"Give It a Lash Jack" is a song by Liam Harrison and the

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Celebrities. The song was released to mark Ireland's

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campaign. It reached number one in the

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in May 1990 and stayed there for 2 non-consecutive weeks. It was followed up in 1994 by "Give It A Lash Again". In a 2011 interview on

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, film director

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said that he and

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had agreed that "Give It A Lash Jack" was the "greatest Irish song ever written". The song is sung in the Sky TV series ''

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'', series 2 episode 1, which takes place during the

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References

1990 songs Cultural depictions of association football players Liam Harrison (musician) songs Republic of Ireland national football team songs Republic of Ireland at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Association football songs and chants 1990s in Irish music {{1990s-song-stub