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Well done pat, you did a great job

Great version Pat.

"Operation Shamrock ☘ 20,21,22,23,24 " endorses this rendition of the " one" who left too early. ❤💚🇮🇪😼🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Beautiful rendition pat. From stephen dunne

One of my favorites!

Well done, Pat! I love how you play clawhammer without hitting the head of the banjo. You did this on my Bart Reiter when you visited us here in Maine, I was really impressed! Your clawhammer banjo playing is SO clean and melodic.

Wonderful Pat! Perfect banjo finger picking and... what a voice!!!

Wonderful song well written congrats Pat superb

Beautiful sir,,,,❤

Awesome Pat .. great job, beautiful video !

Beautiful song, Pat! Congrats!! ❤

Found this years ago and just had to hear it again. Timeless!

Pat, a really beautiful song sung so well by you!

Thank you Pat for the lesson too.

Thanks to Pete Seeger for the innovation 💡 of the long neck banjo.

One of your best, Pat. Your clawhammer, especially on that particular banjo is simply stellar!

Beautiful, Pat!

Hi pat, lovely stuff, what chords are you using?

Lovely job..what way does the fjngering work on this one?

Very good song and irish voice ❤ but I'am not irish but play LN banjo from France...

Lovely, just lovely.

This is a beautiful song my great uncle tomas o’briain was apart of the the men he was one of the five who were then was executed

Such a fantastic story, Im now 17 years old, been listening to him for more then 3 years now, my favourite person that ever existed. As your story went, I imagined just how it felt since i dreamed about me and him talking. Honestly, Im very jelous of you and I really wish i known more about Lukes personal life... Great banjo and playing, looks just like his and beautiful story, thank You so much for sharing...

One more comment please - in what country are you? I'm guessing Canada. I've been to Nova Scotia a few times teaching industrial software classes but I've never really spent much time there. Living in Florida however, has provided me the distinct pleasure to have several Canadian friends. Last week as I was busking in a small tourist town outside of Gainesville, Fl. Micanopy by name, the only folks to stop and talk to me (and tip me) was a family from Canada. It lifted my spirits because busking on the street can be a downer often but these kind folk made it all worth while.

Where can I find the lyrics to the first song Tom Kennedy sang: "These Friends of Mine". I'd like to sing it myself, if that's OK!

Hi Pat - I'm delighted to have found your channel. I'm Les Caraher, a singer/player of traditional American folk songs. We share a common surname almost, given the numerous spellings variations over the years. My ancestors immigrated to the USA in the 1840's from County Armagh, my research tells me. Another commonality is my sister (deceased) was named Kathleen. (Not important just thought I'd mention). I play guitar, banjo and harmonica mostly - fiddle when no one is around to hear me. My wife, Mary, and I have played music together for our whole marriage life of forty-three years. She's a fine fiddler of some local note, a fine singer and arranger of harmony. Her latest group "Harmony Fare" is a good example of her talent. The point is I'm enjoying your singing and playing very much and I wouldn't be surprised to find a song or two of yours in my next set if you do not mind. They are delightful tunes.

Beautiful sir,,,,,😢 so sad,,,,,love it..

Great explanation sir,,,,,thanks a lot.

Old Yank Army guy here. Flew gunships alongside some fine Aussie pilots in Vietnam. Have studied the Battle of Gallipoli and have always been drawn to this beautiful song. Many connections. So well done. (Also play an old Gibson 5 string.) When will we ever learn?

Petersens brought me here

This was awesome! I've played dulcimer for some time now and I've been trying to learn to play Claw Hammer Banjo recently. I found a used actual Dulcijo at an online music store and purchased it. Maybe one day I can make mine sound a little like yours. Thanks!

Hi, Pat, thanks for the great lesson! You did a perfect job of teaching us this style of picking. I hope you post a lot more of these! When are you coming back to Maine? Did Alan Williams get in touch with you?

this is a beautiful cover, hats off to ya mate.

I wanna dance 💃

It's good seeing you again, Pat!

Great lesson Pat.

Thanks for notating that roll pattern Pat. I've struggled with clawhammer and up picking (Seeger) style and have just started to try fingerpicking backup.

And that's how it's done.😊

I grew up being forced into hearing the original fureys by my dad something like 40 years ago now, I loved what I heard listening to this thank you

Could listen to you play all day ... beautiful setup on that LN ... such nice tone.

Amazing cover!

Inspiration ☘️✍️🤗👍

Wonderful thanks for posting

You sang and played this classic very well. The only verse I don`t like is the anti police verse. Other than that this song is a masterpiece.

Great music. Just subbed, thank you.

Wonderful. I use to play folk guitar many years ago. Hearing you perform this song makes me wonder if I need to get myself a guitar again. Beautiful

Oh man, this song makes me cry. Your performance is beautiful. Thanks for share.

Christy moore would be proud!!

Nicely done