This song will always remind me of my grandfather. Of pure, pure Irish descent, he truly loved this country and culture with every ounce of his kind heart. I miss you grandpa, but through these songs?
I've listened to many renditions of this song, but The High Kings' rendition is just... awesome! The other renditions are beautiful, but they don't have the same magic this does, and I love these lyrics. They just take my breath away. The line that really gets to me is "The image of you won't go away," and the way they sing that. OMG it just tugs at my heart. This whole song touches my heart. The High Kings are amazing! I really wanna meet them someday!
My boyfriend showed me this video and to make it romantic he said it is very true for him and me. Well the underlying part where the man leaves his girl and they are separated and that he thinks of me night and day. I did a huge fan girl squeeled and melted at that. This made me love him even more.
I dont care what anyone says about it, it's one of the best songs i've ever heard and im going to have this played when i get maried and when i die im going to arrange it to be played. thats how much i love this song, best song and band ever!
@monsterbap You're not into Irish music? It strays a lot from the original piece and it has that silly Lord of Dance -boy band- commercializing the hell out of it. But It still leaves me longing somewhat for Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore.
I remember listening to this back in the winter, when I was desperately wishing for the spring and was looking for it in every breeze warmer than 5°C.
For some odd reason, the one next to the older one (I don't know names, please forgive) reminds me of Damian from Celtic Thunder. That's actually how I rediscovered the Thunder. :)
Don't understand the "stage Irishness" comment. They are all from Ireland, hence they would be Irish whether they were on the stage or not. I think some people expect a rough sound from the High Kings, but they are not Shane MacGowan and the Pogues. It is just a different style, but still Irish.
@TacticusPrime Well, not really. Sort of. I mean, Celtic Thunder is more Irish rock than traditionsl Irish/Scottish, so High Kings does a song like this - really, amazingly awesome - and you can't compare it to Celtic Thunder's version because Celtic Thunder didn't do a version, so in that instance I would have to agree with you. But otherwise, I have an inviolable sense of loyalty for the Thunder. ;)
The High Kings are an excellent band, I really love their versions of many of the old songs ... while some singers sing all irish music as dirges, they put hope into them. If you listen to this song, and Marie's Wedding, so many singers make them sad... SERIOUSLY???? have they ever listened to the words of Marie's Wedding??? Its a joyous song, a celebration just like the High Kings sing it! I love their work!
lets be aylitical, they perform rearly well, sing well, they do apear arogant onstage however. the songs are great, and they work well together, but they look to manufactured and smarmy.
Seriously, I agree with ChocolateKarma and Lacelu - stop the hating. I've seen these guys perform live and they are FANTASTIC!!!! Yes, the "choreography" in this video is a little cheesy - what do you expect, it's a PBS Special. But who cares. These guys are awesome, and the follow-up CD Memory Lane is even better.
I'm sorry. The High Kings are irritating. You can find excellent Irish folk music on Youtube, including stuff from the Clancys and Paul Brady (who I cannot stop listening to in the past so many days). And this isn't excellent. It's somehow cheesy. And people know it and say so. This is Youtube, guys.
I'm Irish and proud of it. My friend sent me this song and I kinda immediately got hooked on it so I listen to it a lot, especially when I want to daydream or something, I listen to it a lot while writing... ^_^
This song and Isle of hope, Isle of tears are those which bring tears to my eyes and chill down my spine. They are so melancholic and put listeners into the mixed emotions of Irish emigrants when they left the "isle of hunger, isle of pain" for America for a better life. They portrayed the poignant past of Ireland when is was still the poorest country in Europe. Best songs ever!!
This is my favorite song by these guys! It makes me want to visit Ireland again...its an amazing country, full of amazing music and people. Oh and don't forget the scenery!
Anyone who keeps track of this band, I need to know their new songs, as they make them. I swear there aint one so far that I dont like or admire. Ireland, you have great bands and great music and singers. To me thats something major to brag over america. Im an american and I love Irish songs. Make me wish I was Irish. You also had couragous military. You have a good country!
lads yee hav sum larnx's on yee....yee pure imense....i saw yee play at half tme n croke park 2 r 3 yrs ago n yee were savage..keep it up men....cheers
Absolutely love these guys.. Great vocals, they love what they're doing and fantastic music accompaniment. Love Irish music. It's amazing how many differences there are between Irish productions as The High Kings, The Dubliners, Celtic Woman or Anuna, and it's still all great. I'm not wild about Celtic Thunder though, but they have some enjoyable stuff.
Gentlelighting... The word is "Bannastrand", also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Tralee Bay. It is an Atlantic Ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue Beach at the Blackrock in the North to Barrow Beach at its southern edge, located in County Kerry. It is located approx 12 km (7 mi) north west of Tralee.
Gentlelighting... The word is "BannaStrand", also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Tralee Bay. It is an Atlantic Ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue Beach at the Blackrock in the North to Barrow Beach at its southern edge, located in County Kerry. It is located approx 12 km (7 mi) north west of Tralee.
ok there are two reason why i hate the us one most the guys are not that good looking and two the music is just as bad if not worse but glade i have a little Irish blood in me
I just love these guys SO MUCH. I'm American, but with Irish ancestry, and the High Kings make me even prouder of it! Eirinn go brach!!!! Is it very weird to be so in love with a country I've never been to? Oh well, I am anyway... ;)
No, it isn't weird at all...in my short time on this earth I can honestly say the finest Irishmen and women I have ever met spoke with neither Brogue nor Burr.
I wish I had seen them at Oxegen girls! My neice was there and she said they were fantastic! She showed me the pics on Monday, but they were all of Darren!! lol
@vikkidonnell Was thinking the exact same.. was up at the barrier at oxegen to see them... Feck Black eye'd pea's and the rest of main stage... the high kings made my oxegen! :)
I'm British and I am proud of it but I do love the Irish, I have an Irish friend and man I say the bickering between two nations should stop and Co exist... We made a name Ire-Brit or Brit-Ire for the love we have... I love this song and they do it excellent :D I wish I could go see them..
i love this irish musik... I am not irish, but i like this, and i think that i am one of the small group of Teenagers who like Folk musik more then Techno or something.
I'm 50% Irish and this music always takes me to the hills of County Clare and County Cork where my family (McNamara) hails from. I will always love the Irish in me! And 1:35 - He is so handsome! I sometimes imagine he is singing to me :-)
I'm about a quarter Irish, and this music makes me so proud! It also makes me a little wistful...I want to go back for a visit to this beautiful land.
My great great grandparents sailed across the Atlantic to make a new life in America and within my blood is the longing to make a trip back home to the Emerald Isle (County Mayo). This song keeps that desire burning. So proud of my Irish roots. Éirinn go Brách!
@nonophil16 After all these years, the longing and desire to visit Ireland is finally coming true! I'll be going back to my roots this July! Spending a good amount of time touring Southern Ireland and researching my roots in Western Ireland. This will be a trip of a lifetime, and I'm hoping and praying I find great history of my Irish/Celtic ancestry.
Im polish. When im listing to the irish music im wondering hows that possible that i was born right in Poland. I love my country and im so crazy about our nation's language and our history but i feel like Ireland is my second homeland. I love the green hills, celts culture and most im dazed by irish&scotland music. Id like to quote one of our national poet. Usta milczą , dusza śpiewa usta milczą , świat rozbrzmiewa. - "Lips are silent, soul is singing, whole world's sounding.
Irish babes born abroad (even down to the fifth generation like me ;) ) still feel an ache in their hearts, calling them home to mother Ireland's shores. It's inexplicable, but tangible. I know I feel a pull calling me away, especially every time I hear the music...
I missed them when they played Sacramento California two years ago, a mistake I won't repeat if they ever play here again.
This song makes me think of my paternal grandfather, who was from county Kilkenny.
Lets not forget the the other musicians on the DVD: Martin O'Conner accordion, Nollaige Casey fiddle, Dave Keery and Ewan Cowley guitars, Robbie Harris percussion, and Pail Moore double bass.
Yeh it's old trad, but it's damn good old trad. Slainte guys!
Great song that is well sung. Sad to think when you listen to this over 60,000 youg Irish people have left the Green Shamrock Shores due to to incompentant bastards ruining this once great country.
@ChocolateKarma99 - Well, I'm only Irish if you go back more than a century, but listening to them makes me want to learn more about my heritage and Ireland's history.
I love the accordeon at the beginning.. Great music accompaniement and these guys have good voices. I do not like everything by the High Kings, but this is fantastic.
People whining about how they look onstage and about this and that, typical Irish begrudging. Its what has held us back as a nation and people since the 1920's, miserable old fogies allergic to change. If you listen to them instead of looking at them, complaining about them and being bitter you'll actually hear how good their vocals are. So for once, shut yer mouths and open yer ears. They are not better or worse than other ballad groups, just different. If you don't like them, don't listen.
God I cant stand self righteous tosspots who think they know it all. One of them is Finbar Fureys son, another is a nephew of Liam Clancy. They are also both accomplished musicians. They are as traditional as traditional Irish folk goes. Find me an Irish ballad group who sang their own songs without covering other works and I'll give you a million bucks. They don't lack passion and it is a great 'production'.
so why don't all ya, who got a problem with this new stuff, give us a chance to hear it? It's all we got when it comes to Irish tunes... there is a lot of us Americans(Irish Americans) who have never heard these songs before... so what if it's a little different than what you're used too. There are many of us who've never had the opportunity to hear the original songs ... give us a chance...I'm an American but, an Irish flag blows in the wind outside our house..
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This is just wrong! like something put out for a Eurovision interlude. 'Boysown with Bodhrans", they give me a headache. Its insulting to hear traditional songs performed by so many great Irish artists in the past being 'pop'd-up' by these chancers. Especially The Rocky Road to Dublin, when did any of those lads ever cut a stout blackthorn? pampered city boys. its easy sound big with a professional band behind you. I find it disturbing that in 2009 this passes for Irish "folk music" magadh fuam
God spare us from purists..........the're not Planxty but they are enjoyable.....relations of the Clancy's I think, so they have good grounding in folk.......and trad
The High Kings CD is one of my all-time favorites. And this song and "The Parting Glass" are my two favorites on the CD. I am thrilled to find this video on-line. Now I can put faces with the voices I enjoy listening to so much. The harmonies are truly awesome.
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"folk", well thats fine, as long as you don't consider this traditional Irish. 'Brilliant'? maybe you are just a victum of careful, middle of the road, industry spawned mediocrity. Easy listening for right-wing - dont get out much- types."strength..... passion...? these lads are chancers, they can hardly play an instrument between them and they sound like a 'boy band' lacking passion and certainly strength. They have stolen everyone elses songs and made a mockery of our traditional ballads.
muaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i love you all
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lolzzish 4 days ago
such a great song, brings tears to my eyes
Bhoysingreen8493 3 weeks ago
the 9 people who did not like it do not know good music when they hear it
littbang777 3 months ago
@littbang777 i don't know how anybody could dislike this
KILLAMAVERICK53 1 month ago in playlist The High Kings
When the bass dropped... oh wait.. This kicks dubstep ass.
terran236 3 months ago in playlist Liked 5
they miss out, all the lyrics listen to paul brady for the full song
homolgus 3 months ago
"A place in my mind you will always find" - reminds me of my first love - I love Paddys Green Shamrock Shore - this is where I belong
12EDavid 3 months ago
shamwow!
CarlAxelBo 3 months ago
i love this song
krisconroy1 3 months ago
This song will always remind me of my grandfather. Of pure, pure Irish descent, he truly loved this country and culture with every ounce of his kind heart. I miss you grandpa, but through these songs?
You're with me always.
cookechris28 4 months ago in playlist cookechris28's Favorited Videos
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Have you heard Celtic Thunder's The Old Man?
Stuff actually made me cry.
The only version I found on here came with a personal video, but it's still quite good.
youtube.com/watch?v=ZOQUUXISd3U
MrLaz0rz 3 months ago
Err, not exactly irish sounding but a good song none the less.
MrLaz0rz 3 months ago
@MrLaz0rz How does a song about leaving Ireland during the potato famine to live in America sung in Irish accents not sound Irish?
lolzzish 4 days ago
I've listened to many renditions of this song, but The High Kings' rendition is just... awesome! The other renditions are beautiful, but they don't have the same magic this does, and I love these lyrics. They just take my breath away. The line that really gets to me is "The image of you won't go away," and the way they sing that. OMG it just tugs at my heart. This whole song touches my heart. The High Kings are amazing! I really wanna meet them someday!
TheSingingSweater 4 months ago 10
@TheSingingSweater i agree, man :)
darkai300 4 months ago
@darkai300 I'm a girl.
TheSingingSweater 4 months ago
@TheSingingSweater ops :) sorry..epic fail :)
darkai300 4 months ago
@darkai300 Hahahaha it's okay. :)
TheSingingSweater 4 months ago
Dang good song, that's for sure
jlangdon90 4 months ago
My boyfriend showed me this video and to make it romantic he said it is very true for him and me. Well the underlying part where the man leaves his girl and they are separated and that he thinks of me night and day. I did a huge fan girl squeeled and melted at that. This made me love him even more.
princessserena500 5 months ago 2
awesomeeeeee wheeeeeee. that is fabulous
Sugarfoot3 5 months ago
I dont care what anyone says about it, it's one of the best songs i've ever heard and im going to have this played when i get maried and when i die im going to arrange it to be played. thats how much i love this song, best song and band ever!
gamewizerd01 5 months ago
increddible my arssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssse
monsterbap 5 months ago
@monsterbap You're not into Irish music? It strays a lot from the original piece and it has that silly Lord of Dance -boy band- commercializing the hell out of it. But It still leaves me longing somewhat for Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore.
jamesbondaygee 5 months ago
This is quite different than the traditional version.
jamesbondaygee 6 months ago
@jamesbondaygee Yes, indeed, quite unrecognizable, isn't it...!!
AnneMirKall 5 months ago
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jamesbondaygee 6 months ago
What incredibly original music the Irish have made!
jamesbondaygee 6 months ago
The Kings in Loveland Colorado. I will be there.
peacetrain1970 6 months ago
is it playback? it's too perfect!!
dlendlendlen 7 months ago
Good song, shite group
tony10396861 7 months ago
@tony10396861 they're amazing
UnderKiwi98 6 months ago
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I remember listening to this back in the winter, when I was desperately wishing for the spring and was looking for it in every breeze warmer than 5°C.
Stunningly beautiful.
Gilnar13 8 months ago
and they do it again hit peaple emotional love it!!!
mysteryrecord 8 months ago
For some odd reason, the one next to the older one (I don't know names, please forgive) reminds me of Damian from Celtic Thunder. That's actually how I rediscovered the Thunder. :)
Rowan7131 8 months ago
MEET YOUR number #1 American Fan!!! Celtic music rocks! Nothing compares
Mr19thIndiana 9 months ago
@Mr19thIndiana not true buddy...go and discover the Bulgarian folklore genuine music...you'll be blown away!
The MAGIC Of Bulgarian Voices & Music
Stoewarius 9 months ago
@Stoewarius Hahaha pull the other one
tony10396861 7 months ago
I love blasting this too.. because I am going back again this summer and can't wait to spend the summer on paddy's green shamrock shores
Lorrie1955 9 months ago
lough erin shore <3
sjondeinktvis 9 months ago
EVERYTHING about that drummer is epic...from his playing style to in man beard!
benjaminburgess07 10 months ago 26
Don't understand the "stage Irishness" comment. They are all from Ireland, hence they would be Irish whether they were on the stage or not. I think some people expect a rough sound from the High Kings, but they are not Shane MacGowan and the Pogues. It is just a different style, but still Irish.
guyfihi 10 months ago 2
Personally Id rather listen to Brian Cowens version than this. Really
tony10396861 10 months ago
One of my absolute favourites.
Lazarus142 10 months ago
7 people couldnt fight the waves
nowrryz 10 months ago
Finbarr Clancy is of irish background look up the Clancy brothers and Tommy Makem
TheEarthwitch 10 months ago
An awesome concert experience would be Celtic Thunder and the High Kings, or Celtic Woman and the High Kings....I just love these guys!
ChoirBandLover 10 months ago
IRISH POWERRRRRRRR
BTExtreme 10 months ago
Not a fan of the high kings because of their stage irishness but i will admit that this song is something else!
BanjoMan1916 10 months ago
I cant wait to go on my trip with them playing on my mp3 player! Ireland, Scotland, and Brittan here i come!
tentenhatake 10 months ago
I love it!! So proud to be Irish!!
Ctina7799 10 months ago
These guys make Celtic Thunder look ridiculous.
TacticusPrime 10 months ago
@TacticusPrime Thats true, which says all you need to know about Celtic thunder.
tony10396861 10 months ago
@TacticusPrime Well, not really. Sort of. I mean, Celtic Thunder is more Irish rock than traditionsl Irish/Scottish, so High Kings does a song like this - really, amazingly awesome - and you can't compare it to Celtic Thunder's version because Celtic Thunder didn't do a version, so in that instance I would have to agree with you. But otherwise, I have an inviolable sense of loyalty for the Thunder. ;)
Rowan7131 8 months ago
I am proud to be half Irish
Jomannex 10 months ago
this is my favorite song ever. <3 i want this song played at my funeral. random, i know, but seriously. <3
shannieannie 11 months ago
I'm only a teensy bit Irish, but this song brings out every ounce of it :D
c0v3rtw4ffle 11 months ago
@c0v3rtw4ffle good for you
normthegenie 10 months ago
The High Kings are an excellent band, I really love their versions of many of the old songs ... while some singers sing all irish music as dirges, they put hope into them. If you listen to this song, and Marie's Wedding, so many singers make them sad... SERIOUSLY???? have they ever listened to the words of Marie's Wedding??? Its a joyous song, a celebration just like the High Kings sing it! I love their work!
kuejin1 11 months ago
I love The High Kings!!!!
TheLetiziaaa 11 months ago
brelfan its every one to there own no one said u had to like it and im from ireland
poloduinn 11 months ago
I am proud to be Irish <3 \I feel such a connection to the music and the dancing; just the culture in general. To go there someday is my dream.
dncr4evr14 1 year ago
@dncr4evr14 youre proud to be Irish, yet to go to ireland someday is your dream?
sapphireloveshb 11 months ago
@sapphireloveshb I am Irish by blood but I was born in America, I have never been to Ireland.
dncr4evr14 11 months ago
lets be aylitical, they perform rearly well, sing well, they do apear arogant onstage however. the songs are great, and they work well together, but they look to manufactured and smarmy.
defrof 1 year ago
Seriously, I agree with ChocolateKarma and Lacelu - stop the hating. I've seen these guys perform live and they are FANTASTIC!!!! Yes, the "choreography" in this video is a little cheesy - what do you expect, it's a PBS Special. But who cares. These guys are awesome, and the follow-up CD Memory Lane is even better.
littlenookie1 1 year ago 2
@littlenookie1 who cares about chreography, its about the song:D
sjondeinktvis 9 months ago
@brelfan then take a page out of the sensible playbook: If you don't like it, don't watch it. What a novel concept, right? To each their own.
lacelu713 1 year ago
I'm sorry. The High Kings are irritating. You can find excellent Irish folk music on Youtube, including stuff from the Clancys and Paul Brady (who I cannot stop listening to in the past so many days). And this isn't excellent. It's somehow cheesy. And people know it and say so. This is Youtube, guys.
brelfan 1 year ago
I'm Irish and proud of it. My friend sent me this song and I kinda immediately got hooked on it so I listen to it a lot, especially when I want to daydream or something, I listen to it a lot while writing... ^_^
PhoenixMoonStudio 1 year ago 2
i am one of the few Irishmen that cannot sing but i love to hear my countrymen doing it up right great job boys
omzig18 1 year ago
awesome !!!
shettythirtha 1 year ago
Everytime i hear this song, it makes me daydream........
Mr19thIndiana 1 year ago
this is a great song^^
pamir49 1 year ago
Why am i not Irish? Hate it..
BrodyNomad 1 year ago 2
good one
AjedrezEnEspanol 1 year ago
I Love your music and culture. Greetings from Hungary :)
WickedOne87 1 year ago 3
This song and Isle of hope, Isle of tears are those which bring tears to my eyes and chill down my spine. They are so melancholic and put listeners into the mixed emotions of Irish emigrants when they left the "isle of hunger, isle of pain" for America for a better life. They portrayed the poignant past of Ireland when is was still the poorest country in Europe. Best songs ever!!
Tangerine258 1 year ago 2
The High Kings are my favorite band :D feel proud to be Irish if that's what you are! just like me! :D
RobertAshwalker 1 year ago
dey are gr8 . bu u sud hear horslips trouble with a capital T .
Jacksiedog 1 year ago
This is my favorite song by these guys! It makes me want to visit Ireland again...its an amazing country, full of amazing music and people. Oh and don't forget the scenery!
CPain2992 1 year ago 2
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CPain2992 1 year ago
their harmony sends cold chills down my spine
omzig18 1 year ago 2
Anyone who keeps track of this band, I need to know their new songs, as they make them. I swear there aint one so far that I dont like or admire. Ireland, you have great bands and great music and singers. To me thats something major to brag over america. Im an american and I love Irish songs. Make me wish I was Irish. You also had couragous military. You have a good country!
Mr19thIndiana 1 year ago 2
@Mr19thIndiana we had a good country,its fucked now.
christoir246 1 year ago
great stuff lads...keep it up
DublinGav 1 year ago
*sigh*
This and Celtic Woman :)
smartndumb101 1 year ago
this makes me wish i was irish...
livvy2122 1 year ago
is maith liom punani!!
roby3211 1 year ago
lads yee hav sum larnx's on yee....yee pure imense....i saw yee play at half tme n croke park 2 r 3 yrs ago n yee were savage..keep it up men....cheers
roby3211 1 year ago
Absolutely love these guys.. Great vocals, they love what they're doing and fantastic music accompaniment. Love Irish music. It's amazing how many differences there are between Irish productions as The High Kings, The Dubliners, Celtic Woman or Anuna, and it's still all great. I'm not wild about Celtic Thunder though, but they have some enjoyable stuff.
TheGeantrai 1 year ago
keep singing boys.................
Lorrie1955 1 year ago 2
Éirinn go Brách!!!! :)
shannieannie 1 year ago
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Gentlelighting... The word is "Bannastrand", also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Tralee Bay. It is an Atlantic Ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue Beach at the Blackrock in the North to Barrow Beach at its southern edge, located in County Kerry. It is located approx 12 km (7 mi) north west of Tralee.
RevFrJoel1 1 year ago
Gentlelighting... The word is "BannaStrand", also known as Banna Beach, is situated in Tralee Bay. It is an Atlantic Ocean beach extending from Ballyheigue Beach at the Blackrock in the North to Barrow Beach at its southern edge, located in County Kerry. It is located approx 12 km (7 mi) north west of Tralee.
RevFrJoel1 1 year ago
this gave me chills, they are great
zapper922 1 year ago 2
what does balastrant mean? from the second line 'goodbye to you balastrant'
I've tried googling, but the handful of results are all lyrics to this song.
thanks! for any replies and please reply to this post
gentlelightning 1 year ago
ok there are two reason why i hate the us one most the guys are not that good looking and two the music is just as bad if not worse but glade i have a little Irish blood in me
TheEarthwitch 1 year ago
Damn.. I wanna be Irish, i`m from Holland, we have Frans Bauer... not good
BrodyNomad 1 year ago 12
@BrodyNomad i wish the same i live in belgium but there he is to
mysteryrecord 4 months ago in playlist the high kings
I just love these guys SO MUCH. I'm American, but with Irish ancestry, and the High Kings make me even prouder of it! Eirinn go brach!!!! Is it very weird to be so in love with a country I've never been to? Oh well, I am anyway... ;)
irishgirl1684 1 year ago
@irishgirl1684
No, it isn't weird at all...in my short time on this earth I can honestly say the finest Irishmen and women I have ever met spoke with neither Brogue nor Burr.
lukessummerguitar 1 year ago
@lukessummerguitar
I know what you mean! Some of my best friends in the world are, shall I say, very Celtic! :) Ireland forever (and the High Kings too!!!!)
irishgirl1684 1 year ago
Belkem, I have to agree with you. compleatly. I also have to say that I wake up in the morning with this song in my mind. I love it.
Animalover205 1 year ago
I'd love to see these guys pair up with Gaelic Storm.
xBoose 1 year ago
@xBoose you win
arcaneaddict 1 year ago
24 secs in! wudnt kick him outa me bed for fartin!
madradance 1 year ago
I wish I had seen them at Oxegen girls! My neice was there and she said they were fantastic! She showed me the pics on Monday, but they were all of Darren!! lol
TheLeanneoneill 1 year ago
Ok, so now i know his name is darren. He's the cute one. Feckin tight trousers on him at Oxegen! Phwoarar
vikkidonnell 1 year ago
@vikkidonnell Was thinking the exact same.. was up at the barrier at oxegen to see them... Feck Black eye'd pea's and the rest of main stage... the high kings made my oxegen! :)
MsxStephiex 1 year ago
What a Fantastic song.Makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!
So proud to be Irish.
itscalm 1 year ago
It is a song that make's me wish I was born Irish xD
Then I would have something to be proud of :)
masterofthedenmark 1 year ago 5
fallin' in love with this song..beautiful melody..great singers...Adorable..♥ one of my fav's, since i heard it the very first time
*i like - 5 stars*
DreambowlingxD 1 year ago 15
i. love. this. song.
i love blasting it in my car with tears coming down my face while people look at me strangely. :-p
shannieannie 1 year ago 28
chilling song.
swimgurl96 1 year ago
High Kings RULE!!!! love The Parting Glass
319fireman 1 year ago 4
I'm British and I am proud of it but I do love the Irish, I have an Irish friend and man I say the bickering between two nations should stop and Co exist... We made a name Ire-Brit or Brit-Ire for the love we have... I love this song and they do it excellent :D I wish I could go see them..
TriggsxBritian 1 year ago
When i heared this song the first time i wished to come from ireland or live there.
elDiabolo19951995 1 year ago 2
I love my Irish heritage.
92lifesabeach 1 year ago 3
i love this irish musik.
1973anyone 1 year ago
this melody sounds exactly like ghleantainn ghlas ghaoth dobhair
floricicaoff 1 year ago
They dress like the music they preform, like the people the music is about dressed. It helps get you to understand the music better
Strykercom1 1 year ago 3
i love this irish musik... I am not irish, but i like this, and i think that i am one of the small group of Teenagers who like Folk musik more then Techno or something.
elDiabolo19951995 1 year ago 3
Anyone know the chords for this song?
pendraggon87 1 year ago
Great stuff! I like it a lot.
pmerro 1 year ago
: ) woooow...beautiful... : )
draganche90 1 year ago
Barney........stop being jealous! its kinda obvious that you are!
Least these guys are not stuck behind a horse and trap all day like you.
fidelmaines 1 year ago
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I'm 50% Irish and this music always takes me to the hills of County Clare and County Cork where my family (McNamara) hails from. I will always love the Irish in me! And 1:35 - He is so handsome! I sometimes imagine he is singing to me :-)
LibbyMac11 1 year ago
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LibbyMac11 1 year ago
I'm about a quarter Irish, and this music makes me so proud! It also makes me a little wistful...I want to go back for a visit to this beautiful land.
arwentheelf02 1 year ago
Proud to be irish :)
idigcows 1 year ago 2
My great great grandparents sailed across the Atlantic to make a new life in America and within my blood is the longing to make a trip back home to the Emerald Isle (County Mayo). This song keeps that desire burning. So proud of my Irish roots. Éirinn go Brách!
nonophil16 1 year ago 16
@nonophil16 Go n-eírí an bóthar leat.
pteJames 10 months ago
@nonophil16 After all these years, the longing and desire to visit Ireland is finally coming true! I'll be going back to my roots this July! Spending a good amount of time touring Southern Ireland and researching my roots in Western Ireland. This will be a trip of a lifetime, and I'm hoping and praying I find great history of my Irish/Celtic ancestry.
nonophil16 8 months ago 2
@nonophil16 good luck to you! Have a save trip and enjoy every breathtaking moment of the green isles!
Dedicated222Duty 7 months ago
Im polish. When im listing to the irish music im wondering hows that possible that i was born right in Poland. I love my country and im so crazy about our nation's language and our history but i feel like Ireland is my second homeland. I love the green hills, celts culture and most im dazed by irish&scotland music. Id like to quote one of our national poet. Usta milczą , dusza śpiewa usta milczą , świat rozbrzmiewa. - "Lips are silent, soul is singing, whole world's sounding.
Amadeo3000 1 year ago 8
i am eight generation irish and about 1/32 pure. and i still love this music!
TheMlord28 1 year ago 2
Irish babes born abroad (even down to the fifth generation like me ;) ) still feel an ache in their hearts, calling them home to mother Ireland's shores. It's inexplicable, but tangible. I know I feel a pull calling me away, especially every time I hear the music...
american09mutt 1 year ago 5
@american09mutt wow, I'm not the only one! I've never even been to Ireland and I still feel kinda "homesick" if you will, when I hear Irish music.
It is inexplicable, but it's cool that I'm not the only one feeling like that.
LordEdwinem 1 year ago 2
I missed them when they played Sacramento California two years ago, a mistake I won't repeat if they ever play here again.
This song makes me think of my paternal grandfather, who was from county Kilkenny.
Lets not forget the the other musicians on the DVD: Martin O'Conner accordion, Nollaige Casey fiddle, Dave Keery and Ewan Cowley guitars, Robbie Harris percussion, and Pail Moore double bass.
Yeh it's old trad, but it's damn good old trad. Slainte guys!
guyfihi 1 year ago 6
Great song that is well sung. Sad to think when you listen to this over 60,000 youg Irish people have left the Green Shamrock Shores due to to incompentant bastards ruining this once great country.
Milford06 1 year ago
listening to these guys makes me so happy and proud to be Irish
ChocolateKarma99 1 year ago 69
@ChocolateKarma99 And, for me, listening to these guys makes me wish I was Irish...
CherryBurstLesPaul 1 year ago
@ChocolateKarma99 And listening them I'd like to be irish. :)
DavePlissken 1 year ago 2
@ChocolateKarma99 me too AND I'M NOT EVEN IRISH XD
m0tionlessskull 1 year ago
@ChocolateKarma99 - Well, I'm only Irish if you go back more than a century, but listening to them makes me want to learn more about my heritage and Ireland's history.
sandinmyears1 1 year ago
@ChocolateKarma99 and me so sorry not to be one...
nikkkaforum 1 year ago
im in tears :)
Eoinsk8er 1 year ago 4
wonderful...They will become very famous in the world
liw03 2 years ago 5
OMG!!!
copilu4ever 2 years ago
this is the best irish music i ever heard, and dear drobna32 ... it's irish not polish :))
djmad4ever 2 years ago 3
Beautifully. I greet the Polish.
drobna32 2 years ago
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what a load of ...there,s about a 1000000000000000 better versions than this x factor produced shite
havannah00 2 years ago
sacrilege
havannah00 2 years ago
I love the accordeon at the beginning.. Great music accompaniement and these guys have good voices. I do not like everything by the High Kings, but this is fantastic.
TheGeantrai 2 years ago 2
People whining about how they look onstage and about this and that, typical Irish begrudging. Its what has held us back as a nation and people since the 1920's, miserable old fogies allergic to change. If you listen to them instead of looking at them, complaining about them and being bitter you'll actually hear how good their vocals are. So for once, shut yer mouths and open yer ears. They are not better or worse than other ballad groups, just different. If you don't like them, don't listen.
Blakem74 2 years ago 101
@Blakem74 Somebody give this person a medal!
itachi4492 1 year ago 3
@Blakem74 right on!
drogdlangare 1 year ago
God I cant stand self righteous tosspots who think they know it all. One of them is Finbar Fureys son, another is a nephew of Liam Clancy. They are also both accomplished musicians. They are as traditional as traditional Irish folk goes. Find me an Irish ballad group who sang their own songs without covering other works and I'll give you a million bucks. They don't lack passion and it is a great 'production'.
Blakem74 2 years ago 3
i know that one of them is the son of one of the Clancy's because he says it at the start of one of the vids
jr121rj 2 years ago
der good but never could beat da clancys RIP lads
ainso 2 years ago
so why don't all ya, who got a problem with this new stuff, give us a chance to hear it? It's all we got when it comes to Irish tunes... there is a lot of us Americans(Irish Americans) who have never heard these songs before... so what if it's a little different than what you're used too. There are many of us who've never had the opportunity to hear the original songs ... give us a chance...I'm an American but, an Irish flag blows in the wind outside our house..
fievel2680 2 years ago 5
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This is just wrong! like something put out for a Eurovision interlude. 'Boysown with Bodhrans", they give me a headache. Its insulting to hear traditional songs performed by so many great Irish artists in the past being 'pop'd-up' by these chancers. Especially The Rocky Road to Dublin, when did any of those lads ever cut a stout blackthorn? pampered city boys. its easy sound big with a professional band behind you. I find it disturbing that in 2009 this passes for Irish "folk music" magadh fuam
prunch72 2 years ago
God spare us from purists..........the're not Planxty but they are enjoyable.....relations of the Clancy's I think, so they have good grounding in folk.......and trad
portlairge09 2 years ago 3
This song gives me goosebumps. Beautiful.
inthemoment875 2 years ago 2
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gerfilan 2 years ago
gorgeous! x
Raichu234 2 years ago
Sounds like Darren on the cd and here. Saw them live in March, and he was doing them then also.
majorshares 2 years ago
Is it Darren or Brian who does the high harmony parts?
DollDreamProductions 2 years ago
Lots of power in this song.
Diamondhoof1 2 years ago 2
The High Kings CD is one of my all-time favorites. And this song and "The Parting Glass" are my two favorites on the CD. I am thrilled to find this video on-line. Now I can put faces with the voices I enjoy listening to so much. The harmonies are truly awesome.
n9kju 2 years ago 4
Absolutely brilliant! It's great to have a good "folk" band that doesn't sound like a bunch of drunk hippies.
The strength and the passion of the People really comes out in this. Great job, gents!
evilmastermommy 2 years ago 4
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"folk", well thats fine, as long as you don't consider this traditional Irish. 'Brilliant'? maybe you are just a victum of careful, middle of the road, industry spawned mediocrity. Easy listening for right-wing - dont get out much- types."strength..... passion...? these lads are chancers, they can hardly play an instrument between them and they sound like a 'boy band' lacking passion and certainly strength. They have stolen everyone elses songs and made a mockery of our traditional ballads.
prunch72 2 years ago
0.24 sec's. Oh Darren.
TheFantasally 2 years ago
and 0.27 secs. Brian! =)
unijade 2 years ago