"Give It a Lash Jack" is a song by Liam Harrison and the GOAL Celebrities. The song was made for Ireland's

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

campaign. It reached number one in the charts in May 1990 and stayed there for 2 non consecutive weeks. It was followed up in 1994 by " Give It A Lash Again". In a 2011 interview on RTÉ Television, film director Jim Sheridan stated that

Bono Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...

and himself agreed that "Give It A Lash Jack" was the "greatest Irish song ever written". The song is sung in the Sky TV series '' Moone Boy'', series 2 episode 1, which takes place during the

1990 World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being M ...

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