I remember watching this game in Valencia, my home town, and this song kept stucked in my mind, as it showed so much courage and pride in a clear defeat. The day after Spain won the Euro 2012, I went with some schoolmates to Donaghmede, Dublin, to learn English. Once there, in the first week of classes, our teachers taught us what this song meant and their lyrics. Since then, each time I hear it and each time I watch irish people chanting it, I can’t manage to not get emotional. Some years later, when Celtic came to play against Valencia for the Europa League eightfinals, I went to the stadium’s WC during the halftime, where I saw myself surrounded by lots of Irish fans. The deep joy I felt when I started the chant (I saw the chance of my life), and my valencian friends were looking at the massive thing it became, is one of the most unexplainable feelings I ever felt! Long live Ireland!! 💚

Considering the history of ireland, the suffering of its people and the meaning of this song this is truly a fucking great moment. Greetings with shivers from Germany.

There's 4 kinds of irish songs: 1. I met a bonnie fair lass and she was fair and bonnie 2. We fight the British 3. I was drunk af and it was awesome 4. I left Ireland and miss it dearly

I'm from Spain and I was so happy to see the score of 4:0 on the table. However, when those dear fellows from Ireland started to sing I realized what football really means!!! Thank you Boys in Green for giving me the opportunity to share this great spirit with you!! My heart belongs to Ireland and its outstanding fans!!

I remember this... I watch it on belgian TV... And the speaker stop talking, just to let us hear that beauty... So much goosebumps

This song was first sang as an anthem by the Glasgow Celtic fans around 1990 ..Pete St John who wrote this song acknowledged the Celtic fans by presenting Celtic Football Club with the original words and actually performed it at Celtic Park to thank the Glasgow Irish. RIP Pete St John.

''If you are lucky to be Irish, you are lucky enough'' You are wonderful, great respects from Italy!!

I'm half Irish and half Spanish, so I was confused as to which team I should support, but Fields of Athenry convinced me to root for Ireland! Go on lads! Celtic brothers, Spain and Ireland! 🇪🇸🇮🇪

One of most beautiful moments in football history!!!!, a moment of Honor, pride and respect!!! Thank to all irish fans from Mexico to Ireland GRACIAS AMIGOS!

It's the moment I remember the most from the competition. It was..beyond words. We love you irish people, greetings from France

As an Englishman who has lived in Ireland for 18 years(getting used to it) it makes me proud to know my son's are brought up as Irishmen(my wife's Irish) and this song moves me.

The Best moment from Euro 2012, Irish fans in Gdańsk. Greatings from south part of Poland

3 years and I still get the shivers. I want this played at my funeral.. lads be banging on my coffin spilling beer on the alter. Father jack giving the sermon

This is why we the spaniards love the irish people...what a lesson for the world. Long life to Ireland from Spain

From an Englishman... You people are a credit to your wonderful land . God bless you all ❤

Das sorgt auch heute noch für Gänsehaut. Thanks Irish Fans.

unforgettable. U irish guys made yourselves immortal with this one!

i'm italian, from turin, and I memorized this song in its original language! It's beautiful. Free Ireland!!!

RIP Pete St John, looking down us now, his songs will never be forgotten.

I was at this match, something amazing ... God save Ireland. Greetings from Poland

We love you Irish ! Greetings from Silesia from Poland !

This is absolutely amazing. I 'm from Poland and the fans from Ireland from EURO 2012 are remembered very fondly

Amazing Irish people. You lost the game but you gained everybody's love

Best fans ever ! Irish people are wonderful and ireland the best country of the world ! Respect from Switzerland !

I remember watching this game in Spain, the Spanish commentators were amazed by the Irish crowd still singing like this even though they were losing 4-0 (I think) They even said to get goosebumps. Spain went on to win it but this group stage game still one of the best memories of that tournament. This is how we should all celebrate football and life!

I'm a french canadian. I love the Irish culture. I heard that my grandmother as her own grandmother coming from Ireland. Now I wish to travel in this fabulous country

It created telly history as commentators were enraptured by this sheer magnificence hence they hushed as the fans belted out this most uplifting rendition of an all-encompassing Irish history song. Never ceases to inspire me! Eirinn Go Beach!

Irish fans it was amazing!!! Celtic soul truly only knows how to sing so. Greetings from Poland.

My favourite song of all time, my dad sang it all the time to my mother, who is from co mayo, I wouldn't mind but my dad's name was Griffiths (Wales). He loved Ireland. God bless you dad. ❤❤❤

I'm not Irish but their songs just get to me truly breathtakingly loyal to their homeland 👏👏👏👏👏

Magnificent. Respect from Tel Aviv. Shalom!

I love it. You can defeat us but you can never break us. Finnish guy here, love your music too :)

I don't consider myself an emotional guy but I cry every time I hear this song.

I miss you at the Euros. Ireland is the greatest country in the world. Greetings from Germany🇩🇪🇮🇪

I'm Welsh & old enough to remember the old Cardiff Arms Park crowd so I'm well used to hearing incredible singing from sports crowds but I had proper goose bumps listening to this! You have to love the passion & pride of the Irish. Thanks for the upload Lynda.

Greetings from Spain for all the irsih people we love the irish people here ..good luck

There's just one moment in football history that immediately makes me cry, just when I see the title of a video that makes us experience these moments again again. As a German Schalke supporter who went through many valleys of darkness with his team this is the most memorable football moment of my life. Not that I was at the final in Milan when we won the UEFA Cup in 97 or losing the championship by just 4 minutes.... THIS is it. This is why we love to suffer and this is why we love to celebrate. This is football! God bless the Irish supporters!

Soy vasco, cuando estuve en Irlanda,en el 94,nos trataron bien no.... muyyyy bien!!Las personas más maravillosas que he conocido viajando.... escuchando esta maravilla, sólo me caen lágrimas, pero de felicidad!! Que grandes sois!!Gora Ireland!!!👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍

достойные Болельщики. Уважение вам и низкий поклон за такую подержку... Привет из Дагестана...

Went for a scholar trip to your magificent country, we were quite like you and we share the same value ! Greetings from Bretagne my friend

From a protestant Northern Ireland supporter there is something about this song that makes it one of the most powerful in the world and hopefully both countries qualify for many tournaments to come as shown in the euros they put their differences aside and we're easily both highlights of the tournament.

Greetings and a deep respect from Spain. Listening to this song, I'm also feel Irish

Astounding to hear again , pure joy and magic .

Beautiful. I actually wouldnt mind listening to 10s of 1000s of Irish fans around me singing Fields over and over throughout a game. All the best Eire! 🇮🇪

Great country, great people, great atmosphere, great, emotional song with historical message ... Good Luck Irish friends from Poland.

respect from Portugal! Amazing Irish supporters!!

I am not even Irish and still get a pump watching the fans sing this song!!! Amazing!

Fucking love being irish im proud of my country and my ancestors i will die for ireland in a heartbeat KEEP SINGING MY IRISH BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Studied in Ireland when I was 15, great life experience, Irish fan ever since. Eire will be missed along with its fans, the best in the world on this next world cup!

Wow ! Am a German Australian. Not into football in any big way and have never seen this before. Absolutely fantastic ! That so many fans know this wonderful song and can sing it so fully and for so long. Congratulations to you all.

Brilliant.....love the Irish., been over a few times now, love the people, love the countryside. love the Guinness..such a warm and welcoming people... peace be with you xx

Danke das es Euch gibt,Irish Fans😍

You Irish Fans are the best of the world! You raise against fifa and uefa and commercialization and capitalism, i love you!

The most beautiful in football history! :) from Hungary!

I got goosebumps listening to this! Much admiration for you Irlandeses! From Mexico.

Regards from Germany, one of the best Moments in Football History!

Fell in love with this song because of the Liverpool adaption. Such a impactful and meaningful song about the Irish famine.

This is the most memorable moment of 2012, im not irish but i still remember this scene, it was the end of the game 5 or 6 minutes, and commentator was silenced for the whole time and at the end said man of the match belongs to these fans, its my memory from 2012, well done lads i still got chills and goosebumps

unbelivable Irish Fans what a support amazing..Greats from Germany

My brother and I were there for this. It was simply amazing. I'll never forget it, thanks for the video! PS - As cool as this was, the way the Spanish fans and Irish fans interacted together on the trams out of Gdansk were great too...so much respect. And the Irish and Polish people fell in love with each other in that tournament too.

6 years ago already does not feel like that at all!! Me and a lot few of my friends were sitting in a section with a few Spanish fans us Irish were belting it out and there was tears from the Spanish fans they couldn't believe the passion we had for our country at 4-0 down unbelievable and a great memory to have for the rest of my life

Best fans I have ever seen.Much respect from China.

I'm scottish but I'll always have a place in my heart for the Irish! :')

Once when my dad was in thailand he went to a pub with a few friends and they ended up making friends with some Aussie guys. There was about 12 of them, half Aussies and half Irish walking down the street belting this at the top of their lungs. Us Irish and Aussies always seem to band together wherever we go haha. Love you Aussies. Ireland and Australia brothers forever 🇨🇮🇦🇺❤️

Thank you for posting this. I remember watching this, mesmerized. Their team was being torched, and yet Ireland was victorious. As ever they are.

Equivalent of saying: You can beat me, but you will never defeat me!

Love this. As an irish American my great grandfather was from Westmeath I'm long overdue for a visit to Ireland

Irish fans are fabolous. Greetings from Catalonia.

Irish people are amazing. I have afew friends that moved to the states, and every summer when school is out they go back to Ireland. I went with them for 3 summers because our families became so close. I have to say it's just a fun vibe all around in Ireland. I have Irish roots, indian and german roots. I want to someday track my Irish family down on my dads side. Cant wait for this summer!

This was the greatest experience of watching a sport in my life. It's haunting and deeply profound.

Best support i ever saw. greetings from germany

Love you Irish fans You guys have such passion x

Wow my dad was a paddy,brought tears to my eyes I've never seen anything like this, looking at irish songs and this came up. I'm English and proud but always love the irish. So proud of you guys.

As our dear Emerald Isle is on lockdown, we all need to forge this unity and solidarity. Stand together and create the path to better times, one love, one country united. Let's do it lads, love and hugs to all the countries deeply affected by this virus and Lord rest those taken by this disease, we will rise again.

Yo estuve en ese partido y no he podido olvidar esa canción , se me siguen poniendo los pelos de punta cada vez que la escucho ..... nosotros les goleamos en el campo pero ellos nos golearon en la grada

A proud Irishman, born in Canada 4 generations deep. But an Irishman nonetheless

everytime i hear this song i get chills up my back and down my arms it's just so beutiful

Massive respect from 🇵🇹!! This is what makes football a beautiful sport!

This is fucking amazing. As a scouser Englishman, I could never feel prouder to be part Irishman when I hear this song.

I still cry every time I watch this. It's the most compelling sports fandom event I can think of. If you ever need to explain to someone why you care about sports, show them this.

I have Irish family connections but consider myself a Brit. As a Brit I can say anyone with a soul, of any nationality couldn't fail to be moved by such a wonderful rendition of a fine old song by those Irish fans. Special moment.

I remember this night. It was magic. I only watched it over the TV, but I really hope I will one time experience something like this myself. This is amazing... makes me cry.

Why does this song always make me cry!? ❤

I don't know why but sometimes I feel like an Irish, never even met any irish people before, but then I just found myself listening fields of athenry :D best regards from Turkey :)

This makes me so proud to be irish! They'll never defeat our spirit!

Go Ireland! 🍀 Greetings from Catalonia.

I remember this it always has me in tears. I remember watching this with my late mom and just hearing her crying. Beautiful

This is the best moment in sports history, Hands. Down.

Remember watching this live from New Zealand and just being captivated listening to it. 4-0 down, the teams going home and all that you can hear is a bunch of mad football fans singing. one of the great sporting moments for me. This kinda passion just cant be bought or taken for granted. Love it.

Amazing! Thank God for the Irish.

Low lie the Fields of Athenry Where once we watched the small free birds fly. Our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing It's so lonely 'round the Fields of Athenry.

Our song Our story Our people Our nation Éire 🇮🇪🇮🇪

Im from holland......so proud of the irish fans..... i wish they could replace the english at anytime

Best fans ever in my opinion, I have never seen any other fans close to the Irish when it comes to supporting their team even when losing by a couple of goals.We have finally got through lads, bring on France and lets try our best and we will be singing the Fields of Athenry in victory!

From the shores of Botany Bay - we are with you!

This just goes to show everyone what it means to support your team. You pay the money for flights and match tickets, you sit there with your fellow Irishmen and Irishwomen and when you're getting your ass handed to you, what do you do? You belt out one of the best songs about your country that was ever written. Singing in the process of being defeated in an auld game of soccer. Why? FUR DA CRAIC LAD!!!! In my opinion, this needs to happen again. At this year's Euros, with The Notorious, or even the Olympic games. There is something about Irish sporting fans like this that needs to be seen more often.

Brilliant. Born in England, heart in Ireland ever. John Brannigan.

You guys beat us in the Qualifikation.. you deserved it Hope to hear this Sound in France :) good luck and all the best from BOSNIA.. YNWA

respect total!! heureusement que des supporters comme ça existent !! milles bravos

I could be crying out of joy, that‘s what the song makes with me!