"Ireland's Call" is a song commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union for use at international rugby union fixtures featuring the Irish rugby union team. It has since also been adopted by the Irish Hockey, Cricket and Rugby League teams. The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. ... A rugby union scrum. ... First international England 7 - 0 Ireland (15 February 1875) Largest win United States 3 - 83 Ireland (10 June , 2000) Worst defeat New Zealand 59 - 6 Ireland (6 June 1992) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Quarter Finals, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003 The Ireland rugby union team, represents... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Rugby league football (often shortened to rugby league) is a full-contact team sport played with a prolate spheroid-shaped ball by two teams of thirteen on a rectangular grass field. ...

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In each case the team represents the whole island of Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) while "Amhrán na bhFiann" (Irish for “The Soldier's Song”) - is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. In addition, the anthem’s militant Nationalist theme is seen as unacceptable by Unionists in Northern Ireland. At matches played in the Republic, both Amhrán na bhFiann (as the anthem of the Irish nation) and Ireland's Call (as the anthem of the home (Irish) team) are sung. Elsewhere, Ireland's Call is the only anthem used. Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Amhrán na bhFiann (IPA: ) is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. ... An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ... The word Unionist, simply meaning one espousing a union, has a number of connotations, depending on context: Unionists are people in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales who were historically in favour of uniting their nations into a United Kingdom, or who in modern times wish their nations to remain part... Amhrán na bhFiann (IPA: ) is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. ...

At most games today, only the first verse is sung, followed by the chorus in the same key. The chorus is then repeated in a higher key; at the end, the last line is repeated.

The song was written by Phil Coulter in 1995. He composed it because he loved hearing a combination of the Irish accents singing together.[1] It was first broadcast simultaneously in Northern Ireland on the 'Kelly' show and in the Republic of Ireland on Gay Byrne's 'Late Late Show', sung by Andrew Strong, singer in the film The Commitments, accompanied by Portadown Male Voice Choir. Phil Coulter (born February 19, 1942) is a songwriter, performer and music producer from Derry, the second city of Northern Ireland. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Born in Dublin, Ireland on November 14th 1973, Andrew Strong struck fame when he starred as Deco Cuffe in the hit Irish film The Commitments. ... The novel The Commitments was made into a film in 1991, directed by Alan Parker. ...

The lyrics of Ireland's Call displayed on big screen at Croke Park, Dublin, February 11th, 2007

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1341x878, 189 KB) The words of Irelands Call displayed before the 2007 RBS Six Nations game between Ireland and France at Croke Park. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1341x878, 189 KB) The words of Irelands Call displayed before the 2007 RBS Six Nations game between Ireland and France at Croke Park. ...

Lyrics¹

1

Come the day and come the hour

Come the power and the glory

We have come to answer

Our Country's call

From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Chorus During late Gaelic and early historic times Ireland was divided into provinces to replace the earlier system of the tuatha. ...

Ireland, Ireland,

Together standing tall

Shoulder to shoulder

We'll answer Ireland's call

2

From the mighty Glens of Antrim

From the rugged hills of Galway

From the walls of Limerick

And Dublin Bay

From the four proud provinces of Ireland

(Chorus)

3

Hearts of steel

And heads unbowing

Vowing never to be broken

We will fight, until

We can fight no more

For the four proud provinces of Ireland

(Chorus)

1. Parts of the song not usually sung are in italics.

External links

Irelands's Call in MP3

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