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KEEP BOTH. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 03/12/2016 20:23:46 1938192 Link
Keep both. galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2519 - 03/12/2016 20:39:08 1938195 Link
Keep both. Nothing wrong with either except posters inventing problems and whataboutery. Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 03/12/2016 20:53:19 1938198 Link
Finals only, they are national symbols and should be kept for national events. I again ill say playing a national anthem for a inter county game that is not a national event is not only stupid but disrespectful of both. And those wanting it to continue as if to further some nationalistic ideology are doing more harm to it than anything else, demeaning it to nothing more than a meaningless jingle rather than a national anthem royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 03/12/2016 21:37:01 1938202 Link
Keep both and for God's sake have some respect and take off your cap or hats and stand to attention for the National Anthem, face the tri colour and sing, don't be chewing gum or sweets or waving at the TV cameras, have respect for both riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 03/12/2016 22:24:30 1938211 Link
Poll update so far. There are 19 posters from 14 different counties that answered the questions weather to keep the flag and the national anthem or to scrap them both. 89% of posters said to keep the flag. 68% of posters said to keep the flag and national anthem. 16% of posters said to the national anthem for the final only. 11% of posters said to keep both for the final only. 5% of posters said to scrap the national anthem altogether. OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 05/12/2016 15:57:54 1938449 Link
Keep Both Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 05/12/2016 16:21:10 1938450 Link
Replying To Finsceal: "Keep Both" Keep both. Being from a 'weaker county' we'd very rarely get to stand for our national anthem at our national games if its playing was only reserved for finals. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 05/12/2016 17:44:03 1938467 Link
Keep both for Finals only in the short term. Long term..Get a decent national anthem in English bloodyban (Limerick) - Posts: 1710 - 05/12/2016 18:03:49 1938471 Link
Replying To Laois76: "Keep both. Being from a 'weaker county' we'd very rarely get to stand for our national anthem at our national games if its playing was only reserved for finals." Excellent point the flag and anthem is for all of Ireland not just a few. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 05/12/2016 18:16:28 1938473 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "Excellent point the flag and anthem is for all of Ireland not just a few." Are you suggesting that the anthem should be played before every single game, even at underage level? If it's 'for all, not just a few', then it must be played before every game. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 05/12/2016 19:52:40 1938483 Link
Keep both of them. Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 05/12/2016 20:40:37 1938494 Link
Keep both and it is for all of Ireland. Some of the slow learners who post to this board obviously do not yet realise that Ireland comprises the 32 counties not 26, or 6 or 9. Indeed a couple of posters like to forget history because history tells us that Ireland is 32 counties -all of whom compete for the All-Ireland. I do not think anyone is suggesting that it be played before juvenile matches browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 05/12/2016 21:04:23 1938495 Link
I'd like to keep both but it's not a deal breaker for me. When the GAA was founded in 1884 and for the forty odd years of its existence neither the current flag or anthem were used. The flag was raised in 1916 after it was brought over to Ireland many years before while the anthem wasn't written until something like 1908. Cusack and the lads in Hayes Hotel didn't give it a thought in 1884 so in 2016 how can we say what will be in 2050? 49erroyal (Meath) - Posts: 65 - 05/12/2016 21:12:32 1938496 Link
Replying To bloodyban: "Keep both for Finals only in the short term. Long term..Get a decent national anthem in English" In English? Do you know what country we are from, we didn't go through thousands of years of wars just to use the neighbours language for a song riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 05/12/2016 21:20:36 1938498 Link
Replying To neverright: "Are you suggesting that the anthem should be played before every single game, even at underage level? If it's 'for all, not just a few', then it must be played before every game." Yes I cant wait for a rendition of The anthem at my next u10s match, ill borrow a friend of mine offaly flag and woe be tide any 9yo who doesn't sing it perfectly. After all its for everyone royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/12/2016 21:35:04 1938503 Link
Replying To riverboys: "In English? Do you know what country we are from, we didn't go through thousands of years of wars just to use the neighbours language for a song" Only for king henry 2 we wouldn't have counties in Ireland royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/12/2016 21:42:25 1938507 Link
Replying To browncows: "Keep both and it is for all of Ireland. Some of the slow learners who post to this board obviously do not yet realise that Ireland comprises the 32 counties not 26, or 6 or 9. Indeed a couple of posters like to forget history because history tells us that Ireland is 32 counties -all of whom compete for the All-Ireland. I do not think anyone is suggesting that it be played before juvenile matches" Hate to break I to you, but you do know a free Ireland never had 32 counties??? And you dont have to look too far, Meath Westmeath. Ahh come on dougal this is very basic stuff, how to be a priest chapter one. :) royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/12/2016 21:44:34 1938509 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Hate to break I to you, but you do know a free Ireland never had 32 counties??? And you dont have to look too far, Meath Westmeath. Ahh come on dougal this is very basic stuff, how to be a priest chapter one. :)" Where exactly are you coming from ? Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 05/12/2016 21:55:36 1938516 Link
Replying To neverright: "Are you suggesting that the anthem should be played before every single game, even at underage level? If it's 'for all, not just a few', then it must be played before every game." Well I know you country boyos have huge fancy club grounds with stands that can host speaker's to blare out the anthem for all ages but here in Dublin we don't have that luxury in our public parks hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 05/12/2016 22:39:48 1938522 Link