'Fáinne Geal an Lae' - Na Casaidigh

[muisire]

My late mother (1909 - 2003) told me that a priest had cursed this tune. On his way to a house where someone was dying he heard a piper playing it. He stopped to listen in the early evening. When the playing stopped it was daybreak. He reached the house to find that death had got there first.

My mother still loved the song and sang it herself.

[JoanBeatrington001]

@muisire Thats an interesting story. Perhaps this song allowed him to reach peace and for her to also die in peace because perhaps it would have broken his heart to watch her die. God bless her and you my friend :)

Let the white Irish live on in pride and might

[Heckyweck]

@JoanBeatrington001 -

Ta nios mo rudai ar an dtalamh mar a taibhriodh I do fealsunacht mo chara…

[muisire]

My late mother (1909 - 2003) told me that a priest had cused this tune. On his way to a house where someone was dying he heard a piper playing it. He stopped to listen in the early evening. When the playing stopped it was daybreak. He reached the house to find that death had got there first.

My mother still loved the song and sang it herself.

[anfeirsteach]

This is a Munster song sung by someone from Donegal - confusing but nice all the same!

[yosti2007]

It's much better to listen to this lovely song once than to

Michael Jackson millions times.

Celtic music is BETTER THAN THE BEST!!...

[naomheanna]

Amazing it sounds almost the same music as Raglan Road, And for those who say it clearly isnt, i said ALMOST

[dokgolf]

@naomheanna it is the melody that Raglan road was put to. Raglan Road was actually a poem written by Patrick Kavanagh. The "Raglan Road" made famous by Luke Kelly and the Dubliners is played at a different tempo.

[naomheanna]

@dokgolf

oh i no,,, like i said,,, almost lol

[shakermaker92]

@naomheanna it is, though. that's where the melody is from. Patrick Kavanagh wrote the lyrics as a poem to be set to the tune of Fainne Geal an Lae.

[LLanidloesywddar]

Hey thanks everyone for your replies. I thought that 'd' and 't' were not released as 'j' and 'tch' so much in Ulster? Also would 'troigh' be pronounced more like 'troig' in some areas, I always say 'tráig' rather than 'trá'

[GaeilgeSpraoi]

@LLanidloesywddar Hey, In Ulster Irish, a slender 'd' is pronounced like 'j' in 'jam' and slender 't' is like 'ch' in 'church'. A 'gh' at the end of a word like 'troigh' is slender so is like a 'y' sound. In other dialects like in Munster, the accent is a lot harder and a final 'gh' is like 'ch' in 'loch'. So in Ulster Irish, 'troigh' is like 'triy'. It just depends on the dialect really. Ulster Irish is perhaps the more softer dialect.

[JDKGbmx]

grá sé

[LLanidloesywddar]

is amhrán álainn é :) This is very Northern Sounding Irish, it's a pity there aren't many resources for learning it. If the grammar was Ulster would it be 'Cha raimh' and not 'ní raimh'? I'm not an Irish speaker I'm a Gaidhlig speaker, and this song is easy to understand compared to Irish from Kerry or Cork :)

[nindojibwe]

This is actually Munster Irish (not surprising, considering where Loch Lein is located), the forms do ghabhas 'I went' and bhíos 'I was' are hardly in use elsewhere, and certainly are not taught in schoolbook Irish.

[childofvincent]

@nindojibwe Are you sure this is Munster? Not trying to be rude, but it does *not* sound it at all.

[SeanOBriain]

@childofvincent Yes it's Munster Irish.

[gingo1983]

@nindojibwe or possibly this Lough Lene in Westmeath,

[bb3ca201]

@nindojibwe

Interesting! If you translate those forms into Scottish Gaelic, they would be "ghabhas" and "bhitheas" -- which would refer to the FUTURE.

[SeanOBriain]

@nindojibwe Correct. We use bhíos here in Waterford. It's not used outside Munster. You can tell by the sound anyway.

[thehivesrock]

@LLanidloesywddar Dia duit! I find that ulster gaelic has alot in common with Gaidhlig aswell! I came across a sort of gaelic-gaidhlig dictionary list someone had posted for a gaelic book I was reading called "caislean óir" by séamus ó grianna. Alot of the Gaidhlig words were very similar, even the words that weren't familiar I could somehow figure out which was odd! The book is written in the pre-standardised Irish of my area and I bet you could understand most of it with ease.

[SeanOBriain]

@LLanidloesywddar It's not northern sounding. This is munster Irish.

[LLanidloesywddar]

is amhrán álainn é :) This is very Northern Sounding Irish, it's a pity there aren't many resources for learning it. If the grammar was Ulster would it be 'Cha raimh' and not 'ní raimh'? I'm not an Irish speaker I'm a Gaidhlig speaker, and this song is easy to understand compared to Irish from Kerry or Cork :)

[xander2541]

I love this music and Ireland,I wish to get Irish citizenship one day and maybe learn to speak Gaelic =P

[illinois1776]

@xander2541 well my friend; do what i do; i have rosetta stone and i do a couple of lessons every day.

[xander2541]

ahh yes I've heard of Rosetta stone... how much does it cost?

[v1Ryvan]

it's pretty darn expensive. but worth it. if you work for the DOD, or go to a college, it might be available online. just go to your education centre or library. also, google a thing called "byki". they have another program that's cheaper than rosetta stone

[xander2541]

lol fuck the DOD and college man I didn't make it through HS but I'm trying to get a G.E.D....lol yeah go and work for the DOD to learn how to speak a fuck ton of different languages whoever you have to kill to get there though is just a C.O.W. lmao well I'll have to look into this man

[Sundrumify]

Watching your wonderful videos and the lyrics and music presented with them, is such an amazing experience. Have been to Dublin, last year, and I will be back.

See here, what I have missed.

Thank you, so much!

Lisa from Munich

[Andresrunner]

Beautiful songs and images, the landscapes that are shown seems like the country where I live, 11000 kms -6700 miles- from Ireland. My respects! Thanks for this upload.

[damienhugh]

Fab!!

[LLanidloesywddar]

beautiful

[jeaniemac73]

I must be homesick coz listening is bringing tears a flowing

[UISTMAN59]

Is math leam an t-oran seo. Tha na h-iomhaighean alainn. Is e seo a cheud uair a chuala mi an t-oran ann an Gaidhlig na h-Eireann . *****

[zorbo77]

@UISTMAN59 Go rabh maith agat le do "Gaidhlig na n-Eireann" :)  Is breá liom é ;)

[00JTM]

This is a great song!! I don't speak Gaelic but I still like it!!!

[SeanOBriain]

I learned this in school about 20 years ago! I could still remember half of it, now I know the rest :D

Maith thú!

[603619]

I noticed Irish has some aspects similar to the Italic languages like mine Spanish

[603619]

cute song, beautiful language :)

[conchubhar1]

ah

sé an cead uair a chuala mé an leagan gaelach

(chuala mé faoi ach. . .)

an creideann sibh sin?

[Pulcheria777]

Beautiful song! Very thoughtful of you to put in the lyrics.  :)

[killiekentman]

stunning scenery and lovely song

[Roidsear42]

Is maith liom amhrán seo. Agus tá na íomhanna go haláinn.

[UISTMAN59]

Is math leam an t-oran seo. Tha na h-iomhaighean alainn, Mile math agad, Roidsear42 :-)

[PhalainaBelgium]

Beautiful song and images !! Phalaïna