Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill actually sounds pretty great as Gaeilge

Caisleán ar an Droim.

Jan 14th 2017, 9:02 AM 4,036 Views 1 Comment

ED SHEERAN HAS made no secret of the fact that there’s a lot of Irish influences on his upcoming album.

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He’s apparently recorded a song called Galway Girl, and wrote another one influenced by a visit to Wexford.

Wexford? Inspirational? Who’d have thought it?

Irish band Seo Linn met while working with Coláiste Lurgan on *those* Irish versions of pop songs you keep seeing popping up everywhere.

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The band got together to record a version of Castle on the Hill and it actually sounds kinda better than the original.

Source: Seo Linn/YouTube

Go on the lads.

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Ed Sheeran's Castle on the Hill actually sounds pretty great as Gaeilge

Caisleán ar an Droim.

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Ed Sheeran is looking for céilí dancers to star in a video for his new trad song>