I am 87 years old and I remember my Mum singing this song Eileen Elllana to me as a little baby girl.

In the pantheon of great singers , John McCormack holds a unique place

Oh how I weep with joy hearing such a beautiful voice perform this precious song.

He died the year I was born , 1945 ..... a truly magnificent vocalist !

I never knew that there were any John McCormick performances in color! He had a unique voice that was made for the early acoustic recordings of the time when he was at his peak in the 1910s.

This is a clip from the film “Wings of the Morning” with Henry Fonda from 1937.

One can hear centuries of love and loss in this voice. Bless him! Thank you for posting!

My grandmother told me she saw him sing in Johannesburg south africa i think in the 1940s she said he was not happy with the acoustics in the theatre so he found singing with his back to the audience had a better result loved his voice all my life

The Voice of Ireland!

It brings a tear, not only because of beauty and the subject matter of the songs, but because of the wasteland that is our own culture. If someone were to sing these songs in most of our entertainment venues, the crowd would shout them down.

A lovely song my grandmother liked John McCormick she had the old 78 records of him thank you for this one

We're enjoying this beautiful singing right now on The Talking Pictures Channel. The movie is Wings of the Morning, 1937. Starring Annabella and Henry Fonda ✝️

What a treasure...I love it, McCormack's voice just showing signs of wear but you can still hear that he was beautiful. I love it :)

for the heart that has truly loved never forgets ❤

JOHN MC CORMACK ALWAYS GIVES A TRULY GLORIOUS PERFORMANCE IN EACH ONE OF HIS SONGS

I truly love the old Irish music

Such passion such fervour such flavour It draws you right in Sure must be heaven on earth

If I could have attended a concert of any singer from the past, it would a McCormack concert. I had to content myself by walking by his last home in Dublin, and visiting his grave.

Some are over a hundred years old... perfect audible diction just pure singing

So lovely. John in later years and still fabulous !

I remember my Mum sing Eileen Elhana to me as a little girl at 2 to 3 years old. Love this song.

The voice is going but the feeling is still there...lovely.

John demonstrates perfect technique if perfect singing as an artistic challenging craft

Lovely lyrics and singing

Impeccable as youd expect from the great McCormack

Thanks for showing this! I thought John McCormack only existed in the world of black and white! It's wonderful to see him in colour, with a very young Henry Fonda!

Just beautiful. I used to have an old record of Richard Crooks singing "Kilarney" (and "Goodbye" on the reverse side).

Gotta get that film

A big strong man my mother used to say. Mccormack.

Beautiful scene!

Beautiful and nostalgic. Thanks for the upload.

Ein gottbegnadeter und liebenswerter Sänger einzigartig und unvergleichlich !!!!!

I love this song and his voice .

Such a charming and sensitive orchestration makes this fine voice shine

Wenn es in Killarney so schön ist wie es hier besungen wird, mit dieser Stimme, dann muss es der schönste Ort der Welt sein.

There is a wonderful clip of Vanbrugh's New Year's gathering in 1942 with McCormack and Maggie Teyte on KZfaq under Teyte Lullaby It would have been just after US entry into the war, so moods were much lighter than during the Blitz

My favourite singer in the whole world RIP Count John McCormack

I love this song and was able to sing it at my Sister in Laws Birthday and it was good if I say so mysel

Thanks so much for uploading this. The beauty of Ireland fair takes your breath away, matched by the pure tones of John McCormack's voice. My paternal grandfather (born the year before the singer) left County Galway when his first wife died, and later married my grandmother, who had been widowed while pregnant with her second child. Both loved McCormack, and I well remember her singing "Killarney", along with many other old Irish songs, to my little sister (later to die of cancer in her thirties) in the early 1950s. Those were the days. "Sure a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day..." Hahaha!!!

Rarity!!! Thank you for sharing.

It is tragic that Thomas Moore is so forgotten outside of Ireland.

Thank you, Kisto

Irish music is impossible to beat!

My mother sang this to me.

Beautiful

Im sure he needed the words(lol)! Marvellous.

My grandmother was his housekeeper

I fully endorse the wonderful comments by L Salisbury Yes played on an exploding piano but as a singer McCormack was undeniably the master He was also friendly with the great fiddler Michael Colman

Many thanks for uploading this gem . Never thought I would see John McCormack performing live . Any idea what year this is ?

oh my!

Wonderful placement of the voice and wonderful breath control, not to mention a beautiful voice. He sang opera for a brief while and sang the Italian tenor parts. However, he soon left the operatic stage for the concert hall. The loss of his top notes probably hastened the transition

Still great

I didn't know John Mccormack was a film-star as well as a singer!

Dexys Come on Eileen brought me here.

Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, Like fairy-gifts fading away,- Thou wouldst still be ador'd as this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will; And, around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still! II. It is not while beauty and youth are thine own, And thy cheeks unprofan'd by a tear, That the fervour and faith of a soul can be known, To which time will but make thee more dear! Oh! the heart, that has truly lov'd, never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turn'd when he rose.

Annabella was so beautiful

An nice old Clip

I was born in Belfast 1944

the woman at 3:23 is Dame Irene Vanbrugh, a very prominent British actress of the day, and friend of Mccormack. She plays a blind woman, thus the rationale for showing Killarney scenery that she sees in her memory.

did i tell all of you puts I am from Ireland!

This is not the Great McCormack, but the great singer afflicted with emphysema that pinched the breath control and power though he still had superb pitch and diction. Listen to him from the 19teens and the 1920's.

What is the film?

Where is this kinda class today please tell

COME ON EILEEN

You just got to listen.

The one and only great great John McCormack never fails to move me to tears of emotion The only other great who moves me to tears was the great great Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman

BOOM!

was this movie the first BRITISH colour movie to be made? i know it was shot on location in SOUTHERN ireland but was it shot in technicolour, metro colour, warner colour or what? with henry fonda in it, it probably went down well in u.s.a. or did it? a lot d epends on the distributors. just wondering.

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Wonderful tenor voice, legend John McCormack! Live U!♥

Emotional stuff..My Dad saw McCormack sing live in Dublin in 1932. Interesting that he seems to be holding the lyrics of the songs in his hands for comfort in this clip..The voice (while excellent) doesn't seem to be as good as on his professional recordings.

Interesting to see he has to use his iphone for the words

What movie is this?

wonder when this was recorded?

Ach the "Count"...and Forrster

Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!

What the hell way did the servant get treated? Did I miss something or was he just bullied out of existence?

Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom.

Everybody knows this song is best played on an exploding piano!

0:31 Where's the BOOM??!!?... There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Boom!!!...

BOOM🤣

Who’s here from that episode with bugs bunny & yosimate sam the piano bomb lol

Where's the ka-boom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering ka-boom!

The name of the move

No Explosions?

I hope they paid him well to put up with all the people smoking while he was singing!

BLAM

I was half expecting the flue to explode...

My father use to play this on the pionio,but the pionio never exploded.

He must have missed a note or sang off-key because he didn't explode!

This video is fake. How do you tell, you ask? The band didn't explode.