"Róisín Dubh" - Caitlín Maude

[craigshort123]

Did you get this off of an album? Amazing song

[GrainneMhaol]

@craigshort123 It's from her album 'Caitlín', if you google it, you should be able to order it from a few places.

[saoirse164]

Just one word: Beautiful

[gothicgrowler]

Thumbed up for BEAUTIFUL CELTIC SPEAK!

[IFknHateUTube]

thumbed down for celtic shit speak

[stgensabu]

@IFknHateUTube Fuck off you troll, why search for a gaelic song if you dont want to listen to it

[Cathain78]

Gan dabht, a chailín!

[piobairesicago]

Stunning. I am smitten and tearful and homesick all at once. Thanks to GrainneMhaol for sharing this lovely woman's amazing rendition of this great song. It is art of transcendent quality and luminosity.

[lsdvine]

Ireland: birthplace of Jazz???

[LaFeuInferne]

Brill! It's so hard to find decent sean-nos singing on the internet - this really is a gem.

[sean9234]

Jesus, I really wish I could learn Gaelige, but every time I try I never can get the hang of it.

[MrJwragg]

Absolutely beautiful!

[caolan98]

love it

[caolan98]

I learned this song going to school 1959!! loved it then and I love it now .Caitlin sings it with such passion

[blacmamma]

roisin black

[nemo528]

love the sean-nós style

[CrownedWithLaurels]

Thank you SO much, it's so hard to find Sean Nós on youtube that hasn't been recorded in a noisy pub. And this is one aspect of our culture I'd HATE to see die out, it's beautiful!

[strapme65]

Just came across this utterly staggering rendition of this song, belated thanks for this upload.

[UbiquitousUnicycle]

Did not enjoy. Am learning the language for the fiance, and we both agree, and I'm a eastern european wailer! and he's irish! anyway, even if necessary for this song, her wailing makes it ugly. If she didn't wail so much, it'd be lovely.

[GrainneMhaol]

@UbiquitousUnicycle The 'wailing' is an integral part of the sean-nós tradition. Perhaps when you've learned a little bit more about this style of music, you might appreciate it more.

[EverythingZen14]

@GrainneMhaol I didnt have to learn anything about the style to appreciate it. It's like byzantine chant: you either love it or hate it, I think. To me, it is one of the most beautiful singing styles that exist; alongside Byzantine chant, Georgian chant, and 2-part Znamenny chant.

[GrainneMhaol]

@EverythingZen14 The more I learned about sean-nós singing, the more I grew to love it. Not all of it sounds as sweet as this - some of it is nasal and 'rough' sounding, but as I learned the songs and the rules of sean-nós, I began to understand it more and gained a greater love for it. That is why I think it is wrong to dismiss it because of the so-called 'wailing'.

[EverythingZen14]

@GrainneMhaol I think I understand you. I'm glad, for you, that you did not dismiss sean-nos after hearing it once. I can see that, now, you enjoy it.

[Dylan41292]

@GrainneMhaol Can i just say aswell that depending on the region its being sung in depends on the amount of ornamentation (Wailing). So maybe if you heard it sung in a different region you may like it. But i would certainly say to have a listen to Seán Ó Riada's version which he wrote for an irish film in '59 called "Mise Éire"

[EverythingZen14]

@UbiquitousUnicycle Sean-nos is modal, just like byzantine chant is.  A lot of scholars think that sean nos actually developed from a really ancient form of Celtic Church singing, back when Rome was still Orthodox. It's really probably not that different from what you are used to, if you are an eastern european. It's just a diff. style of ornamentation. I, though I'm Orthodox, like sean nos way more than the ancient arabic, greek, or russian chanting. Personal pref. i guess

[Rajamuttu]

@EverythingZen14

And all of those styles developed from Jewish modal music chanted at the Temple in Jerusalem. Gregorian chant is a direct decendant from the liturgical music Jews call "trup".

[johann23]

@UbiquitousUnicycle hehe you have horrible taste

[flanncada]

@UbiquitousUnicycle

Now must we set aside and dry our tears

and comfort us for all is gone -

All comely quality all gentleness and hospitality is gone

Our music vanished and our skill to sing is gone

Nothing is whole that could be broke - since you decided that

Sean Nos singing (of which this is a superb example) is mere 'wailing'.

Surely the fact that so many us appreciate it should inhibit you - just a little?

[Thuglordrpt]

@UbiquitousUnicycle this tradition isent veru much changed thats why it seems ''ugly'' to you, eastern europe is a mixed pot of many peoples and traditions because many enthnic groups with cultutral differences settled there so this pure music may sound strange and removed from the norm of eastern europeans.

[Trustmeimalifeguard]

Caitlín Maude.....laoch!

[sillymoose13ish]

Does anyone know thelyrics to this song in english?

[moncai1]

@sillymoose13ish Wiki the title and it gives the Irish and English!

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

Beannacht Lá Fhéile Pádraig

[Seamus616]

Maith m'anam, ach nach breá an ceol seo!?

[GrainneMhaol]

Aontaím go hiomlán leat, a mhic.

[iamearthbornami]

altogether beautiful

[szalard]

irish language is one of the most beautiful languages in this world! too bad that only a few people are speaking it. :(

[jerrykelly11783]

Cé a dúirt nach labhraítear í? Tá sí ag teacht ar ais i ngach áit timpeall an domhain.

Who says it's not being spoken? It's coming back everywhere around the world.

[songpidgeon]

Wow! XxSarah

[katrina25045]

This is so beautiful, it really touches my heart. Amazing vocals!

[ghostcatinmirror]

Gorgeous, it's so sad that she had such a short life, I saw the programme about her on TG4, she's the best sean nos singer I've ever heard.

[14anabel]

tin whistle bb?

[r34p3r07]

no its a d whistle anabel (god knows whish model though)

[8345127]

This is so beautyiful, make me want to be some where like Kerry!!! :-) cuz I'm in the bis smoke! and Ireland is so so beautiful.

[LukeFFC]

Nossa, música maravilhosa!

Esta maneira irlandesa de interpretar canções é estupenda! Parabéns, e viva as tradições gaélicas!

[ANE32]

What a beautiful voice!

[Thuglordrpt]

I love this song, its sooths my soul.

[Seamus616]

Go ndéine Dia trócaire uirthi.

[ghostcatinmirror]

Chad a sriobh tu na fadeanna? Sciobheann do fhreagra as Bearla, go raibh maith agat!

[Seamus616]

Dia duit! Hold down Alt Gr and press any of the vowels. if that dosent work, sometimes pressing ' (next to ; ) before the letter does the job

[ghostcatinmirror]

Go raibh míle maith agat a Shemuís. Slán agus beannacht.

[Seamus616]

ná habair é, a chara!

dont mention it friend !

[iantoh53]

@ghostcatinmirror Scrios mhaidne ort go n-iarrann tu ar dhaoine giota a scriobh ar an amhran seo i mBearla! Agus ma iarrann tu ar dhuine rud ar bith a scriobh as Bearla, scriobh ar a laghad i gceart e as Gaeilge go dtuigimid ceard ata i gceist agat!

[shaybokelly]

typical purist gaeilgeoir ...

[BAC1954]

GRMA, Ar dheis de go raibh a Anam dilis.

[Seamus616]

Seod...

[ineendubh]

Rough translation part 2:

I would walk in dew with you and in the fields,

In hope of receiving love from you, or a part of what I wish,

Sweet branch, you promised me that you loved me,

And the pride of all Munster is my Roisin Dubh.

The Erne shall be in floods and hills shall be shaken,

The sea shall be in red waves, and blood be spilled,

Every mountain glen and bog in Ireland shall shake

Some day, before my Roisin Dubh will [be allowed to] die.

[daithimacc7]

Beautiful Rendition, Fair pleidh Dhuit

[ainso]

one of the best songs ive heard in irish my whole life irish is a wonderful language and im proud to be able to speak it eire abu

[Bragi06]

wow this is really powerful. it's hard not to have tears in your eyes.

[XxLoveStoryxXSceneX]

i LOVE my heritage..

such a beautiful language

[EvanescenceBella]

Irish Gaelic is the most beautiful language!

[brimwa1]

i dont understand a word she's saying but this is a beautiful song...

powerful voice

[009liam]

O! the Erne shall run red With redundance of blood, The earth will rock beneath our tread, And flemes wrap hill and wood, And gun peal and slogan cry Wake many a glen serene, Ere you shall fade,ere you shall die, My dark Rosaleen, my own Rosaleen, The judgement hour must first be nigh Ere you shall fade,ere you shall die, My dark Rosaleen! James Clarence Mangan's translation -- More beautiful than the original Gaelic?

[GrainneMhaol]

Quite simply: no.

[keithodulaigh88]

Ná bí seafóideach a bhuachaill :-P

[laserlad2008]

man, thats not a translation, not even close. And the language is written Gaeilge. We play Gaelic football, and speak Gaeilge!

[mossfitz]

Patriotism is usually such an irrational destructive force and yet in this incarnation love of country (Róisin Dubh means Ireland here) finds a voice that can only be something good and true and spiritual.

[typacsk]

It seems all too easy to me, to conflate a love of one's home with antipathy towards somewhere/everywhere else by calling them both patriotism.

[mossfitz]

O MY Dark Rosaleen,

 Do not sigh, do not weep!

The priests are on the ocean green, They march along the deep.

There 's wine from the royal Pope, Upon the ocean green;

And Spanish ale shall give you hope, My Dark Rosaleen! My own Rosaleen!

Shall glad your heart, shall give you hope,

Shall give you health, and help, and hope, My Dark Rosaleen!

[ineendubh]

What a lovely rendition! Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dílis.

[HailHailKeano]

An amhráin go deo. Maidir leis an bealach in a bhfuair Caitlín bás, nílim cinnte ach cheapas gur ailse a bhí an? Bhfuil fhios ag aon duine go cinnte?

[GrainneMhaol]

Ailse a bhí ann - tá an ceart agat.

[pinacoladathe5th]

Cad é ailse, má sé do thoil?

[GrainneMhaol]

Cancer, mar a deirtear i mBearla.

[pinacoladathe5th]

go raibh míle a chara

[manzilalex]

her voice makes me cry...i love her voice though i heard her for first time....she was so good...god bless her soul

[solsticecelt]

Dos anyone know if she ever sang she moved thru the fair?

[GrainneMhaol]

She was mainly a sean nós singer, which means she sang primarily in Irish. It isn't on her album anyway.

[solsticecelt]

where was she from?

[GrainneMhaol]

She was born in Casla in Galway.

[solsticecelt]

Thanks Grainnemhaol,

We are going to Oughterard in Co Galway for a week month, looking forward to hearing the live irish pub music and all that that beautiful place offers.

[starie1975]

Hi guys, Caitlín Maude is a hero in my Village of Ros Muc. She was indeed born in Casla; her mother was from that area. Her mother was also a school teacher. Caitlín father (John Maude) was from Cill Bhriocáin in Ros Muc.

[solsticecelt]

Until tonight I had never heard of this artist, so sad that she like a lot of talented musicians and singers are no longer around, well physically anyway, but in thier music thier spirit will remain.

[sweetbootay1]

amazing voice---

[arethanna]

i don`t know how it all started but now i`ve been listening to irish music for an hour and a half and i don`t know why...

but i enjoy every second...

i`m amazed..

[Americailin]

I cant believe I found this on Youtube. I cant begin to tell you how happy I am. Thanks for posting it! I was initially looking for this song performed by another artist but like this version better. Ive done some readong on Caitlin Maude and found sadly that she died young. I cannot find out how she died tho. Does anyone know. Regardless, it's a tragic loss!

[GrainneMhaol]

Thank you for your enthusiastic response! She was indeed an amazing artist. I believe she died from cancer, a terrible loss as you say. Hopefully she will get the recognition she deserves.

[jamesandgrainne]

Go raibh maith agat , I was very moved by this wonderful piece of art.

[CillRos]

Go raibh maith agat don leagan álainn sin.

[bafr1]

thank you very much for this unique insight