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Thread #12019   Message #129678
Posted By: McKnees
29-Oct-99 - 08:33 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Oh no not the field of Athenry
Subject: RE: Oh no not the field of Athenry
I could have said Oh no not the field of Athenry, if I had known what it was, but my introduction to this song was 3 weeks ago, at a 40th birthday party. There was this great Irish band playing at the party which was in a chapel hall. In the Ibrox area of Glasgow. The implications of this will become clear later in the story. The band started playing this song which had a greater significance than some of you may be aware. The result of this song being played was a group of the local youths threw concrete blocks, bricks and anything else they could lay their hands on over the fence onto the cars in the carpark, They must have a good aim one piece went directly though the sunroof of my car. Great end to a really great party. So if any of you fancy singing this song be careful of where, when and in front of whom you play it. Ibrox is the home of Glasgow Rangers Football team, supported by the Billy bhoys as opposed to the Celtic with their irish tricolour. Protestant against catholic, the oldest foes in this part of the world.