The Broad Majestic Shannon

I went to the Rusty Crow a few years ago and saw a local Celtic band Three Row Barley play. They were great. I loved their version of the Mahones Get up ya drunken lazy bastard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0rgPLfp6EM

They also sang the Broad Majestic Shannon. Afterwards the lead singer who was from back east but had never been to Ireland commented on how one of his friends had gone to Ireland and seen the Shannon and said that it's like the Fraser and ironically enough it wasn’t very majestic at all but they still sing the song anyways.

I spoke with him during the break as he was a fine genuine bloke and I told him that when you look at Irish history and see all the noble blood that was spilt in their fight for freedom, that noble blood that was spilt makes the Shannon majestic. It’s a fine river so it is and don’t let anyone tell you any different.

He said he wanted to visit Ireland one day. Indeed. Everyone should visit the Holy Land at least once so they should. Me daughter’s named after that river so she is. That makes that river majestic indeed so it does. There's salmon in the Shannon too so there is and the conservationists are working to resore the Salmon counts as well so they are. Majestic indeed.