Tyrone stars involved in anthem altercation after Rebels reversal

A NUMBER of Tyrone footballers became involved in an altercation with some guests at a function in Tipperary’s Dundrum House Hotel last Saturday night.

It has emerged that some of the guests attending a large function at the hotel sang the English national anthem ‘God Save the Queen’ at the Red Hand stars.

Mickey Harte’s 2005 All Ireland football champions stayed in Dundrum House Hotel following their defeat to Cork in Saturday’s Allianz NFL clash at Páirc Uí Rinn.

“I don’t have much to say other then there was some kind of incident. It’s not a big issue, nobody was seriously hurt,” Harte told the Tipperary Voice newspaper.

In response to allegations that he was forced to step in to break up the row, Mickey Harte said: “I just made sure that everyone went their separate ways and there was nothing else to it.”

“It’s regrettable that anything should happen out of the norm but things happen every weekend that people don’t want to happen,” he said.

The Tyrone team had arrived at the Dundrum House Hotel from Cork on Saturday night losing 0-15 to 0-7.

Emotions were running high in the hotel following the Ireland v England rugby international on Saturday evening.

The English national anthem ‘God Save the Queen’ was played at Croke Park and the Tyrone players were allegedly baited at the hotel as they mingled with guests.