What is our/ Irish peoples obsession with The Fields Of Athenry song? It's a nice song to sing yes.

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I would find it highly entertaining if a crowd of irish fans were organised prepared enough to belt maniac out

More for the looks of bemusement on the opposition fans faces

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Maniac 2000

Mark McCabe

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Maniac 2000 Lyrics

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

All you guys better know the first verse

Are you ready now

Alright

She walked across the dance floor that night

She was dressed to kill

She was a sexy lady

She had to get her thrill

How'd she get him

How'd she know

And all the music, the beat, the tempo

She was all up for that night

She was in for a fright

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Back in the house for the year 2000

Yeah, yeah, funky, yeah

She's attack, she's attack

She's a maniac

Alright

She walked across the dance floor that night

She was dressed to kill

She was a sexy lady

She had to get her thrill

How'd she get him

How'd she know

And all the music, the beat, the tempo

She was all up for that night

She was in for a fright

She said, greetings

Hold tight with a new jam

Hold tight with the mic in the left hand

It's me and I'm up on the groove tip

Are you ready now move to the roof

Now life; It has no meaning

Are you ready now - move to the madness

On a party night to you

We bring this groove to you

The referees a wanker!

Buses ! Are you mad ?

Boards is full of losers offended by public transport. Far too divisive.

I don't know the answer to the Martin Ferris question. I don't know the people who were in the pub. I don't know if it even happened.

Martin Ferris is responsible for what Martin Ferris does, not me.

Now have you any evidence that you are not inventing and orchestrating outrage about the singing of the Fields Of Athenry at sports matches?

You asked me about Martin Ferris, Ferris was in the IRA, I suspect he supported them. just guessing. 🙄

What has it to do with singing the Fields Of Athenry at a rugby match?

Ferris supported the IRA. As many did.

You were going to give us a solution to people singing songs that others find offensive.

What is YOUR solution to this? There are hundreds of songs that people find offensive.

I bet you those who didn’t support the IRA don’t sing songs about them.

I think the sharing of people singing a song to taunt is wrong.

I think singing a song to taunt or hurt is wrong.

I think singing a song because you want to is not wrong.

I can’t be any clearer.

p.s. the Fields of Athenry has nothing to do with paramilitaries

I have been making the same point for ages. Great you get it.

It is depressing song ( what could be more depressing than famine, death, forced emigration, bitterness against our neighbours etc ) and since it became popular, the Irish soccer team has done worse than ever. It is a pity - but no surprise - it is sometimes hijacked by extremist Republicans who insert the IRA and SF in to it. Not at rugby matches, but sometimes in pubs etc. One good thing, it drives the day of a U.I. further away.

As regards the IRA chants among sprts teams, it is a pity you still think poor innocent girls ( who possibly have family or friends who were victims of the IRA) should have to endure IRA chants from their team mates, if they are on a sports team. As noted previously, if is the kind of Ireland you hope to entice Northerners in to, to play on the national soccer team, good luck with that. Will not happen.

Simple solution, stop singing your songs glorfying paramilitaries, and stop tarnishing songs by inserting IRA and SF in to them.

As I said, you would be the very one who would be complaining if, for example, the Scottish ladies football team was chanting "Up the UVF". Or if there were loyalist songs being sung by the crowd at a Scottish football match, saying for example"the famine is ov-ver, why dooon't youu go homee". With a UVF or UDA chant included in the version in the pub afterwards.

Why do you still think poor innocent girls ( who possibly have family or friends who were victims of the IRA) should have to endure IRA chants from their team mates, if they are on a sports team?

Ah relax ffs, did you really think I thought they were looking for a replacement🤣

It would be a solution if people stop singing your songs glorfying paramilitaries - it does not matter if it is IRA or UVF. In this country / on the island it is mostly songs glorifying the IRA we hear about, be it from the national soccer team or Feile etc. Or even the pub, as someone said when they witnessed Ferris fist thumping when IRA and SF was unsurprisingly inserted in Fields of Athenry.

As I said, and you ignored , you would be the very one who would be complaining if, for example, the Scottish ladies football team was chanting "Up the UVF". Or if there were loyalist songs being sung by the crowd at a Scottish football match, saying for example"the famine is ov-ver, why dooon't youu go homee". With a UVF or UDA chant included in the version in the pub afterwards.

You still have not explained why do you still think poor innocent girls ( who possibly have family or friends who were victims of the IRA) should have to endure IRA chants from their team mates, if they are on a sports team?

It is time IRA chants stopped being inserted in to the Fields or at the end of ladies national football matches.

It is not the singing of songs, it is the vocal glorification of paramilitaries. To be condemned on both sides.

When IRA is inserted in to it, it turns more sinister. We were also talking about the "Uh ah, Up the Ra" chants by sports teams.

If the N. Irish or Scottish team was chanting UVF or UDA, or inserting that in to loyalist songs, would you think that was right?