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The 2018 Seanad report suggested that "For those not familiar with the Irish language, it may be appropriate to produce a phonetic version of the National Anthem". [93] Some foreign-born Irish international sportspeople have learned the Irish words via ad hoc phonetic versions, including Mick McCarthy of the association football team [ 94 ] and ...
Other all-island teams have adopted "Ireland's Call" for similar reasons to the IRFU's. The men's and women's hockey teams, having previously used the "Londonderry Air", adopted "Ireland's Call" in 2000, [5] including for Olympic qualification matches, [26] but the Olympic Council of Ireland standard "Amhrán na bhFiann" was used at Rio 2016, its first post-independence appearance at the ...
Peadar Kearney (Irish: Peadar Ó Cearnaigh [ˈpʲad̪ˠəɾˠ oː ˈcaɾˠn̪ˠiː]; 12 December 1883 – 24 November 1942) [1] was an Irish republican and composer of numerous rebel songs. In 1907 he wrote the lyrics to "A Soldier's Song" ( Irish : " Amhrán na bhFiann " ), now the Irish national anthem .
Because given that the page is entitled "Amhrán na bhFiann" and the Irish national anthem is sung almost exclusively through Irish, it'd be fitting to translate as well as give the original. The translation to Irish was obviously a poetic one, but this is an encyclopedia.
Patrick Heeney (19 October 1881 – 13 June 1911), sometimes spelt Heaney, was an Irish composer whose most famous work is the music to the Irish national anthem "Amhrán na bhFiann" (English: "The Soldier's Song").
The Cranberries’ protest song ‘Zombie’ has become a celebratory anthem for Ireland, first at the Rugby World Cup and now at the Six Nations, but some are unhappy with the lyrics
Liam Ó Rinn (20 November 1886 – 3 October 1943; [1] born William J. Ring, also known by the pen name Coinneach) [1] was a civil servant and Irish-language writer and translator, best known for "Amhrán na bhFiann", a translation of "The Soldier's Song", the Irish national anthem, which has largely eclipsed Peadar Kearney's English-language original.
The Cranberries’ protest song ‘Zombie’ has become a celebratory anthem for Ireland at the Rugby World Cup but some are unhappy with the lyrics