(if they still do that?)

(Aw-rawn na Veen)

very

Sinne Fianna Fáil

Sheen-na fee-na fall

Atá faoi gheall ag Éirinn



A-taw fwee yall egg Ay-rin





Buíon dár slua



Bween dar slewa

Thar toinn do ráinig chughainn



Har tin duh raw-nig coo-in





Faoi mhóid bheith saor



Fway vode veyh sa-ir

Sean-tír ár sinsear feasta



Shann-teer ahr shin-shir faw-sta



Ní fhágfar faoin tiorán ná faoin tráill



Nee awg-fur fwane teer-awn naw fwane trawl

Anocht a théam sa bhearna baoil



A-nukt a hame sa varna vwail



Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil



Lay gyan ahr gale cunn bawsh no sail





Le gunna scréach faoi lámhach na bpiléar



Lay gunna schrake, fway law vock nah bill-air

Seo libh canaig Amhrán na bhFiann



Shuh liv conn-ig arawn naveen

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(* You may want to add "C'mon the Cats" or "Up Kilkenny" or some such phrase at the end. That's the way I was taught it anyhow ;o) Please note also, because I learned it in South Eastern Gaeilge, some pronunciations may vary.)

Watching the start of the Dublin vs Tyrone game on Saturday, it was commented that it's unlikely you'd be able to join in singing the national anthem if you hadn't grown up in Ireland.So, for people who just want to sing along in the pub, at the start of sporting events or at the end of weddings and discos, here is the chorus of Amhrán na bhFiann in asimplified phoenetic form.Here's the music to have a practise, played by the Army Band.Amhrán na bhFiann (or The Soldier's Song) was formally adopted as the national anthem in 1926. It was written in 1907 by Peadar Kearney, an uncle of Brendan Behan and first published in 1912. It wasn't widely known until it was sung at the GPO during the 1916 Easter Rising.Full official lyrics as Gaeilge and in English can be found here Hope that helps!