Clare Songs

mikemac

Tipp forum copied your famous people thread so we'll return a thread back

Any famous Clare songs?
I like this one, remember learning it in primary school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYngpjTCXXg

Clareman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRYW55rFC24

coffeelover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLjwbC5OBZA

babygirlz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLC9LQXQD3s

Pebbles82

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdVZ0fPHGgw

kilnamona

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCCgheiWYmw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s94z7h1w3Y

The Scientician

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SjCzQwGsy0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B3_of9CY24

kollegeknight

Working on the bogs in lisdoonvarna:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7FHkhFU7uA

Coming back to miltown: (Dad used sing this on the tractor when i was a kid)

pappyodaniel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6alvr6XpBx8

kollegeknight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w7eH6JuL50

Clareman

I just edited the posts to embed the videos, if you want to open them in a new window, double click. To embed videos use the youtube tags

Evil_Clown

From a Clare group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6Ch5GAg8g

Lady Chatterton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4w2_sal2bA

"Take a view oer the water fine sights you'll see there
You'll see the high rocky slopes on the West coast of Clare
The towns of Kilrush and Kilkee can be seen
From the high rocky slopes at The Cliffs of Dooneen".

Lady Chatterton

The Ballad of Killaloe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19vnDPUxBio

User Friendly

MrsD007 wrote: »

"Take a view oer the water fine sights you'll see there
You'll see the high rocky slopes on the West coast of Clare
The towns of Kilrush and Kilkee can be seen
From the high rocky slopes at The Cliffs of Dooneen".

where in clare are the cliffs of dooneen? or does anyone know

Lady Chatterton

User Friendly wrote: »

where in clare are the cliffs of dooneen? or does anyone know

My father in law tells me that the Cliffs of Dooneen are actually in Kerry but loads of people refer to the song as a Clare song because of the references to Kilrush and Kilkee

User Friendly

MrsD007 wrote: »

My father in law tells me that the Cliffs of Dooneen are actually in Kerry but loads of people refer to the song as a Clare song because of the references to Kilrush and Kilkee

as i thought:o so its a kerry song:P

Lady Chatterton

The Kilfenora Ceili Band

Lady Chatterton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ruyLmmaeU

If I could choose (The Hills of Clare)

Sung by Sean Dunphy in the 1967 Eurovision and came in second.

They envy me, my hills of Clare
The white gulls calling in the soft sea air
So much to lose
And yet I'd leave the hills of Clare
And live in a desert if I had you there
What would I lose if I could choose?

If I could choose a place to walk with you
I'd choose the longest road
And it would lead us to a house that no one knew
Bellows by the fire, and the turf smoke rising higher
Than the lark that wings and always sings of you

If I could choose a time to talk with you
I'd choose the longest day
And over all the hills of Clare, I'd shout the news
I would tell them how a day could last forever
And I'd never leave your side if I could choose

If I could choose a time to talk with you
I'd choose the longest day
And over all the hills of Clare, I'd shout the news
I would tell them how a day could last forever
And I'd never leave your side if I could choose

Lady Chatterton

I think we can claim this song too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg

ollaetta

MrsD007 wrote: »

My father in law tells me that the Cliffs of Dooneen are actually in Kerry but loads of people refer to the song as a Clare song because of the references to Kilrush and Kilkee

This guy has really analysed it:

There's a "Dooneen" Point on the Kerry shore, 3 miles north of Ballybunion. Kilkee is 8 miles directly north across the Shannon estuary, and Kilrush is 8 miles to the north east.

I haven't been there, so I don't know if both towns would be visible. However, from the 1:50,000 Ordnance Survey map, I'd say so. Kilrush is across open water and the angle is quite tight but the north west area of the town looks to be visible. Kilkee is across 3 miles of water and 5 more of flat Clare countryside.

I'd say that Dooneen means "little fort" and there is indeed the ruin of a "promontory fort" marked as being there. From that specific point, Kilrush wouldn't be visible (Beal Point, two miles north east would block the view). However, if the songwriter (who was he, or she?) walked about a quarter of a mile north east, Kilrush would probably begin to come into view. I hope that's clear!

If there are any cliffs there, they must be modest ones, as they are not marked on the OS map. There are no roads leading to Dooneen, so if the writer did indeed stand there, he, or she, must have walked across about half a mile of open countryside.

ollaetta

Been googling this a bit during lunchtime. Here's another post from a discussion about the song:

The Cliffs of Donneen are in North Kerry on the Banks of the Shannon Estuary This is an explanation about the arguments on the song and location. I wrote this on another site
Well the words of the song were composed here on the Loop Head Peninsula. It was about the Cliffs of Moveen a local scenic spot just south west of Kilkee. There were many verses to song some now lost, maybe composed in late 1800's or early 1900's and good trad singers from the area were able to give the full version. Huge emigration from West Clare to England in the '40's '50's and 60's they brought the words with them. It was sung around London in those decades and cute Kerry h...r switched the word Moveen to Dooneen. Christy Moore must have come across the plagiarized version and had it on one of his early albums with Plaxnty in the '70s. As they say the rest is history. Cliffs of Dooneen are across in Kerry from Carrigaholt approx at the Mouth of the Shannon. The topography is right if The Cliffs of Moveen version is sung. You can see the Towns of Kilrush and Kilkee from Moveen not from Dooneen. You can't see Kilkee from Dooneen. One thing both places have in common is they rest on shale sandstone rock which is unique to the area, in that there are only two other places in the world where that particular rock is exposed above sea level. Geologists come from all over the world to study the rock in this area because of its accessibility especially those involved in the oil industry.
But if people want to believe that Cliffs of Dooneen are in Clare why not! There is enough of counties around us trying to claim bits of Co Clare. Up The Banner
Michael O'Connell a native of Corca Baiscinn.

Borrowed from: http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=77631

angelfire9

Not exactly Clare Songs but Clare Tunes :D

From the Blonde's in Miltown Willie Week 2009
Featuring Tony O'Loughlin on Accordian, Pat Curtin on Flute, Jesse Mc Namara on Banjo, Orla Coughlan on Fiddle and loads more that I don't know :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0UaCKn_xP4

I can't seem to embed it

angelfire9

Thanks Clareman!

byhookorbycrook

User Friendly wrote: »

where in clare are the cliffs of dooneen? or does anyone know

Co. Kerry, near Ballybunnion.

byhookorbycrook

Beidh Aonach amárach (i gCo an Chlair)
There's a song about McHughes in Liscannor too, but can't find it.

Lady Chatterton

"The Road to Doolin" is another Clare song, it used to be sung by the Fureys but I can't locate a clip of it anywhere.

kollegeknight

been racking my brain. here's one; not overly a fan of this version though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIS6V8UhGRk

kollegeknight

More modern: Dido supposedly used to go on holidays to clare as a child.: ennis is referenced around the 59 second mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO_nNnfvxsE

then there is the song about john philip holland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-5AusKB7w

Lady Chatterton

Kollegeknight - You're 100% correct, Dido used to holiday in Clare and Limerick, she is also related to the former PD leader, Dessie O'Malley (niece - I think). Dido's family are originally from Limerick.

Lady Chatterton

Spancil Hill - reggae version by D'unbelievables & Co.

Spancil Hill - Christy Moore & Shane McGowan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iUEwB4ME3I