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"God Save Ireland" is an Irish rebel song. It served as an unofficial Irish national anthem for Irish nationalists from the 1870s to the 1910s. During the Parnellite split it was the anthem of the anti-Parnellite Irish National Federation.〔 〕 The song was written by T. D. Sullivan in 1867, and first published December 7 1867, inspired by Edmund O'Meager Condon's speech from the dock when he stood trial along with the three Manchester Martyrs (Michael Larkin, William Phillip Allen, and Michael O'Brien).〔T. D., A. M., and D. B. Sullivan, ''Speeches from the Dock'', re-edited by Seán Ua Cellaigh, M. H. Gill & Son, Dublin, 1953 (from the original in 1882), pp. 366–370.〕 After the three were executed, the song was adopted as the Fenian movement's anthem. This song takes its melody from "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (The Prisoner's Hope)" a song written in 1864 by George F. Root in response to conditions in the Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prison during the American Civil War.〔(Civil War Song and Music ) at Melogare.com〕 This tune is also used in "Jesus Loves the Little Children." John McCormack, an Irish tenor residing in the United States, had a big hit with the number, making the first of his popular phonograph records of it in 1906. For this reason, he was not welcome in the United Kingdom for several years. Between 1867 and 1916 "God Save Ireland" was referred to as the "Irish national anthem", being sung at every gathering of Irish nationalists, both in Ireland and abroad. It was sung by the insurgents during the Easter Rising of 1916, but thereafter it fell out of favour, and was replaced by "The Soldiers' Song".〔O'Day (1987), p. 16〕 ==In Sport== The song was sung at football matches by fans of the Republic of Ireland team. The melody of the chorus was adapted for Ally's Tartan Army, the Scotland national football team's anthem for the FIFA World Cup 1978, this was itself adapted as the chorus of Put 'Em Under Pressure, the anthem for the Republic of Ireland team for the FIFA World Cup 1990. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「God Save Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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