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Sunday World
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Ireland rugby star wows pub-goers with Fred Flintstone accordion session
Doherty's Bar in Mulranny Mayo got some star treatment from Robbie Henshaw over the weekend Robbie Henshaw wows punters in Mayo bar with his accordion skills on stag party Irish and Lions centre Robbie Henshaw was videoed in Mayo over the weekend as part of a wacky stag party. The Leinster man was in popular pub Doherty's in Mulranny in Mayo with his pals as they broke out into song. Henshaw surprised staff and locals by being an accomplished accordion player to accompany his mates who were on guitar and tin whistle. The footage was shared widely on the pub's socials over the last 48 hours receiving over 100k views. Robbie Henshaw has shown a skill for both rugby as well as music. The popular boozer were more than happy to see the former Grand Slam winner come through their doors, posting: 'We were thrilled to welcome Irish Rugby international and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw today — and who better to treat us to a few tunes on the box!' A lot of Irish rugby fans expected the rugby legend to be Down Under this summer with the British and Irish Lions but head coach Andy Farrell opted not to pick him for the successful 2-1 winning tour. The 32 year old is still a huge part of Ireland's rugby future and may even harbour hopes of making the next Lions tour of New Zealand in 2029. The centre has shown a serious aptitude for the craic agus ceol in the past and even previously showed off his accordion skills on The Late Late Show. Last year, the rugby star was spotted at the Fleadh Cheoil in Wexford and pulled out a fine version of Galway Girl to a room full of engaged punters. The Athlone native comes from a long line of musicians and has previously opened up on how trad sessions were a big factor in his family life growing up in Westmeath. Having whetted his musical appetite with the tinwhistle, the multi-talented rugby ace then moved onto the button accordian. While Robbie is clearly enjoying his summer break, his attention will soon turn to matters on the pitch once again when Leinster kick off their new season in South Africa next month. The recently-minted URC champions will also face off with bitter rivals Munster in the iconic confines of Croke Park in October.
The Irish Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Ireland rugby ace dressed as ‘Fred Flintstone' shocks pub crowd in Mayo with stunning accordion performance at stag do
The Leinster and Ireland star grabbed an accordion on stag night in Westport and belted out tunes in full fancy dress TUNE IN Ireland rugby ace dressed as 'Fred Flintstone' shocks pub crowd in Mayo with stunning accordion performance at stag do RUGBY star Robbie Henshaw had punters seeing double when he took to the accordion at a Mayo pub - dressed as Fred Flintstone. The Leinster and Ireland centre was enjoying a pal's stag do in Westport when he shocked locals with a trad session inside Dohertys bar. 2 The Ireland star donned a Fred Flinstone outfit as he showed his accordion skills in Mayo during a stag do 2 Robbie Henshaw in action for Ireland earlier this year against France in the Six Nations The Irish international, who missed out on the recent Lions tour showed off his well know musical skills on the squeezebox. Footage shared by the pub on Instagram showed Henshaw belting out tunes while his pal sings along. The pub posted the video with a caption that read: 'We were thrilled to welcome Irish Rugby international and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw today — and who better to treat us to a few tunes on the box!' The Kildare native has previously proven himself to be a man of many talents after a surreal appearance on The Late Late Show last year. And when he finished the song, he earned praise from audience members and host Patrick Kielty, after another fine display on the accordion. Despite missing out on a third British and Irish Lions tour, the Athlone man clearly isn't moping as he's hitting all the right notes. Elsewhere, Bundee Aki revealed he missed the birth of his fifth child as he prepared to face Australia in the Lions first Test match. In the lead up to the Lions 27-19 opening Test victory over the Wallabies, there was a new addition to the Aki family. Bundee's wife Kayla was in New Zealand with family when she got in touch to say she was ready to give birth. Ireland's 2024 players' player of the year's fifth child Aine Aki was born in a car on the way to the hospital, the day of her dad's second ever Lions Test appearance. Australia and Lions rugby stars are forced off the pitch mid-game due to threat of lightning He said: "I saw a baby on the video call, so she had it in the car on the way to the hospital." The Connacht centre has credited his wife for taking the whole ordeal in her stride despite the difficulty of it all.
Irish Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Ireland Rugby star Robbie Henshaw shocks Mayo pub with accordion performance
Ireland star Robbie Henshaw showed that his talents extend far beyond the Rugby pitch as he shocked a Mayo pub with his incredible performance on the accordion. Henshaw will have been disappointed to miss out on the recent British and Irish Lions tour, having previously been selected for two tours. The one positive is that he was around to spend time with his friends on a stag do. In a video shared by Wesport Boozer Dohertys, Henshaw can be seen wearing a Fred Flintstone-style costume while his friend sings along. "We were thrilled to welcome Irish Rugby international and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw today — and who better to treat us to a few tunes on the box!" the pub said in a post. It's not the first time Henshaw has been in the spotlight for his talented music, having previously performed at the Fleadh with his family, and was also put on the spot by Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty last year. Speaking about his love of music back in 2017, Henshaw told Off The Ball: "I was more nervous about music than I was with a game. Music was at the heart. It kept us all together in Athlone. "We've a big family and it kept us close to our cousins. When we meet up, we'd have sessions. Music was at the heart of that." Henshaw started out playing with the fiddle before deciding to learn the accordion. Such is the stock of the Henshaw family and their high standard of traditional music that they teamed up with trad legend Sharon Shannon to release their own album, The Secret Sessions, in 2018. The money raised went to the South Westmeath Hospice.
Extra.ie
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Robbie Henshaw wows Mayo pub with accordion tunes
Irish and Leinster rugby star Robbie Henshaw has shown he is a man of many talents after he broke out the button accordion in a pub over the weekend. The rugby international was dressed in a Fred Flinstone-inspired costume when he popped into Dohertys Bar, Mulranny in Westport. Due to the costume, which some of his peers were also wearing, it is thought he was at a Stag Do in the Mayo town. Irish and Leinster rugby star Robbie Henshaw has shown he is a man of many talents after he broke out the button accordion in a pub over the weekend. Pic: TikTok The 32-year-old was videoed sitting at the bar, with a pint of Guinness behind him, as he played a tune on the instrument. The Athlone man was accompanied by what sounded like a tin whistle before another person began singing along. Dohertys Bar, who were hosting the stag do, took to social media to share a clip of the brilliant tune. @dohertysbarmulranny We were thrilled to welcome Irish Rugby international and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw today — and who better to treat us to a few tunes on the box! #music #irishrugby #robbiehenshaw #ireland #mulranny #rugby ♬ original sound – Dohertysbarmulranny 'We were thrilled to welcome Irish Rugby international and Leinster star Robbie Henshaw today — and who better to treat us to a few tunes on the box!' they wrote alongside the minute-long video. Social media users took to the comments full of praise regarding Robbie's musical capabilities. One shared: 'Robbie's dad plays in Killeen's pub and restaurant in Shannonbridge, Co Offaly. The craic is always sensational.' The Athlone man was accompanied by what sounded like a tin whistle before another person began singing along. Pic: TikTok Another praised: 'Talented man.' A third wondered: 'So… um… none of us are questioning why they're in Fred Flinstones? Ok so…' It is unknown who's stag Robbie was on, however it certainly wasn't his own as he celebrated his one year anniversary to wife Sophie Marren earlier in the year. The couple tied the knot at the five-star Cashel Palace Hotel in Tipperary on March 21, 2024, with Sophie taking to social media this year to share how they were marking their one-year anniversary. Heading back to where they first became husband and wife, Sophie shared a snap showing two cocktails sitting on the bar alongside the caption 'back to our happy place.' Just a month after the monumental occasion, Sophie took to TikTok to give fans a glimpse behind the scenes at their big day.
Irish Times
27-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Leinster hit by injuries as Henshaw out for season and Furlong to miss Scarlets clash
Leinster have clarified that the calf injury sustained by Tadhg Furlong was 'the other one' and not the calf/hamstring issue that sidelined him for a protracted period this season and saw him also miss four of Ireland's matches in the Six Nations Championship. There was a further addendum that the 32-year-old tighthead prop's place on the Lions tour to Australia was not under threat. Furlong, who was an unused replacement in Leinster's win over the Glasgow Warriors in their final URC regular-season game , isn't available for Saturday's URC last-eight clash with the Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday (3pm). He will be joined on the sidelines by Robbie Henshaw , who sustained a knee injury that will rule him out of the remainder of Leinster's season but wouldn't compromise his standby status were he to be called up to the Lions. The silver lining in the medical bulletin was that Jordan Larmour is on the threshold of a return to competitive action, having last played against Munster, a five-minute cameo on December 27th. There is no further update on Will Connors, Brian Deeny, James Culhane and Caelan Doris. READ MORE Leinster assistant coach Robin McBryde provided a little background information. 'Yeah, he's [Furlong] okay. It just tightened up during the Glasgow game. He was on the bench, as a replacement. Thomas Clarkson, I thought he played exceptionally well in that game, so there was no need to risk Tadhg by sending him on. He's at a stage where we are just monitoring him to see how that develops.' On the Henshaw issue, McBryde said: 'You want to be able to pick from as many fit players as you can towards this end of the season. Everyone is picking up knocks, so the more people you can choose from, the better. 'Someone like Robbie is a quality player, high calibre, a big-game player, so [it] is not ideal. But it gives someone else an opportunity to step up. It is not just the playing but the training against quality opposition as well.' That'd just leave the 68-times capped All Black and perennial match of the match award winner, Jordie Barrett, to team with Garry Ringrose in the centre. Scarlets' Gareth Davies celebrates a try with team-mates against Leinster last month. Photograph: Andrew Dowling/Inpho The Scarlets handed Leinster only their second defeat (35-22) of the URC campaign in the last week in April, one that is still vivid in the memory for the players and coaching staff of the Irish province. McBryde wore the Scarlets' jersey with great pride for more than 10 years as a player, so knows all about the club's rugby ethos, and played alongside their coach, the former Lions and Wales scrumhalf Dwayne Peel. 'He hasn't had an easy job at the Scarlets. In fairness to Dwayne, he was great as a player, very experienced as well now as a coach. [ First Rugby World Club Cup to be held in 2028 Opens in new window ] 'You can see it in the way that they (the Scarlets) go about playing. It is great from a Welsh perspective to see a Welsh team making it through to the quarter final. It's been a tough season for everybody in Wales. From their perspective, it's great.' On Leinster's defeat in Parc y Scarlets, McBryde offered no excuses. 'There was a lot in that game, but I am not going to take it away from the Scarlets. They had a good game plan and stuck to it. They proved good value for it [the win]. They are currently four out of five [wins in matches] off the back of a successful South African trip. 'Their consistency in selection, they hardly make any changes if any at all to the starting 15, the starting pack in particular; they're cohesive, a tough nut to crack, they're comfortable with their game, the way they go about things. They are well coached, good players, a tough nut.' [ Gordon D'Arcy: Ditching Sevens is sad but sensible if it means IRFU will fix the system Opens in new window ] What does he ascribe to their recent upturn in performance levels? 'Sometimes things just go your way. That analogy with the stonecutter, it is not the 100th blow [that breaks the stone], it is the 99 that have gone previously. It is all the hard work that you put into a season. Sometimes things just happen off the back of hard work. 'In fairness to them, they're a cohesive bunch, they're obviously tight as a unit, tight as a team. It's a test that we failed a couple of weeks ago, first against the Scarlets and against Northampton. I think it's got to be something of a reset. This is knockout rugby; the stakes are a little bit higher. 'If we're good enough to win this week, we'll get an opportunity to play next week and if we're good enough the following week, we'll get to play again, but it's one game at a time and for all those reasons I said earlier about the Scarlets being cohesive etc, they'll be a tough nut and we're going to have to earn the right to be involved in the competition next week. It will be tough.'
