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These lads have rewritten We Didn't Start The Fire as an ode to Tipperary, and it's genius
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Comedy duo The 2 Johnnies have re-written Billy Joel’s classic We Didn’t Start The Fire to be entirely about Tipperary, and it is a masterpiece.
The song namechecks notable Tipperary folk (Una Healy, Paudie Maher, and Pat Shortt all get shout outs) and famous landmarks from Hayes Hotel to the Rock of Cashel.
Class.
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Unsurprisingly, Tipp natives are delighted with their new unofficial county anthem – it’s been shared thousands of times on Facebook since it was posted last night.
And it’ll be in our heads for the rest of the day. ROZ PURCELL, MARTIN SHEEN, FOR-TY SHADES OF GREEN…
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