Raglan Road

[carmenfonville]

lovely s.!

[Seanmcdhuibhne]

@thenelaware thanks for this beautiful video and what a beautiful voice.

[ssonnic]

who sings this version?

[Taoist111]

I was 19 then.................it all looks different now except for this.

[Taoist111]

I was 19 then.................

[Corcoran1992]

Love this version. My favourate song. Words are really powerful.I think most of us have had an experience in our lives to match the one in this song.

[Seanmcdhuibhne]

My dark haired A..t.a ran away. Kinvarra Lass.

[2cruela]

its a great song, and a great story. I know all to well.

[casperld]

Beautiful rendition of a truly magnificent piece of art.

[nolicnotrut]

Absolutely charming.

Please advise - composer? Singer?

Ignore comparisons with other performers. Much as I admire Mr Kelly. This performer takes the music to heart and shares it beautifully.

[2cruela]

A beautiful song to match the country,,i hope to visit someday. Is it just me, or do the Irish have the best "sad" songs...

[margaretkingable]

best version i have heard

[Boogawes]

Joan Osborne has an excellent voice.

[spudseamus]

a truly beautiful rendition of this classic!! (yes I am a Luke Kelly fan lol)

[Rufus0608]

This is the best song eva whoooooooooooo :)

[MelissaTicky]

@Rufus0608 I second that one... what a beautiful song.

[PECHARD91]

Many thanks for this video with lyrics.

I'm french with Irish Originsand i like the Celtic Music until my Born, I loved also Loreena McKennitt but I prefer Joan OSBORNE in this interpretation. She is wonderful !

[download77]

I see the arm of the self anointed Luke Kelly Inquisition team has reached this shore, stamping out the heresy that anyone could enjoy another artists rendition of this song over dear departed Luke's - God rest his soul. It is holy rite they'll be telling you.

[sythe007]

this is the ultimate song... the ultimate jedi test to see if u can sing or not... Loreena Mckennit is top 3 best vocals, she can do this song acupella

[sythe007]

like no other

[EmanMcDuring]

For me this much much much better then the Sinead 's version....this one and the Luke Kelly's version are shurely the best that I've ever listen to...very different but both stunning

[SEAMUS666SCOTT]

not bad sinead beats it though was lookin for the wolf tones version

[Jen8973]

The singer sounds like Mary Black? I just love the scenery shown both the song and the video shown capture the beauty of Ireland

[pizzaleon]

I've heard that female voice before...! but I can't remember where?

[cussewago]

It is Joan Osborne

[nallyterrace]

Hope the exclusion of the North on that map in the first few seconds was accidental.

[declanlfc]

this song was made for luke kelly

[proximo26]

NO ONE sings this song like Mr. Luke Kelly.

[cavness]

a sad song aswell :(

[throtears]

a milion miles from sinead but a very very acceptable rendition

[cavness]

thx rothman999.

[colfer222]

just to say thanks to makrakken informing of the album....cheers..

[tomtesticle]

This made me weep. How beautiful!

[rothman999]

the problem cavness with playing the music we love at a family passing, is that it never sounds the same again as i did for the passing of my grandfarther r.i.p to both of them

[cavness]

this song was played at grandas funeral on the bag pipes

[bondie45]

Wonderful thks for the upload loved it soooo much

[johnnyshiraz]

I am fortunate enough toi have bought the album in Enniskillen some years ago.This track reaches deep inside me. Intensly haunting, soulful and stunningly beautiful. Paddy & Joan...take a bow!

[Makrakken]

The version of "Raglan Road" on this video is sung by Joan Osborne and is available on The Chieftains album "Tears of Stone".

[sayhey24man]

I might be wrong--but that sounds like Sinead O'Conner to me.

[NATHYENNI]

Thanks for the lovely virtual trip :D

[britishclub]

This is my favourite Irish song. Wonderful and this woman´s voice is heavenly!

[LACHLAN75]

this is truly beautiful, ....

[colfer222]

i see someone has put it up as joan osborne with the chieftains,any idea what

title its on....a brilliant version,better even than lukes 4 me....

[colfer222]

beautiful....real feeling....excuse my ignorance can anyone tell me who the singer is please

[bandruid]

Perfect. Beautiful. Thank you.

[eddmcg]

biddy r.i.p i will still love you always alec

[jasy87]

absolutly beautiful song

[neilthefish]

I Have to agrree, luke Kelly is the one and only for this song! I read Patrick Kavanaghs poetry when I was a schoolkid, But all the versions I hit on youtube are sung with such passion, this version is better than Sineads!! Who singing this version?

[raymano09]

This is simply manificent!

[sweetXmalice]

beautiful. simply beautiful.

[gonzostew]

Paddy was a man who liked a drop and got barred out here and there but left us with this piece of magic. God love him.

[tvgiannini]

beautiful

[getyoursfree]

Two weeks ago I heard a young lad, no more than eighteen or nineteen sing this in a pub in Manchester. While the lad had no great voice he sang with such passion that he silenced the crowd and let me tell you all, there were more than a few dewy eyed when he'd finished. I suppose the moral is it's not the version, it's the song and what it means to us all.

[misskittie1313]

it's funny, every single version of this on youtube and everyone says that a different version is the best. well, we all have different opinions. i just have to say, i've listened to so many different versions, and this one is really really beautiful, i don't have anything bad to say about the others, either. :) thx for posting.

[Lafo247]

Luke the legend all the way! No-one can compare to his voice, they can try though fair play to em.

[ilovecherrios100]

im learning this poem in school!!!!!

[Milford06]

Sorry all Luke Kelly is the only one

[mfa1434]

indeed. I am quite fond of mark knofler and with due respect to him, he is a kid compared to luke kelly when it comes to this song. so are all others. luke was a phenomenon.

[mukwah1111]

I cant agree with you. This version is absolutely gorgeous. A Canadian/Irish opinion but mine all the same.

[doeseatoats2]

A very good version and I have it on my I-pod, but I think I prefer Van Morrison. Perhaps it's because it was the first version I ever heard. Van really made me feel the longing and regret of a love lost, even the wrong love.

[louisalit]

Listen to Mark Knofler singing this beautiful song. Nice pictures here

[axl2rose]

What a fantastic voice.

[caomhain]

Where is Ulster on your map?

[MignonMe]

Oh my!

Beautiful.

[dubb1995]

While this is a perfectly nice version of the song, it doesn't convey the grief and heartbreak of unrequited love in the way that Luke Kelly's version does. Luke meant every single word he sang and his voice went straight for the heart.

[oberones]

hear hear hear....well said, indeed, well said...

[baggnz]

this is the Chieftains with Joan Osborne singing as a guest

[nadielokoxxxx]

Who is The Singer...?? She is Brilliant Like x

[TaffmanNF]

This is Absolutely Brilliant.

[jmseles]

I agree TaffmanNF, took the words right from me. This is absolutely brilliant.

[shanonvg]

I would like to thank the person who shared this with me...this video is a splendid visual and example of an ancient country overflowing in nature's gifts in it's most generous state of giving. The vocal in this beautiful song is a haunting and melodically fine tuned version that should not be compared to another, but appreciated on its own merit.

Thenelaware, this is extraordinarily rich in both visual and music.

[thenelaware]

Hi everybody and Happy New Year !!

Sorry for the silence but I left home some months ago to make a world trip and I just return.

(Feb 09, exactly nine months from the day I left Dun Laoghaire for "cette obscure clarté qui tombe des étoiles")

Thanx for all your posts, messages, video responses.. I promise to read everything.. it may take time :)

[colbert6]

this is the worst version i have ever heard who in the hell singing it learn how too get a singing voice

[PipDK]

Sorry BUT you have NO idea what the fuck you are talking about!

This is one of the best versions and fantasticly done by Joan Osborne.

and it was my uncles favorite song, god rest is soul.

[desbob213]

feck off

[baggnz]

this is the Chieftains version, with Joan Osborne singing

[jonnyv1945]

Who is the singer? A good version but Luke Kelly is the one

[acid37]

c'est la meilleure version présente sur You Tube !

[1wuffy]

This is a hauntingly beautiful rendition of a very touching song. Thank you for putting it on you tube.

[Vinividivici333]

Magnificent music. This one, Luke's raw and masterly rendition, Mary Black's...no matter...all beautiful.(Wish someone could also post Sinead O'Connor's version on YouTube)

[FourGreenFieldsBand]

i love Sinead's version of this, she is an awesome Irish singer.

[adr45678]

this version is exellent in its own right as is kelly's variety is the spice nall that crack....

[Thuglordrpt]

actualy , i dont think lukes version is one of those party songs our anything like that. he also approchs slowly and ''poeticaly'' with passion, useing the power he holds in his voice, he surpass's this version in everyway. This one is good too, but lukes is the best.

[fitboyslob]

Sorry to upset Folks, but Luke Kellys version kicks this Eurovision friendly nonsense to bits. Check it out.Hes the real deal, this is the eqiuvalent of Celine Dion singing a Bob Dylan track.

[boreen5]

Sorry I have to disagree with you,in my opinion this is a better version than Luke's, but I respect your views.

[Thuglordrpt]

Luke wrote the song.

[boreen5]

Patrick Kavanagh first wrote it as a poem in 1946.I am not knocking Luke Kelly in any way he was a great singer,its just that I prefer this.

[adr45678]

no he did'nt P kavanagh wrote

[JMD0429]

you know this "Eurovision crap" is done by the Chieftains don't you?

[swansdaughter]

Exquisite. Video and song are perfectly matched; the singer's voice brings chills. Thank you for also including the lyrics.

[alsgnor]

I am moved.

Great job (and great song).

[buththay]

Well sung,great voice. Who is the singer?.

[musik102]

This track is from the Chieftains album "Tears of Stone" which features all women line-up on the vocals ( icluding Bonnie Raitt and Joni Mitchell). Great stuff!

[yabu28]

SO NOT Sinead O'Connor! But good singing all the same...

[thefiddler1]

Hi, just thought you'd like to know it's not Sinead O'Connor. It's The Chieftains with Joan Osbourne on vocals

[machree01]

I hate to tell you this but that's not Sinead O'Connor singing, but a very good singer, and well done with the video

[fhgoaliegurl]

I LUV her voice and her songs are great!!!

[astroqueen67]

ERIN GO BRAGH!!!! ;)