Clannad - Brian Boru's March

Clannad

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• irish
• folk
• new
• age
• celtic
• gaelic
• gaeilge
• amhran
• moya
• maire
• brennan
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[themarkofangels]

Let us all remember we are all connected. Ireland has so much beauty to offer in history, culture and music. Revenge and hatred get us no where. Let them die and never return

M. Gallagher (Healer)

[oregandes]

Sometimes slow is beautiful

[LaurentziuRo]

Fabulous ...!

[jouguu]

この曲を知ったのはフルート奏者のゴールウェイ(アイルランド出­身)のアンコールでのことでした。Clannadoの演奏とはま­た違ってあちらの演奏も素晴らしいです。ゴールウェイ・アイリッ­シュソングで検索すると出てきます。

[PerformanceLoverC]

I grew up listening to the March. I find this beautiful - but I defy anyone to find any skilled rendition of "Brian Boru's March" less than beautiful. And it is beautiful also, to think of it as the Dirge for the dead king, after the battle. However, I've always understood "Brian Boru's March" not to be his Funeral March, but the March of his troops TO the battle of Clontarf, even though the original piece - again, as I understand - is purely a harp piece, with not even drums to accompany them

[lonelyqueen86]

i am american but i have irish roots and i feel them strongly when i listen to this, such is the power of music, the land of my long fathers calls to me, ill visit ireland someday, or should i say, ill go back

[N1inSK]

@sailorsdoxy Beautiful, yes, but you're right: it is a dirge. The warriors wouldn't have gone skipping about and dancing a jig as they carried their dead king from the bettlefield.

[N1inSK]

@sailorsdoxy It is a dirge, and yes, it's beautiful and haunting. It's played wonderfully here; the warriors wouldn't have gone skipping and dancing about as they carried their dead king from the battlefield

[prunch72]

@gaelicpiper your wrong there sorry, Mael Sechnaill (Malachy) was of the southern Ui Neill dynasty and King of Tara, he yielded to Brian Boru in 1002, no relation. The battle of Clontarf was a victory but a sad one, not only was Brian killed but his son and heir Murchad fell and many other Gaelic royals and nobles. Brians other two sons Tagd and Donnchad weren't powerful enough to take their fathers place so the Kingship reverted back to Mael Sechnaill until his death in 1022.

[sailorsdoxy]

this version,almost a dirge,is really beautiful.