Rosc Catha na Mumhan (The Battle Song of Munster), sung by Séamus Mac Mathúna and a host of musicians to rapturous applause from a massive crowd on College Green in Dublin in 1988.
You can almost hear the crashing waves on the planks of the returning ships and the warriors straining on the oars "Ag tarraingt go teann nár gceann ar cúaird". A Landmark recording, Éire Abú.

Recorded in College Green Dublin before a live open air audience as part of the Guinness Seisiúin 1988

LYRICS
Dáithníos féin gan bhréag ar fhuacht
Is ar anaithe théitis taobh le cuan,
Ar chanadh na n-éan go séirseach suairc
Go gcasfadh mo Shéasar glé gan ghruaim.
Measaim gur subhach don Mhumhain an fhuaim
S’ dá maireann go dubhach de chrú na mbua,
Torann na dtonn le sleasaibh na long
Ag tarraingt go teann inár gceann ar cúaird.


Tá lasadh san ngréin gach lae go neóin,
Ní taise don rae, ní théideann fé neól.
Tá barra na gcraobh ag déanamh sceóil
Nach fada bheidh Gaeil i ngeibhinn bróin.
Measaim gur subhach don Mhumhain an ceol
S’ dá maireann go dubhach de chrú na dtreón,
Torann na dtonn le sleasaibh na long
Ag tarraingt go teann inár gceann fé sheoil.


TRANSLATION (based on translation of M. Hannagan and S. Clandillon; Londubh an Chairn)
Twas well last night by the cold I knew
By the wild west wind on the shore that blew
By the wild birds’ strain so sweet and true
That my ceasar was come o’er the seas deep blue
Tis Joyous to Munster this refrain
And to those that live of the warrior strain
The thundering waves that the good ships brave
As they plough the spray of the salt sea main

The sun doth blaze in the high noon-day
The moon doth send unclouded ray
The tall trees whisper the tale, wind-kist
“Not long shall the Gael by under mist”
I think tis Joyous to Munster this music
To those that remain of the warrior strain
The sound of the waves on the planks of the ships
Hurrying hungrily home under sail

Recorded in College Green Dublin before a live open air audience as part of the Guinness Seisiúin 1988