Amhrán na bhFiann at the end of the night

mikemac · 04-07-2010 11:55PM #1

I've no doubt this was raised before but I've not seen it.

The two nightclubs in our town switch up the lights and play this at the end of the night. For as long as I've been going there it's always done.
And people stand quietly and cast dirty looks at the few people still chatting.
This is the midlands, not some border town.
Plenty of pubs do too but not all.

As for weddings in the local hotel when I was barman, maybe 50% do it.

But being in Galway, Limerick or Dublin it doesn't tend to be played at the end of the night.
Is this a rural tradition so? Does it go on in your local area?

Run_to_da_hills · 04-07-2010 11:58PM

Definitally, its a statement in itself, last tune, shut up and get out.

i once heard it played three times in a row in co Tipperary because some idiot at the back wouldnt STFU and stand for it , he eventually got the message.Proper order.

KeithM89_old · 05-07-2010 12:04AM

Could be worse, a place i used to go played the song from Cheers at the end of the night

caseyann · 05-07-2010 12:05AM

Yep in dublin outskirts

Dirty looks though god no,if you dont stand for it and chat you are in huge trouble :mad:

DavidCochrane · 05-07-2010 12:07AM

I used to live in Celbridge and whenever the dj was on (Fridays and Saturdays) it would be played at the end of the night, and I happened to be back recently and again DJ was playing it. Everyone got up, hands behind backs, and some would sing along (depending on how much beer taken).

Odd. So odd.

Now, if I could sing Ireland's call that'd be another thing....... but not in Kildare!

SoupyNorman · 05-07-2010 12:07AM

DJ in the local nightclub in college used to say "Please stand to attention for the national anthem" - then he played 'My lovely horse'. Was hilarious the first time...not so funny the subsequent 4 years.

starbelgrade · 05-07-2010 12:08AM

feelingstressed wrote: »

I've no doubt this was raised before but I've not seen it.

The two nightclubs in our town switch up the lights and play this at the end of the night. For as long as I've been going there it's always done.
And people stand quietly and cast dirty looks at the few people still chatting.
This is the midlands, not some border town.
Plenty of pubs do too but not all.

As for weddings in the local hotel when I was barman, maybe 50% do it.

But being in Galway, Limerick or Dublin it doesn't tend to be played at the end of the night.
Is this a rural tradition so? Does it go on in your local area?

The bit in red says it all.

mikemac · 05-07-2010 12:10AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

The bit in red says it all.

Well I did ask about your area and I did point out a possible rural/urban divide. Well city/town difference to be more exact

So what's your area and does it go on?

starbelgrade · 05-07-2010 12:13AM

feelingstressed wrote: »

Well I did ask about your area and I did point out a possible rural/urban divide. Well city/town difference to be more exact

So what's your area and does it go on?

I've lived on different parts of the coast for the years I've lived in Ireland & haven't heard it played at a club in over 15 years.

parker kent · 05-07-2010 12:15AM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I've lived on different parts of the coast for the years I've lived in Ireland & haven't heard it played at a club in over 15 years.

I've heard it in Wicklow and a few times in Dublin

lalee17 · 05-07-2010 12:16AM

I don't get this, why do pubs, etc. do it?

starbelgrade · 05-07-2010 12:20AM

parker kent wrote: »

I've heard it in Wicklow and a few times in Dublin

Wherever there are skangers...

df1985 · 05-07-2010 12:20AM

DavidCochrane wrote: »

I used to live in Celbridge and whenever the dj was on (Fridays and Saturdays) it would be played at the end of the night, and I happened to be back recently and again DJ was playing it. Everyone got up, hands behind backs, and some would sing along (depending on how much beer taken).

Odd. So odd.

Now, if I could sing Ireland's call that'd be another thing....... but not in Kildare!

can i ask where in celbridge?? I'm in leixlip and never heard it in leixlip/maynooth/celbridge or anywhere round here.

Only place ive heard it was in a club in cavan, very close to the border. I think ive heard it at the odd wedding/21st etc too but thats down to the hired dj, not the venue.

efb · 05-07-2010 12:20AM

I was out one night and this guyplayed it on his guitar in a Hendrix 'Star Spangled Banner' stylee-and that was the midlands too!

alwaysadub · 05-07-2010 12:22AM

Haven't heard it out in years-didn't think it still went on tbh!!

El Siglo · 05-07-2010 12:23AM

It's such a come down at the end of the night, everyone drunk and standing to attention like it's a 1916 commemoration...:rolleyes:
Funny enough, the only place I've had this experience was back home...

In the midlands!:D

Bodhisopha · 05-07-2010 12:29AM

The only place i have ever heard this at the end of the night was... the midlands.

The Gibzilla · 05-07-2010 12:39AM

Does anyone know if any other nations have this tradition? I've never heard a national anthem at the end of the night anywhere else but here...

I've heard it in Dublin a fair bit and heard a DJ playing "Ambhran Na bhFiann" and "Ireland's Call" back to back... it's an old, tacky tradition IMO

The_Minister · 05-07-2010 12:44AM

lalee17 wrote: »

I don't get this, why do pubs, etc. do it?

People tend to be feeling nobel and patriotic afterwards = less trouble to get to leave.

babyfratelli_x · 05-07-2010 12:46AM

There are 3 niteclubs in the part of Donegal I live in, and they play it in every single one of them, at the end of every nite without fail.
Thought it was the norm tbh till I went to college in Galway and realised after about a year that not once had I heard the national anthem! I just took it for granted really.

thebman · 05-07-2010 12:47AM

I'm from the midlands and I've heard it in plenty of places mentioned on this thread that people say it isn't played.

I've also heard it played in the midlands. I think there are a lot of people trying to fit the trend here TBH.

milly4ever · 05-07-2010 12:48AM

they played this the first time i was in a nightclub in newry- didn't know what you were supposed to do!

starbelgrade · 05-07-2010 12:49AM

milly4ever wrote: »

they played this the first time i was in a nightclub in newry- didn't know what you were supposed to do!

The robot.

artanevilla · 05-07-2010 12:50AM

There is a time and a place for our national anthem, a nightclub is not it. It is a song that should get reverence and respect, a nightclub doesn't grant it that.

milly4ever · 05-07-2010 12:55AM

artanevilla wrote: »

There is a time and a place for our national anthem, a nightclub is not it. It is a song that should get reverence and respect, a nightclub doesn't grant it that.

i agree, that's why i felt uncomfortable at it being played when everyone was drunk.

Pauleta · 05-07-2010 01:24AM

It was played at a 21st i was at last night. Everyone ignored it, including myself. I wanted Guns n Roses :mad:

lalee17 · 05-07-2010 01:33AM

It's outdated bullshit IMO.

GLaDOS · 05-07-2010 01:50AM

Gets played in Quinns at the end of the night, never pay any attention to it myself, strikes me as a bit odd.

Rowley Birkin QC · 05-07-2010 02:06AM

I think it's a nice tradition.

Einhard · 05-07-2010 02:28AM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Definitally, its a statement in itself, last tune, shut up and get out.

i once heard it played three times in a row in co Tipperary because some idiot at the back wouldnt STFU and stand for it , he eventually got the message.Proper order.

Why should he stand if he doesn't want to? He might have been foreign, Protestant or, like many, just didn't want to have some faux patriotic bull**** shoved down his throat in the middle of a nightclub. I always find it funny when I see some of those so assidious in standing in respecting the anthem, are often the first to give the gaurds **** outside the club.

ottostreet · 05-07-2010 02:34AM

i work as a full-time DJ, and get around to my fair share of venues around the country for various events. I would NEVER play the national anthem. I dont even have it any more. The last time I was asked to play it was actually only about two weeks ago in Athlone.

The only place it belongs to is in some GAA influenced gig, where such things are seen as the norm, rather than the exception.

Amhrán na bhFiann at the end of the night

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