how many people know the national anthem?

Tommy Dillon

how many of us know the national anthem? I'm Irish and very proud of it but yet i don't know the anthem off by heart, the reason being i was never thought it in school.... why is that? every other nation is thought theirs so way aren't we?
im going learning it tomorrow on my day off...

donvito99

Vicar in a tutu

We had it in the back of our school journal all through primary school!

So yes, I know it :pac:

RachaelVO

Ah, been a month or two since the last National Anthem thread...

Killed By Death

Despite the beatings it failed to stick. I probably know enough of the 'mouth shapes' to fake it though.

The King of Moo

I know it, and its meaning, though we were never taught it in school (my suspicion: few teachers outside of Irish teachers knew what it meant).

I made an effort to learn it myself, ages ago. I wouldn't say I'm particularly proud of it, but I think it's a good national anthem. It's just stirring and militaristic enough.

mikemac1

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

We were taught it in school, the long version too
And to write it, every fada correct
Mostly forgotton now

Mr Benevolent

mikemac1 wrote: »

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

meoklmrk91

Yep, I know it, on a night out recently we started singing it for the mess and I was surprised at how many people stumbled after the first few lines. We learned it in 5th and 6th class, now if you asked me what any of it meant well that would be an entirely different story altogether

mattjack

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

how many of us know the national anthem? I'm Irish and very proud of it but yet i don't know the anthem off by heart, the reason being i was never thought it in school.... why is that? every other nation is thought theirs so way aren't we?
im going learning it tomorrow on my day off...

erm...... so am I

Biggins

Don't it now go like...

Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Über alles in der Welt
Wenn es stehte zun Schutz und Trutze
Brüderlich zusammen hält
Von der Maas bis an die Memel
Von der Etsch bis an den Belt
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Über alles in der Welt

Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang
Uns zu edler tat begeistern
Unser ganzes Leben lang
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang

Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit
Für das deutsche Vaterland
Danach lasst uns alle streben
Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand
Einigkei und Recht und Freiheit
Sind des Glückes Unterpfand
Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes
Blühe deutsches Vaterland

I did know the Irish one but I guess we better start learning the German one or a new EU one soon!

RachaelVO

Confab wrote: »

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

I've never been anywhere in Dublin that does that, is that predominantly and outside Dublin thing to do?

Vicar in a tutu

mikemac1 wrote: »

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

We were taught it in school, the long version too
And to write it, every fada correct
Mostly forgotton now

They do that in some Dublin pubs.. never heard of it being done in a nightclub up here though. :eek:

secretambition

I know the chorus - the bit that is sung at matches etc. The rest - not a clue.

dlofnep

You don't have to be taught it in school to know it. You can learn it in an hour or so. It's not that hard.

later12

Sure I know it. I mean, I totally love Ireland's Call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMrPgk1eU8

mikemac1

Shoving connie around the green!

orchidsrpretty

I know the first two lines in irish, have no idea about the english version, tbh I don't even recall ever hearing it in english. Its also been a long time since I heard it in irishman too.

RachaelVO

later12 wrote: »

Sure I know it. I mean, I totally love Ireland's Call.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjMrPgk1eU8

There ya go, I know someone was gonna start the shit stirring... you're gonna get a few bitch slappy posts now...


Popcorn anyone????

baztard

I can sing the full anthem in English. Can't say I know it in Irish though. I remember our class in school asked out iris teacher to teach it to us. It wasn;t on the curriculum though bah.

I do get a few strange looks when I sing it in English at football and soccer matches. Beats not knowing it at all though I suppose.

dlofnep

baztard wrote: »

I can sing the full anthem in English. Can't say I know it in Irish though. I remember our class in school asked out iris teacher to teach it to us. It wasn;t on the curriculum though bah.

I do get a few strange looks when I sing it in English at football and soccer matches. Beats not knowing it at all though I suppose.

A lot of people up north sing it in English I noticed. Curiously enough, it was written in English and later translated into Irish by Liam Ó Rinn.

guitarzero

I think we should invent a new anthem, ahem...

Going down to Ireland
Gonna have a laugh
People everywhere
Probably about 4 million

To the west there lies connacht
To the offo
I will race you
In fact I'll give you a head start

Remember when in 94'
Houghton I think it was
I hear its gonna rain later
But it should clear up by the weekend

Sure this it, tiz all grand
Chest, volley, goal
Give uz back are 6 counties
You should have just asked

flutterflye

This is all I 'know' - "Shay le filla failte."

I used to think it was The Fields of Athenry!

Jester252

I know it ends with you yelling out come-on

Corruptedmorals

I know it, and the first verse. It was drummed into us at the Gaeltacht, never in school. I don't know it in English.

kowloon

Always preferred this:

harney

Tommy Dillon wrote: »

i was never thought it in school....

****ing th0ught police, if only they taught stuff!

Ted Mosby

Of course I know it! Here it is:

Shinner, Fianna Fail,
Fine Gael ULA and Labour,
Beans, Coleslaw
and a tinny or two of beer

Sham fair play, shinty's a bit like hurling
Feens like Tiernan, Tommy or vain trolls
A nugget of chicken or curry chips
A feed of pints and hate the Brits
Don't scrape me car
And run from the peelers,

Shoving Connie around the Green

I thank you!

Vicar in a tutu

Dan133269

secretambition wrote: »

I know the chorus - the bit that is sung at matches etc. The rest - not a clue.

I think most people don't know that there is a "full" version.

dirtyden

Confab wrote: »

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

Quaint and dated maybe. nauseating and smug is a bit strong.

woodoo

that's the one about fianna fail isn't it... shina fianna fail etc

byhookorbycrook

Know it in Irish only.

getzls

I'm not too sure about the other verses. The first verse about, send Her victorious, happy and glorious is easy.:D

Me. I only know it in Irish though.

John Doe1

Amhran na Bhfiann is a terrorist song and should be banned.

It should be replaced by 'homes of donegal'

Novella

I know it. Just because I was brought to so many GAA games from a really early age. Not 100% sure of the last line 'cause the cheering always gets in the way!

Whippersnapper

I know it in Irish. We were taught it in 6th class and it was always in the back of our homework notebooks.

tan11ie

Novella wrote: »

I know it. Just because I was brought to so many GAA games from a really early age. Not 100% sure of the last line 'cause the cheering always gets in the way!

Here you go -
Seo libh, canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

My Irish Teacher was a wagon!! my fear of her made me learn...

languagenerd

We learned it in primary school, but mainly by sound and not by the words :P. I don't really like it as an anthem, tbh. It's hard to sing - if you start low, you can't get the "Ní fhágfar..." bit and if you start high, you can't get the "Faoin lámhach na bpiléar" line.

Also, that line in the middle " Ní fhág-far faoin tir-eáin ná faoin tráil" makes you sound like a foghorn! :pac:

Fromthetrees

The Scots know the English version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmPANoMPtg

Duiske

John Doe1 wrote: »

Amhran na Bhfiann is a terrorist song and should be banned.

It was written in 1907 to honour soldiers who fought and died for Ireland. How the fcuk does that make it a terrorist song ? Anyway, good and all as it is, it will hopefully be replaced by "A Nation Once Again" within the next 20 or 30 years.

Fenian Army

I learnt it at the gaeltacht years ago.

BizzyC

I think it's a shame everyone only knows the 2nd half due to sports...

I had to learn the whole thing dammit, what a waste of time that was!

Lionel Messy

I don't know it. I'm not a patriot and i've no shame in saying that. I always support the Ireland football team, that's the only time I get patriotic. Ireland's a good country to be honest, I've just never been patriotic.

Kiera

We didn't learn it in school. Only reason I know it is from going to Dublin games as a child.

SocSocPol

"Come the day and the hour, Come the power and the glory.......:D

Immaculate Pasta

Fromthetrees wrote: »

The Scots know the English version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmPANoMPtg

I love that clip. That's how an atmosphere at every football game should be. Not some sanitised corporate sit down shut up football fans you get at Premier League games nowadays (I know this is from the SPL but still).

Myself I know it in English, mainly through going to watch Celtic though I was never taught it at home. As I never learnt Irish in school, I don't know it. I'd love to learn it and I've tried to in the past but my pronunciation of Irish is shocking enough as it is and am comic relief for my cousins out there when I do go back home to Ireland (my family live in the Gaeltacht but still Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste). Having no grasp of an Irish education makes myself one of the many Irish diaspora very difficult to learn the national anthem in Irish, although I'm sure many of the Irish born will say so as well :pac:.

bwatson

Fromthetrees wrote: »

The Scots know the English version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTmPANoMPtg

The incrediblly ironic thing with that video is that it is these people who pretend to be the most perplexed when Northern Ireland fans sing the "English" national anthem.

Pedant

I edited the lyrics.

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪

We hate Fianna Fáil;
They're bastards who ruined Ireland.
Now we're on the dole,
And the EU's up our hole.

Fine Gael - the same,
And Labour turncoat bastards!
We are slave to the banks and IMF.

And now we solute the Bundestag,
Merkel, Hollande and Van Rompuy.

But 'NO' I say, my dear countrymen!
We must declare ANARCHY!!

♪ ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪

I think it fits in pretty well. If anyone has their own version, don't hesitate to edit the above. Now, let's sing along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygzJtJwPnk

up for anything

mikemac1 wrote: »

Here in the midlands they turn up the lights at the end of the night in the nightclubs and play it

Confab wrote: »

*Shudder*

What a nauseating smug thing to do.

Strange thing for you to say. It was custom when I was growing up. Every dance, disco and hop plus all the singing pubs would finish the night with it preparatory to throwing out time. You could stand or sit as you pleased and generally people would hush for it.

For me it signaled trepidation, and then delight or heart failure as the full lights would come on with it and reveal whether I'd landed myself with a spotty oik or a John Travolta lookalike to walk me home.