Clancy Brothers - Rising of the Moon

[abyssicknight]

Pikes versus muskets, muskets win.

[altareggo]

This IS a great version of this classic Irish folksong.......its fun to compare the Peter Paul and Mary rendition with this: they are SOOO different, yet both are SOOO good!!

[Morvalwen27]

Ceadhs mil Failte

[BellaEdward754]

LONG LIVE THE IRISH!!

[celticgypsy11]

Again, why is this not the Irish national anthem? Bless 'em

[redbirdjazzz]

I can think of no higher praise for this than to say that it's nearly as good as Luke Kelly's version.

[BrotherLeader]

Rising of the moon..!

[jarvis612]

is this still current.. im ready for the next rising of the moon!..

[BrotherLeader]

Rising of the moon..!

[BrotherLeader]

The rising of the moon..!

[madmax598]

GOD BLESS IRELAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[atli1000]

A fine song, just happens to be sung by the Irish in this version. Any people who have fought for freedom had a version of this. Who are the Brit's anyway? First Pict’s, then Saxons, then run over by the Normans; who by the way were Norseman,, That makes them Danes and Norwegians because the Swedish went east to found the Ruse Dynasty.

[602leonardo]

idk how i got here but i like this song!

[scubaspears]

you need to do a bit of reading. the french and the cotholic church have never helped ireland the way she has helped the french an church.

[Gzus70]

@ponchopayin considering this song has been around since before you were swimming in your dads sack.... yea

shut your stupid fucking mouth and please consider suicide

[KIDBAY1]

my brother just got shiped out to a marine base in afganistan and when we were driveing to the airport he played this song come back safe bro

[WolfeBear]

Not just Ireland; not any one country, but the whole world. We're all suppressed by those who think they'e better than any of us! The Worldwide Banksters!!

[Paladin1441]

Aye! a good rallyin song it is!



[kozzak88]

May Ireland forever be free. If anyone truly deserve freedom, you do. (From an independant foreign source!)

[WolfeBear]

kakashi...go watch "zeitgeizt" & "Zeitgeist adendum", and open your eyes to the wholeness of it all. it isn't about politics or governments; they're just part of our slave chains, like religion. All religions are a lie to control the masses, so is politics. The real masters are the world banks.

[irishpride9999]

By the Risisng of the Moon!!!!

[superpiaggioape]

Erin Go Bragh!!!!No setarian RuLES!!!!ireland unfree shall never be at PeaCe!!!

[latomate69]

French people are brothers with Irish people... God Bless Ireland.

[JMKane20]

@latomate69 no they're not. the french cheated the irish out of a world cup spot in 2010

[TrueIrishJuggalo]

@JMKane20 they certainly didnt get our fighting spirit I'll tell you that much.... If the Irish people lived in France... the World Wars wouldve been different hahaha

[MrApenman]

7 people got defeated with their pikes.

Stop talking about America and start talking about the song or not at all.

I want to learn this and other Celtic/Irish songs on my flute but I just started so it'll be a while.

[Quackythedarkduck]

Where'd all these comments about America come from? We have nothing to relate to in this song, unless a foreign power invaded us without anyone telling me. To speak of revolt when there is no need is sedition, and incitement to treason. And is damned disrespectful of the Irish fight for freedom as well.

[PB111627]

Cowen and Lenihan need to remember what happens in Ireland to traitors!

[never2late53]

this song is so nice make you want to fight

[jimmyjoeh2o]

or better why does "the orange and the Green" sound like this powerful strong song?

[acimccaffrey]

@jimmyjoeh2o "The Orange and the Green" was an adaptation of "The Wearing of the Green," which in turn was an adaptation of "The Rising of the Moon."

[jimmyjoeh2o]

@acimccaffrey TYVM : )

[jimmyjoeh2o]

I love the song but I must ask why does this song sound like the tune "the Orange and the Green?"

[snakelady666]

omg, grow up the lotta u. im a northern ireland protestant who couldnt cate less for what happened years ago, i love the clancy brothers and tommy makems music. if it keeps stirring up hatred in u then maybe u should all find something else to listen to.

[AMZuba]

Very proud of my Irish heritage. An Ghorta Mor.

[kayjay83]

hey daragh [sp] props

[hervye66]

My grandfather used to sing this song when I was young. He learned it from his father who faught in the Irish rebellion. God bless the free Irish, the way they were meant to be.

[chee6060]

to hell with the english, then & now.

[paddythejack]

this is as true as any other irish rebel song .. god bless my country and the men and woman who gave there lives to stand up against the mighty british empire who failed in there attempt to crush the cry of freedom .. as another song says god bless IRELAND

[emal7717]

Great song: take a look at this group... groups(dot)yahoo(dot)com/group­/Irish_Republican_Association

[VaniaMae92]

i love this song :)

[EmperorOfSeleucia]

@heavnnnsent conas ata tu? XD

[WalterWonka]

this is the definitive version of this song perfect

[Hostel189]

Im not scottish or anything but i reall like this sng nd most of the others they have made i know this may sound funny but ever since i saw luck of the irish i was rea;y gettin into the history of it nd the music is really great to have a beer or 15 to lol love it

[jt4672000]

16th century tactics and weapons in the 18th century?...better served with the sparth, tua koa and claymore.

[leonarddragonheart]

meden voor het leven

[heavnnnsent]

@leonarddragonheart  Ahhhh talk Gaelic to me it makes me crazy....ha ha ha ha

[1982debbiemills]

@heavnnnsent Cen chaoi a bhfuil tu? 

[DwnAszPunk]

How did this video draw so many clueless people? Questions asked here are easily wiki'd. My God, utilize the internet instead of sounding like an uneducated ass on it. The more knowledge the human race is offered the more ignorant we seem to become. We are all so screwed.

[renardgrise]

One good way to solve human ignorance is to teach my friend ;-)...Insulting people only turns people off from the truth.

[20ECO04]

la nerchia pelosa

[TIMMYOBOYO]

this is one of his best songs the meaning for a united Ireland

[DwnAszPunk]

gee really?

[MikeBruceSullivan]

"....and a Thousand Pikes were flashin' by the risin of the moon!!!!!" Ahhhh!!!! Great combat military song, really vivid and realistic--love the whistle.

[christoir246]

what do they mean when they say pikes?

[MikeBruceSullivan]

pikes are large, long wooden weapons, the ends of which are carved to a fine, sharp point like a lance used by knights.

[christoir246]

nice1,sound

[MikeBruceSullivan]

ty for being civil in your reply-sadly, some ppl on Utube R nasty, profane, etc-they revel certain heroes w/o flaw & attack ppl blindly who criticize their heroes constructively-my hero BruceLee-but i recognize & learn from his minor flaws. If u ever saw the film "BraveHeart" w/ Mel Gibson, im pretty sure pikes were those large wooden rods that had their ends carved & which the Scottish "army" led by Wm Wallace used 2 stab into the British cavalry @ the last minute-thereby surprising the Brits.

[DwnAszPunk]

no fool, those were wooden spears

[DwnAszPunk]

wiki: pike

[renardgrise]

"The Rising of the Moon" is telling the story of the beginning of the Irish rebellion of 1798. Many Irish that answered the call to fight for freedom did not have fire-arms, but instead had outdated pikes, as MikeBruceSullivan so accurately described. This was one critical reason that the rebellion ultimately faily, because the British could shoot the Irish Pike formations to pieces without having to worry about the Irish shooting back. The song "Boulavogue" recounts the same rebellion.

[iraman2010]

fuck you, raggedclown, you unionist pig

[666confederate]

Irish pride

[jirka140]

Je to pěkné, ale v české verzi s Miroslavem Donutilem se mi to líbí víc.

[Theloyal16]

Yeah, he was a great man, along with the rest of them...R.I.P.

[celticbhorn]

Liam Clancy RIP

[whisperinglindas]

Tiocfaidh ar la!

[bettyswollex]

mhaith tu mo chara, a good song from the vault.

[bigcrosby]

as an american you should look at your history and at the britishils as well because the amercans killd mor irish women and childern in reasent times than the british did ,the british did do sum horibil things in irland but the irish did sum teribel thigs to britan and if you bother to reed history books you whould know this and you whould not sound like a war mungering american

[Terry5135]

What terrible things did the Irish do to the British? Are you talking about more than a thousand years ago and onward back through time? If so, then you're right, the celts regularly invaded Britain back then and if you go even further back, the Irish built New Grange when the English were still swinging in the trees.

Hell, I'm descended from a bloody murderous clan who massacred the English left right and center - but more than a millennium ago.

[Frankieireland]

yeah, those were the days eh...

[Terry5135]

LOL!

[raggedclown]

If just one of the many atrocities committed by the (American-sponsored) IRA in mainland Britain during the Troubles had been committed by, say, Cubans in the USA, the island of Cuba would be a smoking pyre by now. Instead of which Northern Ireland is the most subsidized province of the United Kingdom.

[rocdon]

@raggedclown wanker

[LordWellington15]

Ya well said here here

[DarkLordKhaos]

Fuck off, crosby, you liberal communist douche, and learn to spell while you're at it.

[bigcrosby]

that fuck off LT crosby , and im far from beeing a communist beeing part of the INP , oh and i have a double degree in irish and u.k. history wich meens i know a lot more bout these british isles than you do sir

[DarkLordKhaos]

and you still can't spell

[jmulhall86]

well said!

[thefightingirish1919]

free island its a republic and soon a united ireland may god bless the usa

[PATTONM14A1]

And to you sir may god bless a united ireland! Here's to the day when two free nations stand against tyranny!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@mike52ad Are you for real? LOL

[LAHFaust]

@mike52ad ARE under the yoke of English Tyranny. Just like our Boer brothers were down in South Afrika, when the British invented the concentration camp to exterminate them and the Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders, who were thrown into wars they had not stake in.

[LAHFaust]

@MASTEROFSTEALTH1 So, by that logic, the jewish, Czech, French and russian partisans who murdered and executed people who collaborated with the Germans were just as bad as the Germans?

[MASTEROFSTEALTH1]

@LAHFaust Naw ye see u brought sumthing up that has fuck all te de wit th song and u jst did it again so FUCK OFF

[MASTEROFSTEALTH1]

@LAHFaust Naw ye see u brought sumthing up that has fuck all te de wit th song and u jst did it again so FUCK OFF and they had reasons te kill aswell nazis attacked and excuted there women and childern but th boers strated tht war so th hve no excuse

[LAHFaust]

@MASTEROFSTEALTH1 Riight, the Boers started the war, when they asked the British to invade their sovereign soil, burn down their homes and generally do their best Genghis Khan impression...

And I didn't say the partisans who killed Germans, I said the partisans who killed collaborators. Or is that word too big for you? It means non-Germans who worked with the Germans, and not necessarily just to kill folk, but also to build roads, houses and other logistical installations.

Go home, limey scum.

[mihajlo96]

@mike52ad The Americans terrorized the Irish when they came to America, with the same amount of cruelty. So please don't try to be loved by the Irish, and stop talking shit.

[VitreousCut]

@mihajlo96 That is true mainly of new york though, they were comparitavely well recieved in the south.

[kakashi76767]

@VitreousCut thats cause there was on one there except native americans, slaves, and plantation owners

[cactus1229]

why lament you god damn tommys.....Ireland was free before british tyranny........May she always be free

[hugo182]

Great Song!!!!

[whisperinglindas]

The Clancy Bros The Best!!

Love the video mo chara

[00JTM]

Well said WolfeBear.

[WolfeBear]

Time for Americans to pay heed to hese Irish ballads; our time is near for our own "Rising of the Moon"!

[shnos]

What ya saying

[Xzandarin]

I was being ironic, not serious.. If you listened to the song and knew anything about history, you would have gotten that...

And, infighting in America would be a bad idea. I was not being ironic about that, in fact, because it would end with a facist state.(Once again, know your history before you judge what I said..)

[sandyrow100]

With the laws Bush got through it pretty much looked like that was his aim. Why arent the American people trusted to directly elect their President like most countries do??

[Xzandarin]

Bush was an uneducated tyrant. Of coarse it wasn't going to go well.

We are trusted to. We put into office the people who put the president into office. We don't directly affect who the president will be, but we have the representatives to vote. I don't agree with the system, but it's how it is for now.

[sandyrow100]

Two points about this system is that the person with most votes can lose and this happened in 2000. Also the electoral college who are the ones who actually vote and decide the presidency in reality can change their vote and vote for anyone and people have done this and only 24 states have laws punishing this but as yet nobody has been prosecuted. In 2000 it was the Supreme Court who decided the result, you call that democcracy?

[Xzandarin]

I don't believe I did, no. But I do know that I said that I did NOT agree with the system. So why the hell are you bringing up all these facts? I already said that we don't actually choose our president, I agreed with you. All I said is that there should NOT be a civil war in America. I strongly believe in Americans NOT killing Americans. Firstly, that would lead to a facist state(know your history), secondly, enemy countries would take advantage and attack.

[Xzandarin]

Lastly, killing our own people seems like it's against what we're trying to do here. Don't like the system? Do something about it. But dont kill your own country, nor your own people while doing so. I dont know why we can't choose our own president, and I strongly believe we should be able to, but right now, I'm not in position to be able to change it. You don't agree? Get the position, change it. Don't yell at someone online via comments on a song that dont even have anything to do with America

[pjwoodsman]

@WolfeBear RIGHT ON BRO. As a veteran, I'm ready to bear arms to TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY

[never2late53]

@WolfeBear oh thats nice hmm... i got a better idea. how about you go and eat a hobbos dick cheese!!!!!!!!

[alive408]

@WolfeBear right on as i am full irish i say the same.

[ernstbecker1]

@WolfeBear

Oop teh Rebels !

It's a shame that a 3rd rate comedian, the master of decent, runs a 5th rate Wsahington D.C. night club.

[lancechamplain]

@WolfeBear you got that right

[hervye66]

@WolfeBear Aye. Sic Semper teranis!!!!!! Death to those who wish to make us slaves. Free people of the U.S. Unite.

[kakashi76767]

@WolfeBear we already overthrew the British, dude

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@kakashi76767 When?

[Frankieireland]

@WolfeBear what the hell does that mean?? Will it involve will smith fighting aliens??

[ARP7777777]

A person who knows about Brian the Ard Ri! Thanks for the information cl35819

[ARP7777777]

Curse of the Gods, Why on Earth are the 98 Irish using home-made pikes, if they were supplied by the French. And the Scots are ethnically IRISH, who established the kingdom of Dalriada around 500

[cl358619]

I think the pikes are a more romantic addition to the song. There might have been some pikes, but I think it's meant to arouse romantic memories back to times like Brian Boru. It was written in the Victorian age after all.

[ajferet]

They used pikes in 98 because they couldn't get enough muskets. Neither limited support from Irish-Americans in the United States nor support from the French Republic arrived with sufficient number of muskets (without bayonets often) or ammunition and powder

[ARP7777777]

if it's about the '98 French supported, then What the Hell are they talking about fashioning Pikes against British regulars with Brown Bess firelocks. And the rebellion was more in the way of a guerilla war than having ANYTHING to do with terrorism. Ifthe British had withdrawn from Ireland anytime before 1700, there wouldn't have BEEN any Fenians or IRA, or the government that tacitly supported Hitler.

[CurseOfTheGods]

It always astonishes me that comments on youtube can turn into political arguments. I mean you're not even talking about 1798, which is what this song is about! Anyway, I prefer the chorus Liam sang with the Irish philharmonic orchestra than the one they sing here.

[oldbikersrule]

"Innocent captives" ? Oh, really? What horse's arse did you fall out of? Why don't you ask the people of Hazarajat what they think of those "innocent captives"? Maybe you should ask the people on that Spanish train or that London subway or the relatives of those that died on 9-11 about those "innocent captives".

[pel1can]

i'm sure the innocent captives in guantanamo bay would approve of this tune.

[ArdRi79]

Right you are mate.

As a culture we spent centuries struggling against injustice. Any culture that at best stands by and allows their government to oppress a people has no claim on our cultures trads.

[roansythen]

lol innocent captives? I guess this is what Einstein meant when he said only the universe and human stupidity are infinite.. And he's not quite sure about the universe.

[justdobbs]

Actually, it was the Bible "The perverse are hard to be corrected, and the number of fools is infinite." (Ecces. 1:15) I like this about what to do with fools: "A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools." (Prov. 26:3)

[firbolg1963]

Shenandoah is nothing like this i was going to add idiot but didnt

[nwvkxc]

I just heard this song at a festival and I can't stop listening to it! I wish America had music like this!

[obie1963]

America has a lot of music like this...

Oh Shenandoah for instance...

[blackhat321]

My Name is Kevin Barry and I approve this video.

[bondie45]

My grandaughters only 4 and she always asks me 2 play this

[brotherdevil]

with respect its a brilliant tune and its a brilliant song, id love it if we just blasted all those fools in guantanomobay with it 24 7 and made sure they knew that the western world will win because we got irish blood in all of us.

[IrishPride606]

isnt this the same tune as the orange and the green

[jackmac787]

Yes it is. Me father he was orange and me mother she were green. :)

[gopherjustice]

I know that Tommy Makem has passed on but what about the Clancy Brothers? Who is still with us and where do they live?

[HaulAwayJoe]

Tom Clancy died in 1990, Paddy Clancy died in 1998 and Bobby Clancy (not in the original lineup) died in 2002. Liam Clancy lives in a little town in Ireland called Ring, which isn't far from where the boys grew up.

[phicornfed]

A North Carolina infantryman at the end of the American Civil War wrote a song called "Wearing of the Grey" which is to this tune. It's a beautifully sad song about the end of the war, unlike the optimism in this song.

[Pr3dat0000r]

Best song ever !!

I really enjoy listening to this!

[AreYouExperiencedJH]

You can't beat The Dubliners' version of this with Luke Kelly on vocals. Great version, though.

[F3YR3]

I'd agree Luke Kelly's version is better, but the Clancy Brothers have a certain unique and quaint charm.

[oleiros70]

Galiza = Eire

[orckiller91]

this was written for the uprising around the same time as the wexford rising?

[Rikki0]

Orc, it's tradionally known as " The Uprising of 1798 ". And yes, it is the same.

[holyrubbergloves]

The song is by Leo Casey who was born in Westmeath but grew up in Ballymahon, Longford.

Its about the 1798 rebellion, and apparently he wrote it at the age of 15! Leo was jailed for his part in a failed Fenian rebellion in 1867. He was released after 8months but his health never recovered and he died on St.Patrick's Day 1870 at the age of 24. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. Its estimated that between 50 & 100 thousand people attended his funeral

Just thought ye might like to know some more!

[Rikki0]

Thank you most kindly, holy. That was information I did not know and I do greatly appreciate it. It's a great song and it is enhanced by knowing it's history. Again, my thanks.

[staythecourse123]

cool video!

[allanbourke]

bondie-45 got the valuation right!

[Conail23]

this is some quality irish music!

[funnigerl5]

My parents loved the Clancy Brothers. This song came from my parents records...its beautiful & brings back my childhood memories

[bullyboy1863]

these guys are amazing.

[exxzxxe]

The best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Valkyrie91a]

I bought my first Clancy Bros album when I was 11, and of course, have been in love with them ever since. My favorite is "Wild Australian Boy", but they never recorded anything that I didn't like! Thanks for the post.

[priscillalondon]

grew up with this .....great

[bondie45]

i just got this cd the cd is called irish songs of rebellion, i will be putting it on e-bay real soon, if anyone is interested?? oh by the way the reserve price will be £1,000,000.

[orckiller91]

lol I got it on amazon for $5.99 lol brand now and I love it

[avataranimefan01]

Did the CD have Men of the West or Whack fol the Diddle?

Thanks for this.

[xereas]

One of my favorites. I wish I could find a version by Danny Doyle...

[IrishDaragh]

amazing songs brilliant qabsolutley first class, greatest band ever...whats this cd called???

[LordOfNumenor]

Called "The Best of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem." I just found it at random at the local CD shop. Was lucky I had my wallet with me or I'm sure it would have been snatched up by someone. Glad you're enjoying it, I hope to find some more CD's or records soon.