From the Late Late Show tribute to The Dubliners. Ciaran recites "The Lament for Brendan Behan" by Joe O' Broin. (This song was also read at Ronnie's Funeral by his son Phelim)
Hi from the Republic of Sudan. Am not expert at music nor that native English speaker but once i listen to irish i fell that it moves something deep in my soul. Something unique, brave and special.
been a long time, mate, but I wanted to say, no need to be Irish. We all feel and understand the joy and sadness of life. That's why Irish music is popular then and now. When next you drink the palm wine, raise a glass in honor of Ciaran Bourke, the poet colonized by England, and so would understand Sudan's plight.
"Sad solemn notes and crates of newly drawn stout, the usual symptoms when a life goes out. But the extinction this time being 7 times the most. The music held no echo and the tears drowned our toast. Sorrow and bereavement, life has no meaning now, silence is master. Laughter and song bowed for gone went our great captain to some more hospitable inn where cant and hypocrisy can no longer embarrass him." Pure gold.
You wanna talk about some men that can bust some rhymes? Look no further than tha boys of South Belfast, Donegal, Cork, Kilkenny, an Dublin. With the oppression, famon, war, and bereavement, no hip-hop artist can learn from better.
My goodness! I had no idea that Ciaran was blind in this video! That just makes this all the more heart-breaking! Rest in Peace, Ciaran, Ronnie, Luke, and Bobby. You giants of the Emerald Isle We'll take it from here
@@jamesbrown6020 Barney died a couple years after the comment was written. "Bobby" is Bobby Lynch, joined the lads in '64 along with John, left two years later when Luke returned from England, died of depression in '82. As an update, may Jim McCann (2015) and Eamonn Campbell (2017) rest in peace as well.
***REST IN PEACE, FRIENDS*** Ciarán Bourke (1935 -- 1988) ...and... Luke Kelly (1940 -- 1984) Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (1934 -- 2008) Bernard Noël "Banjo Barney" McKenna (1939 -- 2012)
Hearing Ronnie Drew or Luke Kelly singing "The Auld Triangle" always brings a tear to my eye. It's such a moving song sung by legendary men with amazing voices. Thanks so much for posting this!
The Dubliners were one of the best bands ever produced, from Ireland or anywhere I know of. They were funny, witty, passionate. They could have you rolling on the floor with laughter, tugging at your heart strings, or stirring up whatever deep feelings you may hold for Ireland, liberty or any number of things.
This video represents the part of Irish life that I love the most. Look at the emotion in Ciaran Bourke's face at 1:47. The appreciation everyone has for the artists and the song. Nowhere else in the world would you find something that would even come close to it.
It's respect for your fellow man .... something I feel is lost in this world now ....I wanted to say these words at my father's funeral ....I didn't have the strength that day .... but for the last three years on his memorial I've said it ...I hope I've lived a life that someone says something like that for me when I'm gone ....beautifully sad lament
His life and the road he'd traveled with his friends was crumbling before his feet, he knew that he no longer had any hope of walking beside them anymore. Ciaran was mourning for the loss of something he cherished. 'tis a human moment, not some empty, half-baked patriotic sentiment left behind by the cold, dead hand of a celtic Chieftain of old reaching through the clay to affect his will upon the descendents of his enemies. Your inability to correctly parse this human moment, represents something I hate about Irish life.
rossmcl177 yes I felt the tears for Ciaran Bourke God bless him. Also for Ronnie. Barney and Luke the best voice ever to be heard . I went to See you you all in many places finely met you in all places sandbach England what a wonderfully night I will never forget it. It was a privallage to meet you miss you all .
Me Mum's Fsther's Mother was from Ireland. Her maiden name was .....................IRELAND. rest of me is scottish & english. hahahahaha "What a MUTT." lol
I always felt there was something so unceremonious about this moment. I know Ciaran was in bad shape here, but he deserves to be up there with his brothers singing along. He’s clearly saddened, but the Irish always had a way to approach sadness and death. God love them all. R.I.P. Ciaran Bourke, Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, and of course Ronnie Drew. We miss you!
@@niallireland2940 he was purely born in England by chance when his parents were visiting relatives. They returned home immediately where he was brought up in Tipperary before they moved to London when he was around 7/8. Seriously fella, check before you post.
If you were Hungarian and only learnt English in school.. this clip would be the best to get one understand history if one wants to know at all. Respect and goosebumps due. Beautiful. Köszönöm!
People will know the Dubliners from around the world but the honour and prestige they are held in (and rightly so ) among these Irish musicians is beautiful. Some more than others you can see the pride and delight in the faces singing with eyes closed and trying their best I love it. I recognise some but not all.
And you can hear luke singing in the heavens with everyone that night, and they all singing with him now they are with him & how tragic is it to see Ciaran here, poor man dealt with the effects of that stroke for 10 years and he know he was on his last legs, God Bless The Dubliners
Lament for Brendan Behan by Joe O’Broin Sad solemn notes and crates of newly drawn stout, the usual symptoms when a life goes out. But the extinction this time being 7 times the most. The music held no echo and the tears drowned our toast. Sorrow and bereavement, life has no meaning now, silence is master. Laughter and song bowed for gone went our great captain to some more hospitable inn where cant and hypocrisy can no longer embarrass him.
The appreciation and the respect for Dubliners and other artists alike grows tremendously once one realizes how they dedicated their lives to their profession. Ciarán Bourke, suffering a brain haemorrhage in 1974, still insists upon joining his bandmates to participate in their tours along with them, despite of his lingering health. Being half paralyzed doesn't stop him from staying true to what he loves. There aren't any spoken words that could easily express the respect one can have for these people, putting everything behind themselves to just put a smile on their listener's faces.
Drink a pint to our forefathers lament for those who have past but move forward and honor them by being true to yourself and to others, kind witty and be passionate about life......and laugh.....at yourself and others!
I was introduced to this song, perhaps this group, today! For the very first time. What a remarkable sound and power this music has! It's clearly the music of people that remember what it means to be humble and human. I'm changed by this song. Wow!
Sad solemn notes, and crates of newly drawn stout - the usual symptoms when a life goes out. But the extinction this time means seven times the most; the music held no echo, and the tears drowned our toast. Sorrow and bereavement, life has no meaning now - silence is master, laughter and song bow'd - for gone went our great captain for some more hospitable inn, where cant and hypocracy can no longer embarrass'm. Wonderful poem, song, post. Thanks from a halfbreed Scots/Irish from Canada.
I saw the old movie The Quare Fellow on netflix ,it was a really great movie i totally enjoyed it.I love the old black and white movies,i guess i grew up on them first. Patrick McGoogan was very young in the movie and played one of the guards.Different times in the movie they play The Auld Triangle (instrumentally) . thanks for the video.
+Kai Witomski Jayses Christ man, you have me looking back over the years at the Dubliners and every RU-vid clip I look at you posted the last comment, Gas.
@brummydubliner He had a brain aneurysm. And bascially fought with those complications until he died. There's some good info.on his wiki page. He actually tried to tour with the band after his surgery. Unfortunatly, it took it's toll on him and he had to stop. Luke Kelly was the one who died from a brain tumor.
The good lord gave us the worlds greatest musicians and bravest men and so proud to be born to two Irish lovers who found each other in the states who had a son my pops who found a fair and equal Irish woman my ma I was supposed to be born in county Wexford where my family is from grandpa died before I was alive pa said he was good and mean and extremely lean lucky to have crossed the ocean leaving the fields of green but ''twas not his plan but the huns with their guns drove him of his land god less this earth of dirt and stop the killing and hurt
Sad solemn notes and crates of newly drawn stout, the usual symptoms when a life goes out. But the extinction this time being 7 times the most. The music held no echo and the tears drowned our toast. Sorrow and bereavement, life has no meaning now, silence is master. Laughter and song bowed for gone went our great captain to some more hospitable inn where cant and hypocrisy can no longer embarrass him.
