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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Enya
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Video duration: 221 seconds

Christmas carol from Enya's latest album, And Winter Came...
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Related: christmas, enya, latin, new

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my best friend just ...
By: ktsndy. on 08 Jan 09, 19:11:34
my best friend just introduced me to this song, spine tingling, and thank you Lindsey xxx

very powerful and ...
By: diamondinchrist. on 07 Jan 09, 17:35:22
very powerful and beautiful, maybe sad, but its a beautiful sadness

What a ...
By: RealDeal1967. on 07 Jan 09, 13:36:40
What a breathtakingly beautiful version... Thank God in his gift of Enya and her music.

Oh for Goodness' ...
By: shangqinli. on 07 Jan 09, 12:41:09
Oh for Goodness' sake, stop that petty fighting and enjoy that beautiful song. Super vid, Sporty. Technically perfect. 5 stars from me and straight into my playlist.

wow...just .....wow ...
By: HimeNoKuri. on 06 Jan 09, 03:32:25
wow...just .....wow. I've got goosebumps!!!

DON'T BE RACIAL!!!!!
By: kinagrannisfan101. on 05 Jan 09, 22:39:56
DON'T BE RACIAL!!!!!

agree!
By: kinagrannisfan101. on 05 Jan 09, 22:39:43
agree!

yourt a loser
By: kinagrannisfan101. on 04 Jan 09, 17:21:05
yourt a loser

you think it's ...
By: killdoser. on 02 Jan 09, 23:47:46
you think it's quite good, but should know, that this isn't the original lyrics of this hymn. i mean the english part of course

sorry if you don't ...
By: w8inggirl. on 02 Jan 09, 20:55:45
sorry if you don't like it and if you think that I underrated Enya's songs. I am fan of her since I was child, so... You make me think better about what I wrote... the other version is not better, it is diferent. But both of them are amazing =D

sorry if you don't ...
By: w8inggirl. on 02 Jan 09, 20:54:44
sorry if you don't like it and if you think that I underrated Enya's songs. I am fan of her since I was child, so... You make me think better about what I wrote... the other version is not better, it is diferent. But both of them are amazing =D

i did, your ...
By: qwertypluss. on 02 Jan 09, 20:13:34
i did, your recommedations suck.

Go away Kazakhstani.
By: qwertypluss. on 02 Jan 09, 19:53:20
Go away Kazakhstani.

This version from ...
By: Heddoc. on 02 Jan 09, 17:36:53
This version from this song is just so beautiful!

I love Enya, but ...
By: w8inggirl. on 02 Jan 09, 15:19:28
I love Enya, but the version of this song made for "sixpence none the richer" is better ;P Look for it, I recommend :)

she is very boring, ...
By: romoloricap. on 02 Jan 09, 00:16:26
she is very boring, this song looks like her old song. The music played in the church is better. she wanted to replace sacred songs, but she is not able to carry on.

my respect, it's ...
By: oopshi001. on 28 Dec 08, 21:51:09
my respect, it's wonderful!

Bello!!
By: EnchantingNature. on 28 Dec 08, 19:12:54
Bello!!

Hauntingly ...
By: Lisa4Me2. on 28 Dec 08, 17:53:45
Hauntingly beautiful!!!!! She is an Angel from Heaven!!!!!

This is absolutely ...
By: celticmyst8. on 26 Dec 08, 08:52:32
This is absolutely beautiful.

freakin amazing ...
By: jpc08109. on 26 Dec 08, 04:00:58
freakin amazing what a powerful version of a beautiful song

Enya's version ...
By: MoreCowbellforLizzie. on 25 Dec 08, 23:12:20
Enya's version totally captures the birth of our Lord and Saviour - dramatic, powerful, poignant, captivating - Merry Christmas Everyone from San Diego California U.S. of A

Enya's voice ...
By: biancademonet. on 25 Dec 08, 17:59:15
Enya's voice doesn't lack power....listen to "May it Be" or "Only Time" for proof.......I LOVE ENYA............

THE CHORUS IS FROM ...
By: adaabyade. on 25 Dec 08, 03:17:08
THE CHORUS IS FROM HEAVEN, i love it, it's like it taKES ME BACK TO hEAVEN WHERE THE aNGELS ARE SINGING

BRAVO ! I always ...
By: ciprianofcarthage. on 25 Dec 08, 02:10:26
BRAVO ! I always loved Enya's beautifully haunting voice ... this is a wonderful redition of a beautiful carol !

Irish language - Gweedore people speaking Gaelic
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Video duration: 433 seconds

A clip of people from Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) speaking in Irish Gaelic about Comharchumann Forbartha Ghaoth Dobhair and their work.
Físeán ag cuir síos ar an obair atá ar siúil ag Comharchumann Forbartha Ghaoth Dobhair.

Related: accent, dialect, dobhair, donegal, gaeilge, gaelic, gaoth, ireland, irish, native, speakers

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Gaelic song - Ar Éirinn Ní Neosfainn Cé Hí
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Video duration: 256 seconds

Maria McCool from Gaoth Dobhair with the Irish Gaelic song.

Related: altan, amhra, ballad, clannad, donegal, enya, folk, gaelic, glen, gweedore, ireland, irish, music, song, trad, traditional, world

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Sweet Lord, that ...
By: Giraffkanon. on 08 Jan 09, 02:09:58
Sweet Lord, that was a beutiful piece. I wish I knew Gaelic, but well... There aren't a lot of schools that teach it here in Sweden. ;) I have got to learn it someday though.

Lived in ireland ...
By: julieannob. on 08 Jan 09, 01:46:54
Lived in ireland for a short while, this makes me yearn to return forever

Please tell me this ...
By: JCE1972. on 02 Jan 09, 02:30:03
Please tell me this woman's music is available somewhere for purchase. This is about the most hynotically beautiful thing I have ever heard.

For a beautiful ...
By: brencoff. on 01 Jan 09, 19:00:16
For a beautiful traditional song like this you need to be a native speaker like Maria. This version must be the best available on Utube. (The High Kings have obvious difficulty with the Irish pronunciation and idiom). Unfortunately, the version of the late Nioclás Tóibin of Ring ( even surpassing Maria McCool in my opinion) is not yet on Utube. I hope to get around to uplaoding it.

J’aime l& ...
By: seantaipei. on 22 Dec 08, 08:52:40
J’aime l’Irlande !

simply ...
By: matoki4u. on 12 Dec 08, 15:04:51
simply B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L

I love this song, ...
By: Goatmon. on 21 Nov 08, 23:42:27
I love this song, but the best version I ever heard was by the High Kings. I break down every time I hear them play it.

I know I had a ...
By: gjanerbris08. on 12 Nov 08, 11:04:36
I know I had a great great grandmother or something who was sent to Australia as a convict from Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. She then received a pardon from the Governor here in Australia to marry into my lineage.

too true and some ...
By: wolfbrother0. on 09 Nov 08, 20:09:03
too true and some day we will make her whole and destroy the the english skum

Awesome version, ...
By: afkbrb123. on 05 Nov 08, 09:37:33
Awesome version, even better than Liam Clancy's. The only Irish I have in my lineage is my thrice great grandpa came over from Co. Wicklow during the famine, but anyone can and should appreciate this song =)

I am not Irish, but ...
By: gjanerbris08. on 05 Nov 08, 07:56:16
I am not Irish, but Australian. I am sure there is some Irish heritage somewhere back there along with English, Scottish and a little bit of German. However, if I had to live anywhere out of Australia, it would be in Ireland. Although the rain is miserable, it is a country with so much history, culture and language which should be preserved.

You don't have to ...
By: EverythingZen14. on 04 Nov 08, 22:57:35
You don't have to be Irish to appreciate Irish Gaelic. My heritage is German, Swiss, and Frank; and I hold that the gaelic languages are among the most beautiful I have ever heard spoken. Celtic music, I think, reflects the beauty behind their languages.

I was born and have ...
By: Jonny201291. on 25 Oct 08, 23:12:07
I was born and have lived here in Ireland all my life, and I can say that it is something I am continually more and more glad of every day and I never intend to move away from here. This ancient language, as flattop55 said, just does something to every irish person, there really is something in it.

Last night I walked ...
By: mikemckv. on 22 Oct 08, 21:39:20
Last night I walked farther abroad Along the far side of the farm approached by a lovely young girl, She left me distraught and in pain Entraced by her manners and form And her sensual and delicate mouth I hastened to be by her side but for Ireland I'd not tell her name If only the maiden had heard What I told her would still be the truth In devotion I'd care for her health And regale her with tales of my life, I yearned to take her to my heart To make her my first pride and joy.

I'm a Euromutt, ...
By: moparmonster1965. on 20 Oct 08, 03:34:24
I'm a Euromutt, with a little Irish somewhere far back, but this moves me.

Maria's version ...
By: flattop55. on 10 Sep 08, 07:09:53
Maria's version sings deeply to my Irish soul. There is certainly something in that ancient language that reaches far, far back into the part of every Irish person and calls each of us home again.

Brilliant!
By: delly814. on 30 Aug 08, 03:04:47
Brilliant!

beautiful song ...
By: malafada. on 16 Aug 08, 21:30:53
beautiful song lovely singer

Reminds me of ...
By: kimmotapio83. on 29 Jul 08, 07:04:13
Reminds me of Enya's May It Be

thanks, and thanks ...
By: Poodlepups. on 26 Jul 08, 15:35:32
thanks, and thanks rarecandi23. I didn't know that.

haunting beauty
By: Cushistory. on 22 Jul 08, 15:36:26
haunting beauty

Here is the first ...
By: nindojibwe. on 05 Jul 08, 23:55:34
Here is the first stanza in Gaelic: Aréir is mé ag téarnamh um neoin ar an taobh thall den teora ina mbím do thaobhnaigh an spéirbhean i m' chomhair d'fhág taomanach breoite lag sinn. Do ghéilleas dá méin is dá cló dá bréithre 's dá beol tanadh binn. Do léimeas fá dhéin dul 'na comhair is ar Éirinn ní neosfainn cé hí.

i asked my Irish ...
By: rarecandi23. on 27 Jun 08, 18:12:38
i asked my Irish mom; and though i can't translate it for you; she said this song is about a priest who loves a woman but "for Ireland, he wont tell her name" i'm sure there can be different versions tho. Gaelic seems prone to that. it's a beautiful song tho. Erin go bragh

any one got the ...
By: drstrangeman. on 18 Jun 08, 19:50:56
any one got the lyrics for this song? prefirably in both gaelic and english

SORRY ITS : THE ...
By: bazkoi. on 31 May 08, 01:52:46
SORRY ITS : THE HIGH KINGS

Ready for the Storm - Aoife Ní Fhearraigh
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Video duration: 299 seconds

Aoife

Related: age, celtic, fearraigh, ferry, ireland, irish, new

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Irish song - The Green Fields of Gweedore
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Video duration: 246 seconds

Irish group Clannad perform a song about their hometown of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair in Irish).

Related: brennan, celtic, clannad, donegal, enya, folk, gaelic, gweedore, ireland, irish, moya, music, song, world

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God Bless Gweedore, ...
By: hardcase78. on 28 Dec 08, 23:43:12
God Bless Gweedore, from a proud Donegal head

Latha math dhuibh.. ...
By: Seelenfang. on 09 Dec 08, 20:19:38
Latha math dhuibh.. Im glad found that...brilliant voice and beautyfull pictures... Greets from germany...

...and its also a ...
By: OlymPigs2010. on 09 Nov 08, 06:15:30
...and its also a land of bullets,bombs,tortures and assassinations and spilled blood,blood,blood!!!

in order to do that ...
By: incaalpaca. on 21 Oct 08, 22:06:23
in order to do that, it may appear that Ireland will have to close its doors to immigration as it it apparently out of control and the Irish population is being watered down so to speak.

People, please keep ...
By: macalla100. on 21 Oct 08, 10:07:21
People, please keep Ireland Irish.

Although I have ...
By: davyladd08. on 20 Oct 08, 22:10:36
Although I have listened to a fair bit of Clannad, this is the first time I have heard this beautiful song. My great-grandfather came from Donegal . . . must go there soon.

i love Gaoth ...
By: Donegal89. on 18 Oct 08, 20:06:23
i love Gaoth Dobhair...will always be my hometown!!!...Gaoth Dobhair Abú!!! grá mó shaol i gconaí xx

Thanks for posting ...
By: sfaussie. on 06 Oct 08, 03:34:51
Thanks for posting this Sportymike. This was the first song I heard from Clannad way back in Sydney, Australia when it first came out. Since I've had the pleasure of travelling to Gweedore twice and enjoying the hospitality of the people in this area including the Brennan's. Great photo's of the area!

its a wonderful ...
By: danbit5. on 26 Sep 08, 13:41:32
its a wonderful place ireland i find it hard to decide which part i like best,im from the north but i travelled a few fields,county kerry strikes me as must scenic but i reckon ,theres lots wonderful places be it antrim galway fermanagh,the list is endless but its the wonderful people about places that make you smile i even paid 2 squid for a blarney stone once lol

hope u can take me ...
By: lightabove. on 22 Sep 08, 10:57:44
hope u can take me with you...i can be man's best friend...cheers

Sportymike, Many ...
By: inishowenjohn. on 16 Sep 08, 14:19:17
Sportymike, Many thanks for posting this. What a fabulous video, many of my fav spots in the west of Ireland's most beautiful county. Let the Irish Tourist Board have a copy - they often forget Donegal. Keep the coming! I'll have to do one for Inishowen!!! All the best.

I'm over in America ...
By: sharka23. on 11 Sep 08, 21:51:06
I'm over in America, but i can't wait till i can get enough money to move to Ireland. It's truly a land of beauty and angels.

This is the land ...
By: daesju. on 05 Sep 08, 23:39:38
This is the land that I love so much, My dear Ireland

Hi Kate, Hope you ...
By: inishowenjohn. on 14 Aug 08, 20:17:31
Hi Kate, Hope you have a great time there. I've just returned from a spell in my home peninsula of Inishowen (thus my title) Very enjoyable as well as beautiful. All the best

Only just seen your ...
By: kate285. on 09 Aug 08, 23:52:07
Only just seen your message John, I have altons song on my favourites now and I,m going over to Gweedore next weekend for a short visit, you must have brought me luck, it wasnt planned and I only found out a few days ago. Thanks and God bless

aaahhhh, potatos ...
By: PooPusher007. on 26 Jul 08, 06:21:13
aaahhhh, potatos potatos patatos

I love Maire, or ...
By: aramanth. on 14 Jul 08, 03:07:47
I love Maire, or rather now Moya. Her voice is so rich and versatile... but I forgot how beautiful her voice was back in Clannad's early years. So pure... I love the folk catalogue from Clannad's first through this their last folk record, Fuaim. Although I do like Enya, her formulaic style isn't as beautiful and unpredictable as Clannad. Still what a family of talent! From the green fields of Gweedore!

yeah
By: Paitro202. on 30 Jun 08, 22:20:27
yeah

is that irland
By: 75ut. on 09 Jun 08, 04:04:38
is that irland

the house at 2:12 ...
By: benjyyy. on 10 May 08, 19:30:40
the house at 2:12 is newly renovated and available to rent. Do a wee search in google for Portacrin Cottage :)

Gods country. Stop ...
By: FANADBHOY. on 19 Apr 08, 00:23:35
Gods country. Stop off at Foreland Heights pub if you ever go there. You couldn't get a better view.

how irish are you? ...
By: johnnyboy922. on 18 Apr 08, 02:24:51
how irish are you? please tell me your not catholic because if you are you should know its paddy not patty. patty is short for patricia not patrick.

I once visited ...
By: jovdh. on 15 Apr 08, 19:29:47
I once visited Ireland and I hope to go back once the kids have grown up. Although I'm not Irish (I'm from Belgium) I love that country. If other lifes exist, I must have been an Irish boy in another life I think :-) Who knows...

This past St. ...
By: RobertCeltic. on 09 Apr 08, 18:11:15
This past St. Patty's was spent at Woughlouhans at the Marriott Casino in Sumerlin, Las Vegas. It was here that I met a young lass named Colleen whose father was from Ireland and had just passed away, 83yrs. We celebrated our heritage, she leaned over and sang Danny Boy in my ear and I was a goner. She asked if I knew the song of Green Fields, which I didn't, sadly. So compelled by her kindness and sincerity, I have found the beautiful song she wanted to sing at the Pub in her fathers memory.

Hi Kate, Check out ...
By: inishowenjohn. on 02 Apr 08, 23:51:39
Hi Kate, Check out Alton's Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoith Dobhair. Similar slide show but the song is sung in Irish by this fabulous local group. Enjoy and get back home soon. God bless

Fairytale of New York (LIVE) - Ronan Keating & Moya Brennan
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Video duration: 313 seconds

Cover of the Pogues classic, Fairytale Of New York. Performed by Ronan Keating and Moya Brennan inn 2000.

Related: christmas, clannad, concert, irish, maire, mcgowan, máire, shane, song

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Aoife Ní Fhearraigh - Cad É Sin Don Té Sin (Live)
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Video duration: 111 seconds

Aoife Ní Fhearraigh (from Gweedore, County Donegal) singing the Irish Gaelic song, Caidé Sin Don Té Sin.

Related: celtic, dobhair, fearraigh, ferry, gaelic, gaoth, irish, ni, performing

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Deck the Halls - Moya Brennan
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Video duration: 225 seconds

From her album, An Irish Christmas

Related: age, celtic, clannad, ireland, irish, maire, moya, máire, new, nollag

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Fairytale of New York - Ronan Keating and Moya Brennan
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Video duration: 278 seconds

Irish Christmas song by Ronan Keating (from Boyzone) and Moya Brennan (from Clannad).
The pictures are of Dublin (where Ronan is from) Donegal (where Moya is from) and New York City, USA.

Related: cover, dublin, duet, irish, maire, máire, pogues, song, xmas

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$Michael McDonald & Moya Brennan - Don\$

Michael McDonald & Moya Brennan - Don't Give Up
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Video duration: 411 seconds

Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Moya Brennan (Clannad) with the classic song 'Don't Give Up'.

Related: age, brennan, bush, celtic, cover, duet, gabriel, irish, kate, maire, mysts, máire, new, peter, rock, streams

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Song for Ireland - Counties of Ireland (Maria McCool)
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Video duration: 215 seconds

Stunning imagery of the Emerald Isle's 32 counties, with classic tune 'Song for Ireland' by Maria McCool. Enjoy and please comment! Go raibh maith agaibh.

Related: beautiful, belfast, county, donegal, dublin, eire, emerald, galway, images, ireland, irish, isle, kerry, maria, mccool, music, song

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