Like someone else, I had watched the movie Michael Collins and this song was at the end. The bell went off and I remembered it from my childhood as my mother from Ireland sang it to to us when we were young so many years ago.
No one -- and I mean NO ONE! -- has ever captured that last line so beautifully, and with such vocal perfection. Gives me chills every time I hear it. John McCormack was simply the greatest.
I'm overcome with emotions when I hear this song
My beloved grandfather always play this song, it brought him close to his mother whom he never met
I imagine she danced to this song many times
We had this on a 78 and a wind-up gramophone when I was a child. I've recently got hold of the music so we can play it in our band. Wonderfully nostalgic!
Beautiful.
I can see my granny's blue eyes, wishing us (kids) all the best.
That was a long time ago.
She has passed on.
Her message is as strong as ever however.
There are many more like me who will ensure it continues.
Great to be Irish.