Irish singer Paul Brady has recorded the song on numerous occasions.
Scottish folk group Battlefield Band popularised the song as "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (which they recorded and released in 1976 on their debut album Farewell to Nova Scotia).
Referencesedit
^Áine Cooke (7 May 2001). . Reocities.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^See p. 282 in Vallely, Fintan (1999) The Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Cork University Press
January 01, 1970
gleanntáin, ghlas, ghaoth, dobhair, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair is a song in the Irish language written by Irish musician Proinsias o Maonaigh father of Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh of Altan about his hometown of Gaoth Dobhair i e Gweedore in County Donegal It translates as the green glens of Gweedore The song is one of the well known Irish language songs of Ireland and it can be heard in many Irish pubs around the world 1 2 The song is about immigration overseas to North America and the desire to go back home to Gweedore Ireland as well as about a great respect and love for Gweedore its surrounding nature and its people Renditions editAltan s version of the song appears on their 1997 album Runaway Sunday Irish singer Paul Brady has recorded the song on numerous occasions Scottish folk group Battlefield Band popularised the song as Paddy s Green Shamrock Shore which they recorded and released in 1976 on their debut album Farewell to Nova Scotia References edit Aine Cooke 7 May 2001 Clar Cinn le hAine Cooke Gleanntain Ghlas Ghaoth Dobhair Reocities com Archived from the original on 28 September 2012 Retrieved 18 February 2012 See p 282 in Vallely Fintan 1999 The Companion to Irish Traditional Music Cork University Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gleanntain Ghlas 27 Ghaoth Dobhair amp oldid 1212375069, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
