Do you stand for the Irish National Anthem

UpCork wrote: »

I stand and sing it with gusto and pride. It was the way I was brought up. Okay, there are things wrong in this country, but no country is perfect. I am Irish and proud of it.

If I was at a function and another anthem was played, I would most certainly stand for that too (i.e. I wouldn't stay sitting just because it wasn't my National Anthem). I would hate it if someone who wasn't Irish, stayed sitting in a situation when Amhrán na bhFiann was played.

I was at a function recently and at the end of the night the anthem was played. It's only about two and a half minutes long, yet the person next to me, decide now was the time to have a conversation with me. Luckily, I managed to ignore that person and continue singing. Afterwards, the person said to me why were you ignoring me when I was talking to you earlier. She was totally oblivious to the fact that it was our national anthem. Really made me angry.

fair play fella.

like urself i always stand or shut up for other peoples anthems (even the english one lol). it really pisses me off when i hear another counry boo another's anthem. speaks volumes for the country in question.

r3nu4l wrote: »

To me the anthem is a symbol of the sacrifice made by so many to bring freedom to the Irish Republic. I respect that sacrifice that was made so I stand.

Fair point. It's a shame though that it has been hijacked by scumbags who don't know jack-**** about Irish history and have barely a word of Irish - all they know is how to say "the ****ing ra are maaaaaaad biy!" - for playing at the end of the night in pubs. I know a lot about Irish history, a lot about Irish politics so I'd consider myself much more respectful to Ireland than those muppets who have little but empty gestures to express their patriotism.

Now I know if there was a Cork anthem ('the banks of the Lee', perhaps?) Dudess would be out of her seat like a rocket, hand on heart, singing at the top of her voice with tears streaming down her face

Damn right!

If you were in England or France and their anthem was playing and everyone else was standing would you still stay in your seat, like a 'disrespectful foreigner'...or would you stand?

I'd like to think I wouldn't, but I'd probably be pressured into it. As I said, patriotism/respect for a country should be a choice... or how a person expresses their patriotism/respect for a country.

tfitzgerald wrote: »

i stand it is the national anthem of our country and i dont think its too much to ask for people to stand for 3 minute to all the people that do i think ye are great dicks

I won't stand if I don't ****ing want to, and you can stand if you DO want to. It doesn't remotely affect you whether I stand or not.

Dub973 wrote: »

Then your not an real Irish man.

Eh... he is. He's Irish.

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

No surprising, all the mods on this site are Unionists.

Oh hi Kev. Thanks for your abusive private message the other day - that was most mature of you.
So anyway, pray tell, how did you come to the conclusion that I'm a unionist? Or indeed, that "all" mods are unionists? Or that "all" mods just suddenly start thinking like each other... because they're mods, as if they don't have an independent brain each...?

Its about being respectful, Irishmen died for this country and standing for our National Anthem is a just a small thing to do. I would love to give a slap to someone like you Dudess

Well going by some of the stuff you post, I'm fairly confident I have a far greater knowledge and understanding of Irish politics than you have... It's not too much to ask to learn about your country's history you know. :mad:

♠Jay♠ wrote: »

If the english version still exists and is used however, the sentiment of it is much the same.

First time I read the Soldier's Song was yesterday or the day before, whilst I learned Amhrán na bhFiann when I was a child. It doesn't even feel the same in English to be honest, and in the version I learnt in Irish it doesn't mention saxon

Hey there re-reg/duplicate account holder!

I'm "degraded" (whatever the **** that means)? Interesting...

Depends on the context really

I won't be standing to attention if it comes on at the end of a night in a club/pub, that's for sure.

Hardly the best way to demonstrate your national pride... Try to keep upright while one hand clutches your heart, the other, a pint, and mumble out every second line until the end, when you scream SEO LIBH CANAÍDH AMHRÁN NA BHFIANN!!!

At a 1916 memorial or somethin... sure!

Nothing worse than at the end of a night out this comes on... I stay sitting. Not cause I want to be disrespectful.... but I'm not going to stand to please a bunch of drunk eejits sheep who:

1. Don't even know the words
2. Don't have a word of Irish
3. Don't have a clue about the history of the country

... but suddenly get all patriotic on hearing the anthem.

I'm not an Irish speaker, I only know a few lines from the national anthem, and I wouldn't have the broadest range of knowledge of our country's past, so why pretend to suddenly be 'Proud to be Irish'

I'm proud to be me

And it is true what Dudess said, the 'up da Ra, I hate da Brits' brigade are probably the least informed.

Hagar wrote: »

How do you know all these things? ie points 1,2 and 3 ?
You can tell this from looking at people?
Are you implying that the only people who stand for the National Anthem are "the 'up da Ra, I hate da Brits' brigade"? Do you not think that's very insulting to ordinary Irish people who stand for the Anthem?

I'll admit that it's a generalising statement; but when saying that I was thinking about people I'd be out with - so I would know them and their linguistic capabilities!

I'm implying that there are more 'Up da Ra - I hate the Brits' sh**ebags around the place, especially after a few drinks.

Also, even if you know the anthem and want to sing along, why do you have to stand? Just sing it sitting down.

Lachlan Grumpy Putter wrote: »

Also, even if you know the anthem and want to sing along, why do you have to stand? Just sing it sitting down.

Why bother singing at all ? Why not just tap it out in morse code with the bottom of your glass? :rolleyes:

Hagar wrote: »

Are you implying that the only people who stand for the National Anthem are "the 'up da Ra, I hate da Brits' brigade"? Do you not think that's very insulting to ordinary Irish people who stand for the Anthem?

You're dead right Hagar. Of course not all people who stand for it are as steviecakes described, but there are plenty of them... and they've taken Irish nationalism and ****ed it over in a despicable way. I think they're the real "traitors" (for want of a better word).

Rebelheart wrote: »

I remember about two years ago a singer in a Dublin pub contacted, I think, Damien O'Reilly on RTÉ Radio 1 to tell him that he had been instructed by the owner of the pub he had been singing in to not end the night with the usual Amhrán na bhFiann as, apparently, foreigners had been complaining (which I don't believe).

I listened keenly to find out the name of the pub in question and it was the Portobello, owned by James O'Donnell brother of Daniel O'Donnell MBE and the haunt for thousands of UCD students on the Wednesday GAA Colours nights out.

Knowledge is a wonderful weapon.

My wife asked for it not to be played at our wedding not because she thought "Foreigners" would compalin, she was embarrassed by the thought of it being played in front of foreigners, most of whom would be looking at each other saying "Why the **** are they playing the national anthem at the end of a wedding party?".

French and Russian anthems are exceptional. Ours is quite good. The Italian one is terrible. I'd stand for all of them