"The Boys in Green" is a song by
Michael Carwood
Michael Carwood, was an Irish sports journalist, musician and songwriter.
Born in Dublin in 1948, he was educated at Dundrum National School and Oatlands College in Dublin.
In 1968, he started working for ''The Irish Press'', becoming a journal ...
a journalist with ''
The Irish Press
''The Irish Press'' (Irish: ''Scéala Éireann'') was an Irish national daily newspaper published by Irish Press plc between 5 September 1931 and 25 May 1995.
Foundation
The paper's first issue was published on the eve of the 1931 All-Ireland ...
''. The song was written for Ireland's
1988 European Championship.
Credited to the "
Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad", it spent four weeks at #1 in the Irish charts in June / July 1988, prior to the tournament the Irish Soccer team and management performed the song with Gay Byrne, on ''
The Late Late Show''.
The song was reworked by the
Dublin City Ramblers
The Dublin City Ramblers is an Irish folk band, originally formed by the name of The Quare Fellas in 1970. The band has had a long line of members and Sean McGuinness is the only current of the original line-up, that also included Patsy Watchorn ...
on their album Home and away, for the Italy 90, World Cup, with the word "Italy" use instead of Germany,
Home and Away - Dublin City Ramblers
Album Cover and the lines ''.. we can celebrate, Ireland, Ireland in Euro '88 '', was replaced with ''We'll say Ireland Ireland we're on our way to Rome, Ireland Ireland to bring the world cup home.''
References
1988 songs
Association football songs and chants
Republic of Ireland at UEFA Euro 1988
Republic of Ireland national football team songs
The Late Late Show (Irish talk show)
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