Great post....Davy can really wail this tune and raise the goosebumps. My favorite single piece of Irish music. The uilleann pipe is the most expressive instrument. As great as music gets.
A lament for all the Celtic sons and daughters of Ireland and Scotland. Dispossesed, abused and dislocated to the corners of the world. Celtc lives matter. May ye all;Rest In Peace
This version of the song by Davy was used at the 100th Anniversary of the Irish Rebellion ceremony and in the movie Brave Heart. When I get back to Ireland, I will congratulate him for his work and associating Cu Chulainn with the martyrs and Wallace. Well done altogether like.
I wish my beloved grandma was still with us she would have loved this as much as I do Ireland is in our blood and in our history and I am so very proud to be Irish !!!!
A genius if ever there was one i feel privileged to have met several times At folk clubs Thank you Davy you would bring tears to a stone with your music
This was truely excellent, a big thank you to Bernhard for putting this together..The images made me feel very homesick (it almost made me forget the Irish weather!)
I play the sax, and she can be a right handful at times. But mastering the sax takes a fraction of the time and effort it takes to get to grips with a full set of Uilleann pipes; I saw young Caoimhin O Fearghall play at the Ace and Deuce of Piping concert last night in Liberty Hall (Dublin). His dad died earlier in the week; he played a requiem in his honour. He did him proud and played the lament as only a Uilleann piper can . . . as in like Davy playing the lament for Cú Chulainn.
It worked smoothly at 18 seconds apart. Reminded me of those Bach inventions I hated in middle school. Pretty surprising how well it worked throughout the song though.
Spillane ranks No. 5 in the list of todays pipers. NOT no one, that would be an insult to the best, Liam O'Flynn, Paddy Maloney, Finbar Furey, Paddy Keenan
