Luan Parle sings Amhrán na bhFiann, the Irish National Anthem before the Bernard Dunne / Felix Machado fight at the International Events Centre in Castlebar in April. Dunne won the fight.
What strikes me as awesome is the national pride that these country-men & women all have. Every time that this song is sang in Ireland, be it at games or entertainment venues like this, everyone sings along, and I mean virtually everyone. That's national pride right there, my friends.
i have never heard the anthem sang so good by anyone before, well done Luan, to be honest i remembered this fight more for the anthem at the start than the action, both brillant on the night.
Wow!Few words are needed. It must be SO inspiring for any group of people when something so emotive is written for their country, team, cause,religion,or whatever defines their group. The men in the GPO for whom this was penned,were obviously roused & drew on latent passion,will & strength to fight for their land, people and way of life. I know it's not the same but,I maintain, Flower of Scotland is the 16th man for SRU team,on St Patrick's day 1990 I think it was the catalyst for the result.FAB
this was a very noble effort, and well done i may add, of a difficult anthem to sing...bravo to this young women who in my opinion made an outstanding presentation! wow!!
After 800 years of occupation by England, There is probably not a Country in the world that is more Proud of their Country and Heroes. That is why this Anthem is called "The Soldier's Song"
Yeah, I got that wrong, I think I was trying to say it was between 1916 & 1922 it started to be used more & more as a military/marching anthem, if not the National Anthem I thought it was composed in 1907, but again I could be wrong,it happens regularly, thanks for flagging up my error. (You are looking at a full time job, there) It's always good when errors/ambiguities are highlighted without being rude, thank you. :-)
@karibe24 Thanks for your detailed answer. At least i know the difference between irish and gaelic now ;-) Despite the mass immigration and american media i'm full of hope for this language. There are many people all over the world that loves this language and learns it. A few friends of mine are learning it too and speak it almost fluently now. It's such a lovely language and i really hope it never dies or "lose" against english!
@ghost234346 Don't be disheartened. There must remain a strong Irish presence in the North if Ireland is to be a United Nation again. By refusing to leave your own land is the best way show the British, the 6 counties are as Irish as the other 26. The British have had there day. Eirinn gu braigh!
i have a question: do the irish children learn irish (or gaelic?) in school or only english? because it would be very sad if this language dies one day and only the old people remember on it. it's the same here in germany. we have so many dead or almost dead dialekts that only my grandparents spoke and i'm sad i've never learned it.. and gaelic or irish is such a beautiful language!
@PeejayTanner yeah you're right.. Sinne Fianna Fáil Atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn, buion dár slua Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn, Fé mhóid bheith saor. Sean tír ár sinsear feasta Ní fhágfar fén tíorán ná fén tráill Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil, Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil Le gunna screach fé lámhach na bpiléar Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann
@ThePlaystationKing1 Well, I think it would serve some pupose to point out that I am not Irish or even remotely connected to the Island Realms. I have listened to some five versions of Amhrán na bhFiann, and I just don't think she sings it very well.
@ThePlaystationKing1 I don't give two shits if you insult the star-spangled banner or not; I'm not American. I'm Swedish. Funny though, that you'd think me to be a yankee. Look, if ONE person sings your anthem badly that doesn't make IT bad. It makes HER VERSION of it bad. If she's your girlfriend or something, I'd get it. But even if she was; she still doesn't sing very well.
@fenian08 Ye, he shoulda been thrown out. Dont know about yer won singin it. Made a bit of an owl pub tune out of it!!! God rest poor ol Frank Patterson ;-)
@beardog765 Even without being able to speak Irish, it's easy to sing I hear. You need the right pronunciation. This video however, isn't a great video to learn from. You wanna lean fluent Irish? Good luck mate.
@ThePlaystationKing1 Your being a fanatic doesn't affect how this girl sings the national anthem. She can't sing. Your anthem is great. This version, however, sucks.
Ouch! No disrespect to our National Anthem but this is painfully raucous. It is not an operatic aria and should not be sung as though it was intended to be. A soldier’s song! A call to arms and unite to fight for our country’s freedom needs more life and spark.
I suppose getting someone who could actually sing and more importantly, enunciate properly would have cost too much. That was the worst version of Amhrán na bFhiann I have ever heard.
