Ireland's Call
Rugby Union matches, and is played when the Irish rugby team is playing. The Irish anthem Amhrán na bhFiann was deemed to be inappropriate as it did not represent all the players, the teams being made up from people both from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
At most rugby matches 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.
It was written by Phil Coulter, who was commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union to write an anthem in 1995.
Ireland's Call
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
Ireland, Ireland,
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call
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
Hearts of steel
And heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight, until
We can fight no more
From the four proud provinces of Ireland
Chorus
