Fate of Amhrán na bhFiann in a united Ireland discussed at Irish Times debates

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Fate of Amhrán na bhFiann in a united Ireland discussed at Irish Times debates
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Eleven speakers spoke for and against the proposition that ‘this house believes that to achieve a united Ireland Amhrán na bhFiann would have to go’

showed that the Southern public have an emotional attachment to the Tricolour and Amhrán na bhFiann. Almost half say that losing either or both would make them less likely to vote for a united Ireland.

The thorny subject of the anthem and its place in a united Ireland, were that ever to come about, exercised the speakers at the second semi-final of the annual Irish Times debate on Friday in the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. The debates are sponsored by the Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South and the themes this year are on the prospect of Irish unity and what a united Ireland might look like.

Eleven speakers spoke for and against the proposition that “this house believes that to achieve a united Ireland Amhrán na bhFiann would have to go”. The speakers were from UCD L&H, UCD LawSoc, Maynooth L&D, the Solicitors’ Apprentice Debating Society of Ireland , the Munster Technological University and UCC Philosoph.

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