Danny Boy - Irish Tenor - Emmet Cahill

[jimwillow]

My brother was killed in Vietnamese Nam in ‘67. I played this song on my flute to honor him.

[Sunshine-doyv]

I am IRISH, mostly human like us he sings sunshine tears start rolling....I miss you my sweet little brother, always in my heart and I dream that your at the window you used to knock

[nannerbenahs]

Beautiful interpretation!! Lovely singing. And Seamus Brett's accompaniment is sublime.

[gabrielcoronado]

I just met him in Orlando, at a concert. He is not only gifted, but a perfect gentleman. He shared the scenario with a russian choir. At the end of the concert, my wife and I aporoached the russians, who rectulanly agreed to a selfie; but the leader was SO rude with me and my wife after that. In fact, they leave the placce immediately. But Cahill (honestly a much better artist) attended everyone; even his photographer took our Ipad to take some pictures of us. Cahill made some jokes and chatted with us. Great person!

[bensonfree]

Lots and lots of love to my brother Danny boy, oh how I love you so ❤

[SleepyDoesStuff]

My Dad passed as a firefighter and we played this song at his funeral. It was one of his favorites. Still cry listening to this. Amazing

[barnesjohn]

Listen to maybe 50 versions, singers … this is still the best. No big 😮production, no drama 🎭 just a straight forward heartfelt performance, thank you 🙏🏼

[AuthorCJFrederick]

Chills here! And not just because it's winter in Canada. Thank you for this rendition. Oh Danny Boy, indeed.

[robsondiem]

I couldn't breath watching this. This performance is beyond beautiful.

[kaykeatin]

There are no words. Makes me proud to be Irish.

[francesgrippe]

What a beautiful voice, and here I always thought Sinatra was the only person worth listening to ! It doesn't get much better than this!

[paddylandreville]

Bravo. Total dedication is what is needed to acquire such talent and that's exactly what was demonstrated.

[atheenacollis]

My baby fell asleep while listening to this.
Beautiful ❤

[waynecassels]

I've only got about 10% Irish DNA. But I'm proud of every one of them!

[elenat.]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful song! I was born in an Irish Catholic area of New York and have been listening to this beautiful tune all my life! St. Patty’s Day is synonymous with Danny Boy!

[ronroach]

Best I've heard .as a Welshman we appreciate good singers.that wasbeautiful

[yukikohattori]

I didn’t know him at all until I encountered this video. He might have kind and gentle soul along with beautiful voice.

[pueraeternus]

This is the first time I've cried listening to a song in twenty years. I'm completely stunned.

[koosriedijk]

The pipes are calling.... here The Netherlands are calling. - We must have heard hundreds of singers over the years singing Danny Boy. It needs certainly courage to sing it after so many big names(tenors(from John McCormack to USA-based Irishman Robert White), baritons, sopranos(Norma Burrowes ánd e.g. folksinger Mary O'Hara), mezzo's, contraltos(Bernadette Greevy), counter tenors and treble singers(Belfasts Billy Neely). Many singers nowadays give it a "pop-touch" or too much an Irish folktouch (like at 0.21 min - only once(!) - ca-ha-ha-ha-ling, the almost unavoidable "decoration"), but to our great joy ("our" means a group of classical singers) we noticed that young Emmet Cahill (here 27 or 28 years) does it the classical way. Brilliant!. It's far more difficult to sing from one note straight to another and don't loose yourself in too much in between fringe. Here he shows that he is able to do it the way the big names sang it decades or half a century ago. Like e.g. James Johnston (Belfast tenor from long ago) or the late Kenneth McKellar (Scottish tenor, both active in Scottish and Irish repertoire). Emmet even dares to show his feelings, which results in coming very close to the hearts of the listeners. Not macho at all, but very vulnarable. Bravo! He is young and engaging and respects the old melody and reproduces it in a way, that you keep on coming back to this performence. Very well done Emmet, keep it this way, don't change this performance of Danny Boy. - **** p.s.We wonder if you are somehow related to 2 very big Cahill-names in Irish music. First Patricia Cahill (1945, very famous singer(soprano)in the seventies/eighties, one of her many LP's is called Danny Boy) and secondly the famous soprano Teresa Cahill(1944), who made a big international career. She lives in the UK now and Patricia in Spain. Related to any of them Emmet? And now that we discovered you, we start immediately to surf on youtube to find out what we missed in previous years. But this first acquaintance on youtube (may 2021, better late than never!) was already the find of the year and we came on your platform because of that famous name Cahill in Irish music. Good luck, good health and thanks for the joy you bring to many; us included . Love and admiration from overseas!

[TheWordFromGoshen]

Beautiful and moving - all of the Irish soul was captured in this performance. Come ye back . . .