To those who are confused, the song is a metaphor. The "Irish Seaweed" is the wealthy father of a girl, while the "Stately Seaweed" is a poor man (possibly a seaweed vendor) who wants to marry the daughter. He tells the father that he is fit to marry her because he can give her many gifts, though the father refutes his statements by saying he already provides everything the suitor mentions for his daughter. (For example, the suitor mentions giving the daughter a golden comb, while the father says that she is already well-groomed, meaning the comb wouldn't be much use.) Eventually, the suitor and the daughter run off together.

French: I have a very hard language, where the words are pronounced in a very unexpected and non-intuitive way Irish: *exists* French: Why do I hear boss music?

How it is pronounced in Irish: bob How it is spelled in Irish: bháóídhbrgtrhaidh

This song is so hard to sing when you don't speak Gaelic but I swear I will be able to sing this without fault someday

I like how the Gaelic sounds so important, but the actual meaning is so hilarious. Seaweed talking about courting, such a beautiful song.

This is the 18th time in a row ive heard this song and by the time somebody reads this it'll be my 80th.

Dù-la-man, Dù-la-man Guay-lahk (x7) A nee-hin ve-hin oh, Shin an-nall na feer-a hei-rí, A wa-har-en ven oh, Kur na ro-hal-len guh dee may Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in Dú-la-man, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk (x2) Ta kyo-on bwee-í awr, Air an Dú-la-man Guay-lahk, Ta gaw-haw klua-ash mwail, Air an Dú-la-man mway-rahk Bro-ga bra-ka do-wa, Air an Dú-la-man Guay-lahk, Ta bar-ayde aw-gus troos Air an Dú-la-man mway-rahk Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in (...) Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in Gú-day a hug na teer hoo, Airs an Dú-la-man Guay-lahk, Eg sur-ee leh duh nyon, Airs an Dú-la-man mway-rahk A-Rock-a-med khun Nyur, Lesh an Dú-la-man Guay-lahk, Kyan-noh-med bro-ga day-ra, Air an Dú-la-man mway-rahk Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in Oh kur may shkal-a quik-í, Guh kyao-nan kee-her dee, Shayn shkal a kur she kuh-gam, Guh rev a kyao-nan keer-ha Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in (...) Ka hwee-an too moh nyon, Airs an Dú-la-man Guay-lahk, Well fú-dar may lum ee, Airs an Dú-la-man mway-rahk, Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee in Er-in Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee, bar a vee Dú-la-man na bin-na bwee, Dú-la-man Guay-lahk Dú-la-man na far-ri-geh, Bar a vee, bar a vee Bar a vee in Er-in!

Dear Ireland, please keep on making lots more Irish peoples ! Earth needs good music ! :-)

me: "I should learn Gaelic, and reconnect with my Irish ancestry!" *sees Gaelic written and spoken* "nevermind."

Damn Gaelic is hard, but it sounds so pretty :3

The first time I heard this was when I watched "The Song of the Sea." Fell in love with Irish music right there and then.

Who'd have thought a song about seaweed could be so catchy?

This is the happiest song about seaweed i have ever heard.

This makes me picture you entering a small village in Donegal and you see the people going out and about by the sea as the sailors and seaweed collectors sing this making you feel welcomed in their community. Like something you'd see in a disney movie.

I know that it says in the description that it's a famous folk song but part of me is tempted to say it's the sort of song people would be working at pulling the seaweed to. Kind of like how sea shanties were used out at sea to keep sailors' spirits high and keep them in time as they worked.

Okay, you can keep Spanish, you can keep Mandarin and Japanese, you can even keep French. In my opinion, there is not language more beautiful then Gaelic

For all the non Irish speakers "Póg mo thóin" means I love you

I'm honestly just using this video to learn the lyrics so I can annoy people by singing this every chance I get

If I can learn Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German and Brazilian Portuguese songs then damn it I can learn Gaelic. This song is just so damn pretty

First time listening to Celtic vocals - I had no idea it was like this! It's great, the tin flute is my absolute favourite

Irish is one of the most beautiful and calming languages I’ve ever heard. Their songs are remarkable and can be funny, or very sad too. ❤️

Who knew that a song about seaweed courting other seaweed in a language I don't know a single word of could be such a jam? This is awesome!

My favorite part was 0:00 to 3:08

people who disliked this song just turned their phone upside down to like it again

Celtic languages are beautiful and usually remind me of Elvish,and interestingly the "h"sound reminds me of Kazakh

Listening to Gaelic music is always entertaining when you’re named Erin because every song suddenly mentions you 😂

I grew up on Celtic Woman and then I just rewatched Song of the Sea so.... I guess you could say that this song is kind of stuck in my heart

Despite living in the U.S. I come from Irish ancestors and wish I could connect to my culture like how many people can. I love the way gaeilge songs make me feel. Makes me feel like I live in Ireland. I hope one day I could visit and learn some gaeilge.

Song of the sea brought me here

When the flute comes in it always sends shivers down my spine.

this is one of my favorite songs. I had no idea it was about seaweed.

I am going to impress my mom by singing this. :) Its absolutely beautiful.

I'm sitting at home, listening to this beautiful song, it's pouring rain, I can hear the thunder , smell the rain, feel the wind on my skin. I'm as happy as I can be.

This song is so beautiful and dreamlike. It makes me feel that I'm in a beautiful landscape in a fairy tale. Warm greetings to Ireland from Greece. 💖💖💖

I am in love with Celtic way of life. It is amazing.

Okay, WHO DISLIKED THIS MASTERPIECE OF A SONG?!

Our choir literally just sang this and that is what brought me here.

I remember playing endless ocean blue world and this was my favorite song, the. I watched song of the sea and was reminded of this

This song never gets old...

I love how this sounds in gaelic, but I seriously have no idea what's going on in this song.

Never knew seaweed was a part of irish culture, but then again its an island, so makes sense. But to my knowledge seaweed isn't used as often in european cuisines. I think.

I’m Irish on my Mom’s side. And I swear I will learn Gaelic and learn more about my heritage on moms side!

My depression's cure : Irish folk songs

Why does gaelic sound so beautiful? It sounds ancient and nature-y and its gorgeous.

Very nice song. I love the Celtic’s and really want to learn this song. I’m from The Netherlands and 12 years old and totally going for this! The only part i know how to pronounce is “Dúlaman na binne buí, dúlaman Galeach” but atleast something!

I’d only heard this as the title track of an album 30 years or so ago. LOVE finally getting the story!

Beautiful light music that skips, sunlight warming, you can't catch it, where it goes I have to follow! Thankyou for this breath of air! Lesley xx

I can actually sing in Gaelic but I don't do it a lot because it is REALLY hard...but still it is fun

I live in Ireland and learn Irish in school it is personally my favourite language to learn.

Irish music is not music. It’s a life style.

I saw a trailer for a movie called Wolf Walker, which leads me to my discovery of an animation company called Cartoon Saloon, introducing me to a couple good movies. One of them gave me this sweet song.

I think the reason we like to correct people when they say Gaelic instead of Irish scootish ect is because it's not giving credit to the specific country and it can be annoying when all Gaelic countries are grouped together becuase although we have similarities we have very different culture and history especially Ireland. Irish culture was nearly erased so we want to celebrate what we have somehow managed protect like our lanuage,music and other parts of our culture. This is a beautiful (funny) Irish song sung by Irish singers in Irish and I know when people say Gaelic they dont mean any harm but it is nice to see someone who might not be form a Gaelic country makes an effort to find out which specific culture they are listening to and appreciating it fully and properly. Thanks 😊

This song is actually what got me learning to sing in Gaelic. I love it.

I was confused by the lyrics trying to learn it but then I looked at the description. Thanks for the correction!

Endless Ocean really put this as a theme to the fucking jungle. Can’t blame em.

I'm an american and this is truly beautiful. I love this song even though it's about seaweed 😂 but still it's catchy and beautiful

Seriously love your videos.

I really wanna learn Gaelic someday! I just think it’s is cool? I just like the language and I have always been into Irish culture even thought I probably have no blood from there it’s still so interesting!

Got to know about this song after watching song of the sea. It's too good. Thanx for making such composition. Lots of love from India. 😊

I don’t know if anyone will ever see this but in late August in donegal there’s a seaweed salesman who sells seaweed for 2€ and it’s the best freshest stuff going

Ive been listening to this song since Endless Ocean 2 came out on the Wii. Lol. Though this is my first time seeing the translations! Beautiful song.

Omg! I knew this sounded so familiar! I remember hearing this from the movie called “Song of the sea”, it's such a cute movie and sad too! It's an Irish folklore movie about Selkies and Such! 🥰❤️💕💖

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

This is a legendary song. I knew the lyrics to it from when I was young. I'm happy I found this song. I've found out that it has been sung by a few groups in recent times. Thanks to all that have made it happen.

This is one of my new favorite Gaelic songs EVER.

My favorite song from Ireland who calls to my heart.

Saw the title and it reminded me of the film ‘Song of the sea’

I found this song through the Nintendo Wii game Endless Ocean 2. Great music!

My sea weed is the most gorgeous man on earth and there is a light in his eyes and beauty in his soul

0:00 to 3:08 are my favorite moments in the song.

Adoro essa música!!..💚💚💜

Song of the sea brought me here and it's beautiful.

Wait. Was this the song the faeries sang in Song of the Sea?

Oh my gosh this is amazing

I've been listening to this song (by the Altans) since the 90s.. Knew it had something to do with seaweed, but this is great! Thank you!

For those who are wondering, Yes this is the song from "song of the sea", but the one they sand in that movie was just re-written. instead of the normal verses, they replaced them with ones that fit for the movie but kept the "Dulaman" part.

ENDLESS OCEAN!!!

OMG, I want to go there, I want to see the Ireland...

This language is incredibly beautiful😍

Song of the sea will always be the best child movie ever

xD I just love the songs of the Celtic it makes me proud to be Celtic

Everything feels like an Epic Quest when you have this kind of music in the background...oh this is the third load of laundry? *Level Up*

I could play this song 100 times over and I'd never get bored of it

This is the song I was looking for

Song of the Sea, is that you??

Why does this song never pops up in Eurovision WHYYY??!!😭❤️

I love this so much its super catchy

Just danced to this in the rain. Amazing

Corfá] Dúlamán na binne buí, Dúlamán Gaelach Dúlamán na farraige, ’s é b’fhearr a bhí in Éirinn. A’níon mhín ó, sin anall na fir shúirí A mháithair mhín ó, cuir na roithléan go dtí mé. [Corfá] Tá cosa dubha dúbailte ar an Dúlamán Gaelach Tá dhá chluais mhaol ar an Dúlamán Gaelach. [Corfá] Rachaimid go doire leis an Dúlamán Gaelach, Is ceannóimid bróga daora ar an Dúlamán Gaelach. [Corfá] Bróga breaca dubha ar an Dúlamán Gaelach Tá bearéad agus triús ar an Dúlamán Gaelach. [Corfá] Ar bhfaca tú mo ghrá arsa an Dúlamán Gaelach Ni dheachaigh sí liom í, d’fhiafrigh an fear Shúirí. [Corfá] Ó sin deireadh le mo scéal arsa an Dúlamán Gaelach ’S cuir fáilte do mo ghádhsa arsa an Dúlamán Maorach. [Corfá x 2] [Chorus] Dool-aman nah bi’neh bwee, Dool-aman Gaelach Dool-aman nah far-ega, shay var a vee in Erin. Ah-neen veen oh shin a-naul na-fear hur-ree Ah wah-her veen oh keer-na ruh-lawn gu-dee may. [Chorus] Tah kusa du du-balt-cha air un Dool-aman Gaelach Tah gah kloosh whale air-un Dool-aman Gaelach [Chorus] Rock-ameed guh dirra lesh-un Dool-aman Gaelach Is-ken-oymid broh-ga deer-ah air-un Dool-aman Gaelach. [Chorus] Broh-ga brecka doo-ah air-un Dool-aman Gaelach Tah bar-Aid agus troos air-un Dool-aman Gaelach. [Chorus] Air wahka too muh h-raw air-sa un Dool-aman Gaelach Nee yock-EE shEE lum-EE, dEE-frEE un far hur-rEE. [Chorus] Oh shin der-reh le-mo shkayl airs-un Dool-aman Gaelach Es kur fawl-cha du-muh (r)aw-sa airs-un Dool-aman Werlawk. [Chorus x 2]

now what we really need is the Gaelic words broken down in how they would be pronounced with English pronunciation. That would help so much I have trying to remember how to pronounce the crazy letter combos...

wow man...made my life.. Nice one Subscribed...Keep'em comin....

I have ascended to a new plain of existence with how amazing this song is

All this time the song from the song if the sea was about seaweed 😂. Good to know. Btw the music is buetiful wspecially in the native language and song of the sea is by far the best movie I've watched 😚😚😚

Grá mór ó Baile Átha Cliath! ❤️

Im addicted to this, what an awesome song

Interestingly enough. Listening to this song in song of the sea and then this version finally got me to start learning Irish Gaelic a few days ago.

I've heard several versions of this and none of them sound the same

I found this which is what the song is talking about : The mother telling the daughter that the men are coming and the girl wanting to look like she’s good housewife material, i.e., showing them she can spin .In the second verse, the mother and daughter are talking about how unattractive the fellow is (the dulaman gaelach); however, in the third and fourth verse they’ve decided that he looks like he could afford to spend some money on them, as he can dress himself fairly well. In the fifth verse, the fellow promises the girl a present as an enticement to marriage. However, in the sixth verse the girl’s daddy (who is also a ‘dulaman gaelach’ - the names change in this verse) demands to know the fellow’s (the ‘dulaman maorach’ now) intentions; and, the daddy declares in the last verse that he’ll not let the fellow take his daughter away. However, the upstart says that he’ll just kidnap her!

Loved listening to an Irish song in Irish. Couldn't understand it, but loved hearing it. And I deliberately ignored the translation.

Hermosa!!