Editing Ireland's Call (section)

{{Short description|National song at some sporting events}}
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'''"Ireland's Call"'''  is a song by [[Phil Coulter]] used as a national anthem by some sports competitors representing the [[Ireland|island of Ireland]], originally the [[Ireland national men's rugby union team|Ireland men's rugby union team]]. 

It was commissioned by the [[Irish Rugby Football Union]] (IRFU) for the [[1995 Rugby World Cup|1995 World Cup]], because a substantial minority, around 20%, of the IRFU's members are from [[Northern Ireland]] and the use of the anthem of the [[Republic of Ireland]] ("[[Amhrán na bhFiann]]") was considered inappropriate. <ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/csc/reports/sugdenharvie/sugdenharvie95-3.htm
|title=Sport and Community Relations in Northern Ireland 3.2 Flags and anthems
|first1=John|last1=Sugden|first2=Scott|last2=Harvie
|year=1995
|access-date=26 May 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502190044/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/csc/reports/sugdenharvie/sugdenharvie95-3.htm
|archive-date=2 May 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Fanning|first=Bryan|title=Irish Adventures in Nation-Building|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C_eSDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181|access-date=8 February 2018|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781784993221|page=181}}</ref>

While some all-island [[sports governing body|sports governing bodies]] use "Amhrán na bhFiann" in international competition (for example, the [[Irish Athletic Boxing Association]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iaba.ie/black-sea-gold-molloy/ |title=Black Sea Gold For Molloy |quote=Amhran na bhFiann has received many an airing at the Black Sea holiday resort in international competition in recent years, and Irish team manager Gerry O'Mahony was thrilled to hear the Irish national anthem again today. |date=15 March 2016 |publisher=Irish Athletic Boxing Association |access-date=8 February 2018 }}; {{cite web|url=http://iaba.ie/site3/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IABA-Sponosrship-Proposal-Latest-March.pdf#page=3|title=Road To Rio; Sponsorship Opportunity|quote=32 county sport|publisher=Irish Athletic Boxing Association|page=3|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829134221/http://iaba.ie/site3/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IABA-Sponosrship-Proposal-Latest-March.pdf#page=3|url-status=dead}}</ref>) others do not, and many have followed the IRFU in using "Ireland's Call", including [[Hockey Ireland]],<ref name="Clerkin2015"/> the [[Irish Cricket Union]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/media/photos/ireland-v-australia-wt20|title=Ireland v Australia WT20   |quote=Ireland at the anthem; Ireland's Call rings out across [[R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium|the Premadasa]]|date=19 September 2012|publisher=Cricket Ireland|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> [[Rugby League Ireland]]<ref name="Clerkin2015"/><ref name="rli2017">{{cite web|url=https://rli.ie/2017/11/04/urugby-league-ireland-live-ireland-vs-papua-new-guinea/|title=Live: Ireland vs Papua New Guinea|quote=We are minutes away from kick off as Ireland's call bells out at the [[PNG Football Stadium|National Football [Stadium]]]|date=4 November 2017|publisher=Rugby League Ireland|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=9 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209062946/https://rli.ie/2017/11/04/urugby-league-ireland-live-ireland-vs-papua-new-guinea/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Irish Korfball Association.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PPXZOCvXsYw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211101220908/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPXZOCvXsYw&t=730 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPXZOCvXsYw&t=730 |title=IKF European Korfball Championship Round 1 West : France — Ireland |author=International Korfball Federation |author-link=International Korfball Federation |date=5 June 2016|work=ikfchannel|publisher=Youtube|time=12m10s|access-date=11 February 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The song has attracted some opposition, both on musical grounds and from [[Irish nationalist]]s who would prefer "Amhrán na bhFiann".<ref>{{cite news |title=Is it time Soldier's Song and Ireland's Call were scrapped? |date=17 November 2007 |newspaper=Irish Daily Mirror |first=Lynne |last=Kelleher }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/life/irelands-call-a-show-of-two-halves-31535608.html|title=Ireland's Call: a show of two halves |last=O'Doherty|first=Ian|date=19 September 2015|work=[[Irish Independent]]|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> Journalist Malachy Clerkin wrote on its 20th anniversary, "It has run the gamut with a sceptical and often hostile public, from deep loathing to grudging acceptance to growing pockets of reasonably throated support."<ref name="Clerkin2015"/>