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Thread #45603   Message #676824
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
26-Mar-02 - 04:38 PM
Thread Name: Northern Ireland - anthem?
Subject: RE: Northern Ireland - anthem?
Well yer BBC man at the Ireland v. Italy rugby match last Saturday was heard to say " of course thay have to play 3 National Anthems at the Ireland matches" -(nearly wrote anathemas, might have been more appropriate). There's the Italy one, of which very few people know the words. apart from "Italia, Italia" and sounds like it comes from a Verdi opera. Then you have the Irish Republic one (see above for proper name). Then, just in case there's the odd man from the "North" in the team, you have "Ireland,Ireland" which talks of the 4 provinces - but again only a few seem to know the words. I suggest Ron Kavana's "Reconciliation" and "Too ra loo ra ly" might work better. Tattie B