Iontach! Galway girl’s Irish dancing video for Ed Sheeran goes viral
The Irish dancing community has been reaching out to Ed Sheeran via viral video since his revelation that he will be seeking Irish dancers for his next music video.
“I’m definitely shooting a video for the song in Ireland,” he told Eoghan McDermott on his 2FM show.
In a bid to get the attention of the red-haired singer, dancers and dance troupes alike have been uploading their best steps under the hashtag #STEP4SHEERAN in a bid to gain his attention.
Chris Naish, the brainchild behind modern Irish dance concept Fusion Fighters, decided to put together a montage of some of the finest Irish talent out there in a video in the hopes that Ed's people would take notice.
The dancer and dance teacher was soon overwhelmed with entries, and has continued to post some of the best after compiling his montage video.
A troupe of eight Galway girls from the Hession School of Irish Dance have since gone viral under the #STEP4SHEERAN hashtag, in a video that has been seen on Facebook over 284,000 times.
The troupe danced up a storm at Galway's Claddagh to a medley of Ed's Shape of You and a traditional Irish tune.
Other dancers have posted videos themselves in the hopes of capturing the singers attention.
Ed recently revealed some very Irish-oriented songs on his new album, hence his hunt for Irish ceili dancers.
“I’ve got a trad band called Beoga. They’re actually from Belfast, but they’ve – it’s a fiddle, a pipe, a bodhrán and piano. And we really jam,” he explained to Eoghan McDermott.
“It’s going to be good. I do think I’ll never be able to play another song in Ireland again because this will be the song.," he said of his upcoming hit entitled Galway Girl.
“There’s a song on the bonus album that’s about Co. Wexford so there’s two Irish jams on there both with full trad."
