoonvarna es una mierda. Estuve allí 3 meses trabajando en un hotel y me trataron como a un perro. A la mierda!!!

[HectorSuxxx69]

UP THE BANNER!!!

[JackMan2540]

i know Christy. im good friends with him

[artwork79]

Congrats :) And good for u .

What du u want the rest of us to do with that information ?

[spudsucker]

hahaha hold on that moaning fucker has mates

[LARRSON77]

Check out ( JOHN MCCULLAGH "ILL DANCE ON YOUR GRAVE MRS THATCHER"........on youtube or myspace,well worth a listen!

[dogsliathroidi]

up the spa maith an cailin cait!!!!

[MrDanmadden]

great song

[SupaDeeXXX]

lisdoonvarna is a great song. Climb a mountain or jump in a lake, dats my motto

[xxxser13xxx]

up the banner!

come on lisdoon althoe its a complete shit hole take my word 4 it i go to school there n live there lol x

[padraicd5]

a bhuachailí tagann na cuimhnuahán iontach ar ais is amhrán den scoth é. Bain taitneamh as. Táimid ag dul chuig an corn domhanda.

[Lethaldose6]

Memories of wonderfuls nights spent in the Pub in Lisdoonvarna. Kiwi girls on a hitch hiking trip around Ireland. Wonderful memories to cherish!!

[MrGnaes]

d'fhoghlaim teanga i gceart sula labhraíonn tú é.

[MrGnaes]

that sentence didnt make sense

[somers2k8]

wa a song boy

[MrGnaes]

lol it kinda is rapp-ish.. cus he's speakin out the words instead of singin..which i like..

[Neevvy]

MR GNAES!!! AHAHAH is aoibheann liom an ainm seo. Gnaes le slat mor.

[derekelmore3]

class tune

[modeldrive]

up cork

[neohip]

When I discovered Irish music,I went mad and tried to listen to everything at once.

I became delerious with joy, but managed to take in what everyone else was saying.

"Christy Moore is the greatest living Irish man",they all said.

I bought his "best of" album.

I found nought to argue with.

He is indeed the greatest living Irishman.

Long may he continue to be!.

[butternutsoup]

Brings back good memories of those who who are no longer with us, and what an awesome time they had out and about and singing this!! Good times!

[updaroyals09]

rap? hahaha!!

wat a tune!!!

brings me back a while:)

[danielG01765]

who cares a bout rap

[Raymantico]

is this rap?

[shan146]

no christy moore's lisdoonvarna is not rap lol

[lughlamh]

just thinking that, the first rap song is credited to Bob Dylan, Subterranian Homesick Blues.

[Biverix]

lllllooooooooooooooollllllll u pwn dude

[japandas]

co.clare.tis a long long way from here to there

[skanemermaid]

It is a long, long way from here to there b/c Bus Éireann is such shite.

[EamonOregan]

@skanemermaid ah well theres always a ryanair flight cheaper than an icream in tesco and a bottle of water on the flight for more than wine in tesco

[tommystros]

@skanemermaid its not the busses fault its a long way hahaha

[Mullan911]

Anyone for the last few choc ices now?

[iluvGAA]

ah what a legend in the making!

[ihatemuckdjs]

what county is that tree stump in?

[okeeft01]

Lisdoonvarna has a famour batchelors festival every year when many women (a lot of Americans) descend on Lisdoon in search of a strapping Irishman. Not sure how they feel when the batchelor sheep farmers descend from the mountains in search of a "ride". Wonderful innocent place where you'll split your sides laughing, and the Guiness tastes better there too!

[bpraag]

Great sounds a lovely place must visit

[forest4life]

It isn't.

[bpraag]

I suppose it's ok if you don't live there and are just passing through as a tourist.

[poidial]

I passed through there last tuesday. It was ok. Pretty quiet though

[seadsbeads]

stumbled across this song.

good old Cristie, what a treat!

[nuttytart40]

i was there this week for about 3 days.....i think i saw a total of about 6 other people!!! and the town is big enough like!!! absolutely silent like!!! i was on the phone for a good 10 mins and it was only when i hung up that i realised that i was standin in the middle of the main street!!! at like 4 in the day!!!crazy!!

[xxjegxxxx]

what a track but fuck the match festival lol

[davidt1451]

hey shut up!! lisdoon rocks!! n if ur lukn 4a man in septembr u beta not dis it r u wont get ny1!!!!!!

[pinkwhiteandgreene]

congrats

[leoniss1mo]

But I never went to Lisdoonvarna, sorry.....

[leoniss1mo]

I haven't heard this song for years. I visited Co. Clare 20 years ago, stayed at Carrick on Fergus. Saw cliifs of Moher, the Burren, Ennis, Bunratty and Galway. And a hotel like a castle! Happy Days.

[XxXfunny0bunnyXxX]

i live in lisdoonvarna 2 n its brilliant!!!!! u rly should cum up sum day n pop in2 dollys!!!!! lol u dont no wat ur missin!!!!!hup d banner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hup KILSHANNY :D:D

[63sylvan]

Up Mullagh!

[decsen]

i does b livin n lisdoonvarna:D

[babydeady]

a man of my isle, go on christy

[borgirdummu]

Haha its a feckin hole, random he did a song about it

[eannacan]

retard@borgirdummu

[SiriusDelirious]

Went to Lisdoonvarna quite a few years ago. A desolate place. Still I'd rather be there than here in The Netherlands.....

Maybe I should try my luck there in September ;-)

[wannadoedoe]

if you went to Lisdoonvarne and it was a desolete place, why go back?

[SiriusDelirious]

Can you not read? I said: I'd still be there than where I am now. BTW: Lisdoonvarna is also known for its matchmaking festival in September. Which is why I said I might try my luck in September. So it will not be desolate then. And since I'm a woman, I might even get a chance in finding an Irish man there. (wink wink, nudge, nudge)

[RHINESTONELADY2ND]

can i join you in finding our irishman ..nudge nudge ..never been in Lisdoonvarne ...

[cutsie3000]

up the banner :) :)

[pringlesdog]

Bloody Sunday?

Wish it was a bloody month.

[JustMloc]

Lisdoonvarna is a kip :L :L

[IchLiebeDeutschland9]

Arab cheeks Hindu seeks, Jesus Freaks Christy Moore is hilarious

[mrstimpy]

"arab sheiks and hindu sikhs" i think yoiu mean, but christy rocks regardless you are right in that.

[wannadoedoe]

i listnd to this music, i guis 8 jears ago, i had a friend back then from ireland, nice times and he let me listen to the music, thanks from The Netherlands Holland.

[ianasone]

My kind of music, Christy Moore a tru great of irish folk music. Buíochas kobweb999

[N1ntenOwned]

I've been there! Me and my family went to Ireland two years ago, and when we were driving through this town we were listening to this song. It was pretty freaking awesome.

[mrbearbear83]

I went potholing in Doolin and we ended up in Lisdoonvarna for lunch, it was fucking awesome

[martinmac65]

Those were the days Christy ! LOL

[milkystars93]

EYEO =). Legend Christy. x

[damob08mcfc]

oooooohhhhhhhhhhh,lisdoonvarna­aaaa.

[trishannon]

Christy, you are great! Lisdoonvarna deserves the song! The musical talent I found in the townspeople, playin' and singin' at Curtin's Roadside Tavern was something I'll always remember. It was late July and it was wonderful...not to mention the Guiness!

[stof3345]

christy you legend!

[herebesmewa]

i was in lisdoonvarna by accident many years ago and it was one of the best weekends i ever remember,the music really was everywhere it inspired me to become a musician.

[ameisemit]

Lisdoon,best spa ever

[Nigo82]

Nigo82

Absolutely Love It!! Go on Chisty!! Ya Good Thing!!

[xxnikilvesSVS4evaxx]

i lve dis soooonnnnnnnnngggggggggg xxxxx !!!!!!!!!!

[steveandger]

Worked the penultimate concert 1982 - Jackson Brown, Phil Lynott, The Rhythm Kings - but mostly I know Lisdoon from the festival in september I loved the Hydro,the Royal Spa & there was another bar where a turn doing Christy Moore covers played - Nancy Spain ah to be young again

[birdman404]

went here in easter 04, boring town maybe i went the wrong time of the year,enjoyed the cliffs of moher and drinking in ennis!!

[xxkanishaxx]

im from lisdoonvarna!!!!

not much hapnin nw but come during september and have a good laugh!!!

[traceybrowne08]

sum fight 4 silver sum fight 4 gold sum fight 4 de land dat de british b*stards stole!!!!!

im so proud im irish nd im proud i live n cor UP DE REBELLS!!!!!!!!!

[clarebannerman]

Ha Lisdoon! Love it ---many's the good night!

[moonbaby38]

classic

[kevinwhorgan]

lisdoon's a great spot

[simyan2008]

this is so irish, I love it

[weephil]

a place ive been meaning to go for a long long while...

[forestfc9]

Lisoonvarna is shite. I've been.

[p1kk45]

forestfc9

your a dry shit! Thats why you didnt like it.So fuck off with yourself