Give it A Lash Jack - Liam Harrison & The Goal Celebrities, 1990
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- Liam Harrison performs ‘Give It A Lash Jack’ the song for the Republic of Ireland soccer team and supporters heading to the World Cup Finals in Italy.
’The Gay Byrne Radio Show’ ran a competition to find an anthem for the Republic of Ireland soccer team and supporters going to Italy for the 1990 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Finals.
The prize for the winning entry is £1000, donated by Arnold O’Byrne, Managing Director of Opal Ireland, sponsors of the Republic of Ireland team. The winning song also receives radio play and a launch on ‘The Late Late Show’.
Of the 354 competition entries, Dubliner Liam Harrison’s song ‘Give it a Lash Jack’ is declared the winner. The song makes it television debut with Liam Harrison backed by ‘The Late Late Show’ resident pianist and musical director Frank McNamara and a collection of sports people and celebrities.
The studio audience is required to join, in but Gay Byrne stops the song in mid flow to demand they rise to their feet to give greater participation.
This time I want to hear an audience joining in who are alive and breathing and wanting to be here.
When the song ends Gay Byrne asks,
Is that a winner or is it not folks, yes it is.
All proceeds from the sale of ‘Give It a Lash Jack’ by Liam Harrison and the GOAL Celebrities will go to the famine relief agency GOAL.
By mid May 1990 ‘Give It a Lash Jack’ made it to top of the Irish charts, displacing Mick Lally’s ’Byroads To Glenroe’.
On 18 March 2011, during a ‘The Late Late Show’ interview, film director Jim Sheridan recalls a conversation he had with Bono and some famous people in which they debated what is the greatest Irish song ever written. They concluded it was ‘Give it a Lash Jack’.
This episode of ‘The Late Late Show’ was broadcast on 20 April 1990. The presenter is Gay Byrne. - Zábava
Jack Charlton becoming manager of the Irish soccer team was one of the very greatest happenings in the past 100 years, Jack change Ireland and the Irish people, people walked out of their homes, they left the doors unlocked, then went out in the streets to shout out loud, jumped and dancer around, they spoke to strangers, they wore the largest smiles ever seen on human faces, they ventured into foreign lands and went to watch the most English of games, soccer.
Pretty sure Irish people have always spoken to strangers, we're often the only ones that do lol.
Sad lad
100% James god bless ya Jay Wicklow
June 1990, some of the happiest days of my life.
Love this tune its a hit..still sing it now..class
I was 8 in 1990 and it was just unbelievable. It changed the country, I think it helped start the boom. Good times
I was 6/7 them and I remember how big it was in my area that we made the world cup.
Lots of 90s references crammed into one song! Brings back alot of memories
Brill! Great memories..I was lucky enough to be in Genoa for the penalties ..aged 13…wow. Great days
A great song. I used to have one of those inflatable shamrocks. I think Jacobs biscuits had a promotion.
6 up
We'll be back there some day 🇮🇪
I remember it well. He probably was no singer' but gave it his all.😂
Nothing can touch "put em under pressure"
It’s close
But that's a close 2nd
What a tune. This is nearly up there with 'The Flame'
🙈🙈
just brilliant 💚🤍🧡👍
Great days
lies
Banger
Great times.
🗣here we go here we go here we go
It's no "Put Em Under Pressure"
True but that want original, it was old tunes cobbled together. Still a great song though.
He's nearly 70 now
Oh what a song
Happy Happy Times ⏲
The two best teams
Italy 90
USA 94
Jack Charlton and mick mccarthy were the two best managers that ireland ever had
Packy bonner was the best irish goalkeeper ever
We also had a good team in saipan 2002
Rest in peace gay byrne
I’d love to hate this song… Lol… but it’s fecking brilliant and outstanding!
Own up.. Who was it was giving Gaybo the c0l0n0sc0py at 4:17?
Couldn't see tubs doing a patch on this
Great song Italian music well
Smash them in the next world Cup
That's diffintly angelina ball in the middle of the band, before the commitments
The ruud gullit line is brilliant 👏. A bit out of date now though.
Would have given angeline ball a lash for sure :P
Irelands best chance in a tournament in our lifes
When you see england saying that they could of won world cup 1990
Ireland had just as much chance as england in that event, ireland lost to italy in rome in quarters, and the referee was totally on italian side, and could not let ireland play. Ireland were screwed over in that match, and it was great 4 years later we beat italy in new jersey
Thats the only time when i watched football, that a referee was overtly conning the game in favour of one team. Thankfully argies beat them in next round, and west germany won overall.
But ireland, had just as much chance of winning world cup 1990 as england did, and the english proclaim they could of won it. Back then england were no better then ireland.
England have never beaten italy in major tournament football.
Remember it well, but wasn’t terribly impressed by it. Put ‘em Under Pressure was the definitive tune of the time
Sadly that horrific ole ole chant wasn't left back in 1990
Angeline Ball pre commitments un there to
I was 10 years old 😂