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‘I have goosebumps' say fans as Kneecap perform ‘spine-tingling' rendition of old Irish folk song

KNEECAP fans have all been left with "goosebumps" after the group performed a chilling rendition of an old Irish folk song. The Uncharted series on Advertisement 2 Kneecap sang a beautiful rendition of Amhran Na Scadan 2 Fans were all left with 'goosebumps' at their performance The Ray led them through the Arctic Tundra, towards the symbolic marker of Scandinavian unity and cross border cooperation, the tri-border, where the Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish borders all meet. The group resided in a tiny wooden cabin surrounded by one gas lit lamp. Here they met an indigenous Finish Sami singer , who was keen to hear the boys sing as gaeilge. Advertisement READ MORE IN KNEECAP To everyone's surprise, the men began to belt out a beautiful version of the Sean-nós, Amhran Na Scadan. Members,Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh and JJ Ó Dochartaigh were lost in the words of the song as they closed their eyes and sang their hearts out. You could hear a pin drop in the small cabin as Ray and Sami looked on in awe. After the lads wrapped up their stunning harmonies, JJ told the camera: "It was a lovely sharing of our indigenous culture." Advertisement MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN The musician later added: "We are standing on the shoulders of giants as Kneecap. "Without all that Irish music that came before us, we wouldn't really be doing what we're doing." Joe Duffy fights back tears on air RTE posted a clip of their performance to Spine-tingling stuff from @kneecap32." And fans were all left stunned by the star 's brilliant singing voices, as many were not familiar without anything but their rap songs . Advertisement Etna wrote: "Now, this is unexpected and very nice ." 'INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL' Mani said: "I have goosebumps!!" Hannah added: "This is incredibly beautiful." Gary remarked: "Wow lads you are doing our country proud." Advertisement Evie commented: "From an Irish mother, what a lovely bunch of lads and what beautiful voices." And Grace exclaimed: "This is beautiful stuff boys."