No rehearsal, no backing track, no problem.
Last Sunday’s AIB All-Ireland junior football championship semi-final between Rockcorry and Ardnaree almost started on a bum note when the recording of Amhrán na bhFiann gave up the ghost in Páirc Sean MacDiarmada.
You ain’t seen nothing till you’ve seen a Leitrim man in a crisis, and GAA stalwart Seán Ó Súilleábháin grabbed the microphone and embraced the old stage adage, “The show must go on”.
Well, Leitrim GAA today posted video of Ó Súilleábháin’s rendition on Facebook and it is as magnificent as what you had imagined.
Move over Nadia Forde, this is the man to sing the Soldier’s Song from here on out.
Sean Saves The Day
Posted by Leitrim GAA on Tuesday, 26 January 2016
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