What a furore this has been.
The Irish ladies have hit the headlines for two reasons this week. Firstly, they beat Scotland in a World Cup play off which sees the ladies head to the tournament at the expense of the Scots and secondly that infamous social media post where the girls were filmed signing The Celtic Symphony.
The post was met with outrage in the UK media (unsurprisingly) and the team was forced to apologise whilst having a Sky Sports presenter pontificate on whether or not the ladies team needed more education on their own countries history.
Quite the statement considering that the history of the UK’s involvement is not taught anywhere in the education system, but that debate is for another day.
But author of the song Brian Warfield has hit back furiously at the backlash the song has recieved.
As reported by The Irish Times, Warfield blasted, “There were terrible things that happened on both sides, but don’t give me the argument that it was one sided.
“Don’t tell that you can’t sing Celtic Symphony but you can sing God Save the King? Don’t give the argument that Land of Hope and Glory isn’t a rebel song. It is.
“In England they wear poppies and rise them up to sir this and sir that for killing for English expansionism but to kill to gain Ireland’s freedom is a terrible crime.”
And who can argue with that?
But I agree with the Sky Sports presenter that claims education in needed on the troubles in Ireland.
The UK schools could do with a dose of reality in learning about the UK’s involvement in not just Ireland, but in colonialism all across the globe.
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