The Titanic - The Irish Rovers

The Irish Rovers - The Titanic, written by George Millar (Red Maddie Music / SOCAN) From the album, Drunken Sailor (Rover Records, 2012)
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George Millar from CBC Documentary, The Pride of Belfast (also on YouTube), "to me it was saying, that it's almost in the mists of time. It's still out there and it's still pounding across the ocean somewhere."

The Irish Rovers' tribute to the pride of Belfast, the men and boys who built her at Harland and Wolff shipyard, the heroes who sailed her, and the legacy she leaves us today. "Irish pride was at its highest, and the sinking devastated the shipyards, and its workers. To this day they say with a wry smile, "She was alright when she left here!""

The sinking of the RMS Titanic is one of the largest peacetime maritime tragedies in history. The legend of this mighty ship has both intrigued and haunted Rover, George Millar all these years. That may be because he shares his birthday of April 14, with the date the ship met its icy end on her maiden voyage a century ago. For this landmark album, he wrote this tribute to The Titanic. The song gives us a feeling of descending the ocean depths to meet the great ship at her resting place, then she quickly sweeps us away on a journey to her glory days, charging across the high seas. "Being from Northern Ireland and born on April 14th, the legend of the Titanic has been with me all my life. It took the labour of fifteen thousand Irishmen to build her - she was the pride of Belfast," says Millar.
A Behind the Scenes Video by Jennifer Fahrni

Thanks to Image Sources:
Michael W. Pocock, Maritime Quest - US Library of Congress Archive - Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, VA - The Evening World, New York, NY - The Sun, New York, NY - New York Tribune, New York, NY - The Day Book, Chicago IL - The Times-Dispatch, Richmond VA - The Washington Times - Belfast Telegraph Website, The Belfast Telegraph, Belfast, N. Ireland - National Museums Northern Ireland - Collection Ulster Folk and Transport Museum - Spirit of the Titanic by Nicola Pierce - Titanic Belfast.

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[jun gacasan]

What is the title of the opening piece of music on this ?...........tnx.

[TheIrishRoversMusic]

Nearer My God To Thee

[TheIrishRoversMusic]

The photo of the two children are the Navratil brothers. Their father was kidnapping the two boys for a better life in America. Michele Navratil spoke of his anxiety from being separated from his mother. He did not understand the Titanic was going to sink. His father put the two boys into a lifeboat. He remembered the moment the lifeboat was lowered, and the splashes of people in the water. The two boys became known as the orphans of the Titanic.

[icedragon40]

pity the url is blocked.

[TheIrishRoversMusic]

it is blocked no more!

[Jasminka-Kristina Valter Gustovarac]

Álainn...!!!!!:)

[TheIrishRoversMusic]

 Slàinte

[ChantChorales]

Each time I am able to listen to the Irish Rovers it is a special treat. Listening to this beautiful tribute to and for the Titanic and the passengers who sadly and unfortunately lost their lives on that night when the ship hit the iceberg in the dark on the maiden voyage.

May they all Rest in Peace.

[meryl sullivan]

I was able to post it on FB without any problem. I clicked "Share" and when the link came up in the box I left clicked my mouse to "copy" and then went to my facebook and and left click the mouse to 'paste' and it put the link and the video up.

[tippmanproductions98]

RIP to all the lads and lassies lost on the RMS Titanic

[TheFarmerfitz .]

Side view...

[TheFarmerfitz .]

This may sound crazy..but look at the screen at 3;21 left side of screen.. The smoke coming from that small boat rises up to look like a face...Is it the face of the Devil? Face of the lord? Face of the grim reaper??? You be the judge...

[TheFarmerfitz .]

The Titanic was built by the Irish,,,,Sunk by the British!!!!

[F6fhellcatace]

she'll be remebered forever



[Andrew Luimes]

They should have preserved the Olympic. Someone actually was going to buy and preserve her but the plans came to nothing.

[ReducedEffortInc]

Yeah Northern Ireland and Ireland have been at it for the past 100+ years over Catholicism vs protestantism. The workers where also very poorly paid which made matters worse due to how dangerous the job was.

[juvemilano11]

i recently bought a dvd called: Titanic: Blood and Steel. its about what happens while the titanic is being built. the religion discriminations, the ppl of belfast and their conflicts, workers's rights, strikes, the constant problems with Olimpia and lack of workers. its crazy.