IT HAS become a second anthem and almost everyone in Ireland can sing it, but now fans of the Fields of Athenry will have to learn some new words after the song's composer was moved to pen an ...
Irish Central: Co Down man fined after repeatedly singing "The Fields of Athenry"
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) fined Newry man Thomas Martin after he refused to stop singing the "Fields of Athenry" back in 2020. Martin, 19, allegedly kept singing the beloved Irish ...
Irish Central: How "The Fields of Athenry" became Ireland’s most famous song
"The Fields of Athenry" is the most famous Irish song of its generation, perhaps the most popular ever, yet very few seem to know its history and background. "The Fields of Athenry" has more than 846 ...
RTE Online: Why do Irish sports fans sing 'The Fields of Athenry'?
Analysis: From soccer to rugby, Pete St John's classic is the Irish fans' song of choice on terraces everywhere Fields of Athenry is a song that has been described as 'the unofficial national anthem ...
Irish Central: Mourners sing “Fields of Athenry” at candlelight vigil for camogie player Kate Moran
Mourners sing “Fields of Athenry” at candlelight vigil for camogie player Kate Moran
Irish Central: Fields of Athenry songwriter Pete St John dies aged 90
Pete St John, the Irish singer-songwriter who wrote the Fields of Athenry and the Rare Auld Times, has died at the age of 90. St John, who was born Peter Mooney in Dublin in 1932, died peacefully at ...