Peadar Kearney in 1937 wrote an extra verse of The Soldiers Song specially with the North in mind:

And here where Eire's glories bide
Clan London fain would flourish;
But Ulster-wide, what e'er betide
No pirate blood shall nourish.
While flames the fier of Con and Owen,
While Cave Hill guards the fame of Tone,
From Gullion's Slopes to Inishowen
We'll chant a Soldier's Song.

I wobnder, does it get sung at all?

It's my feeling that giving up The Soldier's Song as the National Anthem would be a step too far for many people, and probably most. I imagine it'd probably need a referendum, and I think it would be a horribly divisive one. And if by any chance the vote went to change it, that wouldn't stop people singing it - in fact it'd probably make more of them learn the words.

At a session in Cahir in Tipperary I go to when I'm there, which I haven't been for a couple of years, when it's time for the evening to end, the fella running it just gives a nod, and all the musicians strike up The Soldier's Song. Noone sings it, just play a verse and chorus, and everyone stands up, and no arguments, the evenings over and its time for home. I've often thought it's be really handy if we had something like that over in sessions in England - but it certainly couldn't be God Save the Queen. Maybe "Speed the Plough"...