[quote=âcaoimhaoinâ]That Athenry has fuck all to do with Munster.
Defending the Liverpool side of it is just as crazy as Munster. I do see something in the Glasgow Celtic singing it, but at the end of the day its still a Galway song.
I donât think the guy who wrote it, or who it was about ended up in either Glasgow or Liverpool ( or Munster for that fact either).[/quote]
pete st john wrote it in the 80âs
he sang it a few times at Celtic park as he saw the celtic fans had picked it up due to the fact its a song about emmigration
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]Liverpoolâs version is very much tongue in cheek. It is harmless, written about an Irish footballer and the words are changed.
Munster fans sing it as if they are representative of Ireland when they sum up a lot of what is wrong about it.[/quote]
so when the irish footballer retired and later on they changed it into a song about an English footballer do you not think that was a bit ridiculous?
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]Liverpoolâs version is very much tongue in cheek. It is harmless, written about an Irish footballer and the words are changed.
Munster fans sing it as if they are representative of Ireland when they sum up a lot of what is wrong about it.[/quote]
The irony in that post is staggering. One thing thats wrong with Ireland is people who fanatically follow EPL clubs and then in time start acting like their fellow soccer thug fans who follow the same team in England. As in they become more English than the English themselves.
Hilarious.
[quote=âfarmerinthecityâ]That was written for Steve Heighway, who is Irish, now being adopted for Stevie Gerrard, which I admit doesnât make any sense.
At least they sing about the Fields of Anfield Road, which is a reference to Liverpool and not about Athenry which has nowt to do with Munster.[/quote]
Bollox, the Fields of Athenry wasnât written until 1979. Heighway was nearly finished when the original was written.
Liverpool have only started singing very recently, long after Heighwayâs time. He is mentioned in the song but thats it. It came about after a few locals in The Albert started singing it pre-game.
I remember Buccaneers won some cup or league in 1999 and they were all on the pitch afterwards singing The Fields. I think its the only ever time Iâve heard a Connacht / Galway team singing the song!
Maybe Ulster should start singing Boolavogue or Connacht sing the Rose of Mooncoin just to balance things out. Iâll start lobbying the Leinster fans to sing Sean South at the next home match in the RDS.
its funny the munster fans giving out about the Celtic fans signing it when the guy who wrote it was a Celtic fan that sang it at Celtic park & has talked on many occasions why it means so much to Celtic fans
[quote=âMacâ]I remember Buccaneers won some cup or league in 1999 and they were all on the pitch afterwards singing The Fields. I think its the only ever time Iâve heard a Connacht / Galway team singing the song!
Maybe Ulster should start singing Boolavogue or Connacht sing the Rose of Mooncoin just to balance things out. Iâll start lobbying the Leinster fans to sing Sean South at the next home match in the RDS.[/quote]
I like it, a bit of cross border drunken singing. Best thing youâve ever come up with in fairness Mac.
[quote=âMacâ]I remember Buccaneers won some cup or league in 1999 and they were all on the pitch afterwards singing The Fields. I think its the only ever time Iâve heard a Connacht / Galway team singing the song!
Maybe Ulster should start singing Boolavogue or Connacht sing the Rose of Mooncoin just to balance things out. Iâll start lobbying the Leinster fans to sing Sean South at the next home match in the RDS.[/quote]
Mac
First time I ever heard it a sporting occasion was Galway Kilkenny AIHF in 1993. Pre new Croke Park, loads of Galway supporters on the Hill and they sang it.
The next time I seriously remember it at any sporting occasion was the playoff defeat to Holland in 1995 at Anfield
Funny how things change and evolve- when I first started going to Ireland rugby games they used to sing Molly Malone, youâd struggle to hear that at a Leinster game nowadays
First time I ever heard it a sporting occasion was Galway Kilkenny AIHF in 1993. Pre new Croke Park, loads of Galway supporters on the Hill and they sang it.
The next time I seriously remember it at any sporting occasion was the playoff defeat to Holland in 1995 at Anfield
Funny how things change and evolve- when I first started going to Ireland rugby games they used to sing Molly Malone, youâd struggle to hear that at a Leinster game nowadays
WBY[/quote]
Much better for a match. Shorter, and gives a better haunting sound from the crowd.
We love singing about the bad old days though donât we.
First time I ever heard it a sporting occasion was Galway Kilkenny AIHF in 1993. Pre new Croke Park, loads of Galway supporters on the Hill and they sang it.
The next time I seriously remember it at any sporting occasion was the playoff defeat to Holland in 1995 at Anfield
Funny how things change and evolve- when I first started going to Ireland rugby games they used to sing Molly Malone, youâd struggle to hear that at a Leinster game nowadays
WBY[/quote]
Iâve only been at 2 Galway matches in my life and it wasnât sang at either. Then again, Galway didnt have much to sing about in those games. Its got to the stage where its not really about Galway anymore.
Just for you WBY, Iâll try and get a rendition of Molly Malone going on the Hill on Saturday. The Hill belted it out on the day we matured as a nation and it actually made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Even the lads around in the Munster caps and Munster jackets with their hip flasks of Cashels Cider were singing it as well. Its a much more powerful song than the fields if you have the right people singing it.