Classic Irish song about Gweedore and the glens that surround the area.
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It is being performed by Altan.
Written by Francie Mooney.
Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga chon...
It is being performed by Altan. Written by Francie Mooney.
Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga chondae Dhún na nGall Agus dhá chéad slán ag an Earagal ard, ina stua os cionn caor 's call Nuair a ghluais mise thart le loch Dhún Lúich, go ciúin sa ghleann ina luí I mo dhiaidh bhí Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair, is beag nár bhris mo chroí.
Ag taisteal domh amach fríd chnoic Ghleann Domhain, 's an Mhucais ar mo chúl Ní miste domh 'rá le brón 's le crá, ghur fhreasach a shil mise súil Go 'Meiriceá siar, a bhí mo thriall, i bhfad thar an fharraige mhór D'fhág mé slán ar feadh seal ag Dún na nGall, 's ag Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.
Níorbh é mo mhiansa imeacht ariamh ó mo thír bheag dhílis féin Ach trom lámh Gall, le cluain 's le feall, a thiomáin mé i gcéin B'é rún mo chroí'se pilleadh arís, nuair a dhéanfainn beagán stór 'S deireadh mo shaoil a chaitheamh le'm ghaoil, fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.
Slán, slán go fóill a Dhún na nGall, a chondae shéimh gan smál 'S do d'fheara breá in am an ghá, nár umhlaigh riamh roimh Ghall Tá áit i mo chroí do gach fear a gach mnaoi, 's gach páiste beag agus mór Atá beo go buan, gan bhuairt gan ghruaim, fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair.
English translation:
Farewell to the noble mountains of Donegal And twice farewell to tall Erigal, arching over rowen and ash tree When I passed by Dunlewey Lake, lying quietly in the glen Behind me were the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair, and it nearly broke my heart
Traveling through Glendowan's Hills, and Muckish behind me I don't mind saying with sorrow and grief, that tears fell from my eyes Westward to America was my journey, far across the wide sea I said farewell for a while to Donegal, and the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair
I never wanted to leave my own beloved land But the foreigner's heavy handed deceipt and treachery drove me away It would be my heart's desire to return again, when I should get a little money To spend the end of my life with my family, 'round the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair
Yet farewell, farewell to Donegal County fine and fair And to your brave men who in time of need, did not ever cower before the foreigner There's a place in my heart for each man and woman, each child big and small Who live in peace, without sorrow or grief, in the green glens of Gaoth Dobhair
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Yeh luv deh winters ? Yeh feckin' eejit, yeh !! No, I'm only joking, the winters must be quite impressive too. Although you'd have to be a special kind of person to live there all year round.
The fishermen of the area would paint the boats every year before the salmon season and this is one of the places they used to do this. The boat is 'Bád Eddie beag', as far as I know Eddie went on the beer and the boat ended up being bought by the hotel owner in the background.
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it isnt sunny all the time
but that what i love about it :)
for some reason i love the winters we get
:)
greetigs from isle Rügen!