The emergence of "Zombie" by The Cranberries as an Irish sporting anthem

I actually like that song (just can't get enough) as an easy sing-a- long, catchy crowd pleaser ( easy to put one's own lyrics to). I also liked "ZOMBIE" being belted out/crowd reaction after last weekends match too.

There is an awful lot of subjectivity involved ,with music.

For me the tune of "Just Can't Get Enough" is upbeat and workable for any crowd. I think Celtic have manged to get ownership of that. "Penny Arcade" , Rangers have got hold of that one, another banging tune, and "Norn Ireland" managed to bag "SWEET CAROLINE" ( was feckin' envious of that, another banger of a tune), but I think England-the sporting world have hijacked that.

I wouldn't mind if "Sweet Caroline" was played after an Irish rugby victory.

I keep telling you I'm not offended by the song, I like it.

I'm not trying to censor it in anyway.

If people want to sing it as a singalong at a match, great.

It's these lame attempts to bring a political agenda into sport that nobody wants.

Yawn. Nobodies buying this b***x.

What are you suggesting? We turn the rugby world cup into a campaign to inform about the troubles?

Quite frankly you can shove it.

Well i wasn't expecting that anyway, we're sorted so, no one objects to the song. Thanks for admitting that btw.

As for politicising it, the only people you can blame for that are Hickey and his ilk, there wouldn't have been any semblance of controversy otherwise. And like Celtic Symphony, i doubt it's going to make a blind bit of difference who people vote for anyway.

I've no idea what you or @Calculus are on about, other than it's yet another tiresome attempt to bring your own agenda to the sport.

Tell you what, if it's only a few fringe Twitter accounts objecting to this song, why don't you jog on over there and take it up with them?

No one wants the rugby world cup turning into a history lecture on the troubles, from one side or the other.

Hopefully it's not too late to avoid that, but you lot really need to stfu if that's to happen.

Sorry if that's trying to 'censor' you!

What are you telling me for?

You're the one on about the popularity of the SDLP at the time of the songs release???

Like I said, no one wants a history lesson on the troubles, if they're only out for a singalong.

I've never objected to the song for political reasons.

I object to it being used for political reasons, at a rugby match.

You can run up and down every street in Belfast, or any other part of the country that's away from me, singing it after that for all I care.

Tell them all what you think about Celtic Symphony too.

Look, I've only been lurking in this thread, but the only people using this song for political reasons are those objecting to it. No one, no one else considered it a political statement, just a few cranks online after the fact. It's a great song, the crowd were amazing singing it, and there a small number of people online who want to be argumentative for the sake of it. Utter nonsense altogether. You don't like it that's fine, but the rubbish about how a 5 minute song doesn't address all the nuances of the troubles or shows a partitionist mindset in the south is utter garbage from people trying to generate outrage for the sake of it from a genuinely great all island sporting achievement.

I don't think people were singing it at the match for political reasons.

But I think people have been trying to turn it into a political thing at games.

I think you've picked me up wrong, but I'm adamant that it not be politicized.

Sorry my bad.

There's been a lot of trying to drag this out.

I made to the mistake of engaging with it for a bit.

I'm taking a more blunt approach now.

Apologies that it got misdirected.

you are incorrect.

sectarian sunningdale did not deliver anything that was required to modernise northern ireland, of which only the good friday agreement was the only act to deliver such modernisation.

sectarian sunningdale was capitulation to beligerent unionism, at the expence of the majority, both catholic, nationalist and moderate unionist.

there was every justification for the PIRA campaign as britain was never going to deliver equality and human rights for the catholic and nationalist communities of northern ireland without violence forcing them to do so.