Kilkelly

[wistopnow]

I first heard this song in the late 80's while living in California, far from home. Being terribly homesick this song prompted me to return to my roots in Indiana and to reconcile differences with my ailing father whom I buried a soon after returning. Needless to say, this song means much to me. Thank you Moloney O'Connell & Keane.

[wistopnow]

This is the sadest song ever written. Its not just about being irish or english or british (whatever) or any of that. Its about the dissolution of the family in the modern economic system. families are torn apart even in america because of the system of things; imho of course. Anyway, I cant imagine anybody with an inkling of human feeling not being moved by this song. the 4 dislikes must be cold hearted republican capitalist pigs.

[javiismadani]

So beautiful song! :D

[Scotty1137]

4 stupid, tone deaf, heartless bastards stopped by here!

[dratjp]

Хвала

[Bhikshu2]

Excuse me, I've got something in my eye...

[Strobanov]

@Bountykilla82 are you retarded or something? He said he is an irishman. learn to read

[janknjazovic]

umetnicko delo!! 

[dratjp]

@janknjazovic hvala

[marersbs93]

@dratjp ne postoji tuznija pesma... Daje smisao zivotu

[wingzero890]

Ireland, united and free. Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.

[666Alester]

This song is beyond a song... it's a story about the love of a father for his son, it is about emigration, it is about being poor... it is life itself... it is history and actual as well....

[almuzza]

I grew up 10 miles down the road from Kilkelly in Charlestown... and believe me the place is still as miserable and depressing as the song... I won't expect any retaliatory remarks as I don't expect they have the Interweb in Kikelly yet... Sad song though!

[princesseibhlin]

What fukin video

[butch820]

great song we watched it in school watching it i found it educational and sad

[ModernOmen]

Could someone plz answer me is the Irish national past time whinning or is it just every Irish song I've ever heard lol

[dratjp]

@ModernOmen

Hi modern, I guess pain to some sounds like "whinning" to others. Being forced to leave home because of economic concerns is never easy especially when the reason may be the insensitivity of an English government that could have cared less at the time. The old saying, the English never remember, the Irish never forget applies here.

[TheMightOfTheEnglish]

@dratjp many english have had to move elsewhere to because of economic concerns to, its not something that just applies to the irish, even after independence and today even, many irish come to england searching for work ,who do you blame for that

[TheMightOfTheEnglish]

@dratjp and ps it was the british government ,not the english,

[DontFeedTheZombies]

@ModernOmen Lol?

That's rude and insensitive.

[adrienrain]

@ModernOmen "The great Gaels of Ireland/Are the men that god made mad/For all their wars were merry/And all their songs were sad' Actually, the Irish write the best songs, and they're not all sad, but sad songs are good too........... poor Modern, got no soul.........

[Strobanov]

@ModernOmen rascist -_-

[coolcork]

this vid tells so many stories. as a nation us irish have suffered our fair share of woe's, to think so many fled our land because of famine and oppression only to be met by discrimination, hatred and bigotry in far off lands. "we are the irish" god bless.................. excellent upload, many thanks.

[dratjp]

@coolcork thanks

[THE88MICK1]

@coolcork As an American Born Irishman who has deep roots verified to 1563 I can say with no uncertainty that the Irish are the heart and soul of America. We had to fight to leave the motherland and we had to fight to survive in the new land. There isn't a Brit alive, or dead, that can hold a light to the heart of an Irishman. When the Brits stole all the food and let the Irish starve to death, only half of the population, the Irish responded with "give us your worst". Erin go bragh!

[Bountykilla82]

@THE88MICK1 BRO LIKE IT OR NOT YOUR AN AMERICAN LMAOF YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AMERICAN NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY! What does your birth certificate say?? Or your passport. Being too proud of your roots is like being proud your neighborer drives a Lamborghini

[Bountykilla82]

@THE88MICK1 BRO LIKE IT OR NOT YOUR AN AMERICAN LMAOF YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AMERICAN NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY! What does your birth certificate say?? Or your passport. Being too proud of your roots is like being proud your neighborer drives a Lamborghini.

[vinnyhoags]

Beautiful..Touching...Sad, The Reality of life.

[d0ma1n92]

I was crying on this song :'(

[tdame34x]

@d0ma1n92 

[holey396]

this song is beautiful

[rabbitwho]

I love this song.

Thank god for skype and ryanair or this would be my reality.

[tdame34x]

@rabbitwho

[maesecamara]

Sad but good, extremely good, it gives me the creeps

[pommedupin]

i agree. this song is just so powerful. not only for the irish in it, but because all immigrants coming to the new world faced similar sorrows. how the times were different back then...

[pdscotia]

I cry when I listen to this song. Every. Single. Time.

[grahammacken]

JAYSUS! Song never gets old,beautiful!

[lsdvine]

tears all over

[jmjk63]

Go mbeannaí Dia duit

[StefanLochner]

It's such a sad song describing the reality of so many Irish people during and even decades after the famine. Outstanding song combined with a very impressing selection of pictures.

Thank you very much.

[mike24gr]

Heart-wrenching...

[steventype1]

sad sad song very good one

[SuperMarius94]

omq

its the sadest song ive ever heard

im crying every tie i hear it

[jfeeney73]

This is the best performance of this song in my opinion. I've gotten teary eyed to this tune so many times - and I'm not the emotional type! Powerful stuff.

[horsemouth53]

this is the saddest song i have ever heard. have listened to it hundreds of times, still moves me. seriously powerful.

[beaf123]

To everybody who likes this song I will recoment a swedish swedish movie called "Utvandrerne" in swedish.. Its a two disc movie about the story of poor swedish farmers who decides to go tho America... the film is fantastic:)

[Coirpeach]

A great song but very sad words.The video worked well with the song and kept with the theme..Some great old pic.....

[floozdolt]

You should add the artist in the info.

In this case: Moloney, O'Connell & Keane - Kilkelly

[dratjp]

you are spot on flooz, my bad

[MBalxain]

good song... but i don´t need it in english class tests -.- xD

[bgtmko]

ah swift 3...

good old times, fucking loving that one

[dratjp]

ah, you're right...and you have impeccable taste I might add...

[exkeager]

I was actually able to hear the writer of this song (Peter Jones) performing this at the Machinst Union training school in Placid Harbor Maryland. The Jone's brothers are very accomplished artists who have dedicated a lot of their efforts on social and labor issues. It was very touching to see this performed by the person who wrote it.

[annahuuh]

we listened to it english lesson too. it so sad that the father die before he can see his son again. also i cant really believe , the letters are real.

finally a song with a real sense in it.:)

[Norpionxx]

We listened to it english lesson too. It's just souch a sad but great song. It makes me cry everytime I hear it.

[dieradc]

We listened to it in english lesson too...

When I here it I feel like crying :(

Its very sad and moving and i like it because of this!

Great song!

[Omurumo]

we listened to it in the english lesson.

it´s great.

[dratjp]

thnx,

it's a moving song.

[Omurumo]

at first i didn´t understand the lyrics because of my bad english =D but now i understand it... it´s sad - i like it

[ohiopeach]

I heard this song when I was a child. It tore me up then as it does now. I cry every time I hear it.

[QueenofNarnia29]

we listened to this in my n. ireland folklore class the other day, i almost cried. This is such a good song.

[cosbyfan1]

when my history teacher showed me this song, it inspired me to try hard in all my classes besides his, this song is awsome, and i usually only listen to stuff like Notorious BIG

[dratjp]

gracias

[magnusolav123]

I remember listning to this song for the first time and when it got to the part when their mother dies, I got like; Omg no! Felt like crying at the end, when he dies=(

One of the most beautiful, moving and touching songs i've ever heard !

[DUCATIROOLS]

Mick Moloney sings :)

His my hero!

[jratt2]

Robbie O'Connell is the singer, Mick Moloney accompanies.

[wingzero890]

This is one of the most depressing irish songs I've ever heard.

[OceanReflectsTheSun]

very nice song... we sang it in our english lessons :)

beautiful idea to make a song from a family history

[Quaellchen]

we did too (:

great song.. we sing it every day.. well in other lessons too xD

[icep12]

touching...

[dubbyajay]

A great song.

Does anyone know the chords to 'The boys from county mayo'?

[melanze110]

i love this song, but this song by robbi O´Connel is a bit better

[Tinymoezzy]

wonderful. Thanks you ever so for the video post.

[dratjp]

my pleasure. thanx

[cjthetim]

Beautiful

[hughodaly]

the most beautifully sad song i have ever heard and because i am travelling myself it makes think of home everytime i listen to it.Genius!!!!!!!!1

[02jstock]

does anyone know what the first chord of the song is?

all i know is it's on E

[dratjp]

it starts with Am twice followed by F 2x G 2x then back to Am

good place to get the chords is to "google" "Kilkelly Guitar Chords"

[02jstock]

na you can play it on your guitar it definitely starts on E, i just don't know what variant

i saw this in a pub in ireland about a week ago and he did it with a chord shape i've never seen, but using E as the root

[nosowisewoman]

i am deeply moved by this piece, no matter who sings it. i cannot help but blubber and weep; the sadness of the father and his longing for his son. i heard this for the first time back shortly after it had been written. the piece i heard was accapella. wow! i turned a young friend of mine on to it last year and he learned it in 24 hours and sang it for his mother on her birthday. what joy to hear it again!!!

[biscut420]

im not irish but its a pretty deep story. i can aprecciate it

[paratrooper321fa]

if you got a drop of Irish blood in you this song should hit you like a ton of bricks

[yankumi2]

every time i hear this song i cry....it makes me feel sad and depressed.....

i always think about if it would be the same for me if i go away from my family.......i just dont hope so.....

i really like your presentation of the song.....great job

[Faithiana]

great vid!

[dasyoshi]

we heard that song with our english teacher.

a friend of mine and myself sang it all the time during our exchange with belgium.. god, that was fun, although the text is so sad

:DD

[xmoorserx]

very sad song

[chord97]

Great job!

Thank you.

[IrelandCladdagh]

all my claddagh care o'appreciation for sharing this endearing video & treasured song... i have eclectic irish ancestry with both of my parents & i grew up hearing stories of the tears of immigration... i proudly carry ireland as my cherished surname, john :):):)

you'll NEVER walk alone!!! :):):)

[dratjp]

many thanx

[Ec4694]

i love this song soo much! my ancestors came from Ireland(County Cork)and my family loves pretty much everything irish. thank you for making this video!

[foxeye93720]

As an Irish-American, I thank you for one of the best overall presentations of this song that I have seen.

Those of you complaining about the accuracy of the images need to get a life - listen to the heart in the song! My ancestors came to the US and Canada during the hunger (there was NO famine, just another British attempt at genocide).

The family of 11 started out for Belfast from Keady, Armaugh. 9 made it to the ship - two died from starvation along the way.

The 6 brothers never returned.

[jessiejess3333]

hello to the people who listened to this song.

i have the hole song off in 1 day because my clss are doing a play bout the famine in Ireland for scor na bpaisti on sunday. i love history about it because its so full of history.and i love reading the books about it too. to those irish people ot there be proud of where ur from. i know im only 10 but who cares i love my country.

[SteviesLastTry]

btw would u mind telling me where u got all of these photos?

[SteviesLastTry]

seriously quit arguing about this stupid shit. this song is amazing, and unbelieveably sad. this stuff happened so often back then, should make everyone appreciate their lives now and be taken as a lesson.

[yummyburgers]

I live in Kilkelly, this is a great song and the video is good but wrong!

The scenery is not from Kilkelly at all.

I don't much like this version either.

[dratjp]

sigh...everyone is a critic

[yummyburgers]

Check out the other video, it actually shows the town!

Its a nice tribute but they could have used the real town in the vid! C'mon?!

[ironpaddy]

As an Irishman I dismay at you fucking intolerant wankers ....... irrespective of nationality let everyone have their say. It is a beautyful song that most Irish will understand. Please don't spoil something that rips my heart out. Thanks.

[rocfour20]

Great song so touching. Alright with the German thing already

[NovaSeha]

i like that song

we had herad it in the english lesson a few days ago and it's not going out of my mind

our teacher gives us the text and at the end i nearly cried when i hear it yet

a sad beautiful song

very good

thx for downloading it

(sorry for my english i'm german)

[brrrrny]

in all fairness to our german friends germany was governed by an austrian. when it created all of the trouble. and this song isn t about politics its about emmigration and if it can strike a chord with the germans then i say vundarbar

[ice9222]

this song is GREAT!

[stalkingopfer111]

i am not irish

i am geman but in germany there have been many of these emingrations after ww2 too.

very sad and touching

[rumpraisin]

Where did they go to then? South America? That's where all the Nazi war criminals went.

[rumpraisin]

I made this comment about Nazis because you talked about emigrations AFTER WW2. I am aware that Germans, like other Europeans, emigrated to the New World long before the Second World War. I am typing, not stereotyping.

[ice9222]

i am german too and pls don't try to tell me that any germans are nazis! it is not like that and you should know that!

[rumpraisin]

Your English is quite good (much better than my German)but maybe you misunderstand me. I never said all Germans are Nazis.

[ice9222]

ok sry if i misunderstood you...

[rumpraisin]

You can't compare Germany to Ireland. Ireland was governed by Britain, and the cause of many of its troubles were the result of this. The Germans created their own troubles and other other country's troubles.

[ddhmi88]

I want to know who John was, because I would tell him he is a terrible person for deserting his family. Family is all that people had back then, and we Irish need to remember the hardships that our elders endured for our future. We need to remember our roots and never forget. The English betrayed all of us. Some might call it GENOCIDE; I do.

[AKAlex47]

a) You're American, not Irish.

b) Who the hell are you to judge him.

c) The English never did anything to you.

[emeraldrocks71]

this is a beautiful song - i love it

[silvertonguedbard]

I have loved this song for years. Thanks so much for making this very touching video to it.

[jratt2]

The is singer is Robbie O'Connell. I think he sings the definitive version of this song.

[den22thecoast2]

very moving

[rumpraisin]

Have you got an ass of a face?

[cinsere22]

Very touching it sure got me crying. I can

relate to the years apart from family.

[Luftwaffels]

Very touching.

[Aerianh]

I love this song!

[NewBoi1980]

One of my favorite songs. I first heard it 20-25 years ago, recorded by a MN duo called Smith & Mayer. Ten years ago I had trouble finding a recording of it...Imaging my surprise to find it on YouTube! THANK YOU. I added it to my Favorites.

[Ec4694]

oh i love this song!!

[clarao1]

well done ! a top tune;like the montage.

[aaronkelley]

nice!!!

[loitzi81]

Touching song and great pictures. Very nice job!

[FoLKiEeEe]

so do i

[jgibbings]

very nice, I love this song