Celtic to play IRA anthem

14 May 2011 13:42
Unbelievably Celtic intend to play the song Something Inside So Strong at Parkhead tomorrow. The song has been hijacked and became a favourite with IRA prisoners in the H-Blocks, and subsequently with a section of Celtic fans.   Indeed, the former commanding officer of the PIRA prisoners in the Maze prison Brendan “Bik” McFarlane performs a version of it with the band he formed upon his release.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt-xfuUroK8   It is also popular with other republican bands.   McFarlane is himself a sectarian mass-murderer - he was jailed for life for a bomb attack on a Protestant bar, survivors escaping the bar were then fired upon, as the murderers escaped they then machne-gunned a taxi rank composed of women and children.  Five people died (three men and two women).   It’s almost beyond belief that Celtic FC  would allow this.

Source: FOOTYMAD