Seo Linn - Óró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile 

As long as a language is spoken, a culture never dies.

Finally someone singing this song as it was meant-- a defiant battle cry. There are so many version of this that treat it like another happy folk song. It's the anthem of a warrior who fought for her people to almost her dying day.

This is the first time to start reading all the lovely comments on this video. It truly was an incredible experience to record drums on this track with the lads as it was one of my final projects with them. It’s fair to say, I exited on probably one of our strongest moments as a band! Thank you for all of your support. Keep supporting the language, keep supporting the lads and mostly, keep supporting the music!

The words were written by Padraic Pearse one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1916, as an invitation to all Irishmen away from Ireland to return home and join the fight for independence. It is indeed a call to arms.

I do not speak a word of Irish, but mother of God this song and video are hypnotic.

This version of the song is about Gráinne Mhaol/Grace O'Malley, an Irish pirate queen who was imprisoned by the English after raiding their ships and faced hanging. This song is about her people welcoming her back after her return. It was used as a rebel song in the 20th century when the Irish people were fighting for independence from English rule.

I listen to this song every day . I am a proud Irish woman 🇮🇪

Scots/irish will never die, there's too many of us.

When im seeing these young People still singing Celtic songs and language, i know that not everything is lost these days!

Thank you all for sharing your comments and beautiful stories on this video - this is one of our favourite songs we have made yet. Go raibh míle maith agaibh ❤

Listening to this in hospital with my little 7month old Grace O'Malley asleep on my chest, she is the great granddaughter of the O'Malleys from Clare Island and no doubt has pirate Queen in her blood as she is a little fighter. She loves this song so I have it playing in her ear as she sleeps.

Can we just appreciate the fact that we live in an age where pieces of work in a slowly declining language can now be put out for the world to see to keep tths language alive! This is the power of the internet! Not only posting amazing pieces of work, like this, but also keeping records and knowledge of a language alive! Groups like Seo Linn and TG Lurgan are the reasons why the Irish language is not dead yet, and they deserve our plaudits!

I'm a 13 year old from midwest U.S.A. and I'm trying to learn Irish Gaelic and honestly it's so hard when people ask "Why?" or "What's the point?" xD. It's so cool to read some of these things and understand even a little bit of the words. I apparently know around 720 words of the amazing language and counting!

I just want to correct this daft notion that the chorus means "Oro you're welcome home." It means nothing of the sort. In spite of what Google translate may tell you. This version of the song is a call to action. A call to arms, to insurrection and to take back the land stolen by foreigners. Let me explain why. The full line of the chorus is: Óró. Is sé do bheatha abhaile (If you are speaking English you could say it as: "o ro iss shay do va-ha awal-ya" but a little bit quickly. Irish is a very contextual language. It depends what you say and when you say it. If you read "aimsire lahreach" in a grammar book, it's probably saying "present tense". If you see exactly the same thing on TV is probably means "weather report". See how different they are. It's the same with this song. "Óró" is grabbing your attention. My granny would often call "Oro a Dáithí". It means everything from "come here" "pay attention" "heads-up" "mind what you are doing" "look here" and so on. So she was saying: "Pay attention David".... So pay attention you... or just "heads-up"... Óró a thú ... The next word in the written version is the verb/copula: "Is" and it's missing from the song. That's common enough in Irish, because "everyone" knows it should be there. So the phrase should be "Is sé do".... It is your... beatha, (do bheatha). There is no English word for this. The nearest would be "livelihood" or "sustenance", even "heritage" - and all of them together. In this case I think it's OK to say it means "birth right". Now: bhaile is really: abhaile... Meaning "back home".So the whole phrase gets pronounced: o ro iss shay do va-ha awal-ya. But it's too long to fit the metre of the song so we get.: o ro shay do va awal-ya. And all that is quite ok in Irish. SO, THE LINE REALLY MEANS: Pay attention It's your birth-right back home. The last line of the chorus is especially important: To read it as "now that summer is coming" would be to misunderstand it. In agricultural Ireland, the summer is useless - unless you've already prepared "in the coming of the summer" in March and April. Which is exactly what the line says: Anois (now)... ar theacht (in the coming of)... an tsamhraidh (the summer). The song goes on to say something like "I was in a bar in some foreign lad when this woman began bemoaning me... Don't you know what's going on back home.... Your birth right is being stolen and sold to foreigners. Because although this is an old song, a little over 100years ago Patrick Pearse re-wrote it to support the planned rising (April 1916). There's nothing about "welcome home" in these lyrics (except for a bit about being more welcome than a hundred cows who were milking (and so especially valuable at a time when a man was considered rich if he had two cows). So to repeat myself, this version of the song is a call to action. A call to arms, insurrection and to take back the land stolen by foreigners.

so fierce and beautiful I love it. stalks like a leopard and grows to full speed. impressive I can see the landscapes of Scotland and Ireland when he holds that high note. powerfully sung

Your man brought this auld sailor to tears. Well done, Celtic son.

This is a badass warrior song. The Gaeilge is crisp and easy to follow. Slainte.

I appreciate that these boys played it with the seriousness that it was meant to be

The most powerful version of this I have heard! The lead singer has a fantastic vocal range which fits this song perfectly!

IT IS SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE IGNORANT OF YOUR LINEAGE, IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS SONG AND GET "THE CHILLS," YOU ARE TRULY CELTIC.

god that lead singer just mindblowing

My 90yr old mum still sings this song, she had to sing it at a feis when she was 13 yrs old.

I am 3rd generation born in America I learn the language to honor those who came before me I will teach my children so that they will not be forgotten

5:21... Gives me chills every time I hear it. Almost no male vocalists sing for this effect. The pure pitch and solid tone. Oh... My... God! He nailed it perfectly. Especially the release in the middle and resumption after it. The note is so high that his concentration must have been off the charts. Wow! Absolutely amazing!

My Irish friend was supposed to make a visit this 2018, and I haven't seen him in two years now. I started learning Gaeilge to surprise him when we go on another drunken night, unfortunately he died last month in a car accident. All I can say is that Irish friends are among the most loyal brothers you'll ever meet. Much respect from the Philippines.

Doing all of us Irish proud 🇮🇪🏆👍🏻☘️☘️☘️

One St. Patrick's day, my college had a parade and me and the rest of the Irish history and culture club sat in the back of a pickup truck and sang this song. It was awesome

I don't understand how anyone could only listen to this once, twice or a hundred times. Truly incredible.

My Grandmother spoke Gaelic to me as a child this reminds me how much I miss Her My family was from Galway

The singer has such an intensity in his glare, it shakes me to my core. (He's also handsome but that's just a side fact). I love how they added passion and tension to this song with their music. Stuck in my head forever.

This is my very heart and soul, am forever blessed to be an Irish woman. This is utterly heart ❤️ stopping. Magnificent. July 2023

I have not been this captivated by a song or lead singer in a while. He is so intent and that voice hitting the highs hit me straight in the ovaries! Watched it like four times it's amazing...

I'm so proud to be Irish hearing this song and what an incredible singer and band.. May the Road rise with you guys 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

They seem to be channeling the essence of the ancestors. Their eyes so intense and focused! So magical and very powerful. More please!

Today by accident, on my way to St.John's Cathedral for mass, I met the singer of Seo Linn , Stefan at the Limerick City Branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League) on Thomas St. We were introduced by another chap (to whom I had enquired about class timings) who told me he was a singer who sang in Irish (Gaelige). I suddenly remembered this song which had I listened to on RU-vid over a year ago when I first came to Eire. He was very pleased to see an Indian fan of Lurgan and I was ecstatic to meet a celebrity 😂. We took the usual 🤳 selfie together and I got invited by him to a session at Doolan's pub on the 3rd. Need to brush up on my Bitesize Irish and Duolingo.

I fell in love with this song the instant I heard it. Being a Hispanic from the Bronx in New York, you don't grow up listening to songs such as these. I listened to it over and over especially when I visited Ireland, and I even mentioned Seo Linn and the song in my book. The irony was that I wasn't exactly sure what the song was about, only that it was a folk song. Literally a month ago, after I completed the book, I came across another video version of this song with the translation and with Grace O'Malley, which plays a part in the latter chapters of my book. Thank you Seo Linn for bringing it to life.

Brilliant lads! I'm a Donegal boy long out of Ireland but still a native speaker - spent my last summer in an Sean Tir at Ranafast. Encouraging to see a young clean-cut band keep our culture alive. Keep on banging boyos!

That lead singer has a great set of pipes

That dude has got some serious pipes. I don't think I've heard anyone sing any song as good as he did this.

This song beats deep in my heart so strong. It makes me cry. I miss Ireland so much 😘❤🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍☘☘☘

Such a beautiful language. So glad it's being kept alive like this. That lead singer is so handsome too!

That voice...my goodness what power and talent. Gaeilge is the icing on the cake 🎶 🇮🇪 ☘️

In performing this song, you've all gone from being mere musicians to becoming powerful warrior bards, gentlemen. Impeccable.

I am addicted to this song and this group. I looked up it's meaning, but no matter what language, good music is good music. Still looking for a CD.

I'm reading a book on Irish history and holy crap! When you yell 800 years, that isn't hyperbole or exaggeration. The way the English behaved in Ireland for centuries is absolutely despicable and, for that reason alone, you shouldn't let the language die out. Oh, and I'm not even at an Gorta Mór yet.

I can't help but believe that our ancestors would revel in the voices of their descendants - strong and raised in defiance ❤

I find this very stirring, and I love these Irish call to arms songs very inspiring. The Irish are full of defiant spirit, which I love. I am Australian but (Of course Irish it is my heritage, probably why I love it so much)! Long live the Irish and Australian people !!!!

I AM CELTIC... Plenty of us still around... From Portugal, Galicia, across to Ireland and British isles across the whole of Europe and on to Russia and Siberia....vast lands... Many still scattered and we all have similar songs and pipes and culture from the proto indo...we are far from extinct.... And gaelic has a resurgence....

So oddly enough I cry every single time I hear this song...i seriously dont know why

Gaelic, both Irish and Scottish, is such a powerful, gorgeous and mysterious language. I primarily want to learn Scottish Gaelic due to my ancestry but also in a small way help preserve a gorgeous language.

I'm Irish and its a great use of our language and show the world we're great at singing!

Being an international 7 languages speaking girl and cultural mediator, i have always been attracted to the Irish culture, people & language there is something magical about them... Would really love to visit one day. it is just so hard to get a Visa and such a pitty that politics dont't give us the opportunity to travel and discover the world in freedom! Long live to your magical music,energy and people!! Hope to see ya one day 🧡🇮🇪🍀 Slainté💋🍻

ive stopped by here many times. it never gets old, hes got a great voice. love the gaelic. its romantic & ancient.

This song was used in the film “The Wind That Shakes the Barley”. If you have never seen it, you should. So well done and Gaelic spoken sometimes and sung. Love it!

I don't know how many times I've listened to this rendition but, Jaysus! Chills guaranteed.

This language has been carried in the hearts of devoted celts for centuries!!! Long Live Gaelic!

Just like any language, you will find different dialects. Being Irish myself, I find some of these dialects tricky to understand. Gaelic in Northern Ireland sounds very similar to Scottish Gallic (Gaelic). But for those of ye from other countries and traditions, I'd be considered an old lady now and my parents were both born in the first decade of the 20th century. They loved to review our Irish homework and to listen to us speaking it. I asked them at one time why they didn't know how to speak or write in Irish. They told me that because Ireland was still under British rule when they were schoolchildren, the Irish language was outlawed and therefore was not included in the curriculum. I was amazed, but as my schooling progressed, and I learned more of our country's history, I was not amazed nor surprised anymore. But we're only a very small country and if you think about it, most colonised countries have lost their native language or languages even. Only some have been able to retain theirs.

Great version, especially the first two and half minutes with minimalist music not interfering with the powerful voices. Great voice control throughout!

This performance of this song... still gives me chills.

I learned a so -called "dying" language for the cultural treasure it represents, and to do advanced study in college with it. That was forty years ago. I ended up teaching it, writing in it, singing in it, and I still enjoy the opportunities I have to speak it. I know people who raise their ch

This demonstrates the Irish influence in folk, country and rock and roll. They're amazing!

How could 1,100 people down vote this song? What the actual fuck? It's a historic Irish song sung beautifully and passionately. What is wrong with people?

So very proud of our handsome talented men that takes the world with their handsome looks and lasting talents. Proud Irish 🇨🇮❤️

Seo Linn, Absolutely spellbinding! Hauntingly sung by the incredible Stiofan O'Fearail! The pounding drums are so hypnotic.

I accidentally found this and now i can't stop listening to it... i completely love this piece of art!!! Greetings from México. I hope to see you someday in a show very soon guys.

OUR CULTURE WILL NEVER DIE!!!!!!!!!!!

I get chills when I hear this. My great-grandfather Tommy Quain came from county cork with his family to Australia. I want to learn the language of my ancestors so beautiful

Texan here who descended from an Irishman relocated to the US during the famine. I don’t speak a lick of Irish but this song stirs something up inside me. Makes the blood flow.

What a beautiful and powerful song. I hope that this language will never extinct. You should do more things like this to show people around the world that Celtic languages are still alive and they have a unique charm. Greetings from Poland

Forgotten my Gaelic language by now but not the words of this great Irish song as composed by Padraig Pearse. Best rendition I have heard in a long time. USA 👍🇨🇮🇬🇹🇺🇸

Call to arms, a battle cry for Freedom. Long live the Irish Republic. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

After all these Years - i have never heard a better version of this Song / Theme. Thank you soo very much! Made may Day again! Unbelievable Drummer! Unbelievable voice! Great Job! Thank you over end over again! Love it!

How can one person be so attractive and also sing so beautifully? His form is perfect. He sings like a true professional. This song is amazing and powerful.

This is one of the best versions of this song I've ever heard in my many decades of life.

Some incredible pipes! Favorite version of this song. Stirs the ancestral memories. Go raibh maith agat! ❤

You don't need to speak Gaelic to feel this soul.

I love the sort of primitive feel of this version . . . it makes it seem like they're singing this about to go into battle. You can feel the energy, like they just can't wait to charge the enemy and chase them from Ireland.

There are songs which, no matter the language, reach deep to your core and stir emotions. This is one of them! The voices - and that bagpipe!!

He slayed the vocals!

34 years ago, Ms. Clair Hogan was my first "Spoken English" teacher here, in Istanbul / Turkey. I was 11 then. She is the reason I know about the Irish culture, and the value of a wonderful teacher. I pray that she's doing great. I want to thank her here, and I want you, the people of Ireland , to know how much I respect your culture. We both fought against the Brits. I hope, I get to see Dublin one day.

Can it get any better than this? Nope.This group nailed it ! Love from the U.S. !!!!

I'm here just listening to one of the many ancestral languages of my ancestors since I'm Scandinavian German Scottish Irish Cherokee and Lakota Sioux

Best rendition of this song ever!! That voice….wow!!

Love everything about this, such passion, pace, talent, spirit!

Fully Irish and so proud of this beautiful song

Witness the true flame of Irish warrior . So proud of these young men

Beautiful and powerful, I feel shivers of listening to what my ancestors sang ❤️

Anyone who thinks this song is about welcoming summer doesn’t understand the language of music! Powerful battle cry! Exceptionally delivered!!

I moved from Offaly to the States a year and a half ago and I miss home so much.

could listen to this endlessly... beautiful and inspiring.

The way these guys carried off this song is phenomenal! I'll be watching this a lot for some time to come. The passion they put into their work is infectious and thrilling and I'm going to go find some more.

The Wind That Shakes The Barley ✊🏽🇮🇪

Welcome oh woman who was so afflicted, It was our ruin that you were in bondage, Our fine land in the possession of thieves... And you sold to the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home, Oh-ro You're welcome home, Oh-ro You're welcome home... Now that summer's coming! Gráinne O'Malley is coming over the sea, Armed warriors along with her as her guard, They're Irish themselves, not French nor Spanish, And they will rout the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3) Now that summer's coming! May it please the King of Miracles that we might see, Although we may live for a week once after, Gráinne Mhaol and a thousand warriors... Dispersing the foreigners! Oh-ro You're welcome home (x3) Now that summer's coming! Ireland Belongs to the Irish.

In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition In In the name of God and of the dead generations from which she receives her old tradition of nationhood, Ireland, through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom. - the Irish Proclamation of 1916

I'm Swedish and i have lived in Ireland now since 2004, i started in Belfast and then me and my now husband moved down to the republic. I have heard a few different versions of this song but this is my favorite. I understand some and i can guess some. I took German in school so i guess with the Swedish and the German i can guess a fair bit but i want to learn more. I read the road signs all the time trying to say it and sometimes i'm right and sometimes i'm wrong and my poor husband goes crazy and so confused when i ask him how to say this and that lol Go raibh míle maith agat

Thank you so much. This is still my power song. Florida, USA

Tá an amhran go hiontach! Go raibh maith agat.

For some reason I am obsessed with this song. I can't stop listening to it!

The variety of cultures in the history of man is it's tapestry of fate. Beautiful, vibrant, full of love and sorrow. A masterpiece of mans creation on earth and hopefully beyond, if we can learn to appreciate it's beauty that all seouls work on.

The ONlY accordion I can stand to listen to. Props for being a light in this world guys!