Whats the name of the Gaelic song Bono sings in the film The Gangs of New York?
The song is called “Báidín Fheidhlimí.” Baidin is a Gaelic word for a small boat, and Fheidhlimi is a version of a boy’s name — Phelim or Felim. So the song title means Phelim’s small boat. It’s a popular sing-a-long song and is taught in school to Irish children. Sinead O’Connor sings this song on her 2002 album, Sean-Nos Nua. Bono was asked about the song by The Hollywood Reporter and he explained: I sing actually in the middle of the picture, though you’d never know. There’s a street scene, and I sing an ancient Gaelic melody — he [Martin Scorsese] wanted me to do it so (that) when my voice came up at the end of the film, it wasn’t strange.
