ENYA - ATHAIR AR NEAMH - Irish Gaelic song with landscapes from ICELAND

[marybeharry]

Enya has a beautiful Musical Voice which i would love to hear without benefits of Acoustics. Does Anybody know that the English under Elizabeth 1st and her Bully oliver Cromwell sold tens of Thousands of Irish people into Slavery in the West Indies and the Amazon? In fact MORE Irish Slaves than Africans in those Regions. it happened in 1660's

[GotSomeFood]

Does anyone no the name of a female singer who sang a beautiful song with Irish Gaelic and Elvish in it ? I forgot the title

It's from the '80, i Think.

[mavmab]

VERY BEAUTIFUL SONG !!! I love it!!

[Staisenighairneir]

cheap mé go raibh sé an ár n-athair as geailge ach tá sé níos deasa ^^ is fearr liom an cheann seo :) tá na pictúírí go hálainn fresin go raibh míle ^^

[thunderinthevalley]

I am of Irish and Scottish descent , I really love Enyas music though I dont understand the words.

[ThisOutlawTorn13]

@thunderinthevalley if you close your eyes and your heart breaks yet soars at the same time, then my friend, you understand perfectly...

[Stryker146]

Magical and beautiful.

[NickellNo1]

This song/video combination is a treat for my eyes and ears.

[Hannelle84]

This beautiful song. The English had to unsuitable Enya's songs. Gaelic is great!

[MegaRipVanWinkle]

absolutely stunnign wether its the pictures or the music, absolutely perfect

[SheRriiBlueBeRrii]

Amazing music... I love it! ^_^

Faving it! :D

[deanie89142]

My favorite language.. And I never knew Iceland was such a beautiful place :'D wow. :]

[dlgerberding]

Welsh was the language that J. R.R. Tolkien loved best. Welsh, German, Yiddish, Latin and others inspired the languages in LOTR. A linguistic genius, ahead of his time, he created a world in which his invented languages could be spoken. He was a scholar and a gentleman. Enya's voice is beautiful, Iceland is lovely, too. Thank you zakharii for sharing. Lastly, Lord of the Rings is not a trilogy but ONE book published in three volumes. Living is learning, and it should be a fun, not a drudgery.

[FuchsiasAttic1847]

I love this song :-) My mom used to play Enya a lot when I was growing up. Our house was a very small one in a rural area, so the music always felt like it belonged, if that makes sense. Whenever I listen to her music it reminds me of nice childhood memories :-)

[nategforthewin]

Irish is NOT a made up language and goes back thousands of years, to the time of the Druids and before. To compare it to the Lord of the Rings trilogy is not only insulting but extremely naive. To learn more about the origins of irish as well as the other languages that make up the 'Gaelic" family I suggest you find online courses or books or there is always TG4 the website to familiarize you with it.

[gwyndolynelizabeth]

@nategforthewin hey :) I speak Irish as well, and I don't find anything anyone's said insulting or naive. It is a fact that Tolkien was inpired partially by the gaelic languages when he created the languages for the elves. So far I haven't seen anyone who's claimed irish is made up... unless I missed it :p They are both beautiful languages!

[Bloom5000]

Thank you for posting this song and the meaning behind this beautiful song

[kbb001100]

Is the rift in this song also used in another?

I feel it is, but I can't remember/put my finger on what that other song is.

[All1World4U]

You have a beautiful country (Iceland!). I hope to visit someday...

[DPO263]

Enya has such a smooth and melodious voice; it's very beautiful and calming. I feel she's underappreciated. I like her sing best when it's her voice alone, WITHOUT the synthesized instruments.

[NurseRozetta95]

Very beautiful .. :)

Kinda reminds me of Lord of the Rings .. xD

[marcalinka]

PIĘKNE -ŚLICZNIE DZIĘKUJĘ

[norbikielce]

enya zawsze mi sie podobala i udowodnia ze ma najladniejsze piesni kiedy cos nowego

[elequenne]

Beautiful music and language! Even if I don't understand nor speak a word of Gaelic, it sounds like such a "coming down" symphony to my ears....And Enya is of course a Must for that! Thanks for sharing the views of your "cold" country. I am originally from French Brittany and love Celtic and Irish music, with Gaelic language...Emmanuel.

[BrodEirennach90]

Taibhseach tíre agus ceol den scoth.

[Gruurk2]

Tá an áilleacht an amhrán seo dom ar bhean an-álainn gach uair a chuala mé é.

[hooptyhee1]

And many Irish and Scottish Gaels are partly Norse too--including whole clans like the MacLeods.

[marybeharry]

@hooptyhee1

Yes I heard and there are many Families in Scotland called Greig Norse I think?

[aireschel1787]

Athair ar Neamh, Dia linn, Athair ar Neamh, Dia liom

m'anam, mo chroí, mo ghlóir, moladh duit, a Dhia

Fada an lá, go sámh, Fada an oích', gan ghruaim

aoibhneas, áthas, grá, moladh duit, a Dhia

Móraim thú ó lá go lá, Móraim thú ó oích' go hóich'.

Athair ar Neamh, Dia linn, Athair ar Neamh, Dia liom

an ghealach, an ghrian, an ghaoth, moladh duit, a Dhia.

[rossie107]

i lov e the music and your landscape very fitting

[Nutellabandit]

i never been there but i love iceland :-) thanks for posting these great landscape-pics

[capetown99]

Beautiful.

In Teelin, Donegal, North West Ireland there is a monument which reads

"In Memory of The Teelin Monks who sailed to Iceland in the 6th Century"

It is written in Irish Gaelic, English and Icelandic.

[jackd166]

Is breá liom ceol gaelach. I bhfad níos doimhne ná ceol nua-aimseartha

[krnannable]

thank you enya

[Boredout454]

Im from the USA, Texas to be exact and my family came from Scotland as ship builders and military before the revolution. Once we fought the Brits off we moved to Texas and their fought for Texas revolution and have been here ever since. The Gaelic/Scots/Irish helped form and create this great country of mine and although I love my country I still love my Scotland.

[Speckbert500]

Iceland is so nice i will back home to my proudly Iceland

[wrzlprzopzl]

Gun dìonadh sibh Dia agus an taigh leotha

[gorilko72]

thank you :)

[MajesticCorpse]

amhrán álainn , agus go bhfuil do chuid pictiúr taibhseach !!

[keaaudio1]

awesome photos. Never been there but love to do so some time. Looks cold though...

Enya is on of the Nad Clan (Clannad) and they come from Gaoth Dobhair in Donegal. So this is where the dialect is from. Gaoth Dobhair is a very small village on the North-west coast of Ireland.

Didn't know that Irish people settled in Iceland. Interesting...

[GaleOctober]

Really beautiful ;). I was singing along, lol! I just have one questions....why Gaelic with pictures of Iceland?

[zakharii]

@GaleOctober Thats because I live in Iceland and wanted to share some of the photos that I had

and Enya music was very nice as a background for presentation.

But Iceland was settled by Irish (Gaelic speaking) people too.

Actually many Icelanders are partially Irish in origin but still the most are Norwegians in origin.

Its a mixture.

[SyverGlordencio]

@zakharii DNA tests shows that the people on Iceland have about 40% Celtic dna and 60% norwegian..

[kdsf12]

@zakharii Good to have you here! Unfortunately, I have only seen the airport. I'd love to come and visit some day.

[seonidh]

@zakharii actually the norse took gaels from scotland and ireland there are entire islands in scotland where the norse killed all the men and took the women as slaves to iceland.

[vinyl12blagger]

@zakharii yep its true, Icelandic dna is half Irish half Scandinavian.....sure ireland was populated by vikings and my city (dublin) was first founded by the vikings...............ps iceland is beautiful i would love to visit someday greetings from dublin :D

[SytheClaw]

does any1 know which dialect she is using?

[R32SKYLINEBWD]

níl sí ag canadh as 'gaelic', tá sí ag canadh as Gaeilge mar rugadh sí i contae Dhun na nGall!

[96Bogg]

I love this laguage! Alot! It sounds very similar to elvish

[JorEl7771]

@96Bogg I totally agree with you. Evish and the celtic language sound so beautiful.

[hczxp]

@96Bogg Emmmm... no. Elvish sounds very similar to Gaeilge. The Celts were around long before Tolkein ;)

[juswanaseesomevideos]

@96Bogg Is brea liom on teangail seo freisin mar tá mé ós an tír seo! (I love this language too because I'm from this country :)

[Dtelm]

@96Bogg

I think you probably have that backwards. ;)

[clairenunavut]

@96Bogg yup, because Tolkien used it to create Elvish :)

[jojothebastardbunny]

@96Bogg i assume you referring to tolkien elvish which is based off of gaelic

[gwyndolynelizabeth]

@96Bogg it does! Tolkien based elvish off of Gaelic partially, though mainly off Welsh gaelic and Finnish :)

[tarostrasse]

@gwyndolynelizabeth Welsh is a Celtic language related to Scots and Irish Gaelic but it is not a form of Gaelic. They're all beautiful though

[gwyndolynelizabeth]

@tarostrasse oh well awesome! I always thought they were all forms of gaelic so thanks for clarifying :)

[geroutathat]

@tarostrasse Welsh is not related to Gaelic from scotland or Ireland, as the Gaelic speaking people were not celtic, although a lot of what they did has become definition of celtic through error, they unlike the welsh were not celtic in any way, they were simply Irish, and Scottish.. Ths scottish were an Irish tribe, the language is Irish, not celtic.

[ZenithF]

@96Bogg actually, elvish is made to sound like gaelic - the language of the druids. and with a good reason, knowing that no other european religions was closer in worshiping nature as druids were.

[nindojibwe]

@96Bogg You are very perceptive. J.R.R. Tolkien created Quenya and Sindarin on the pattern of Irish and Welsh.

[oishin68]

ENYA

[MikmaqWoman1]

greetings from Alba Nuadh,Tapadh Leibh

[birdangel21]

love enya...love this song!

[zIITaLeNTzIIz]

this has got to be enya at her best ,an excellent song ,one of my most loved songs

[1761949]

Nice******

[giuliatena]

DUJE HARNO!!!!!

[Kievest]

Your photos reveal the primal beauty

of Iceland's abstract landscape!

Beautiful, haunting song echoes

the imagery wonderfully! Thank you!

[marusha1000]

Very nice!!!!!