Not as a rule, I have seen her at plenty of Qualifiers but not all AFAIK
I think it's a tradition in all 6nations fixtures to have the head of state or a rep of the Head of state of the home country for each match
Does the President attend ROI football matches, and get presented to the teams in the same way as she does at rugby internationals?
Not as a rule, I have seen her at plenty of Qualifiers but not all AFAIK
I think it's a tradition in all 6nations fixtures to have the head of state or a rep of the Head of state of the home country for each match
All you need to know is found at the President of Ireland website;Originally Posted by Blanchflower
http://www.president.ie/
She married btw.
When she's at the quallifiers do they wheel her out on to the pitch to meet the teams?
I love the delay it brings to proceedings!!!
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No she walks.
Good old Mary. Always liked her, think that she is a good president
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Well Blanchflower; you either fancy her or you don't want her at the rugby matches anymore. Which is it?
Why would anyone boo the president of ireland at an ireland game?
I hear the IFA have complained to FIFA over the 'poaching' of the Belfast born president
...And now to wipe the coffee that i just spat all over my monitor while laughing....I hear the IFA have complained to FIFA over the 'poaching' of the Belfast born president
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Taking this down a dodgy off-track and Just on a point of info for Blanch -a rugby adherent mate of mine told me the one and only reason that Soldiers Song is played at Ireland Rugby internationals in Dublin is the presence of the President of Ireland. ...I know it's a point of contention for no small number of northern rugby supporters.
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Your rugby-adherent-mate is talking balls.
Taking this down a dodgy off-track and Just on a point of info for Blanch -a rugby adherent mate of mine told me the one and only reason that Soldiers Song is played at Ireland Rugby internationals in Dublin is the presence of the President of Ireland. ...I know it's a point of contention for no small number of northern rugby supporters.
what about that spotlight program anyway ...lol
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The one and only reason is that the game is in the Republic of Ireland, ergo the national anthem is played. As has been endlessly discussed elsewhere, the IRFU then broke their own rule when the played at Ravenhill last year and didn't play the NI (GSTQ) anthem in addition to Ireland's Call.
Taking this down a dodgy off-track and Just on a point of info for Blanch -a rugby adherent mate of mine told me the one and only reason that Soldiers Song is played at Ireland Rugby internationals in Dublin is the presence of the President of Ireland. ...I know it's a point of contention for no small number of northern rugby supporters.
Not exactly true. But not far away.
Taking this down a dodgy off-track and Just on a point of info for Blanch -a rugby adherent mate of mine told me the one and only reason that Soldiers Song is played at Ireland Rugby internationals in Dublin is the presence of the President of Ireland. ...I know it's a point of contention for no small number of northern rugby supporters.
The Soliders Song is not regonised by the IRFU as the national athemn of all Ireland. Up until 50 years ago all home Ireland rugby matches alternated between Dublin and Belfast. When the game was played in Belfast God Save the Queen/King was played to acknowledge the jurisdiction in which the game was been played. And when the game was played in Dublin the Soldiers Song was played to acknowledge that the game was been played in the south. Up until the mid-90's, when Ireland played away from this Island, no athemn was played until that crap that is Ireland's Call came into being. That's why the two athemn's are played at home games.
There was a huge uproar in the North before the last World Cup when God Save the Queen wasn't played before the Ireland v Italy game. This was the first International in the North in 50 years. The Ulster fans felt that they were made stand for the Soldiers Song when they watched Ireland play in Dublin over the previous 50 years and that their jurisdiction wasn't recognised when the game was played in Belfast last year. Only Ireland's call was played.
Also, if you look closely at home rugby internationals, you will see three flags flying. The Irish tricolour, the visiting nations flag and the Ulster flag.
And what a completely illogical policy that is.
No it's not illogical at all - quite the opposite really and a fair comprise I think. In fact the 'Ulster' flag flown is the original yellow 'Irish' version of the provincial flag rather than the red and white one with the red hand of Ulster in the middle favoured by the Unionist tradition of the North. So I'm surprised some Northern people aren't up in arms about that.And what a completely illogical policy that is.
Any I think it's brilliant that both traditions from the island are representing the island together - unfortunately can't see it happening in soccer any time soon though.
Isnt the presidential salute a shorter snappier version of the soldiers song? That may be the cause of confusion over link between president and anthem. Is Blanchflower going to explain why he asked such a random question?
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