The Fields of Athenry | Irish Child Singing

[slamdunk011094]

he actully amazing dose any one know his name

[ellaheartsmcrpatdfob]

@slamdunk011094 Brian O' Donnell.

he was 11 at the time.

[TheTrevelyansway]

Imagine stealing basic grain to feed your family being caught and sent to prison for life never to see your family again. Wondering till the end whether they survived the famine while you sat in prison. My Lord times can be tough. Governments and authority can be cruel. These are the times that try men's souls.

[annie10103]

@TheTrevelyansway Botany Bay was a port in Australia. The British convicts were allowed to wander free there, which is the reason why the Aborigine race died out.

A few prisoners escaped to China, but not many. You just had to live your life out in Australia.

What's worse is that even if you had served your sentence, you probably would've had to wait for a few extra years for a ship to take you home because they arrived so rarely.

Just a few little facts :)

[dan19991able]

this song gives me chills and makes the hair stand on the back of my neck makes me proud to be irish

[ImperialistRunningDo]

2:22 Flamingos? They have a lot of flamingos in Ireland?

[annie10103]

@ImperialistRunningDo Yeah. They import them from South America to help pick the potatoes.

[ira19161]

BROUGHT FRIGGIN TEARS TO ME EYE'S

[riverbonk]

hauntingly beautiful...



[60case]

very well made video...... was this the version in the film.... veronica guerin? thanks for posting... enjoyed it.

[MrBrenoj]

The lads Name is Brian O Donnel good friend of mine what a singer and you should hear his brother Tom brilliant . Them lads make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up I no ive sang with them in pubs at funerals

[meme0966]

What's the name of the child singing?

[MrBrenoj]

@meme0966 The lads name is Brian O Donnel and you should hear his brother Tom very good to .A bit more grown up now early 20s

[RoisinG021]

i acc cry when i hear this song.. :/

[bigkahunaburg3r]

sounds like the recording has been distorted... imo.

[entertainme121]

@bigkahunaburg3r Thats because it was recorded on the side of the road, well the vocals anyway.. I havent been in Dublin in a long time, but last time I was there (around 1999 I think), there was homeless boys aged between 6 and 10, standing on upside-down buckets on grafton street singing as loudly as they could, singing though their lives depended on it, probably because it did! Some had God awful voices, but how could you not give em at least a few coppers with the dirty faces on em.

[bigkahunaburg3r]

@entertainme121 haha I agree :)

[ira19161]

@entertainme121 sorry but how can any country let there own kids live on the street when we take alian in and give them homes , if my ol gran was alive and this wee boy was in county cork or no matter what place she would take him in no matter what the poxy law says streets

[GBYRNE123]

shivvers down the spine



[LilRedBallerina]

Is there any way that I could get this song? I would love to do a contemporary dance to it.

[ThetwilightAsh]

I'm irish and this child makes me feel proud to be :)

[jch67ess]

there is a lot of people singing this beautyfull song,,but no one can do what this little kid does he open hearts, souls, and minds,! the way he sings s! nobody could do what he is doing! absolutely no one! ! maybe one day,,someone put his picture,,just to know him,,and show the world who he is! ! one little among the bigger singer s in the world! ! ! thanks little fella! ! for make people happy and for share what talent life gave to you! ! !

[iEnglandUK]

@jch67ess His name is Brian O'Donnell... and he's not a child anymore.

[KEVINNOLAN9994]

great little singer