Irish Culture
Ireland National Anthem
The Soldier’s Song was composed in 1907, with lyrics by Peadar Kearney and music by Kearney and Patrick Heeney. The lyrics were first published in Irish Freedom by Bulmer Hobson in 1912. The Irish language lyrics were the work of Liam Ó Rinn (1888 - 1950), who was also involved in drafting the Irish language version of both the 1922 Irish Free State Constitution and the 1937 Irish Constitution. The Irish lyrics were first published in An tÓglach (the magazine of the Irish Defence Forces) on 3 November 1923.[2] The Soldier’s Song/Amhrán na bhFiann was popular among Irish republicans, and was sung by rebels in the General Post Office (GPO) during the Easter Rising of 1916, and afterwards in British internment camps. The song became the official state anthem in 1926. Click here to listen.
