Dolores Keane & Sean Keane - Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2014
  • Track 7 of Celtic Heartbeat - A Winter's Tale.
    I don't own the track or the artwork.

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  • @patrickmcquaide7611
    @patrickmcquaide7611 11 місяців тому +13

    My great great grandfather emigrated to USA as a 14 year old during the tyranny of famine and penal laws but he came back to Ireland with his family and money and bought up land and opened a pub called the cotton ball in Mayfield he fought in American civil war on Yankees side . My great grandmother was born in America and I'm born and reared in Birmingham England oh how the wild geese have moved around . Cork city always my other home . God is good let's not forget our faith in Christ was always our strength through it all

  • @christophergeoghegan2901
    @christophergeoghegan2901 6 років тому +71

    Best brother and sister combination that this country will ever produce. Legends

  • @roisinguerin8857
    @roisinguerin8857 6 років тому +66

    This is one of the only versions of this song that’s not over performed, just simple vocals with basic background music, absolutely incredible

  • @ronnynorthington2015
    @ronnynorthington2015 5 років тому +55

    My Irish ancestory sings from my bones everytime I hear this song...

    • @lorrivaughn9066
      @lorrivaughn9066 6 місяців тому

      Mine too. Family came from County Cork. 🇮🇪❤️👏

  • @CaseyKCRichards
    @CaseyKCRichards 2 роки тому +9

    Born Irish but spent my life in California . It’s only now I’m
    Appreciation my Irish culture . Love this song . Maybe I’ll return to Ireland . In honor of my spouse Maury Hirshberg , everyday my heart bleeds . I miss and love you so much .

  • @maureenmartin4730
    @maureenmartin4730 Рік тому +10

    15 years... on her own... how did they survive a totally different world. We should be on our knees thanking them for all they did for the ones at home. Scraping a few dollars to send home with a letter if they could write most pretending that things were great. And the homesickness ... bless them all. 😢❤

    • @MaryMcNulty46
      @MaryMcNulty46 10 місяців тому +1

      Ah darlin you have romanticised this certainly beyond reality. Annie Moore was 17 not 15, her parents booked underage fare for her, she followed the rest of the family within a year of them going and tragically she married a bakers boy and became obese, had a number of children ending up dead by 50 being brought out of an upstairs window unable to be brought out any other way from their house to be buried never having left the impoverished lower East side Manhattan

    • @maureenmartin4730
      @maureenmartin4730 10 місяців тому +2

      Even if she was 17 and her two younger brothers were with her can you imagine what it was like for them???? Nothing to romanticise about there??? It’s belittling them to say so… not just Irish emigrants all emigrants leaving poverty stricken lives to try to better themselves in the USA …bless the USA 😢

    • @dharding5510
      @dharding5510 29 днів тому

      Moore arrived at Ellis Island from County Cork, Ireland, aboard the Guion Line steamship Nevada on January 1, 1892. Her brothers, Anthony and Philip, who journeyed with her, had just turned 15 and 12, respectively.[2][4] As the first person to pass inspection at the newly opened facility, she was presented with an American $10 gold piece from an American official.[4]

  • @skullslace2426
    @skullslace2426 3 роки тому +11

    I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland twice so far, and I grew up listening to a lot of Dolores Keane. The feeling walking along the cliffs near howth, on the only sunny day we had during our school trip, listening to this...
    I truly left a piece of myself there.

  • @theresajacobs4823
    @theresajacobs4823 6 років тому +41

    Always cry when hear this song. Remember the stories my parents told me about leaving Ireland and landing in NY.

  • @kerryg100
    @kerryg100 9 років тому +67

    As an emigrant who returned after 20 yrs this song means a lot to me Sean would be enough but then you had to add Delores I was floored such soul thank you and may god bless you

    • @kerryg100
      @kerryg100 8 років тому +1

      Love your sign MMA etc

    • @kerryg100
      @kerryg100 8 років тому +1

      +MMAIrishFury
      I hear you man...
      i discovered UFC
      loved my boxing and music
      no i have become a mad Ufc fan of Ais the bash
      lovre Chris Stapelton....time well spent on youtube....

  • @newbrabird
    @newbrabird 4 роки тому +13

    On The First Day On January,
    Eighteen Ninety-Two,
    They Opened Ellis Island And They Let
    The People Through.
    And The First To Cross The Treshold
    Of That Isle Of Hope And Tears,
    Was Annie Moore From Ireland
    Who Was All Of Fifteen Years.
    Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears,
    Isle Of Freedom, Isle Of Fears,
    But It's Not The Isle You Left Behind.
    That Isle Of Hunger, Isle Of Pain,
    Isle You'll Never See Again
    But The Isle Of Home Is Always On Your Mind.
    In A Little Bag She Carried
    All Her Past And History,
    And Her Dreams For The Future
    In The Land Of Liberty.
    And Courage Is The Passport
    When Your Old World Disappears
    But There's No Future In The Past
    When You're Fifteen Years
    When They Closed Down Ellis Island
    In Nineteen Fourty-Three,
    Seventeen Million People
    Had Come There For Sanctuary.
    And In Springtime When I Came Here
    And I Stepped Onto It's Piers,
    I Thought Of How It Must Have Been
    When You're Fifteen Years.

  • @LittleBearPaws
    @LittleBearPaws 5 років тому +25

    Beautiful! Both Dolores & Sean’s voices are so pure ☘️💕

  • @ellieoleary8838
    @ellieoleary8838 Рік тому +4

    Can relate to this as so many of my ancestors emigrated to the States during the great famine - but we don’t know happened to them - so sad

  • @carollizc
    @carollizc 5 років тому +26

    Heart-achingly beautiful. My two favourite singer, together. Love from Canada.

  • @edwardmckenna234
    @edwardmckenna234 4 роки тому +14

    two brilliant artists

  • @frankconway6760
    @frankconway6760 2 роки тому +5

    Chillingly beautifully sung by Sean and Dolores such rich voices.

  • @catherinemuirhead1745
    @catherinemuirhead1745 3 роки тому +7

    💔 listening to this and what our ancestors went through 🇮🇪

  • @maryphelan9234
    @maryphelan9234 8 років тому +15

    My late hubby. Martin. Phelan. So. Enjoyed. Colones. Singing. . Beautiful. . Song. Isle. Of. Hope . Hope he is. Listening. From. Above. !!

    • @aceilidh
      @aceilidh 3 роки тому +1

      Daddy played the guitar and sang. Miss him.

  • @CommentCritic
    @CommentCritic 6 років тому +16

    My 3rd class teacher taught us this song. Today I am 17 years old, back in my home country. Got some beautiful memories from Ireland.

    • @elaineorcastrayt5409
      @elaineorcastrayt5409 4 роки тому

      Jakester! - The Darude Comment Critic I’m in third class now and I have been thought that every single day in school of third,

    • @kenkinsella6426
      @kenkinsella6426 4 роки тому

      What a teacher

  • @martinaguinnelly910
    @martinaguinnelly910 9 років тому +21

    Great great song and Dolores and Sean Keane make it the best!

  • @teresacahill9408
    @teresacahill9408 9 років тому +34

    Love Sean and Delores singing this song.Beautiful

  • @julieannenicadhala6275
    @julieannenicadhala6275 7 років тому +17

    omg,,this is just so touching what great voices,,allways brings a tear to my eyes,just love them

  • @kathleenwatson1406
    @kathleenwatson1406 6 років тому +8

    Best version with a brother and sister Sean and Dolores Keane, thank you . So beautiful.

  • @mustsee8983
    @mustsee8983 9 років тому +22

    what a fab song,, so much history in it makes you proud to be irish,,

    • @Ghrainne
      @Ghrainne 5 років тому +1

      where is Ireland were you born

    • @Ghrainne
      @Ghrainne 5 років тому +1

      westmeath here

    • @marylindaliz
      @marylindaliz 4 роки тому

      @@Ghrainne me too. Mullingar. Ancestors, Athlone and Mullingar. Some of them went through Ellis Island. I hope to visit it in 2020 please God.

  • @cathalmullane4925
    @cathalmullane4925 7 років тому +15

    Amazing song and singers I felt every word

  • @claralacey5914
    @claralacey5914 8 років тому +15

    Such a wonderful rendition of a beautiful song.

  • @annelynch3609
    @annelynch3609 4 роки тому +8

    Beautiful voices

  • @arleneclyde9854
    @arleneclyde9854 8 років тому +9

    SEAN AND HIS SISTER DOLORES KEANE SINGING ON HERE,I SAW HER SINGING,,GREAT..

  • @aglaminor
    @aglaminor 9 років тому +15

    Genial. Había escuchado la canción en la magnífica voz de Sean y alguna vez tb en la de Dolores, pero hasta ahora no había escuchado esta versión a dúo...aunque me gustan los dos, soy algo más de Sean. Gracias por el video

  • @TrishByrne
    @TrishByrne 8 місяців тому +1

    Still happening 2day unfortunately for many young and old irish citizen here and abroad because there still poverty giving to us all working class family's elderly young and adding to it all now its not the government's island nor mine or ours it's gods 🙏 😢 shamrocks the luck of never giving up and hope for one and all ❤❤❤❤❤❤peace

  • @eamonnobrien1410
    @eamonnobrien1410 4 роки тому +6

    Great song two great voice

  • @peterflaherty8370
    @peterflaherty8370 4 місяці тому +1

    Wonderful

  • @trevorbawn7039
    @trevorbawn7039 7 років тому +3

    Just passed this on to Pat Clerkin who's father left Newbliss to Liverpool for Ellis Island many years ago.Great to hear Sean and Dolores Keane together again.

    • @franmiller2925
      @franmiller2925 6 років тому

      Reminds me of my Granny who came in 1912 and left her Mother Anne Clerkin Sheridan behind. The bravery of it makes me cry.

  • @PilarGonzalez-fo6pq
    @PilarGonzalez-fo6pq 9 місяців тому +1

    Esta versión es absolutamente genial e insuperable. 🎼🎵 Mis felicitaciones desde España.👏👏👏👏

  • @majxls6555
    @majxls6555 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful song i delicate this song to my recently deceased auntie this song will bring back memories

  • @patsyod
    @patsyod 2 роки тому +2

    What's not to like with Sean and Dolores.
    A beautiful song, sung by two great singers, fair play!

  • @carolmcln5028
    @carolmcln5028 8 років тому +4

    I was lucky enough to see Sean Keene perform in person in Fresno, CA, of all places!

    • @helenapetre
      @helenapetre 6 років тому

      He never turned up the night I went to see him at a sessions bar in Galway :(

  • @amp3cx10000a7jp
    @amp3cx10000a7jp 6 років тому +12

    Very melodious beautiful song ♪I am Japanese.
    Conflicts of hearts that leave their hometown for beautiful melodies and hope and sadness and mind their hometown.
    I was immigrated to Brazil in South America with full of Japanese hope.
    Many people who were frustrated. Only a few people succeeded.
    So I sympathize with this song.

  • @randybailin4902
    @randybailin4902 2 роки тому +7

    What did their parents feed these 2? Extraordinary voices.

  • @angusmckenzie9622
    @angusmckenzie9622 11 місяців тому +2

    Let nobody of Irish heritage disparage America. In that dark time of, and immediately after, the Famine, America took in ours when the alternative was death by hunger, not only the Famine but the opportunity taken by absentee landlords for clearances.

  • @seaniemcgrath4557
    @seaniemcgrath4557 7 років тому +5

    I love this song☺

  • @Al-qj1cb
    @Al-qj1cb 5 років тому +2

    So lovely but sad as well ☘️ god bless the Irish

  • @laurentiusotanhermanto8423
    @laurentiusotanhermanto8423 9 років тому +6

    A good song...,applause. Thanks for share....

  • @badlanguageteacher2885
    @badlanguageteacher2885 7 років тому +4

    Absolutely love this!

  • @jiminee1
    @jiminee1 7 років тому +4

    Lovely song....thanks for sharing !

  • @anonymouscommentator4530
    @anonymouscommentator4530 9 місяців тому

    This is so underrated! Took me a long time to find

  • @TomUcadia
    @TomUcadia 5 років тому +6

    Isn't that just wonderful?

  • @MarwaMarwa-ef7gy
    @MarwaMarwa-ef7gy 8 років тому +10

    I love it even I don't know the story 😊

  • @Silverblade61
    @Silverblade61 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful ! From Germany I Love Ireland the people and the music !!

  • @michaelfoley7204
    @michaelfoley7204 11 місяців тому

    Absolutely fantastic lots of ❤❤❤

  • @432716
    @432716 8 років тому +5

    nice one,,,happy days

  • @dylanmeehan5802
    @dylanmeehan5802 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant song

  • @mikekavanagh8952
    @mikekavanagh8952 7 років тому +4

    Excellent.

  • @nancyengland9400
    @nancyengland9400 6 місяців тому

    Just beautifully sang 😮

  • @manuc6698
    @manuc6698 7 років тому +2

    canción que te transporta a lugares que sólo tú conoces.... increíble

  • @321mcg
    @321mcg 8 років тому +14

    Thank God America opened the door.

    • @Ghrainne
      @Ghrainne 5 років тому +1

      you damn racist. You were lucky that they came here. why you think because
      someone landed here they own the f...place . what a racist

    • @tadhgfitzgerald2649
      @tadhgfitzgerald2649 5 років тому +3

      @@Ghrainne what's wrong with you lmfao😂😂😂

    • @CaseyKCRichards
      @CaseyKCRichards 2 роки тому

      They need to reopen from all the undocumented . Stop using the undocumented as cattle as revenue . Free the undocumented including the many Irish living in America

  • @nbenefiel
    @nbenefiel 7 років тому +23

    I remember when they were De Danaan playing at the Baggot st Inn in Dublin, around 1971.

    • @johnmckeon7998
      @johnmckeon7998 6 років тому

      Nancy Benefiel chéers

    • @Ghrainne
      @Ghrainne 5 років тому

      wow . that is a long time ago. I can go back to the 1980'ies on Baggot St

  • @sylmurphy3760
    @sylmurphy3760 9 років тому +2

    A beautifully poignant ballad well done

  • @brandonbyrne9777
    @brandonbyrne9777 8 років тому +6

    love it

  • @Smee86
    @Smee86 6 місяців тому

    Beautiful song 😮😊😢😊

  • @majxls6555
    @majxls6555 10 місяців тому

    Beautiful song

  • @margaretdillane7824
    @margaretdillane7824 7 років тому +2

    lovely

  • @liamokeeffe693
    @liamokeeffe693 5 років тому +5

    Liam o keeffe proud to be Irish when l hear that song class 🇮🇪

  • @rickharrington1766
    @rickharrington1766 2 роки тому +1

    my moms name was Annie Moore! not the same girl, but my Grampa William Moore and his bride Mary , Molly comer immigrated in 1914. Grampa lied about his age and joined the us navy in Wii served and that lead him to a future here !

  • @samdog01ful
    @samdog01ful 13 днів тому

    Ah so moving.
    Georgina
    Mid Ireland

  • @couannbenner7849
    @couannbenner7849 9 років тому +1

    super...just super

  • @adriankennedy9999
    @adriankennedy9999 8 років тому +5

    Apt lyrics regarding those trying to reach freedom in Europe this present day.

    • @kerryg100
      @kerryg100 8 років тому +4

      well spotted I concur. .....god bless the refugees.....

    • @problematic7993
      @problematic7993 8 років тому +2

      isle of welfare

    • @kerryg100
      @kerryg100 8 років тому +1

      +aluvium this comment does not merit a reply

    • @seanbarry1050
      @seanbarry1050 7 років тому +1

      Kerry Evans

    • @ellenhelly4337
      @ellenhelly4337 6 років тому

      Very true

  • @michaelmcgarry2551
    @michaelmcgarry2551 Рік тому

    Brilliant

  • @ronniegarvey
    @ronniegarvey 3 місяці тому

    Bríllant

  • @williamdecraene2047
    @williamdecraene2047 3 роки тому

    Very good

  • @andreasschlager9154
    @andreasschlager9154 2 роки тому

    The Queen of Ireland and her little brother

  • @ron6820
    @ron6820 7 місяців тому

    🍀💚💫

  • @joanneleach4768
    @joanneleach4768 2 роки тому +1

    The transit van

  • @amineqannari5928
    @amineqannari5928 5 років тому +9

    On the first day of January Eighteen Ninety-two
    They Opened Ellis Island And they let the people through.
    And the first to cross the threshold
    Of the Isle of hope and tears
    Was Annie Moore from Ireland
    Who was all of fifteen years.
    Isle of hope, Isle of tears,
    Isle of freedom, Isle of fears,
    But it's not the Isle I left behind...
    That Isle of hunger, Isle of pain,
    Isle you'll never see again
    But the Isle of home Is always on your mind.
    In her little bag she carried
    All her past and history
    And her dreams for the future In the land of liberty.
    And courage is the passport
    When your old world disappears
    ’Cause there's no future in the past
    When you're fifteen years.
    When they closed down Ellis Island
    In Nineteen Forty-three
    Seventeen million people Had come there for sanctuary.
    And in springtime when I came here
    And stepped onto its piers,
    I thought of how it must have been
    When you're only fifteen years.

  • @timothymcgervey5401
    @timothymcgervey5401 4 роки тому

    Friday, 1 January AD 1892

  • @Paul-do3bs
    @Paul-do3bs 8 років тому +8

    any1 one else here from school😂

  • @timothymcgervey5401
    @timothymcgervey5401 4 роки тому

    The monarch at the time was Queen Victoria. And the man in Ireland who represented her was Lord Lieutenant Lawrence Dundas, 1ſt Marqueſs of Zetland (AD 1889-1892).

  • @maryphelan9234
    @maryphelan9234 8 років тому +3

    So sorry. Spelt. Donors. Wrong. .

  • @ellbevlogsfilms7469
    @ellbevlogsfilms7469 3 роки тому

    a bit

  • @paulmurphy1750
    @paulmurphy1750 2 роки тому +2

    Wonderful