Paul Brady - Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair - Oireachtas '06

Céad slán ag sléibhte maorga chondae Dhún na nGall
Agus dhá chéad slán ag an Earagal árd, ina stua(í) os cionn caor 's call
Nuair a ghluais mise thart le loch Dhún Lúich, go ciún sa ghleann ina luí
I mo dhiaidh bhí Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair,
is beag nár bhris mo chroí

Ag taisteal dom amach tríd chnoic Ghleann Domhain, 's an Mhucais ar mo chúl
Ní miste domh 'rá le brón 's le crá, ghur fhreasach a shíl mise súil
Go 'Meiriceá siar, a bhí mo thriall, i bhfad thar an fharraige mhór
D'fhag 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 gnéill
B'é rún mo chroíse pilleadh arís, nuair a dhéanfainn beagán stór
'S deireadh mo shaoil a chaitheamh lem ghaoil,
fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair

Slán, slán go fóill a Dhún na nGall, a chondae shéimh gan smál
'S do d'fheara bréa in am an ghá, nár umhlaigh riamh ( ) Ghall
Tá áit i mo chroí do gach fear a gach mnaoi, 's gach páiste beag agus mór
Áta beo go buan, gan bhuairt gan ghruaim,
fá Ghleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair

Written by Irish musician Proinsias Ó Maonaigh (father of Altan's Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh of Altan) about his hometown of Gweedore in County Donegal.
Altan's version of the song appears on their album Runaway Sunday.
Irish singer Paul Brady has recorded the song on numerous occasions.
The chords can be found on
http://www.celtic-lyrics.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=894

The Green Glens of Gaoth Dobhair
Farewell to the noble mountains of Donegal
And twice farewell to tall Errigal, 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
Travelling 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 deceit 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

Gradaim Cheoil TG4 2007 beo ó Chorcaigh.

Paul Brady - Gleanntáin Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhar - [Ceolchoirm an Oireachtais - 2-11-2006] 122530 www.tg4.ie

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[Sportymike]

HAHA. Doesn't matter, he's a genius, he's allowed to look like anyone he wants!!

[Continuity09]

This is beautiful.

Go raibh maith agat, Ric.

[DLS95]

Damn you Ulster Irish haha if only you would sing it in Déise Irish haha, all that said its a beutiful song and i realise its about Donegal so theres a reason for the Ulster Irish haha.

[yosti2007]

@zandeman5

Tå Seapåibis agam. (I speak Japanese).

However this language is so effected by Bearla.(English)

I wish our country were occupied by NOT the Anglo-Saxons but the Gael.

(After the World WarⅡ）

Then we could have had a much more beautiful language...

[zandeman5]

@yosti2007

GO and catch a falling star,

Get with child a mandrake root,

Tell me where all past years are,

Or who cleft the devil's foot,

Teach me to hear mermaids singing,

Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind

Serves to advance an honest mind.

Yes indeed. A dirty language. Why don't you give it up and speak another instead?

[zandeman5]

I'm a Paul Brady fan, but I dislike this rendition. He sounds tremulous and arrhythmic.

[yosti2007]

Gaelic sounds really beautiful!

English sounds kind of dirty.

O, We have to use this dirty language...

[markuswhitbread]

@djsedd Listen to the opening of the video and find the open tuning of the guitar first. All the chord formations are created around that.

[djsedd]

Anyone know the chords he's using please,its such a fa nominal song and i'd love to know them.Thanks

[Moondancer007]

A Phoil, a chara, rinne tu an-mhaith leis an fonn, na focail achan rud mar is gnath agus is fearr liom an leagan seo :-)

[WillandAlshow]

I've listened to them all, and Paul Brady puts so much feeling into the music and the words. Is iontach maith sin! Go raibh mile maith agat a Paul. Is brea liom! As Texas.

[Tadhg64]

If you can't hear Mairead sing this, his version isn't a bad replacement.