not bad from me a man born in england of connemara parents my beloved maithir mor agus moo athair mor learned me to speak this beautiful lanungage and my beloved uncle who i was brought up with this message is dedicated to their memory beannacht de leo go leir. padraic de burca united kingdom
hi im listening to joe for over 45 years now and so great he was first time i ever seen his photo heard he was like me liked his pint and a smoke like me , i used to listen to him long ago on radio eireann with princious mac an agisa cant spell it mon nights 9.30 aww to the good old days that were did he die in the usa i wonder . beannacht de le do anam dhilis a seosamh o hEanai go ar dheis de a bhi do anam dhilish .amein
@paulette01 I disagree. Strongly. The suffering was to preserve their Irish identity, which due to historical events, became identified with Catholicism. Mary was only elevated in the Catholic Church because the missionaries were having such trouble weening the Irish from goddess worship. The one true god of the Irish is a godess.If all the Irish converted to Protestantism, but continued to retain national language culture and identity, the Brits would have found another issue.
I remember going to a folk festival and listening to Joe Heaney sing a long ballad (in English). it was one where in each verse one line carried the story with 3 lines of refrain. So the story moved very slowly but I was not impatient, I had nowhere to be or go than to listen to this story unfold and the repetition was not annoying, it was like meditating.
But the singer has to let the song come through him, and resist the urge to insert his self into it. I was studying aikido at the time, and the mental process is very similar. Heaney was an Irish version of a zen master and a national treasure.
@Seamus616 God, that's very true. I'm living in a shepherd's cabin in the french pyrennes for the year, meditating, singing sean nos and playing irish music, and I couldn't agree more. I think every buddhist monk should sing those tragic ones like currachin na tra baine, too, there's nothing like the story of a tragic currach accident to bring home the truth of the buddha's first noble truth - the truth of suffering!
This is AMAZING! I first heard this sung by Tommy Makem in English when I was fifteen and it's stuck in my soul. How fantastic to hear it sung in Irish, by no less than Joseph Heaney!
@BaldGrace Agree -- My folks were from mayo & Donegal. As I have grown older I have apreciated my Irish roots. My Wild Donegal ways, may mannered Westport ways. Climbed Crough Patrick in April , visited my 91 yr old Uncle, in view of the Holy Mount. Regaled with times him and my grandad capained the Irish international Fishing team.. I have been privaliged
I found an LP of him in a record shop in Vermont, USA and actually screamed, I was so a) shocked and b) overjoyed. He's the best. Not that I have much of a frame of reference for that judgment, but some things do not NEED frames of reference, man, and Joe Heaney's voice is one of them. This song, incidentally, made me drop out of college and become (temporarily--I'm not that crazy) a migrant farmer in western Ireland. Music is heady stuff, children. Especially when combined with lots of gin.
I loved this, I could listen to Joe for hours and hours, thanks so much for posting this.
janeos01 1 week ago
not bad from me a man born in england of connemara parents my beloved maithir mor agus moo athair mor learned me to speak this beautiful lanungage and my beloved uncle who i was brought up with this message is dedicated to their memory beannacht de leo go leir. padraic de burca united kingdom
castlebar67 1 month ago
hi im listening to joe for over 45 years now and so great he was first time i ever seen his photo heard he was like me liked his pint and a smoke like me , i used to listen to him long ago on radio eireann with princious mac an agisa cant spell it mon nights 9.30 aww to the good old days that were did he die in the usa i wonder . beannacht de le do anam dhilis a seosamh o hEanai go ar dheis de a bhi do anam dhilish .amein
castlebar67 1 month ago
tá sé seo iontach
sainglain 2 months ago
@paulette01 I disagree. Strongly. The suffering was to preserve their Irish identity, which due to historical events, became identified with Catholicism. Mary was only elevated in the Catholic Church because the missionaries were having such trouble weening the Irish from goddess worship. The one true god of the Irish is a godess.If all the Irish converted to Protestantism, but continued to retain national language culture and identity, the Brits would have found another issue.
TheLakewind 3 months ago
An bhfuil se fós beo?
Realteen 3 months ago
They're simply saying that there is a different awareness of time in this sean nos style of singing.
What has religious belief got to do with it?
Spirituality is not the prerogative of some corrupt depraved organisation which has betrayed humanity.
Good music is nothing to do with religions or politics or ANY belief system.It is it's own language.We have to shut up and listen.
mauricejudge 7 months ago
I remember going to a folk festival and listening to Joe Heaney sing a long ballad (in English). it was one where in each verse one line carried the story with 3 lines of refrain. So the story moved very slowly but I was not impatient, I had nowhere to be or go than to listen to this story unfold and the repetition was not annoying, it was like meditating.
Yehudittx 9 months ago
But the singer has to let the song come through him, and resist the urge to insert his self into it. I was studying aikido at the time, and the mental process is very similar. Heaney was an Irish version of a zen master and a national treasure.
Yehudittx 9 months ago
@Yehudittx exactly, a lot of people dont realise the refuting of the ego is central to irish tradition
Seamus616 8 months ago
@Seamus616 God, that's very true. I'm living in a shepherd's cabin in the french pyrennes for the year, meditating, singing sean nos and playing irish music, and I couldn't agree more. I think every buddhist monk should sing those tragic ones like currachin na tra baine, too, there's nothing like the story of a tragic currach accident to bring home the truth of the buddha's first noble truth - the truth of suffering!
brianoc22 8 months ago
James Cl;arence Mangan. Last of the old bards. Great version.
phonemonkey3 10 months ago
This is AMAZING! I first heard this sung by Tommy Makem in English when I was fifteen and it's stuck in my soul. How fantastic to hear it sung in Irish, by no less than Joseph Heaney!
Lovely pictures also.
BaldGrace 11 months ago
@BaldGrace Agree -- My folks were from mayo & Donegal. As I have grown older I have apreciated my Irish roots. My Wild Donegal ways, may mannered Westport ways. Climbed Crough Patrick in April , visited my 91 yr old Uncle, in view of the Holy Mount. Regaled with times him and my grandad capained the Irish international Fishing team.. I have been privaliged
2dwray 5 months ago
He sings a version of this on the Say a Song album, but this version is much better - love it!
A rich voice and very intreaguing singer.
The real Sean Nos singing.
CICA560 1 year ago
has anyone got patsy mc cann would love to hear it
paddygiles 1 year ago
I found an LP of him in a record shop in Vermont, USA and actually screamed, I was so a) shocked and b) overjoyed. He's the best. Not that I have much of a frame of reference for that judgment, but some things do not NEED frames of reference, man, and Joe Heaney's voice is one of them. This song, incidentally, made me drop out of college and become (temporarily--I'm not that crazy) a migrant farmer in western Ireland. Music is heady stuff, children. Especially when combined with lots of gin.
rLadyoftheBlowtorch 1 year ago
Im obseesed with this song lol i just found this version and it is very emotional.
Thuglordrpt 2 years ago
A great performance by the master!
fionn25 2 years ago
Wonderful performance by the master. May I ask where and when it was recorded?
fionn25 2 years ago
Great to hear Joe's voice again. I heard him sing live 3 times in the 1960s. Tx for posting! Does anyone have Joe singing 'The Bonny Bunch of Roses"
TimJakeGl 2 years ago