Mc Alpine's Fusiliers // The Whistlin' Donkeys // Live at Mandela Hall 

The best and real Irishmen amongst us...The auld man was one of them, a Galway man, as broad as he was tall...kicked off the land young and told to hit the road, it's the way it was back then...when you came from a family of 10 or 11, it was survival or die...My mother kept him away from the drink though...God rest his gentle soul...RIP Micheal, Mike...Mick ++++

My Father was one of these men. Black Joe Galligan from kilnaleck co Caven. Worked hard and built the roads and tunnels in london. Died alone I loved him dearly x

Most of my mum and dad's family emigrated to the in the 1940's '50's . The highlight of the year for us would be the family homecoming, from Birmingham and London. They lived in the big cities in the UK and we lived in rural Ireland and of course the kids loved the wild open spaces , days were spent exploring and playing all sorts. Easy times for us children , I miss them. This was a fav song and I thing the Dubliners record we had.

To the men who worked hard by day and night!!!

There is a movie called kings staring colm meany set in the 70s london which capulates the generation this song represents..well.worth watching! Im from the Australia exodus of 2007 generation and i suppose there will be songs about us some day.wild times where i fully came in contact and realisation of what it is to be irish . Done 3.5 years in n.s.w golburn x wing prison where my "irishness" served me well. Any irish man reading this will know what i mean. I worked on building sites in the 90s in Belfast city had my 13th birthday on shuttering job at musgrave sewage works . I now live in Cornwall building storefront homes for multimillionaires .i love being a paddy !stay true to it lads it will serve you well .we are a great people and creators of great things and though i am not a wealthy man.i am content inthe philosophy of life i have all i need in life .a good family and friends across the globe which is all any irish man would care for ☘️ ❤❤❤

My Dad Co Mayo came over in the 1940's Railways and Building work , that shovel shifted tons and tons of stuff . Great Man xx Miss you.

Real music ,,real artists

Always loved this song, my fathers and his generation came over to England to find work, finding a home was a lot harder, the signs saying “no Irish” wasn’t a myth.

Simply class 👏 👌 a great irish song

Still whistling along with the the fabulous band at 93. This is the food to keep you lively & happy

My dad was one of those men. Then he was called up and fought in Italy for two years. A proud Monaghan man.

I loved working with Shannon Kier macalpines and all the rest in UK God we had some laughs!! 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪 This song by the whistling Donkeys is quite amazing!!!

Excellent band , bass player is exceptional

My dad was one of McAlpines Fusiliers in the 60s.

Great rendition of the historic verse that is so dear especially in the hard construction days of days gone by by.

Finally got to see the lads live in Perth Western Australia. And it was sure worth the wait. Brilliant.

God bless the Irish xxx

Unbelievable Band

stumbled by for a listen, glad I did, great find this band

I believe this is the best performance of this song I've ever heard.

Great song my grandad was 1 of these men left kildress and worked all over England

That banjo picker can make it get up and run around on its own power!

I can watch them all day.🤩brilliant

Yee ha 🇨🇮 pure Irish music the way to go

Pride and respect

Mighty song .....tare In to it🇮🇪👍

Great song, it makes the auld feet want to dance, it makes you feel young. Old legs are not as supple, but the whistle is still sharp.

My family

Thanks very much 🔊🍀👊🔥

Great band

god that banjo though...bravo lads ..

Brilliant lads keep it up .up the irish

My uncle's game over in the 50s and worked on the buildings and worked hard

Absolutely brilliant

class, the Tyrone boys.

For all the Irish boys who worked their arses off .

Only the Irish can write and sing brilliantly and give you a history lesson as well all in song brilliance 10 outo 10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿when I was at sea we sang this with the wurds down the Glen came the BP men like a band of highland dancers. But one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin Chancers Happy days boys happy days 😂😂😂

Well done lads!Saoirse Eireann!💚

Class absolutely class

Who's a better male Irish singer? Nice man to boot.

I’m going to London next week thank god things are a lot different now 😀

really good version of this song

Dia duit maith maidin Makes me think of my days at the international training centre for joseph cyril bamford the craic we had after the work was all but said and done there is nothing but hard work to make a man or a woman happy for like my uncle leo says stephen work is great for the mind if any who listen or read take a look at a canal or a road whether it be in some place along mcalpines highway and you sure to see the mark of the hard workin Irish men and women who gave all for what they ehere worth how dad it is that we have lost the greatest work ethic and hsve to sit in class rooms to get a fancy card to tell everyone you csn work when our ancestors did neither need a card or a long winded speech for the navy shovel said it all god bless them and there memory -from a humble Jcb mechanic

Fuckin class lads. Top class 👏🏽👏🏽

Absolutely brilliant. What a fantastic performance.🇦🇺🇮🇪

Brilliant song from the Irish list of great songs

Great stuff. Thanks for posting

Superb version 💖

bass player is cool great band

Exellent. Le talent et Exellente voix pour de belles chansons 🎵🎶

I like these guys, they seem to have a good time. Count me as another fan.

1 word,,,,,,,,unreal

🇨🇮💃🎻🥁 I love it 💕

My dad came over from Ireland in the 30 ties he you to you can't the seanery 😅

For Jolene,she loves these dudes!!!!

Absolute brilliance

What a fantastic group of professionals at their trade best I've ever heard in my life Bango can fairly play it well,,

brilliant

Brilliant Band . Great at Grace , best I've ever heard .

That's the shot.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

❤️x

Absolutely brilliant I was a fusilier in 1989

Brilliant

I’ve seen these men work. They had strength like you wouldn’t believe. Everything from lifting a transit van so the wheel could be changed, to dragging out a compressor that was stuck in mud. Christ only knows how many wooden handled shovels they broke digging out clay.

Keep it going lads 🇮🇪❤️🇺🇦🇪🇦❤️

wow

Banjo player is unreal

Excellent,

A fine old song bin there done it and got gounf in the spike

Lol unless ya missed It......can anyone hear the banjo 👍 🤪

good one men

Agree padraig

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🎩on the wall

Like this song when it says shuttering jobs, Liamp/atrick Madeira

That boy can play the fiddle!

Class

Pecker Dunn on this one brilliant

Down the Glen came the Scottish men like a team of bengal lancers one in ten was a time served man the rest were fukkin chances 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

👍😀☘️🍻

Great song and great band needs the monologue at the start tho pecker dunne did the best version of this song

🌿🌷🍃🌺🌱🌼🌿🌷🍃🌺🌱🌼 ❤❤❤❤

brilliant,where are they from;

Pogues should have done a cover.

Yup yup up the rebels

Elephant John Murphy

Is it really that time..,...the clock on the wall says ..,.....🙋

Brian Fee

Get the banjo ( I haven't a deer🙋)x

if youre any good youll get the lodging ,if youre not you wont that was the interview

Richard Thompson original best.

Who's here coz they thought Donkeys could whistle April 2020 might stay for a while yeeeeehaaaaaaaa

Donna target

Me thinks Ireland is rising up again

My daddy actually loves this song but I don't and I don't why I'm watching this

Fusilier 1979 to 1986

They took advantage of the Irish in then days gobolins mc alpines kids blew every thing nothing lelt his grand kid's lives in council estates the luck of the Irish was posinate on them

Great version but still prefer Ronnie Dress vocals

Ye. Your man's rice crispy too

These guys never experienced mc alpine