Almost Irish and Chris McMullan - Kilkelly 

😢 We always used to close the pub to this song (mick moloney version) every time we put it on the jukebox it would make everyone cry and leave 😢

That final harmony gets me every time.

A great version of a great song. Always brings a tear to my eyes.

The only cover I've found that hands off to a second voice for the final verse, an effect I've wanted to hear the song with since I first came across it.

This powerful song was written by two old friends of mine, Steve and Peter Jones, who used old family letters to tell the story. I hope they can be given due credit above in the description.

This song breaks my heart every time I hear it... What a GREAT performance, thank you Armunk! 🤗 Zs

As an Irishman I would say you definitely got the spirit of Irish music and song down. Your performance is very authentically Irish.

By far the best rendition of this stunning piece I have come across. Thank you SO much for posting.

The second singer is amazing, gave me goose bumps

I'd bet this is the best version of this amazing song. Your voices and the instruments are incredible. I guess I will never find out how is it possible that anyone who is able to sing this song out loud can keep a straight face. I never managed it :))

C'est sublime. This song makes me remember my mountains and my family

So beautiful Prode to be irish 💚☘

Bellísima y nostálgica capta la esencia y vicisitudes de una familia sencilla y amorosa, por eso se vuelve universal. Los interpretes son increíbles demuestran honestidad y excelente desempeño... they really touch muy heart.

Beautiful

This is a crazy song. Screws your brain. Literally takes u to a different era. We can feel the pain pf partitions. Families apart. Crazy crazy.

Amazing tunes, beautiful lyrics, that's why I'm obsessed with Irish music.

God how beautiful.......wow, you guys are great. Such good music, soul, voices and warmth.......really, really, good.

Just found your group,I can’t get enough of it. It makes me happy,sad. You guys are great.

Best performance of Kilkenny I've ever heard.

What a beautiful version of this sad song, it almost made me cry!

Great version Lads👍👍👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Superb rendition of a fabulous (And sad) old song👍😎 I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get through this without bursting in to tears, I lost my father over thirty years ago then my mother almost ten years ago followed by my youngest brother a couple of years later 😥

My favorite version.

This is the best version I’ve heard

LOVE your music. Thank God for no bag-pipe. All of you are special. Thank You for sharing your talents with us. Make a CD!

I'm so glad that I found this video, and you guys. :)

Brilliant Band wonderful music

One of the finest songs I have ever heard. Very sad.

Beyond Beautiful

A knife in my heart (:

Incredible harmony.

Wow! Lovely job, my brothers! I think you need to come to the U.S. and sing it with Peter Jones, the writer and his brother Steve in a concert for St. Patrick's day 2022! Wouldn't that be a smash hit?!!!

I heard many good versions of this song, but this one is really the nicest and most sensitive version!

Wow!!!!

I hope you do come to Vancouver in 2019, I will be there I promise

Always loved the song but this is the nicest version of it I’ve heard

Magnificent ❤

Brilliant Thanks

as an irish canadian, love it!

Super version! Cheers, Mike!

Superb performance

Sublime version!

Hilsner til Danmark fra Tyskland; Denne sang er stor og fuld af ånd, lyder autentisk irsk. Undskyld venligst, om min dansk ikke er god. Greetings to Denmark from Germany; this song is sung great and full of spirit, sounds authentically Irish. Grüße aus Deutschland nach Dänemark! Dieses Lied wird hervorragend und mit viel Gefühl interpretiert, es klingt authentisch nach irischer Musik.

Wonderful❤

So beautiful❤

Best version, by far. Slàinte.

Great rendition Boys

This is the best version of this song that I’ve heard. Goose pimples.

Holy Moly , these singers may as well have shot up out of Kilkelly soil, even now the dialect hasn't changed , just some big houses & big cars and the N17 is all the difference there is . I know the above because I lived among them , nice decent people who know their history & never move too far from it.

Peter Jones! Your song is sang in Ireland. I've only seen and heard this sung by Peter here in Wahington DC.

Ive tried to cover this song, & I absolutely can't get through that last verse ; without question one of the most heartbreaking songs Ive ever heard. A close second is utah phillips " rice & beans "...yow.. . harrowing, Yet ,Im a fool for the sheer beauty of these songs..

happy new year ! )))

Kilkelly Peter Jones Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 60, my dear and loving son John Your good friend the schoolmaster Pat McNamara's so good As to write these words down. Your brothers have all gone to find work in England, The house is so empty and sad The crop of potatoes is sorely infected, A third to a half of them bad. And your sister Brigid and Patrick O'Donnell Are going to be married in June. Your mother says not to work on the railroad And be sure to come on home soon. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 70, dear and loving son John Hello to your Mrs and to your 4 children, May they grow healthy and strong. Michael has got in a wee bit of trouble, I guess that he never will learn. Because of the dampness there's no turf to speak of And now we have nothing to burn. And Brigid is happy, you named a child for her And now she's got six of her own. You say you found work, but you don't say What kind or when you will be coming home. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 80, dear Michael and John, my sons I'm sorry to give you the very sad news That your dear old mother has gone. We buried her down at the church in Kilkelly, Your brothers and Brigid were there. You don't have to worry, she died very quickly, Remember her in your prayers. And it's so good to hear that Michael's returning, With money he's sure to buy land For the crop has been poor and the people Are selling at any price that they can. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 90, my dear and loving son John I guess that I must be close on to eighty, It's thirty years since you're gone. Because of all of the money you send me, I'm still living out on my own. Michael has built himself a fine house And Brigid's daughters have grown. Thank you for sending your family picture, They're lovely young women and men. You say that you might even come for a visit, What joy to see you again. Kilkelly, Ireland, 18 and 92, my dear brother John I'm sorry that I didn't write sooner to tell you that father passed on. He was living with Brigid, she says he was cheerful And healthy right down to the end. Ah, you should have seen him play with The grandchildren of Pat McNamara, your friend. And we buried him alongside of mother, Down at the Kilkelly churchyard. He was a strong and a feisty old man, Considering his life was so hard. And it's funny the way he kept talking about you, He called for you in the end. Oh, why don't you think about coming to visit, We'd all love to see you again.

This is the BEST version of this song. How do I get a copy?

brilliant

Brutal

VIVA

Brillient music 🍀💛💚🎩

This is very good. The singer is Scottish, right?

Am algerian but i do feel the same sadness irish could feel...so gloomy

This is a good version but you should listen to Robbie O'Connell and Finbar Clancy. (1995) Their version is outstanding!

Simpelthen en fryd at høre jer spille

Smukt

Played and sung ust a little too fast.

My gr.grandmother left Ireland, for America,in about 1883. She never returned. They say only one in ten ever returned, even for a visit... Just wasnt affordable. So 😥

Now thats connected to the magical thread of the ages , of the song and spirit of Ireland .Well done McMullen.

excellent

LOVELY!

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