The Fields of Athenry | Irish Child Singing

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  • @shelbymair5819
    @shelbymair5819 10 років тому +92

    This version is probably my favorite that i have heard. I love this boy's story! His name is Brian O'Donnell and he was 11 when the filmakers of the movie Veronica Guerin (who had finished filming and were packing things up) saw him preforming this song for money for his family in the streets of Ireland. They heard it and asked him if he would come to the studio to record it for their movie and he told them he couldnt. Instead, they recorded his voice while he sang in the street and took it back to their studio to add strings behind it. He wouldnt take a check from them so they changed into coin and gave it to him where he stood so he could take it back home to care for his family. I love just love this song!! :)

    • @1989Chrisc
      @1989Chrisc 8 років тому +4

      Greedy producers rob 11 year olds ticket to fame for a few coppers haha

    • @sheilagaughan2206
      @sheilagaughan2206 8 років тому

      shelby mair

    • @NomanAtahar
      @NomanAtahar 7 років тому

      shelby mair : Amazing story !! Loved the version too.

    • @peterlangan57
      @peterlangan57 5 років тому

      Pfft, such a whack job

    • @rareoldenglishbulldogroe5922
      @rareoldenglishbulldogroe5922 5 років тому +4

      What a beautiful story such a strong boy awh godbless yup the Irish massively proud to Irish

  • @bristoled93
    @bristoled93 4 роки тому +17

    That accent alone is music to my ears.

    • @bristoled93
      @bristoled93 3 роки тому +6

      @@Shane-sg7oy What makes you think I am being sarcastic? I love Irish accents, I have lot's of good memory's of my nanas Irish accent. I have watched RTE before just because I like listening to the news in a nice accent.

  • @jimmypowell2085
    @jimmypowell2085 12 років тому +18

    This version of this song brings me to tears.

  • @ikerpere
    @ikerpere 12 років тому +13

    I'm from the Basque Country and I would like to congratulate all the Irish people because of having such a beautiful song and such a beautiful voice that sings it. It really made me shiver. It was incredible.

  • @gregdaughton4060
    @gregdaughton4060 8 років тому +38

    Best song in the world. Best country in the world. Best people in the world.
    They may lose the occasional match or the occasional battle but never will they be beaten.
    Be forever proud of yourselves and your country.
    Top of the world ma.

    • @ciarawhelan8535
      @ciarawhelan8535 7 років тому

      Greg Daughton But if your a Dub supporter we dont 😂

  • @missilamontagne1817
    @missilamontagne1817 7 років тому +9

    I love,love,love my Irish heritage.I dream 2 visit 1 day.🍀

  • @scriaschugrieg
    @scriaschugrieg 12 років тому +9

    it sent shivers down my spine. best wishes from Holland.!

  • @coolmickey68
    @coolmickey68 9 років тому +26

    I love this song, I am so proud of my heritage,

    • @1989Chrisc
      @1989Chrisc 8 років тому +2

      Are you Irish? Quinns are found all throughout Ireland although primarily in mid western counties like tipperary and clare

    • @tonymiller5178
      @tonymiller5178 8 років тому +2

      im half irish and also proud of my heritage

    • @jamesquinn6242
      @jamesquinn6242 8 років тому +1

      +Chris C , actually there fairly common in the midlands aswell , westmeath meath and offaly

    • @coolmickey68
      @coolmickey68 8 років тому +2

      family from cork and roscommon

    • @blathnaidsherry4035
      @blathnaidsherry4035 6 років тому +1

      Robert Quinn Then you are irish :)

  • @francismcphillips975
    @francismcphillips975 4 роки тому +3

    what a beautiful version of agreat song💚❤💚❤💚❤💚❤

  • @jch67ess
    @jch67ess 13 років тому +3

    there is a lot of people singing this beautyfull song,,but no one can do what this little kid does he open hearts, souls, and minds,! the way he sings s! nobody could do what he is doing! absolutely no one! ! maybe one day,,someone put his picture,,just to know him,,and show the world who he is! ! one little among the bigger singer s in the world! ! ! thanks little fella! ! for make people happy and for share what talent life gave to you! ! !

  • @alexhickey5633
    @alexhickey5633 5 років тому +6

    This touches me for some reason. Very powerful

  • @tavias48
    @tavias48 9 років тому +6

    This Is One Of My Favorite Songs!!!

  • @Splicxz
    @Splicxz Рік тому +2

    Best song in the world

  • @xSarahK
    @xSarahK 11 років тому +5

    The best version of this song . Simply beautiful it shows irelands strength and what my ancestors went through and their strenght

  • @cupofsugar
    @cupofsugar 12 років тому +4

    This little "Dublin gurrier" (and I use that phrase with affection) used to sing on Grafton Street with another little fella, He's brilliant. Go on ya good thing!

  • @shanegreene2596
    @shanegreene2596 9 років тому +7

    if imagine how hard it was in the times this child sang this song he probaly couldnt read or write but this child truely made the best song ever made all my friends do ask me whats my fav song ive no sham in my irish traveller heritage i love this song fuck all the new beat drops and shit this is the mother of all music

  • @chiko-chan4557
    @chiko-chan4557 6 років тому +6

    Haven't heard this song for years.... still gives me goosebumps. 🌻💕

  • @riverbonk
    @riverbonk 13 років тому +5

    hauntingly beautiful...

  • @MarinkoMartin
    @MarinkoMartin Місяць тому +1

    Sad And Happy. Fern

  • @sammillar3881
    @sammillar3881 10 років тому +19

    The hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

  • @sheilamcclorey6313
    @sheilamcclorey6313 9 років тому +7

    Love this!! Its haunting

  • @abishaakmal7455
    @abishaakmal7455 12 років тому +2

    this boy makes his living out of his voice, singing on the street... harry greyson record this on the quiet alley. such a beautiful song

  • @justinnolan299
    @justinnolan299 Рік тому +1

    What a voice young man

  • @natemurphy1959
    @natemurphy1959 11 років тому +3

    Wow....just wow. Amazing version of this song!

  • @toptracks3857
    @toptracks3857 7 років тому +5

    I'm from Ireland me self up the Irish I'm 12,and I love dis version of the song up,irish

  • @lisebelo5465
    @lisebelo5465 8 років тому +3

    Brings tears and open heart. Thank you so much !

  • @kristinawaldner4569
    @kristinawaldner4569 9 років тому +5

    Love this song so much and the story behind it is truly amazing♡♥

  • @ThetwilightAsh
    @ThetwilightAsh 13 років тому +2

    I'm irish and this child makes me feel proud to be :)

  • @karensnow4761
    @karensnow4761 12 років тому +1

    This is the version of this song that was played at the end of the movie Veronica Guerin, I absolutely love this version, thank you for sharing.

  • @phatmag33
    @phatmag33 12 років тому +1

    I LOVE this version of this song, I LOVE this song.

  • @PeadarBoc
    @PeadarBoc 11 років тому +2

    It's from the film Veronica Guerin. The little boy singing in it was spotted by producer Jerry Bruckheimer singing on a street in Dublin and before he knew it, he was singing the song for the film.

    • @peterlangan57
      @peterlangan57 5 років тому

      Thought I'd already told you to fuck off with your whacking off

  • @00TommyTaylor00
    @00TommyTaylor00 10 років тому +23

    God Save Ireland!!

  • @lightshine2786
    @lightshine2786 2 роки тому +2

    Always remember the Irish.

  • @oneloveglasgowceltic3104
    @oneloveglasgowceltic3104 6 років тому +3

    God bless the Irish !

  • @Crofty9110
    @Crofty9110 12 років тому +4

    I'm British and proud to be so. However I am NOT proud of past conflicts/events in which the Brits were responsible. Nonetheless this is a great song and a fantastic rendition of it. I first found it when the Irish fans were singing it at the World Cup against Spain in Gdansk. Fair play and respect to the Irish.

  • @jadecallaghan2571
    @jadecallaghan2571 11 років тому +3

    im crying i love that song

  • @gypsyboy008
    @gypsyboy008 12 років тому +3

    this kid is an irish traveller you can hear him sing in the film abought veronica gurin the irish journalist murdered in dublin

  • @Gandalfthegangster
    @Gandalfthegangster 12 років тому +1

    beautiful this little fellow has some voice

  • @justinflath1581
    @justinflath1581 11 років тому +5

    The best version

  • @flalondon
    @flalondon 12 років тому +2

    great, god bless Ireland

  • @ryangough5068
    @ryangough5068 12 років тому +1

    great voice prropper irish acent

  • @Eleanor54Cordelia
    @Eleanor54Cordelia Рік тому +1

    R I P Veronica😢😢

  • @rorycaffrey6456
    @rorycaffrey6456 11 років тому +20

    Up Ireland!!!

  • @TheYemisi2010
    @TheYemisi2010 10 років тому +4

    I really love this song I chould sing it all day

  • @machoman7896
    @machoman7896 4 роки тому +1

    A tree without its roots is bound to die, embrace your heritage people whatever it may be ✌🏻

  • @miguelcottocotto2608
    @miguelcottocotto2608 2 роки тому

    This is the voicw of brian odonnell an irish travellee young lad a great talent unbeliveable voice and song greatest version ever sang irish travellers is an ethnic minority in ireland and have been there for thousand of years and to this day get tremendous amount of discrimation and are almost hated in their country of ireland to bear in mind tyson fury heaveyweight champion of ireland is an irish traveller whos father comes from tuam co galway,

  • @paulpaulmurrayhotmailcouk
    @paulpaulmurrayhotmailcouk 10 років тому +9

    Not Irish but support celtic and this is version is even better seems to mean more

  • @jacquelinehoganpool5416
    @jacquelinehoganpool5416 11 років тому +3

    Very good

  • @deborahbarbee6046
    @deborahbarbee6046 11 років тому

    I love this song

  • @DesignerMissile
    @DesignerMissile 12 років тому +1

    shivers down the spine :)))

  • @nixon092010
    @nixon092010 12 років тому

    i like, good wee singer.

  • @1967abilio
    @1967abilio 13 років тому +2

    Lindíssima esta canção, assenta que nem uma luva neste filme. Olá a todos, sou de um País plantado no Sudoeste da Europa, mais precisamente Portugal. Nunca visitei a Irlanda, mas, espero realizar esse sonho assim que tiver oportunidade. Sinceramente acho esse País lindo de mais, muito belo e com paisagens magnificas, basta ver o filme de Hilary Swank, P. S. I Love You, ou então observar a grande maioria dos videoclips de Enyia,

  • @timnoonespecial6983
    @timnoonespecial6983 12 років тому +1

    OMG! If you don't cry you're not human

  • @sidi0258
    @sidi0258 9 років тому

    beautiful but ends suddenly...! thank u sidi

  • @MrBrenoj
    @MrBrenoj 13 років тому +2

    The lads Name is Brian O Donnel good friend of mine what a singer and you should hear his brother Tom brilliant . Them lads make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up I no ive sang with them in pubs at funerals

  • @annie10103
    @annie10103 13 років тому +4

    @TheTrevelyansway Botany Bay was a port in Australia. The British convicts were allowed to wander free there, which is the reason why the Aborigine race died out.
    A few prisoners escaped to China, but not many. You just had to live your life out in Australia.
    What's worse is that even if you had served your sentence, you probably would've had to wait for a few extra years for a ship to take you home because they arrived so rarely.
    Just a few little facts :)

  • @Discover-Ireland
    @Discover-Ireland 4 роки тому

    Wonderful

  • @JustHuman8
    @JustHuman8 12 років тому +2

    lol i know im not irish but i love this song its absolutely a beauty

  • @TheTrevelyansway
    @TheTrevelyansway 13 років тому +5

    Imagine stealing basic grain to feed your family being caught and sent to prison for life never to see your family again. Wondering till the end whether they survived the famine while you sat in prison. My Lord times can be tough. Governments and authority can be cruel. These are the times that try men's souls.

  • @jasonward4416
    @jasonward4416 8 років тому +2

    fair play Brian Odonnell good bair knuckle boxer + singer and a family man

    • @ciaranbrowne1394
      @ciaranbrowne1394 8 років тому

      Jason Ward I heard he's hit low and he's on the streets singing, took a turn to drugs sadly.

    • @toptracks3857
      @toptracks3857 7 років тому

      Jason Ward are u a traveler ur self

  • @xSarahK
    @xSarahK 11 років тому +2

    I am so proud to be irish

  • @DesignerMissile
    @DesignerMissile 13 років тому

    shivvers down the spine

  • @cdunbar266
    @cdunbar266 12 років тому

    Good tune

  • @sarahmadden1362
    @sarahmadden1362 12 років тому +1

    Proud to Be Irish

  • @piersfountaine6003
    @piersfountaine6003 12 років тому

    the boy was found singing on the side of the side of the road and producers for a film herd him and asked to record him so they did this version was recorded from the side of the road. Fact

  • @SWANJOHN18
    @SWANJOHN18 4 роки тому

    I’ miss you my baby’s daddy loves you even tho things are rough atm I’ll make them better I promise yous that

  • @MrBrenoj
    @MrBrenoj 13 років тому +1

    @meme0966 The lads name is Brian O Donnel and you should hear his brother Tom very good to .A bit more grown up now early 20s

  • @SandyCOfficial
    @SandyCOfficial 12 років тому +1

    makes me feel proud to be irish

  • @CraigFlemingMedia
    @CraigFlemingMedia  12 років тому

    Ya..best fans in the world :)

  • @samanthamaughan4350
    @samanthamaughan4350 11 років тому +1

    Irish and proud :D

  • @RoisinG021
    @RoisinG021 13 років тому

    i acc cry when i hear this song.. :/

  • @runescaperosie
    @runescaperosie 12 років тому +1

    Why are people asking if the song was against the Spanish? Listen to the words... "Fight against the Famine and the Crown" It's against the British.

  • @cailenhd6331
    @cailenhd6331 7 років тому +1

    this reminds me of veronica guriean😢

  • @2019Golf
    @2019Golf 12 років тому

    tha is class

  • @tfortom4411
    @tfortom4411 3 роки тому

    Does this boy sing anymore songs and if so what can I type to find them? I’d love to hear more

  • @RB967
    @RB967 12 років тому

    R.I.P JAMES NOLAN

  • @CraigFlemingMedia
    @CraigFlemingMedia  12 років тому +1

    They mean did they sing it against Spain in the soccer match.

  • @ImperialistRunningDo
    @ImperialistRunningDo 13 років тому

    2:22 Flamingos? They have a lot of flamingos in Ireland?

  • @meme0966
    @meme0966 13 років тому

    What's the name of the child singing?

  • @malobo1993
    @malobo1993 12 років тому +1

    Hes not famous but Justin Beiber is? This world is going the wrong way hehe he has a lot of years foward him I hope the best and that he keep singing :D this sounds very promising^^

  • @VanishPredator
    @VanishPredator 12 років тому +1

    Irish boys up us irish is maith liom ireland

  • @noraward2611
    @noraward2611 7 років тому

    got it

  • @96shellie
    @96shellie 11 років тому

    Does anybody know the boys name?

  • @peterlangan57
    @peterlangan57 5 років тому

    The English had a vision for the future... It didn't matter what was cut down... Maybe there vision was right, ways it was done was wrong!

    • @derryboyo
      @derryboyo 4 роки тому

      They should stay the fuck out of other countries

  • @niallberrington1
    @niallberrington1 12 років тому

    Dont know wheither to shite or go blind after that song.

  • @annie10103
    @annie10103 13 років тому

    @ImperialistRunningDo Yeah. They import them from South America to help pick the potatoes.

  • @ThomasRiis92
    @ThomasRiis92 12 років тому

    The irish fans just song this song against Spain right?

  • @jimnasium8902
    @jimnasium8902 Рік тому

    Rule Britannia 🇬🇧

  • @jorgemodesto8142
    @jorgemodesto8142 8 років тому +1

    gigi d'agostino is the best

  • @UnicornSlayingZombie
    @UnicornSlayingZombie 12 років тому

    ya I i know ( I mean come on,seriously )

  • @TheNismo400r
    @TheNismo400r 12 років тому

    erin go bragh

  • @Daniel2stevens
    @Daniel2stevens 5 років тому

    Good song but auto tune 👎🏻

  • @philipwilliams5808
    @philipwilliams5808 2 роки тому

    Terrible auto tune ruins this

  • @TheIronGiant
    @TheIronGiant 11 років тому +4

    Proud to be Irish