I had the honor of meeting the brothers along with Robbie O'Donnell in my hometown in Long Island many years ago. The world's a wee bit darker for their absence.

Brennan here !!!! my daddy's favorite song. Rest his blessed soul !!!

This is the best line up of The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem. R.I.P. God bless you all and Thank you for your wonderful music. xxx

My name is Brennen, so my Grandad always asks me How Im doing on the Moor lmao

I sang this to all my babies when they were little and they all love Irish music, Tommy Makem's most of all!!

We had a great friend who was an American Civil War reenactor. He knew many of these songs and played them on guitar and banjo and we all sang around the campfire at night. It's never been the same since he passed away.

Some of the greatest Harmonies ever recorded , they were a favorite of my Irish mom when I was growing up now I love these guys ...Go figure !

Great foot tapping old favourite unique to these lads@

long live the brennans. not goin anywhere

Great! Magic! The power was still there. This recorded on a reunion tour, the 1980s. Marvelous.

My younger daughter loved this song. Sent it to her this week. Her older sister loved the Rovers' Unicorn. These children were fourth generation Irish/English American born.

Lucky me, I got to see Tommy and The Brothers live several times back in the day! What great fun!

What a treat! This music permeates my soul.

I remember singing this in grade school. Has been one of my favorite songs ever since...

I married reillys daughter 30 years ago this year red haired curls wonderful person that keeps me good and I love her to bits she's everything to me but like most redheads she's mad as a brush but that's what makes her so wonderful xxxxx

Pure bloody brilliant punk rock !

I am Presbyterian and we sang this at school in music lessons

Before I read the lyrics, I couldn't help but think that this was a tale of a young soldier hero who died on the moor. :)

We sang this in 3rd grade. Tom Paine Elementary, Garden Grove OC, many years ago. Mrs. Hancock music teacher.

I'm actually related to Willie Brennan, my mum always had one of his wanted posters and after 19 years I finally looked into him and found out there's a ballad about him!

This is about the only song I like to listen to from The Clancys as a foresome. A great rollicking number. I can listen to and watch Tommy Makem performing as a soloist all day mind you.

God bless Ireland 🇮🇪

Tis of a brave young highwayman this story we will tell His name was Willie Brennan and in Ireland he did dwell It was on the Kilwood Mountains he commenced his wild career And many a wealthy nobleman before him shook with fear It was Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor One day upon the highway as Willie he went down He met the mayor of Cashiell a mile outside of town The mayor he knew his features and he said, Young man, said he Your name is Willie Brennan, you must come along with me It was Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor Now Brennan's wife had gone to town provisions for to buy And when she saw her Willie she commenced to weep and cry Said, Hand to me that tenpenny, as soon as Willie spoke She handed him a blunderbuss from underneath her cloak It was Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor Now with this loaded blunderbuss - the truth I will unfold - He made the mayor to tremble and he robbed him of his gold One hundred pounds was offered for his apprehension there So he, with horse and saddle to the mountains did repair Did young Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor Now Brennan being an outlaw upon the mountains high With cavalry and infantry to take him they did try He laughed at them with scorn until at last 'twas said By a false-hearted woman he was cruelly betrayed was Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor They hanged Brennan at the crossroads, and there he hung and dried But still they say that, in the night, some do see him ride They see him with his blunderbuss, all in the midnight chill And all along the King's highway rides Willie Brennan still! It was Brennan on the moor, Brennan on the moor Bold, brave and undaunted was young Brennan on the moor

Absolute best part of this is the end, when Paddy introduces himself as the father of the group and there's not a single audible laugh.

Their voices were fabulous

great old song

We just had our 12 th grandchild on Thursday at 6 43 another boy that's my daughters 4th hope it's her lasts he's beutiful just like all the other 11 God we're getting old fast

This is my Childhood here... It's one of my greatest regrets that I will never see them live

my ELA teacher showed my class the poem of this song and played the song like 3 times, and that's when it got stuck in my head. ;) :)

This is about my great great great grandad

Makes feel my Irish Blood!

I was led to this song from Michael E. Tigar's book, Sensing Injustice. I can barely get through a page of Tiger's incredible book without looking something up. It's taking me months to read.

I grew up in 1950's/60's England and sadly I'd never heard of the Clancys and Tommy until I recently discovered them on youtube. I gather they were based in Ireland and America which is why they were largely unknown in England, mores the pity.

this song reminds me of my grandad

All gone. May God rest ye gentle, the lot of ye!

Louis L'Amour sent me here while reading his book Hondo. This song is mentioned in chapter 8.

pure class

So my first name is Branan, it was my Grandmother’s maiden name, and it was the surname version of Brennan, and my middle name is William. Flip ‘em around and you basically have Willie Brennan! I’m already attached to this song even though I just found it! Lol

You and me both - I know all the words, can still sing along and miss it so -

Every time I hear them it reinforces my belief that they WERE the Four Kings of Ireland!! Eirinn gu brath agus Albainn gu brath

Great Irish band there spirt will carry on for ever won't be forgotten

To me, the very best Irish drinking song EVER!

I had an Uncle Bill Brennan from Northern Ireland but he came to Montreal as a baby and married my aunt who was a McCabe--so the orange and the green.

Every time I hear them it increases my belief that they were truly the Four Kings of Ireland,Eirinn gu brath agus Albainn gu brath

I have them all, and when I was a young lieutenant, we had to sing in the officer's mess and I sang, "Wild Rover." And "Brennan," And "Old Reilly's Daughter," (something like that) And "Borstal Boy." and since we were activated in Australia, the national anthem, which I do not have to tell you what that was. "Once a jolly swag-man camped beside a billy-bong...) "Waltzing Matilda," for you heathens.

excellent-generations to come will enjoy

What memories. We used to sing this in class in primary school in Glasgow.

I love this next song and Tommy makem sings it so well im in Haven

I just love this

Grew up with my dads vinyl of this and The Wild Colonial Boy.

2022 LOVE THIS

my song for my school concert when I was 10 or 11 was reillys daughter and I married a red headed beutiful woman called Ellen reilly and we've been married for 30 years this November we both are Scottish and live in the great city of Glasgow we've both been brought up with Irish music and love it also love Scottish music especially transatlantic sessions we have 5 kids and are expecting our 12 th grandchild crazy eh

LOVE THEM

it doesn"t get any better than this.

They performed this once on the Danny Thomas Show in the early sixties.

Good to hear the last verse which is often left out.

This is the first song I ever remember hearing the Clancy Brothers do. From this video, might I add.

love it kind regards from berlin

Clancy brothers & the Dubliners = legendary broduil as gaeilge.

My sweet new grandson is called Brennan!

Infantry and cavalry didn't get him, but a cruel hearthed woman. That's sad. I love this song :)

Good music come out of tipperary again

Absolutely brilliant song.🤣

That ...... was savage!

3 pitchers and 9 beers this one is for you willie brennan

the High Kings carry their banner forward

Thank you so much, Vito, for these incredible video's.

funny I'm listening to this cause the recording I have is much more modern and I dont care for it, yet Liam Clancy in an interview said that when they first came across this song it was much much longer and a slower song as well

The "false-hearted" woman was an old flame of Willie's, before he married his wonderful wife. Bear in mind "a woman scorned..."

Discovered a sensational mountain in Donegal called 'Errigal' on google street view, it's like a mini-Everest..:)

The Dubs are the ultimate balladeers.

for the old ira god bless them all and my dad was one dan murphy r i p

My mom was Brennan yep

My new grandson is called Brennan!

to my dad an old ira man r i p

Barry 3 years ago you must have been at the same school as me saint brendans in yoker Glasgow I think my teachers were biggots because they tought us all the clanceys songs Johnstone motor car reillys daughter parting glass brennan on the Moor great memories tho

Nolaig Casey, award winning fiddler, of course! ;) You can't see her, but she's sitting behind the fellows in a blue dress. She played fiddle for the High Kings' DVD too--if you search for the High Kings The Beggarman, and you hit the right video she's there. *grin*

I've been looking at some of the mountain scenery in southwest Irelans on Google Earth/Streetview, it's as beautiful as anything else in the world..:)

me too

@walshbr533 That's true. Now I'm an American but my favorite music is Irish Folk so I tend to study the songs I hear and one thing has always bothered me about this song. Though it is hard to find, even on the internet, I eventually uncovered the history of Willie Brennan. And the truth is, by a false hearted YOUNG MAN he was truly betrayed. It was a member of his small band that turned him in. I never understood why they changed it to a woman. I still love the song, though.

I noticed that the main melody is very similar to Johnson's Motor Car. Then again a lot of Irish songsdo that. Men of te West and Rosin the Bow for example.

Lovely ireland :D

this is the song Dylan loved.

man they must have been warm on stage with those sweaters

we can sure use a willy brennan in nyc 2022

to my dad dan murphy an old ira man r i p he died in the USA

TO THE BLUVELT DOMINICANS SRS

hi

true story, if you ever travel the hiway from dublin to cork, ireland,///it passes over the kilworth mountain/////willie brennan [came from county waterford]lived around 1760, he was one of many such men, all over british isles./////rob roy, was another.////most were sent to [van diemans land] BETTER KNOWN AS AUSTRALIA.///////

Great singing of this fine old song. How did they get lined up backwards from what they usually do?

Vito have you stopped uploading now that you have got older?? I remember when you was a young Lad . I liked all your uploads then.

truth will out

not too many left that understand the history of this song

When I took my grandson to camp a couple years ago, we met a boy named Brennan. I remarked to his mother, "Ah, like 'Brennan on the Moor'" and her eyes glazed over like many young folk. Another thought is what was Willy Brennan doing with a false hearted woman, when he had a faithful, supportive wife with a blunderbuss under her cloak? Let that be a lesson to ye young Irish rebels!

My mother always told me about Brannan on the moors I suppose that over the years the name corrupted to either Brannan or Brennan

I've never understood why they included the line "by a false hearted woman he was truly betrayed" in the song. It should have been, "by a false hearted young man he was truly betrayed". At the time he had formed a small gang of three. It was one of the two men who actually betrayed him to the constabulary for the reward.

to my dad an x ira man r i p dan murphy

They are all in heaven now....or where they have porter.

TOUGH to chose between the Clancy's with Makem and The Dubliners. both GREAT Irish groups

Hon Tipp.