The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem - Rising of the Moon & Portlairge video free download

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My Dad raised us (9 of us) on these lads' songs from the early 60's on. This particular song was one of their famous 'rebel' songs. It brings a specific memory back of an incident about 40-years ago on my first trip to the Ireland. My brother & I were in a small pub near Donegal. There were a couple of fiddlers, a pianist on an old upright and someone with a 'squeeze box' playing some nice ol' traditional Irish ballads while those present joined in the vocals.Well, they knew we were Yanks, and after an hour or so, asked if we had any requests. So we suggested Risin' of the Moon. Their backs immediately stiffened and their eyes narrowed as if someone had just reminded them of an ancient tribal feud--it was as if we had woken a sleeping-giant. To say they got into the song with enthusiasm & gusto would be like saying the Grand Canyon was a gully! The only thing missing for them at the end were some pikes-in-hand and the 'enemy'. We thanked them for the songfest, downed our pints and got the hell out of there before a Donnybrook ensued.Sláinte

melbea03 .tonto

Go Pattie Go

Art G

This is the first Clancy Bros, song I memorized so long ago in the 1960s. Now I play this song on my Mt. Dulcimer.

Alan Weberman

by the risen of my dick

Tungsten Kid

We'd hardly heard of them here in England more's the pity, I suppose they spent all their time in Ireland and America

Daniel Redmond

The Clancy's and Makem... You handsome devils.

Thomas Haverstock

My we never forget what so few did for the cause for us

edejan

OMG! What a treasure. This was so wonderful to see. I remember seeing "the boys" when I was just a baby and I fell in love with Tommy Makem then and never lost that feeling! Seeing Pat O'Brien dancing was so much fun. Thank you for posting this great "historical document."

John Hedges

This is real country music. Thanks

Barbara Lynch

This is my kind of music

George Daly

I heard the these boys sing, in Halfax Nova Scotia. I was having a beer at the time.

Homer Norsk Rap

Great songs!

LMRedican

The singing is ok but the McNiff dancers rock!

Irish Bhoy

america was total ra head country back in day haha

Micheal Sean O'Dubhghaill

Great performances all round and a lovely appearance by the legendary Pat O'Brien who along with the likes of James Cagney really was part of what was coined the "Hollywood Irish Mafia".

tubestroke

Pretty sure it's a Clark Whistle, Key of C. Liam looks like he's playing in C as well. Clark whistles were about all you could find most places in the US in the 1960's. If you're playing with fiddlers you'll do better with a Generation whistle, key of D

yu3p2x1

Great to see this. It is Tom Clancy who sang The Rising of the Moon, Liam is on guitar etc. Tommy Makem on the tin whistle etc and Paddy Clancy makes up the fourth fitting in nicely.

Bascomblodge

I believe it was Liam that sang lead of The Rising of the Moon. To me he was a spectacular singer.

Redrowan2000

Tom Clancy the definitive singer of this song as well as bonnie Charlie and the reading of the Yeats poem of easter 1916

FolkFaninMA

WOW, this is the first time I've come across this vid. This is great. I've seen the other where they do Brennan On the Moor, but not this. Happy :)

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