Overview

• Ed Sheeran made an unannounced appearance at The Sky & The Ground pub in Wexford on August 5 during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann’s opening days.
• He joined local acts Amble, BIIRD, Beoga and Aaron Rowe to perform a mix of originals such as Castle On The Hill and traditional numbers like Wild Mountain Thyme.
• To ensure fans shut out by the packed venue could hear him, he stepped outside for an acoustic rendition of Perfect.
• The singer attributed his cultural identification as Irish to the influence of his Wexford-born grandmother.
• Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is drawing around 750,000 visitors and will host a Guinness World Record Céilí Band ensemble attempt on August 7.