Aird A Chuamhaing

Ardaigh Pier
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Seán Mac Ambróis; arranged by Brian Ó hEadhra, Aimée Leonard, Treasa Harkin & Neil Davey. This appears on Anam' more...

Seán Mac Ambróis; arranged by Brian Ó hEadhra, Aimée Leonard, Treasa Harkin & Neil Davey. This appears on Anam’s fourth studio album Riptide, released in 1998.

The poet Sean Mac Ambróis wrote the lyrics in the mid 19th century after emigrating from his native Co Antrim to Scotland and being stricken with “cumhaí” (longing for home).

Note from kgleoite

Ardí Cuan is a townland on the hill above Knocknacarry and Cushendun in north-east Antrim. The lyrics of “Árdaí Chuain” were written by the Antrim poet Mac Ambróis while in enforced exile in Scotland.

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Irish

English

If I were in Aird a Chumhaing
By those far-off mountains
I'd rarely miss Sunday visits
In Glenn na gCuach

If I were by Bun Abhann Doine
With all my friends
There'd be music, drinking and sport
And I wouldn't be alone

And oh Ireland, all of Ireland
Ireland who I miss
My heart is heavy and sad

Give me a boat and oars
And I'll row across the water
Praying to God that I'll reach land safely
And may I die in Ireland

And oh Ireland, all of Ireland
Ireland who I miss
My heart is heavy and sad
(2x)

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