The Cliffs of Dooneen. A beautiful ballad for St. Patrick's Day.

Hello everyone! Here is another beautiful tune from Irish folk music. It's called The Cliffs of Dooneen and it was made popular by Planxty and Christy Moore (a song by him was posted on the blog some time ago).

The words were originally written by a man called Jack McAuliffe born about 1886, however, what you can hear in Planxty's cover is an adaptation.

County Kerry is in Munster, one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south.

The scenery of the cliffs is spectacular.

Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there...

It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day...

Click on this link to watch a live performance of Planxty and enjoy this beautiful and evocative song. I hope you like it.

Erin Go Bragh!

THE CLIFFS OF DOONEEN- Planxty

You may travel far far from your own native home

Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam

But of all the fine places that I've ever seen

There's none to compare with the cliffs of Dooneen.

Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there

You'll see the high rocky mountains on the west coast of Clare

The towns of Kilkee and Kilrush can be seen

From the high Rocky slopes of the Cliffs of Dooneen.

It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day

Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay

And the hare and the lofty pheasants are plain to be seen

Making homes for their young round the cliffs of Dooneen.

Fare thee well to Dooneen, Fare thee well for a while

And to all the fine people I'm leaving behind

To the streams and the meadows where late I have been

And the high rocky slopes of the Cliffs of Dooneen.

You may travel for far from your own native home

Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam

But of all the fine places that l've ever seen

There's none to compare with the Cliffs of Dooneen.