"The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine (1845-1850) about a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family. It is a widely known and popular anthem for Celtic FC fans and Irish sports supporters.
College fight songs are usually performed by marching bands. Professional sport teams may use a wide variety of music ranging from hip hop songs to classical Irish folk songs such as the Fields of Athenry.
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I believe this jingle was wrtten by Artie Fields
Big Spender is a song from the musical Sweet Charity, with book by Niel Simon, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Pete St. John has stated he wrote the words as well as the music for the Irish folk ballad, "The Fields of Athenry." Though a claim was made in 1880 that similar words were written by someone else. The national football team in Ireland adopted this song in 1990 during the World Cup and later on by the Celtic supporters in the 1990s.
"The Fields of Athenry" is an Irish folk ballad set during the Great Irish Famine (1845-1850) about a fictional man from near Athenry in County Galway who has been sentenced to transportation to Botany Bay, Australia, for stealing food for his starving family. It is a widely known and popular anthem for Celtic FC fans and Irish sports supporters.
Athenry F.C. was created in 1971.
Sack of Athenry happened in 1572.
Athenry GAA was created in 1885.
Athenry railway station was created in 1851.
Second Battle of Athenry happened on 1316-08-10.
It is not about soccer, but The Fields of Athenry is an Irish song that is sung at many soccer matches.
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Colonel McCrae was in Canada when he wrote In Flanders Fields. He was in hospital after being shot.
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THE FIELDS OF ANFIELD ROAD the first two verses and chorus were written by a Liverpool fan Edward R Williams from Wallasey on the Wirral. It took a few years for the song to properly catch on with fans but has since developed into one of Liverpool fans favorite songs probably the most well known after you"ll never walk alone which is Liverpools official anthem but on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the hillsborough disaster THE FIELDS OF ANFIELD ROAD was used to commemorate the disaster and was released in the charts and reached number 14 in the UK top 40 chart on the 12.04.2009 and also reached number 9 in the itunes chart on the 13.04.2009. Pete st john wrote the original fields of athenry in 1979 but had no input whatsoever in the fields of anfield road and this is documented in the book written by Nicky Allt The boys from the Mersey, and also on the official fields of anfield road CD cover.