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How the ISL version of Amhrán na bhFiann came about

The first official performance of the ISL version
The first official performance of the ISL version

A new Irish Sign Language version of the National Anthem was this week officially performed for the first time by a deaf choir and a piper from the Defence Forces band.

But how did this new ISL version come about?

Deaf student Alain Newstead, from Bishopstown Community School in Cork, explains:

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Below Senan Dunne signs the National Anthem.

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