Lorraine Nash - Carraig Aonair (Official Video)

Lyrics & Composition by Conchubhar Ó’ Laoghaire Recording, Production & Arrangement by Lorraine Nash Mixed and mastered by Pat Herring Ahern at Clonmoyle East © & ℗ Lorraine Nash 2025 Music Video by Bláthnaid O'Toole Carraig Aonair (English Translation Below) Ó Luan dubh an áir tháinig suaimhneas róbhreá ‘S do ghluaiseadar uaimse leathuairín roimh an lá Ag iascaireacht i mbád, i gcontúirt a mbá, 'S go mbeidh iarsma na bliana úd ina ndiaidh go bhfaghad bás. 'Sé Dónal mo mhaoin an té ab óige dem chlainn, Agus coicís ón lá san a tháinig sé i dtír Gan tapa gan bhrí, gan anam ina chroí Ach a ghéaga bhoga gheala is iad leata ar a dtoinn. 'Sé Cormac mo stór, 'sé rí na bhfear n-óg Bhí modhail maiseach múinte géarchumtha go leor. Do scríobh sé ar a' gcóir leis an mbúcla 'bhí ina bhróig Gurb í Carraig Aonair a chéile go deo. Nuair a théimse ar an gclaí, nuair a fhéachaim uaim síos, Nuair a chím Carraig Aonair is ea a phléascann mo chroí. Is ar ais dhom arís go mullach mo thí, Ós is í Carraig Aonair is céile dom chlainn. ********************************************* On that black Monday of the slaughter came a peace that was too good As they left me half an hour before daybreak Fishing in a boat, in danger of drowning, And what remains from that year of them will stay till I die. Dónal is my keepsake the youngest of my children, And two weeks after that day he was washed ashore Without movement or strength, without life in his heart And his bright tender limbs spread out on the waves. Cormac is my treasure, a king among the young men Who was gentle, elegant, mannerly and quite handsome. Well did he write with the buckle of his shoe That Fastnet Rock was his companion forever. When I sit on the wall, when I look away down, When I see Fastnet Rock then my heart bursts, Then it's back to my house with me For it is the Fastnet Rock that is the companion of my children.