A video of a young Christy Moore fan singing live on stage with the folk icon has gone viral.
Young Micéal took to the stage with the veteran singer in Armagh on Thursday evening and a video of their rendition of Nancy Spain has since been viewed almost 350,000 times.
Micéal's mother Dearbhla Bennett posted the footage on Twitter after the gig and fans of Christy were blown away by the young man's singing and love of folk music.
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Dearbhla wrote on Twitter: "I’m his Mammy. To everyone there who cheered him, stood for him and came up to him afterwards, you’ll never know how happy you made him. He’s been singing Christy since before he could talk, and Christy has replied to every letter Míceál wrote him. Christy is a living legend."
The crowd in Armagh was so impressed, they gave the performance a standing ovation as young Micéal left the stage with a smile beaming ear to ear across his face.
Christy himself later shared the clip with his Twitter followers and said: "I was delighted to sing a tune with young Mícéal in Armagh last night - our tradition is in safe hands."
Viewers were quick to heap praise of Christy and Micéal, including Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald who said: "The pure legend that is Christy Moore sharing his brilliant light with young talent. And so the torch is passed down the generations and our stories are told. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí."
One fan said: "Absolutely beautiful moment Christy, had me in bits."
Anther wrote: That made me cry. Simply beautiful" while a third replied, "Absolutely magical. And well done Mícéal, brilliant stuff lad.
A fourth continued the praise for the feel-good moment: "For all we have to endure on social media, and we all suffer a lot one way or another, trying to filter through it all - every now and then we see something special that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. Maith thú Christy Agus Míceál!"
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