I'd like to express a warm-hearted thank you to Claire Davidson for being a fabulous [Irish] friend and writing all this out for the site, including the national anthem's translations.

Ireland's Call
Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer our countries call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland

Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Ireland, Ireland
We'll answer Ireland's call

Irish National Anthem:
"Sinne Fianna Fáil
A tá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buion dár slua,
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Fé mhóid bheith saor.
Sean tír ár sinsir feasta,
Ní fhagfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráil,
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil,
Le guna screach fé lámhach na bpiléar,
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann."

English Translation:
Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave. Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song

The Fields Of Athenry [sung mainly by Munster supporters]

By a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl callin'
Michael they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyn's corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.

Low lie the fields of Athenry,
Where once we watched the small free bird fly
Our love was on the wing, we had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

By a lonely harbour wall she watched the last star falling
As that prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she'll live in hope and pray
For her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry.

Low lie the fields of Athenty,
Where once we watched the small free bird fly
Our love is on the wing,we had
dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry. x1

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