Ireland's Call
Ireland's Call is a song commissioned by the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1995 to be sung before the start of the Irish national rugby union team . The composer is Phil Coulter . Later it was also taken over by the national hockey , cricket , korfball and rugby league teams .
These teams represent both the Republic of Ireland and the the United Kingdom belonging to Northern Ireland . Only teams that represent the Republic of Ireland alone sing the Irish national anthem Amhrán na bhFiann . In all other cases, Amhrán na bhFiann and Ireland's Call are played one after the other for home games in the Republic of Ireland, and Ireland's Call only for away games.
Usually only the first verse is sung, followed by the chorus. The chorus is then repeated in a higher pitch. At the end the last line of the chorus is also repeated.