It turns into a weird combination of French, German, and and Irish Gaelic?

Cool.

My first trip overseas from the U.S. was to Dublin in 1991 and I was enthralled by the Irish people, their accent, the street signs in Gaelic and pretty much everything else. It was great to be in the land of James Joyce, the Pogues, Clannad and U2. I almost had to remind myself at first that this is not some kind of Disneyland exhibit, that this is the way they are and have always been. Then I bought a "sausage roll" from a snack shop which turned out to be a big chunk of spam. Brought me right back to reality.

Maybe it's because I speak American, which isn't English, really...
Perhaps that's why I found it hard to understand...

(I think George Bernard Shaw's quote goes something like this; "England and America are two countries separated by the same language")...don't even have the capacity to figure how a Gaelic accent figures in there lol

"When I'm Gone" - (Gaelic Version) has been added as a related post - related requested by ChaosEngine.

Irish version was better
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No, but her performance on the voice australia could have used some. http://celiapavey.com/ (Alll her vids), "Xanadu" in particular.....Maybe it's nerves, but she knocks em out flat one after another in that tune, and the wobbly Gaelic yodel affectation did not help.....Sorry, very critical of cookie-cutter talent....Other wise she's in a great place to develop at 19...studies music at the Australian Institute of Music.

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Well as the guy says, each to his own. You could say the same about american football, the constant breaks, the changing teams, the fact its called football when they mostly use hands and dont use a ball... I have no doubt gaelic football would cause the same apathy in some individuals. However to say this video is representative of the game is just, well, daft. Firmly tongue in cheek.

Oh man this is ironic. I've never seen the Celtic cross being used that way before. For Irish and Scottish Gaelics the Celtic cross is just a Celtic cross, symbolizing their religion and culture. While the Hooligans in Poland are using it as a symbol of racial supremacy, kind of like how the Swastika from India came to be known as a Nazi symbol, which also changes meaning in different cultures as in Hinduism it's a good luck charm, while in buddhist context it symbolizes circle of life or eternity.

AFL isn't soccer, it isn't rugby, it's... well it's its own thing. There is also Gaelic Football which is close enough that they have international games between Irish teams and Aussie teams in a hybrid of the two sports sometimes.

AFL is probably closer to soccer than rugby though, in that you have goals at each end which each team is trying to kick the ball into. The big difference between soccer and football though, besides being able to use your hands, is that AFL is a MUCH higher scoring game. Soccer just annoys and frustrates me (and most supporters it would seem based on the number of riots) because there's almost no scoring... All that pent up energy with bugger all release. AFL has scoring all the time, so you have constant ups and downs during the game.

Are they speaking Gaelic?

Beautiful language. Sounded almost Gaelic at first.

is that Gaelic at 0:45? or Yiddish? ... maybe just indecipherable irish

Hey Ghark, thank you for posting the english lyrics for that tune! I know it was a year ago but it's never too late to say thanks!
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These appear to be the english lyrics:

The blacksmith said, "I'll wait"
The blacksmith said, "I'll go"
The blacksmith said, in his confusion
Standing at the door of the barn
That he was going to go courting

Chorus (after each verse):
Island of bothies, of bothies
Island of bothies, of bothies
Island of bothies, of bothies
Fingal's bothies
Island of bothies, of bothies
Island of bothies, of bothies
Island of bothies, of bothies
Fingal's bothies

I'd knock spots off the birds
I'd knock spots off the hakes
Little lythes of the sea
We would take a while hauling them in
If our hand lines last

We got nothing here
We got nothing here
We got nothing here
We would take a while hauling them in
If our hand lines last

I'd knock spots off the birds
I'd knock spots off the hakes
Little lythes of the sea
We would take a while hauling them in
If our hand lines last

We got nothing here
We got nothing here
We got nothing here
We would take a while hauling them in
If our hand lines last

The blacksmith said, "I'll wait"
The blacksmith said, "I'll go"
The blacksmith said, in his confusion
Standing at the door of the barn
That he was going to go courting