Wolfe Tones frontman Brian Warfield has blasted “the begrudgers” who called for the women’s national team to apologise for singing ‘Ooh ah, up the ‘Ra’.
The singer even disputed the song was connected with the Provisionals. Speaking yesterday, Warfield said: “The song they celebrated with was their own choice. It happened to be a great song written by me. And I support the song the whole way through.”
Ireland women’s team manager Vera Pauw and the FAI have apologised after a video went viral of players singing the pro-IRA chant in the dressing room after their play-off win over Scotland. Brian explained he wrote Celtic Symphony in 1987 to celebrate the centenary of Glasgow Celtic Football Club and the ‘Up the ‘Ra’ lines in it referred to graffiti he saw on a wall in the Scottish city.
