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What is Ireland’s National Anthem?
“The Soldier’s Song” is the national anthem of Ireland (Irish: “Amhrán na bhFiann” English: / The Soldier’s Song / ), written in 1907 and first published in Irish Freedom in 1912.
Song Origin
The full text of the Soldiers Song consists of 3 subsections and a chorus. It was written by Peadar Kearney and composed by Peader Kearney and Patrick Heeney. It was sung in 1916 by the insurgents in the GPO, so it became famous. In 1926, the chorus was officially adopted as the Irish national anthem. A section of the national anthem (made up of 4 bars before the last 5 bars) also represents the Presidential Salute.
Amhrán na bhFiann, or “The Warrior’s Song”, is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. The national anthem was first written in English by Peadar Kearney in 1907, and its Irish lyrics were written by Liam ó Rinn. In 1926, the song became the official national anthem.
Song Lyrics
Irish
we are the soldiers of Ireland
Ireland has promised,
A group of our crowd
Over the waves we reached,
About being free.
The old country of our future ancestors
Will not be left under the tyrant or the slave
Tonight I go in the gap of danger,
With affection for Gaeil to death or life
With a gun screaming under the shooting of the bullets
Here you can sing Amhrán na Fiann.
English
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 sireland
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger (Gaps Of Danger)
In Erin’s cause, come woe or weal;
‘Mid cannon’s roar and rifles’ peal,
We’ll chant a soldier’s song.
Chinese
We are warriors of destiny
give life to Ireland
some [warriors] come from beyond the waves
Swear to freedom, our ancient national highways will not shelter tyrants or slaves
Tonight we guard the bearna baoil (dangerous void)
desperate for Ireland
Between the roar of the cannon and the sound of the guns, we will sing the song of the warrior.
