`Ireland's call'

Sir, - Last year in Stade de Paris, my enjoyment of a great Irish victory on the rugby field was marred by the official announcement…

Sir, - Last year in Stade de Paris, my enjoyment of a great Irish victory on the rugby field was marred by the official announcement of the playing of the Irish National Anthem, followed by a rendition of Ireland's Call.

I decided this may just have been an error by the French master of ceremonies in the stadium and made no comment.

On Saturday in Rome, the Italian master of ceremonies made the same announcement, followed again by Ireland's Call. I cannot believe it to be just another error.

If the IRFU is unwilling/ashamed/embarrassed to play the National Anthem on foreign soil, so be it. However, please do not insult our nation, the many thousands of Irish supporters and our foreign hosts by pretending that Ireland's Call is our official anthem. - Yours, etc.,

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Paul Kelly, Marlow Bottom, Buckinghamshire, England.