![]() ![]() So when Northern Irish players compete alongside players from the Republic of Ireland as one team, they all sing ‘Ireland’s Call’. A nation is an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures or races organised into one state. A national anthem is therefore by definition a song that praises a nation or expresses loyally to a nation. However, many Irish nationalists feel unrepresented by the British national anthem. An anthem is a song of loyalty or devotion, a song of praise. Northern Ireland uses the official UK anthem, ‘ God Save the Queen’ as its national song – except at the Commonwealth Games, when ‘Londonderry Air’ is used as their victory anthem. ‘Ireland’s Call’ is used as an alternative song to the Irish national anthem. In some cases, players sing along to ‘Ireland’s Call’, with ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ left as an instrumental number. The new song, ‘Ireland’s Call’, is now often used as an alternative to the national anthem at Irish sporting events, most notably by the Irish Rugby Football Union. Read more: What are the lyrics to the Welsh National Anthem – and what do they mean? So when, in the late 1980s, a member of the Irish rugby squad had to retire due to injuries from an IRA roadside bomb, it was decided that a new song would be commissioned. During the Irish War of Independence between 19, ‘Amhrán na bhFiann’ was even dubbed the ‘Sinn Fein anthem’. ![]()
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