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cannot sing or will not sing the anthem?

  • 12-10-2012 07:47PM
    #1
    Fuinseog
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    just saw how more than half the Irish team were not not singing the national anthem. not much singing from the crowd either. things look bad.


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  • #2
    dan1895
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    Fuinseog wrote: »
    just saw how more than half the Irish team were not not singing the national anthem. not much singing from the crowd either. things look bad.

    In fairness the backing track was bloody awful


  • #3
    seven_eleven
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    They probably dont even know the words to it, like myself. :D


  • #4
    Fuinseog
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    dan1895 wrote: »
    In fairness the backing track was bloody awful

    true, which is why they slapped on paddy reilly


  • #5
    Sappa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Even a half arsed attempt at the anthem is better than that ****e Irelands call song.


  • #6
    Allyson Dirty Prism
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    I wouldn't sing it, means nothing to me.


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  • #7
    krudler
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    I sing it like a true Irish person, the first two lines then mumble my way through the rest


  • #8
    Prop Joe
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    Simon Cox sang it


  • #9
    cml387
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    When none of the team could sing the anthem we had a world beating side.


  • #10
    Fuinseog
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    seven_eleven wrote: »
    They probably dont even know the words to it, like myself. :D



    you could still move your lips and pretend. inspire the fans.

    whastever happened to 'is feidr linn' and ' you will never beta the irish'?

    maybe not all players are Irish?
    I think it was the nineties when CJ haughey was taoiseach and he went into the dressing rooms to congraulate the players and many of them had no idea who he was.


  • #11
    efb
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    Allyson Dirty Prism wrote: »
    I wouldn't sing it, means nothing to me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU


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  • #12
    Tipperary animal lover
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    Fuinseog wrote: »
    just saw how more than half the Irish team were not not singing the national anthem. not much singing from the crowd either. things look bad.

    Most of them were born in England don't think they learn it over there!!!


  • #13
    who the fug
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    Allyson Dirty Prism wrote: »
    I wouldn't sing it, means nothing to me.

    The Ultravox thread is here

    Anyway our anthem is mana na na of anthems , we all know the opening three words and thats it


  • #14
    Fuinseog
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    Tipperary animal lover wrote: »
    Most of them were born in England don't think they learn it over there!!!


    it means something to the fans. while it shouted ****e on the bagpipes they could have piped up themselves and lift the spirits.

    BTW is Angie Merkel about?


  • #15
    efb
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrQaKNLRgu0


  • #16
    My name is URL
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    If Ireland manage to win this match I'll sing it on behalf of everyone, on top of Croagh Patrick... in the nip

    I'll even learn the words for the occasion


  • #17
    Fuinseog
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    If Ireland manage to win this match I'll sing it on behalf of everyone, on top of Croagh Patrick... in the nip

    I'll even learn the words for the occasion


    no one gave them a chance in stuttgart in 88 either


  • #18
    seven_eleven
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    Fuinseog wrote: »
    you could still move your lips and pretend. inspire the fans.

    whastever happened to 'is feidr linn'

    I dont know what that means.


  • #19
    Rasheed
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    The National Anthem was beat into us in primary school and I'm glad it. I think it deadly to see a team belting it out.

    Understandably the English born wouldn't know it but the Irish born have no excuse.


  • #20
    9959
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    cml387 wrote: »
    When none of the team could sing the anthem we had a world beating side.

    When did we have a "world beating side", I must have missed that?


  • #21
    mrsoundie
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    From this link

    "Mr Harte's daughter Michaela, a constant presence at her father's side following the county's successes, reportedly taught the Tyrone team how to sing 'Amhran na bhFiann' ahead of that now famous all-Ulster clash."

    It means something to a lot of people, so if its being sung at the least the national team should know it.


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  • #22
    [Deleted User]
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    Nobody's obliged to sing, just to show respect.


  • #23
    My name is URL
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    Fuinseog wrote: »
    no one gave them a chance in stuttgart in 88 either

    We didn't have Trap wrecking the buzz with his conservatism in Stuttgart


  • #24
    9959
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    mrsoundie wrote: »
    From this link

    "Mr Harte's daughter Michaela, a constant presence at her father's side following the county's successes, reportedly taught the Tyrone team how to sing 'Amhran na bhFiann' ahead of that now famous all-Ulster clash."

    It means something to a lot of people, so if its being sung at the least the national team should know it.

    That's ironic. When last I looked, Tyrone was part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.


  • #25
    mrsoundie
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    9959 wrote: »
    That's ironic. When last I looked, Tyrone was part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    Buts its GAA so they must have learned it for Croke Park or the like.

    Just remember hearing Mickey Harte talking about his daughter teaching the team phonetically.


  • #26
    Martyn1989
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    Sappa wrote: »
    Even a half arsed attempt at the anthem is better than that ****e Irelands call song.

    Dont get why people have such a problem with Irelands Call. Its the anthem for a team that is representing the island of Ireland, not the Republic, when we have home games we play both.

    Infairness their both terrible anthems, we should get a new one.


  • #27
    Seanchai
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    9959 wrote: »
    That's ironic. When last I looked, Tyrone was part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    :rolleyes: As if yet another British colonial law claiming ownership of a part of Ireland is going to kill the dreams of Irish people for freedom.


  • #28
    My name is URL
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    9959 wrote: »
    That's ironic. When last I looked, Tyrone was part of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

    It's no more ironic than how it rained on your ones wedding day.


  • #29
    Seanchai
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    Anocht a théam sa bhearna baoil,
    Le gean ar Ghaeil, chun báis nó saoil,
    Le gunna scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar,
    Seo libh canaig amhrán na bhfiann

    Those four lines: rousingly ecstatic stuff when sung in a stadium of 82,000 Irish people.


  • #30
    ejmaztec
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    who the fug wrote: »
    The Ultravox thread is here

    Anyway our anthem is mana na na of anthems , we all know the opening three words and thats it


    OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH VIIIIIIIIIIIIennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaah!


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  • #31
    Aoifums
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    It annoys me more when players don't sing it at GAA matches. All the players are Irish (or from up north) so they don't have an excuse. Didn't most people learn it in Primary school?


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