how many people know the national anthem?

Tommy Dillon · 03-06-2012 05:54PM #1

how many of us know the national anthem? I'm Irish and very proud of it but yet i don't know the anthem off by heart, the reason being i was never thought it in school.... why is that? every other nation is thought theirs so way aren't we?
im going learning it tomorrow on my day off...

donvito99 · 03-06-2012 05:55PM

Vicar in a tutu · 03-06-2012 05:56PM

We had it in the back of our school journal all through primary school!

So yes, I know it :pac:

RachaelVO · 03-06-2012 05:58PM

Ah, been a month or two since the last National Anthem thread...

Killed By Death · 03-06-2012 05:58PM

Despite the beatings it failed to stick. I probably know enough of the 'mouth shapes' to fake it though.

The King of Moo · 03-06-2012 05:58PM

I know it, and its meaning, though we were never taught it in school (my suspicion: few teachers outside of Irish teachers knew what it meant).

I made an effort to learn it myself, ages ago. I wouldn't say I'm particularly proud of it, but I think it's a good national anthem. It's just stirring and militaristic enough.

mikemac1 · 03-06-2012 05:59PM

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

We were taught it in school, the long version too
And to write it, every fada correct
Mostly forgotton now

Mr Benevolent · 03-06-2012 06:00PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

meoklmrk91 · 03-06-2012 06:01PM

Yep, I know it, on a night out recently we started singing it for the mess and I was surprised at how many people stumbled after the first few lines. We learned it in 5th and 6th class, now if you asked me what any of it meant well that would be an entirely different story altogether

mattjack · 03-06-2012 06:01PM

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

how many of us know the national anthem? I'm Irish and very proud of it but yet i don't know the anthem off by heart, the reason being i was never thought it in school.... why is that? every other nation is thought theirs so way aren't we?
im going learning it tomorrow on my day off...

erm...... so am I

Biggins · 03-06-2012 06:01PM

Don't it now go like...

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Über alles in der Welt
Wenn es stehte zun Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammen hält
Von der Maas bis an die Memel
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Über alles in der Welt

Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang
Uns zu edler tat begeistern
Unser ganzes Leben lang
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand
Einigkei und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand
Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes
Blühe deutsches Vaterland

I did know the Irish one but I guess we better start learning the German one or a new EU one soon!

RachaelVO · 03-06-2012 06:01PM

Confab wrote: »

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

I've never been anywhere in Dublin that does that, is that predominantly and outside Dublin thing to do?

Vicar in a tutu · 03-06-2012 06:01PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

We were taught it in school, the long version too
And to write it, every fada correct
Mostly forgotton now

They do that in some Dublin pubs.. never heard of it being done in a nightclub up here though. :eek:

secretambition · 03-06-2012 06:02PM

I know the chorus - the bit that is sung at matches etc. The rest - not a clue.

dlofnep · 03-06-2012 06:02PM

You don't have to be taught it in school to know it. You can learn it in an hour or so. It's not that hard.

later12 · 03-06-2012 06:02PM

Sure I know it. I mean, I totally love Ireland's Call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMrPgk1eU8

mikemac1 · 03-06-2012 06:03PM

Shoving connie around the green!

orchidsrpretty · 03-06-2012 06:06PM

I know the first two lines in irish, have no idea about the english version, tbh I don't even recall ever hearing it in english. Its also been a long time since I heard it in irishman too.

RachaelVO · 03-06-2012 06:06PM

later12 wrote: »

Sure I know it. I mean, I totally love Ireland's Call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMrPgk1eU8

There ya go, I know someone was gonna start the shit stirring... you're gonna get a few bitch slappy posts now...

Popcorn anyone????

baztard · 03-06-2012 06:08PM

I can sing the full anthem in English. Can't say I know it in Irish though. I remember our class in school asked out iris teacher to teach it to us. It wasn;t on the curriculum though bah.

I do get a few strange looks when I sing it in English at football and soccer matches. Beats not knowing it at all though I suppose.

dlofnep · 03-06-2012 06:13PM

baztard wrote: »

I can sing the full anthem in English. Can't say I know it in Irish though. I remember our class in school asked out iris teacher to teach it to us. It wasn;t on the curriculum though bah.

I do get a few strange looks when I sing it in English at football and soccer matches. Beats not knowing it at all though I suppose.

A lot of people up north sing it in English I noticed. Curiously enough, it was written in English and later translated into Irish by Liam Ó Rinn.

guitarzero · 03-06-2012 06:22PM

I think we should invent a new anthem, ahem...

Going down to Ireland
Gonna have a laugh
People everywhere
Probably about 4 million

To the west there lies connacht
To the offo
I will race you
In fact I'll give you a head start

Remember when in 94'
Houghton I think it was
I hear its gonna rain later
But it should clear up by the weekend

Sure this it, tiz all grand
Chest, volley, goal
Give uz back are 6 counties
You should have just asked

flutterflye · 03-06-2012 06:26PM

This is all I 'know' - "Shay le filla failte."

I used to think it was The Fields of Athenry!

Jester252 · 03-06-2012 06:26PM

I know it ends with you yelling out come-on

Corruptedmorals · 03-06-2012 06:27PM

I know it, and the first verse. It was drummed into us at the Gaeltacht, never in school. I don't know it in English.

kowloon · 03-06-2012 06:33PM

Always preferred this:

harney · 03-06-2012 06:37PM

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

i was never thought it in school....

****ing th0ught police, if only they taught stuff!

Ted Mosby · 03-06-2012 06:37PM

Of course I know it! Here it is:

Shinner, Fianna Fail,
Fine Gael ULA and Labour,
Beans, Coleslaw
and a tinny or two of beer

Sham fair play, shinty's a bit like hurling
Feens like Tiernan, Tommy or vain trolls
A nugget of chicken or curry chips
A feed of pints and hate the Brits
Don't scrape me car
And run from the peelers,

Shoving Connie around the Green

I thank you!

Vicar in a tutu · 03-06-2012 06:42PM

Dan133269 · 03-06-2012 06:49PM

secretambition wrote: »

I know the chorus - the bit that is sung at matches etc. The rest - not a clue.

I think most people don't know that there is a "full" version.

dirtyden · 03-06-2012 06:51PM

Confab wrote: »

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

Quaint and dated maybe. nauseating and smug is a bit strong.

how many people know the national anthem?

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