Thursday, September 20, 2007
It’s ‘that song’ wot sunk us…
I’m going to try and do a vox pop in Paris tomorrow on what Irish rugby fans really do think about Ireland’s Call. Shane Hegarty’s picked up some hostility towards it in within the pages of today’s Irish Times, and on RTE. Frank McNally is possibly on to something when he notes that “...as a song to unify Ireland’s two communities, it has succeeded well, if only because music-loving Catholics and Protestants seem to hate it equally.”
Mick Fealty @ 03:03 PM
and as for anthems…
“The Boys are back in town” by Thin Lizzy is a nobrainerPosted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 02:45 PMWhatabout, especially for tonight, “The frog chorus” as we all stand together?
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 02:58 PMRe. ‘The Boys are back in town’, in light of the current rumours, I don’t think some of the players need to be standing beside each other singing ‘man, when I tell you that chick was cool, she was red hot..’
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 03:36 PMNo Dozer - You’d be very much incorrect in your assessment
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 03:44 PM“Mise Eire” would be an excellent “anthem” for the team as it has no words but still very emotional and rousing. (Eire is the Irish word for Ireland in case some people think it refers to the Republic only). Not mad about Ireland’s Call but it will do. Much prefer the French or Welsh anthems.
Anyway I think Ireland will be alot better tonight but still expect them to lose by less than 10 points. Hope I’m wrong.Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 06:18 PMBilly Pilgrim did say
“I remember earlier this year standing in the Bot in Belfast, jam-packed to the ceiling with Irishmen and women of all backgrounds, religions and political persuasions, cheering on lustily as they watched our boys give the English a hiding at Croker”
Pray tell, how exactly did you know the patrons were “Irishmen and women of all backgrounds, religions and political persuasions” ?????
Also the lack of other nationalities in the bot is quite disturbing ?
your a fucking retard if you ask me
I haven’t been on this webby for a while, and now i remember why, it’s full of turds with no life, who try to “persuade” the other “side” why their political viewpoint is wrong. Everything on this web site is stained with political piss-talk poison. Grow some balls and get a life :/ we ain’t still living in the 70’s you do know.
Posted by on Sep 21, 2007 @ 10:31 PM*Serves me bloody right for jumping in and agreeing with Harry Flashman.*
Well that’s a relief, thanks for restoring normal service very rapidly there Rory, but just to repay your earlier compliment, I will now have to agree with you and say that your interpretation does indeed appear to be the correct one.
In truth I had always thought the “three hundred men and three men” scanned a little oddly and given that Horatius was supposed to have faced ten thousand Etruscans (they were Etruscans right, or did I get that wrong too?) I should have known that I might have picked it up wrong, never spotted the “Greece” reference.
Thanks for putting me right old chum, I hope it is the one and only time I ever have to say that :-).
Posted by on Sep 22, 2007 @ 12:31 AMThey were indeed Etruscans, Harry. Very big in vases, or so I’m told.
Posted by on Sep 22, 2007 @ 08:34 AM
