The Dubliners- Finnegan's Wake

[98pitbull]

drinkin scotch wisky wqhoopwhoop



[ArrogantBastard1597]

I'm mexican american! But i love Irish music and Ireland! Great culture!

[koelnerwutzmann]

jeden Euro für Ireland, but no Euro for Greece this lacy peple, which are lyers und sie sind korrupt, the greece people and they are lyers. not honest like irish people are.

[depressedreflection]

jfi i amfds so o fucke d upssal; ha

[AureusVenerabilis]

I want to turn off my notebook, get out, find an opened pub and drink 'til dawn... Cheers!

[maggiehater]

@AureusVenerabilis come on over we'd love to join you.

[61kingsize]

i am so drunk!

[SwissCow85]

FIRST I THINK THIS WAS A ANOTHER SPARTA REMIX BECAUSE THE PICTURE !!!

[ascendingeagle41]

thank you.

[segdaas]

Tanks

Tak

Bitte

[Ueberlegsdir2mal]

@segdaas bitte does not mean thanks if that was your point...

[221flynnbrian]

RONNIE DREW CRASHED HIS CAR THROUGH A FENCE ONE NIGHT DEAD DRUNK,WHEN THE POLICE SERGEANT ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ALCOHOL INVOLVED. HE SAID OF COURSE THERE WAS DO YOU THINK I`M A STUNTMAN

[Keach47]

@221flynnbrian This is great! Thank you!

[smclo03]

I miss Ronnie Drew! Dublin personified!

[cntryboycan]

Sounds like my Uncle Pat's wake... only he didn't rise. But my two cousins did get in a fight at the after party and a bottle of corn whiskey made it clear cross the room and smashed in the fire place.... nothing like a good funeral.

[MrJazz56]

the guy in the preview picture with the noose round his neck looks just like irish from red dead redemption

[charliecawley]

what a singer and whata guy

[joughin88]

This song is great but that bit at the end is so gay.

[wheatorwhite]

I recently learned that Ronnie Drew died a few years ago. It was the biggest disappointment of my life.. ;(

[calosAA]

merry xmas to eire and the uk love all u both. i live on from my irish grandfathers wake ....

[KarlitospunkOi]

I´am basque,i love this music,is the soul of Ireland.

[AMSGRADE8]

Who is the man in the photo being lynched?

[Cathain78]

@AMSGRADE8

Ronnie Drew

[AMSGRADE8]

@Cathain78 Ok, I thought it was one of the members of the Easter Rising.

[carolvoder]

I listened to this when I was 9 years of age on a vinyl record- my parents (dad - from Mayo, Mum - from Kerry) were playing the card game 25 with friends from Mayo - I can still smell the whiskey, bacon and cabbage, soup and crisps and hear them cursing at each other in Gaelic as they won and lost hands. I am currently drinking lots of red wine and cursing (in Gaelic) my typing. Anyone for a game of 25?

[GillRant]

@carolvoder My Granny and Dad who are both Irish curse in Gaelic, unfortunately I haven't a clue what they are saying. Despite this they hold a certain place in my memories too :).

[MizeryStomper]

As an American I am very jealous of the culture and history of countries like Ireland and Germany. with not even 250 years behind us we can't seem to talk about anthing but a few wars and try to pretend slavery didn't happen.

[TheRockYouNeed]

My question as a true fan of Irish music:

What's that f****** awsome song about!? xD

I love to listen to it, but i don't understand a single word, nor the story told...

[dognjeno]

@TheRockYouNeed

try google with : Finnegan's Wake lirycs..

[porygon110]

@TheRockYouNeed i irishman is very drunk and falls of a lader and they think he is dead. then then strong smell of whisky wakes him up. this is wut i think but i may be wrong

[TheRockYouNeed]

@porygon110

thx :D

[Cathain78]

@porygon110

The people at the wake get drunk and fights break out. Someone throws a bottle of whiskey and it spills all over the corpse. The spirit revives the corpse and brings the man back to life and he joins in the party :)

[WolfeBear]

please explain the fellow in the noose; one of my ancestors?

[eRaZeHyDrOzZ]

whisky or whiskey ?!?!

question from a german :)

[rokkinink]

@eRaZeHyDrOzZ whiskey is the name given if it was made in ireland or america, whisky is used for everything else.

answer from an irishman :)

[eRaZeHyDrOzZ]

@rokkinink ^^ thx 

[Cathain78]

@rokkinink

Almost - "whisky" is the name that was used everywhere until the Scotch producers trademarked the name. So now Whisky refers to the Scottish stuff and Whiskey refers to everything else. I actually prefer Irish whiskey as it's a lot smoother. Blended Scotch can be pretty rough on the throat, although the better quality single malts can be sublime. If you can't afford a good malt though, go for an Irish. A good Jameson's is hard to beat :)

[schaedlereventing]

@Cathain78 I totaly agree

just bought a bottle of Jameson to celebrate the days between the years.

Learned to love it as I had the pleasure to ride and hunt in Co Limerick

[rokkinink]

@Cathain78 guess it depends on who's tellin ya! just lookin it up now and every other site is basically sayin what i said, tho i did know that the change in name came about because the scottish producers wanted 2 distinguish themselves from other producers. I've got 2 agree with ya on the Irish whiskey over the Scotch tho, like ya said ya cant beat a good Jameson! Happy drinkin my man!

[iscream93]

@eRaZeHyDrOzZ Whiskey haha :) :)

[HurricaneBarney]

My only question is why this has 11 dislikes.

[rheaann420]

26+6=1 UP THE RA!!!!  BATTLED BUT NEVER BEATEN IRELAND WILL BE FREE FROM THE EVIL BRITISH HUNS SOON

[MrMrbobblehead]

irish misic always makes you want a drink

[BoffoFive]

@MrMrbobblehead

Very true! You can't stay sober while heraring this.

Greetings from Germany...oh and cheers!

[imrightyourwrong24]

scrapman999 ya if they try to force their religion on me... america will never be a islamic state neither will ireland

[panacalty]

@imrightyourwrong24 Sounds like you have your head in a state already!

[panacalty]

Fuckin wankers the lot o ye!

Good song!

[Snowboarder1995able]

why is it on every irish song i find there is at least 1 comment about terrorism/america or the IRA it has nothing to do with it. love Ireland, enjoy music :)

[zigzag4d9]

@Snowboarder1995able too right mate enjoy the music and quit babblin on about shit that dont bloody matter

[imrightyourwrong24]

scrapman999 and if you try to say martyrdom then you need to look that word up every pussy hijacker on those planes committed suicide and is rotting in hell along with every cleric that has circumcised a little girl your version of islam offends the world not just me so go back to durka durka ville and fuck off

[PVSJuicer]

@imrightyourwrong24 Female circumcision is a cultural act not religious, pussy hijackers are people feel such a great sense of injustice and are willing to do something about it, terrorism is wrong, but what leads to those acts isnt being resolved, the muslim lands carry an inordinate share of the worlds poor and the west manipulates their politics and props up tyrannical leaders. The pussies are the politicians who are too self-interested to try to fix poverty.

[acotcha]

@PVSJuicer To right my friend!!! All we get is propoganda news. Anyone who really wants to really read into it will find out the truth problem is people don't and are happy to believe the bull shit

[fnchrstphr]

@scrapman999 Since there's only about 5 million muslims in America, the matter of time you are talking exists only in your delusions.

[imrightyourwrong24]

scrapman999 im not trying to be harsh on islam dont get me wrong but i dont think you guys have a chance in hell of taking over america we are one of the most gun carrying societies and we are the first country to use terrorism so bring your camel jocky simple self over and see if you can touch us with out killing your self...... you guys need to read the q'uran more often then you would realise suicide is unforgivable

[imrightyourwrong24]

scrapman999 dude i was drunk and made a typo thats why there is a asterisk at the beginning habeb... why are even watching this if your a pro english muslim. and i never said i was catholic you fuckin camel jocky go new york and talk your bin laden bull shit. god bless ireland and god bless the u.s

[purpleSun6292]

@scrapman999

ha no one wants to be islamic! the only people that practice it are the ones that were brainwashed as children, but thats true for all the religions

[PVSJuicer]

@purpleSun6292 ensuring you carry a superiority complex through life by only seeing difference and condemning others adds nothing to this world.

If you had spent any time living with muslims you'd understand all the lies you are being fed and soaking in through the proagandist media, you simply have no idea what you are talking about. Your ignorance is disgusting and you are a hateful person.

[Cathain78]

@purpleSun6292

Particularly militant Atheism ;-)

[irkofan]

@scrapman999 I don't think religious take-over and death of cultural diversity is anything to be bragging about . . . you sound like one of those crazy modern fascists . . . Have fun in "Amerika" though. I live there, and it's shit at the moment, so I'm not so certain there's much you could do to make it WORSE . . .

[imrightyourwrong24]

Glassandcandy * saying the f word i have nothing against gay people

[imrightyourwrong24]

Glassandcandy sorry i said the f word but im not sorry for saing english cunt if filthy english royalist didn't Comment on irish videos i wouldn't be vulgar

[Glassandcandy]

@imrightyourwrong24

Your making the sensible american population look like inept bigots. Stop.

[Glassandcandy]

@scrapman999

That's kinda fucked up. I'm an american, and I'm not a patriot or anything but goddamn. People died trying to save others that day.

[frenchtoastmafia21]

only in ireland is a wake good craic! bottle of whisky and a few tales

[speakEazey1916]

me 2 happy drinking,,hee,,lol

[xeiroe]

I may have been born in America...but I'm an Irish girl and I'm raising a glass(or twelve) to the Dubliners and Ronnie. Thanks, mate, for letting me see Ireland through your music when I could never visit on my own.

[SPAREPARTSCENTRE]

@xeiroe This is local Irish Music as brilliant as it is but come to Ireland and see what music can be - mind you you need the key - It's not given to everyone

[Pieappledave]

@xeiroe you had me at (or twelve) !!!!

[nigelmccluskey]

Oh sweet Jesus they were in Doolin 1979 ,good old days!

[problembehaviour]

Poetry.

[SuperMark77777]

and the moral is - lay off the whisky lads

[astazangasta]

@SuperMark77777 - No, what? The moral is that whiskey is water of life!

[deezo19]

@SuperMark77777 dont be stupid



[jackstrawfrmwchta]

@SuperMark77777 Sub par to average at best mark77777: Lay ON the whiskey! No man has ever died from drinking good irish or scotch whiskey. Why do they call it the water of life? It extends your life and brings vitality and vigor. Don't be such a lame wanker. Pour yourself a good measure of jameson or bushmills, or as i prefer, a johnny walker, and live life!

[DanacaoZumbi]

We're sharing a cold pint here in Brazil, our regards to friends irish or just in love with this kind a music!

[FaithlessDwarf]

@DanacaoZumbi You piece of fucking shit, stay out of these shores you ghetto scum.

[iwan1986]

Used to sing this song at the bonfire at the woods, good old times!

[CthulhuDarkLord]

One of the best and most unique singing voices I ever heard.

[Eighten101]

~greetz from germany, your not alone~ <3

[Hakiblack]

Hope the pints good where you are now.

[Ender1432]

I remember my family singing this song every reunion. Long live Ireland

[xxleandraxx1]

R.I.P Ronnie, True Irish Legend <3

~Proud to be of Irish descent~

[Miceybhoy]

top tune and the best possible vocal.

[craigk415]

will ppl stop saying" wat is this guy saying" his name is ronnie drew and he died a while back if ur not irish dont watch this cuz u cant understand it im irish and i no every word

[Topizinho]

@craigk415 i'm brazilian and i understend evrything

[alie871]

@craigk415 its not our fault were american or brazilian or whatever and like this music

[ZankonProuductions]

Ronnie we'll forever miss you

[GolliwoggMusic]

Golliwogg APPROVES of this song.

[rollingdominoesman]

@GolliwoggMusic GWARN !

[diggotya]

what da hell is he sayn at da end of da song??????

[tricky459]

@diggotya What the hell are you saying at all?

[SenatorGrimshaw]

@diggotya Gaywad

[mercatsector9]

ahmen greenirish... i miss him...

[greenirishknight]

I was mad when I found out good ol' Ronnie passed away. I knew he was old, but man that man could sing a good irish tune.

[sockmonkeynine]

i'd fight to my end to keep them english from my isle.



[irishbrummie1]

@sockmonkeynine from the USA?

[irishbrummie1]

Remember the Irish & the Irish diaspora in the UK, these are the forgotten Irish when people are knocking Great Britain!

[BIRISHPM]

Irish music, the foundation of country music. Started up in the mountain states of the east and work it way into the south. Great stuff

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronn­konnbronntonnerronntuonnthunnt­rovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoorde­nenthur-nuk!

[29sundog]

LEGENDS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[MinistryofTruth95]

Lazarus hasn't got anything on Tim.

[Love2Scissor]

I'm getting drunk listening to this. =).

[masterthehate2]

@Love2Scissor you and be bths me frie nd

[morganrock1]

@Love2Scissor im eating a potato =)

[blakerwalk]

@Love2Scissor I'm gettin sober listening to this... hours after gettin sober listenin to this

[evanb1997]

one of the dubliners best songs apart from the mountain dew! the song is about luke kelly ye tik knackers!!!

[bitchtits20]

fuck me was i that dunk !!!! bejesus!!!!!!

[gongyo100]

A Cairde: Loved the Dubs from the first time aye heard 'em in 1966. Go mbeanni dia anseo. MacSuibhne.

[ThePersianlover]

@gongyo100 go bhfuil an deas fionnuar Tá mé ag lorg duine éigin a bhfuil aithne aige ar ár dteanga dúchais id liom buíochas a thabhairt isteach im Andrais O'Diomasaigh

[titsmcgee23606]

Proud to be Irish

[minibikerider1]

shame men this great half to die

[nerdie0girl]

I like this song, haha, the story of a drunk man who wakes up after they thought he died because his whiskey is spilled.:P

[angelusmortis1412]

Oiche maith Ronnie, the eyes are closed, but the music still lights the ears.

[EbookCashStreams]

Ahh! There will never be another Ronnie Drew or Dubliner's. The sad end of a great chapter in Irish folklore.

[Balickia]

love irish music.. and a danish band has and named it Kræns begravelse.. it doesn't beat this version.. :-)

[supereliptic]

Ah lads like this never really die. I'v the luke kelly collection in the car for the past 4 years! Long Live the Dubliners, RIP Ronnie, Luke, Ciaran!

[couthyband]

@chunchun863..that's a great story that...billy connolly says ronnie says to him "i know everyone in ireland" billy says to ronnie "now that's impossible" and as they're walking down the street ronnie says hello to a passer by and the man replies "hello ronnie how are ya!"...........we all knew ronnie...and ronnie all knew us right enough...oh by the way i'm probably borrowing chris's youtube log in ...appologees to you now but i hope you enjoy the story anyway..bye fer nauw

[couthyband]

@chunchun863..that's a great story that...billy connolly says ronnie says to him "i know everyone in ireland" billy says to ronnie "now that's impossible" and as they're walking down the street ronnie says hello to a passer by and the man replies "hello ronnie how are ya!"...........we all knew ronnie...and ronnie all knew us right enough

[MrVinny1100]

ie this the best version

my last name is Murphy i live in NZ

[fiddlenut24]

Alot of bands have done this song, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better version, Ronnie Drew at his best!

[herpdeflerp]

I personally do not enjoy this type of music but I respect others opinions who do enjoy this

[ForDoverUSA]

@herpdeflerp

then why even listen? F respect. If you hate it, you hate it.

[1916Saoirse32]

@herpdeflerp Question for you? What are ya doing listening to it for so?

Strange buachaill !!!

[CopperPiiipe]

@herpdeflerp then why did you click on the video ? comments like this are quite stupid

[cprich22]

i have no idea what he is saying

[funkwolf1]

what does he say at the end?

[darrin42]

@funkwolf1 hahaha I think it sounds like 'GAY BYRNE!''

[funkwolf1]

@darrin42 :) no er what does ronnie say just before that part?

[darrin42]

@funkwolf1 I dont no. SOmething about 'holding your auld 1'' Thats what I got from it. haha

[funkwolf1]

@darrin42 thanks :)

[skinzabout]

About 20 years ago Myself and a few Mates were having a liquid lunch In the Yacht in Clontarf.Anyway in walks Ronnie and sits beside us at the bar.We were having a mix of sausages ribs etc and I say to him"Dublin,My Dublin Do you want a Sausage" A rip of the add he used to do for 98fm.Well we had a great laugh as well as a Skinfull. I asked what he was up to and He said he was up off to the Marine to do and after dinner speach and they could wait.What a memory of a Genius. RIP MATE.

[sopherl29]

Some may say that Luke Kelly was the best singer in The Dubliners but I respectfully disagree, Ronnie Drew ruled!!!

[wallagolf]

@sopherl29 Hi sopherl - thats funny in Austria Sopherl is "little Sophie" Anyway. Both of them were outstanding. I saw them 40 years ago in Nuremberg - will never forget this.

Greetings from Bavaria and a Happy Christmas

[LuzifersTraum]

I want to daaaance.

[ZimtZicke14]

Joooaaah genaauu :D

WTF?

FAAIILLLLL :D

[mihajlo96]

1:04 wtf???

[funkwolf1]

@mihajlo96 it was a piece of a film he did in which he was a criminal that got hanged unfortunately the film was never completed it was called the O'Donoghue's Opera and it's here on youtube

[Dzigine]

All the generations may love them. When i saw them at an Irish festival, it was just Perfect !! ^^ Hem... Sorry I don't speak english very well... Im' 16 years old.

[d33pS3Ad1v3r]

@Dzigine

worst english speaking I've ever seen. You should quit or study much harder.

[TheMerseyBoy]

Ronnie Drew's Rolls Royce - now there's a song! to the words of Johnson's motor car - Real music by real people.

[ibidydo]

ronnie drew doesnt look to happy at 1:13

[johncaffertyfan]

I mey Ronnie Drew once , I was walking thru Heathrow on my way home & saw him ,I said hello & said was nice to meet him. He walked down to his Gate & I went to mine . He was a perfect gentleman chatted ,signed autographs & posed for photos- no airs or graces just a very nice man.

[BraceForFail]

no better man than ronnie to sing this song

[GrigoriZhukov]

ah, all this talk...and pour finnigan laid oot and ye babble on. No be quiet and pass that bottle of whiskey ya silly git.

[The7nationArmy]

Proud to carry the Finnegan title.

[ArkRed1]

What's with the gallows scene?

[cornflaked]

@ArkRed1 I believe that's from O'Donoghue's Opera

[coady17]

i think the newfoundland version is better take a look celtic connection- finnegans wake

[katentrisha2k8]

chun chun lovely story shows some people dont let fame and money get to the reashuring!!!RIP Ronny irish legend

[Sharkwell]

Ever so sad he is gone...The man with the unique voice.

I once met him backstage when I was a teenager, and I recall him being so very friendly and charming, after the show still sparkling with energy and wit then, inviting me out with his family - but alas, my dad was waiting for me outside, so I could not. A chance passed.

[bebbo170993]

miss ya every day ronnie...

[Telfer81]

my name is finnegan, i prefer other dubs song mind.

[shanetheboy1]

just exactly wht is it ronnie says at the end of the song. anyone

[dubbigot]

@shanetheboy1 ,how is your auld one ,,,,,, game ball , basically meens , how is your mother ,,,,, ok

[cfcolly]

@shanetheboy1 part of it is t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?'

[dougie4me]

@cfcolly

i l uv that part

[Senzavoca]

RIP Ronnie Drew. True legend.

[nulle1975]

R.I.P Ronnie Drew we miss you....

[BelzeBuBe666]

love irish music!

greetz from Germany

[ieas29]

rip

[pooheinous]

please come back ronnie...

[TheFightinirshman]

ronnie drew you legend R.I.P

[Loki2488]

it´s part of a never finished film

[TOTHC63609]

1:02 WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING THERE

[ChaosBladeKazu]

I believe it was an early play or something, when Ronnie played the role of a prisoner about to get hanged.