When New York was Irish (Celtic Thunder)

Photographs of my mother's parents growing up, as well as my mother and her brother and sister growing up, with the song "When New York was Irish" performed by Celtic Thunder.

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• York
• Irish
• Grandmother
• Grandfather
• Growing
• up
• Brooklyn
• Queens
• Celtic
• Thunder

[poconolots]

this song has been around for 20 years.i think they are from the Bronx,played their own instruments, and is not that 'celticthunder' crap(male 'celtic woman') that is all over the tv now

[RedCeltic]

lol.. .look, I all I know is that this band was called Celtic Thunder and was from New York and was not very popular or famous, and I don't know if they are still around. I don't know of any other band by that name. Just a band I saw play one time and picked up a CD from them personally.

[BrooklynEmperor]

My Family and myself are still in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Myself, my dad, and grandfather all worked for the Transit Authority, and my Uncle was a cop. Too true, this song. Great video.

[RedCeltic]

Cool. My family moved out to Long Island, but I still have family in Brooklyn and Queens.

[shihanKatana]

Hmm, may be, BUT, wore the Irish the one who committed the 9/11 attacks?Wore the italians the ones who declare Jihad?Wore the Irish the ones who become drug dealers?Wore the italians the ones building mosques all over?Wore the irish the ones who become gang bangers?Did an american fire fighter lost he's job because he didn't speak italian? NO! and the list could go on forever, the fact is that they just wanted to begin a new peaceful life, not to take over, not to plan terrorist attacks.

[YumikoHayashida]

thank you for  sharing pictures of your family

[CelticThunderfan1]

@ultimafats oops my apologies love the video :)

[ultimafats]

@CelticThunderfan1 It is. Really far back, there was another band also called Celtic Thunder (they've signed a non-competition agreement with the current CT. They did loads of strictly traditional stuff.

[CelticThunderfan1]

this is a good video but get the artist straight cause that's not Celtic Thunder singing that song

[xNoTriggerx]

love the video, i have a ton of photos of my grandmother growing up and her siblings, relatives, and parents.

[twingrl56]

@poconolots .......... oh my gosh I can't believe you don't like "Celtic Thunder" or "Celtic Women"???? I've been to thier concert and I feel they are absolutely amaizing!

[DwightMr]

Love the transition throughout the song with photos chronicling their life progression through the years. Brilliant..BTW, my favorite photo was of the 'ol boy using the electric knife at 3:50 ..that's a portrait of bygone Americana at its finest!

[YourTubeSpellChecker]

@shihanKatana Um, it was the Italians who ran organized crime in New York, dealing in dope and extorting small businesses whilst murdering anyone who got i their way. Not to forget the Irish Westies gang . . . So yeah I fail to see how that's some how less bad than black or hispanic crime. Just saying.

[littlenannybot]

god, i lvoe this song

[Ashfoxxy]

@poconolots Celtic thunder(male 'celtic women') kicks this bands Eh es es