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"Watch Your House for Ireland" is a song by the 1994 Republic of Ireland football squad, sponsored by Coca-Cola and with lead vocals by Christy Dignam. It was made for Ireland's 1994 World Cup campaign. The song reached the number one position in the Irish Singles chart in 1994 in the week it was released. [2] The proceeds went to the GOAL ...
The title became a catchphrase of then manager Jack Charlton, whose soundbites were sampled for the verse; the chorus was a combination of the familiar football chant "Olé Olé Olé" and a reworking of "Ally's Tartan Army" (which was itself set to the tune of "God Save Ireland"), the unofficial theme tune for Scotland in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and for 13 weeks the song was at number one in ...
Pages in category "Republic of Ireland national football team songs" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
"The Irish Roar" is a song released in May 2016 as the official anthem of the Republic of Ireland national soccer team for the 2016 European Championships, held in France. The song was performed by trad-pop group Seo Linn. [2] [3] They were commissioned to write the song after meeting FAI Chief Executive John Delaney on Easter Monday 2016. [4]
The Republic of Ireland Football Squad: 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 June [1] 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 July 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 August "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Bombalurina: 6 September "The Joker" The Steve Miller Band: 13 September [2] 20 September "I Useta Lover" The Saw Doctors: 27 September 4 ...
"The Fields of Athenry" is a song written in 1979 by Pete St. John in the style of an Irish folk ballad. Set during the Great Famine of the 1840s, the lyrics feature a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway, who stole food for his starving family and has been sentenced to transportation to the Australian penal colony at Botany Bay.
It reached number one in the Irish Singles Chart in May 1990 and stayed there for 2 non-consecutive weeks. It was followed up in 1994 by "Give It A Lash Again". In a 2011 interview on RTÉ Television, film director Jim Sheridan said that he and Bono had agreed that "Give It A Lash Jack" was the "greatest Irish song ever written". [5]
The Irish Football Association (IFA) was formed in 1880, prior to the partition of Ireland. The original Ireland national team was selected by the IFA and included players from all of Ireland. Following the creation of the Irish Free State, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) was set up and it