Actually id place Irelands call on a par with a na b . I don't care about either.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 04/10/2015 16:25:08    1795650

Funny about the Meath lads checking their passport. Must not be too sure if they are Irish or not --- maybe they are Plastic Paddies

SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts: 1427 - 04/10/2015 16:43:34    1795656

Just watched the anthem on rwc and the crowd and players belted out Ireland call. Maybe a good compromise,

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 04/10/2015 16:45:48    1795657

That's funny Sam since you the one who abandoned Ireland, pot kettle black??

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 04/10/2015 16:57:03    1795659

Ireland's call is a poor lousy dirge of a ballad a rubbish thing. If your going to commission an Anthem and do it properly and not have a truly silly song forced on a nation just to please a rugby fans. The vast majority of the people on this island do not play sport and don't use that as any kind of measure of their culture and lives. So sod Ireland's call and all who sing it, if we all are expected to stand united under a flag and an anthem it should be one agreed by the vast majority of people.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4897 - 04/10/2015 17:01:31    1795662

Royaldunne I think we get the point at this stage, you don't give a damn about your national anthem. But your constant harping on about it and bickering with others on here about their nationality just shows you up as being insecure or ignorant about this topic. Sensible debate seems to be long gone at this stage!

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2386 - 04/10/2015 17:30:01    1795674

I agree arock that its a shocking song, and is actually worse than the anthem itself.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 04/10/2015 18:17:24    1795684

I agree with arock. Ireland's call is a load of excrement, sung to keep the northern player(s) happy. The only country at REC with no flag, no anthem. It's a joke.

thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1746 - 04/10/2015 18:24:57    1795689

I'm loathe to quote this guy but this is probably his only decent article all year, I especially like the comment on Phil Coulter.

link

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 04/10/2015 19:02:49    1795697

I was actually going to comment about that article Brend. It's spot on by Brolly. Not often I say it.

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 04/10/2015 20:19:11    1795723

BrendtheRedHand

That is a good article to be fair. He is capable of writing that sort of article because he is an articulate guy. Most of the time he uses his skills to ridicule teams..and mostly Tyrone..

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 04/10/2015 20:41:25    1795739

Ireland's call is a pub song forced on our country, it's laughable when you hear the lyrics 'the 4 proud provinces of Ireland' I thought the unionists didn't believe their area was Ireland or Irish so how can that song help their view. I was outraged yesterday rugby game when the flags were shown and the Italian tri colour was shown, an Ulster provincial flag and Irish tri colour, when did the province of Ulster become a separate country, they can argue about the 6 counties but Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan are in Ulster and Ireland, the only way unionists will play our sport or respect our ways is if we make a few rule changes to football. Firstly you can't handle the ball, secondly no points only goals so no need for high goal posts, ya that sounds very much like soccer! Bingo, oh and thirdly Ireland would have to join the UK.

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 05/10/2015 10:27:24    1795832

Count_Awesome
County: Kildare
Posts: 713

1795438 That just isn't true, Htaem

http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/linfield-pitches-in-to-help-camogie-team-train-for-match-25998005.html

That was 10 years ago lads, a lot, as you probably don't know,has happened since then!

bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 05/10/2015 10:42:27    1795840

That cringey Rugby world cup Rudyard Kipling ad is bizarre. Cian Healy says something like "when you can sing your national anthem with pride". Strange that he delivers that line when he's the only player involved who can't.

Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12121 - 05/10/2015 10:45:23    1795842

riverboys
County: Mayo
Posts: 546

1795832
Ireland's call is a pub song forced on our country, it's laughable when you hear the lyrics 'the 4 proud provinces of Ireland' I thought the unionists didn't believe their area was Ireland or Irish so how can that song help their view. I was outraged yesterday rugby game when the flags were shown and the Italian tri colour was shown, an Ulster provincial flag and Irish tri colour, when did the province of Ulster become a separate country, they can argue about the 6 counties but Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan are in Ulster and Ireland, the only way unionists will play our sport or respect our ways is if we make a few rule changes to football. Firstly you can't handle the ball, secondly no points only goals so no need for high goal posts, ya that sounds very much like soccer! Bingo, oh and thirdly Ireland would have to join the UK.

exactly

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 05/10/2015 10:48:19    1795844

Nobody will say Irelands Call isn't crap but who cares about the musical merits of a song? It doesn't impact on the winning and losing of games and whether one anthem or another is played it wont make somebodys day better or worse so why do so many people get their knickers in a bunch about the playing of Irelands Call and any anthem?

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 05/10/2015 11:17:24    1795863

Just listened to Jarlaths full interview and his words were taken out of context, he did not call for the removal of the national flag and anthem.

Tom1916 (Armagh) - Posts: 2001 - 05/10/2015 12:17:57    1795905

Phil Coulter is a great songwriter and Ireland's Call is probably OK as a rugby tune but it's NOT an anthem. I think you can see that some of the players aren't happy to stand for this as their anthem and play the under that non discript of a green flag with a rugby ball. Why are we making changes to appease others when the likes of the NI soccer team and their fans refuse to budge on GSTQ and the Union Flag?

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9706 - 05/10/2015 15:43:42    1796056

05/10/2015 15:43:42
Ulsterman
Phil Coulter is a great songwriter and Ireland's Call is probably OK as a rugby tune but it's NOT an anthem. I think you can see that some of the players aren't happy to stand for this as their anthem and play the under that non discript of a green flag with a rugby ball. Why are we making changes to appease others when the likes of the NI soccer team and their fans refuse to budge on GSTQ and the Union Flag? The Irish rugby team represents all and doesn't use Amhran na bhfiann at world cup or away games to not bring politics into sport. Irelands Call is neutral in a political sense. All the players don't care about the flag so much.
Remember some irish players were caught up in bombing right before 87 world cup and in the past there wasn't even an anthem played at away games.

ormondbannerman (Clare) - Posts: 13473 - 05/10/2015 16:40:35    1796092

I remember the rose of Tralee been played for the Irish Rugby team.
Also let us never forget the reception the English team got in old Lansdowne road when the Scots and Welshmen were afraid to come here, but they did. Honestly that day will forever be remembered

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/10/2015 17:14:47    1796108