From: dmurphy@ithaca.Eng.Sandy.Novell.COM (David Murphy)
Subject: Re: What is Ireland's national anthem? Is there one?
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 14:36:37 GMT

Here is the exact wording of the Irish National Anthem
as according to an Irish Goverment booklet, Facts About 
Ireland
ISBN 0 906404 21 5
Irish (come on - I learnt Irish in school, only purists called it Gaelic)
(sure to get my arse toasted on that one)

Sinne Fianna Fa/il ata/ faoi gheall ag E/irinn/, 
Bui/on da/r  
si/ua thar toinn do ra/inig chughainn.  
faoi mho/id bheith saor, Seanti/r 
a/r sinsear feasta,  
Ni/ fha/gfar faoin ti/ora/n na/ faoin tra/ill.
Anocht a the/am sa bhearna baoil, Le gean ar Ghaeil chun ba/is no/ saoil.
Le gunna scre/ach, faoi la/mhach no bpile/ar.
seo libh canai/g amhra/n na bhFiann.

English version

Soldiers are we, whose lives are pleged to Ireland.
Some have come from a land beyond the waves,
Sworn to be free, no more our ancient sirelandm
Shall shelter the despot or the slave,
Tonight we man the "bear-na-baoil",
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal,
Mid cannon's roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

End of story on this thread please.
And before anybody starts, I'm Irish living in the states and have family
members both sides of the fence, relatives in the American forces, 
Spanish American war, on,  RFC in WWI, RAF in WWII and since, and wait 
for it, my grandmothers brother was in the GPO in 1916, (for real).

And my own flame who asks a question like does Ireland have a National Atheam
in the first place.  Name me one country that doesn't have one and is older
than 5 years in existance.