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Thread #45603   Message #679503
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
30-Mar-02 - 11:58 AM
Thread Name: Northern Ireland - anthem?
Subject: RE: Northern Ireland - anthem?
This is drifting far away. But that's how it goes.

I suppose they could call them the British Isles' Lions.

But why Lions at all? If it was just English and Scots, fair enough in heraldic terms, But I've never heard of Lions of any sort having anything to do with Ireland or Wales.

Bonnie Bunch of Roses would be a term with more historic resonance. I suppose the lads might object to the idea of being referred to as a Bunch of Roses, but that would just get the adrenalin flowing.

Anyway they could spin it as being "The Blood Red Roses", and that sounds decidedly macho and scary. Especially if you could get a good shantyman to train them into roaring it out before matches - I reckon it'd be a pretty effective counter to a New Zealand war dance.