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"Airplane flights should be quiet" is a pretty universally accepted rule for any seasoned travelers, but we can't help but smile seeing a group of young Irish students celebrating their heritage through folk music while in midair.
A class of Irish students from St. Brendan's College in Killarney, Ireland, serenaded their fellow passengers with folk music on a Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Kerry Airport in Ireland.
The teenagers sang "Step it Out Mary," by Irish folk group The High Kings.
"They put on quite a show," Ryanair wrote in a tweet posted to its official Twitter account.
The music class from St Brendan’s College in Killarney had their Irish trad instruments with them on yesterday's fl… https://t.co/KvITpQZYVd— Ryanair (@Ryanair) 1548158628.0
A longer version of the performance was also posted to YouTube, amassing more than 100,000 views since it was posted yesterday afternoon.
St Brendans College trad session on Ryanair flightyoutu.be
What fun! What spirit!
People loved it.
@Ryanair Fantastic to see young lads having a good time enjoying every thing that makes us uniquely Irish 👌🏻🎼🎻🎼— Padraig Quinn (@Padraig Quinn) 1548199522.0
@Ryanair I was on that flight. Twas great craic 👍— Pearse Beasley (@Pearse Beasley) 1548168194.0
@Ryanair Great ambassadors for our fine country.— Davie lyons (@Davie lyons) 1548190825.0
@Ryanair So great to see young lads proud of being able to play instruments and Irish dance 🇮🇪— Martha Brady (@Martha Brady) 1548183003.0
@Ryanair Wherever the Irish go, there's always the possibility of a trad session...even 40,000 feet up in the air!— Discover Ireland (@Discover Ireland) 1548252174.0
Well... most people.
@Ryanair Oh thank God I wasn’t on that flight— Rory Cowan (@Rory Cowan) 1548184401.0
@Ryanair What the rest of the plane is wishing for: https://t.co/YEFXtCJUib— Ralph the Wonder Llama 🦙 (@Ralph the Wonder Llama 🦙) 1548194766.0
You can't win 'em all.
Well, done lads.