The rugby anthem “Eire’s Name” has divided opinion amongst supporters, however former worldwide gamers Hugo MacNeill and Trevor Ringland say it has served a better function by giving a voice to the Northern Irish gamers on the Eire nationwide rugby workforce.
“Eire’s Name,” composed by the Grammy-nominated Northern Irish composer Phil Coulter, had its first outing on the 1995 World Cup.
Because of the sectarian divide in Northern Eire — dropped at a violent head by the Troubles, which lasted nearly three a long time from the late Nineteen Sixties to 1998 — and the area being a part of the UK, it made it unimaginable for the Northern Irish gamers to sing the Irish nationwide anthem.
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