This is the incredible moment a spontaneous folk music performance broke out on a Ryanair flight from Belfast to Lanzarote with one passenger playing the violin and another doing an unplanned Riverdance.
Musician Sean Magee launched into a lively rendition of ‘Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal’, made famous in the ’90s by folk group Goats Don’t Shave.
Accompanied by fellow musicians Nathan Carter and Matthew Crampsey, the trio are currently one of the biggest names in Irish folk music.
Video taken from the flight shows fellow passengers laughing, singing and clapping as the plane heads to the Canary Islands.
And as the song progressed, a female passenger suddenly stood up and started doing a Riverdance, getting into a fun spirit on the plane.
The images were recorded by Danny Walters, who was going on vacation with his wife.
Musician Sean Magee launched into a lively rendition of ‘Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal’.
Accompanied by fellow musicians Nathan Carter and Matthew Crampsey, the trio are currently one of the biggest names in Irish folk music.
Video taken from the flight shows fellow passengers laughing, singing and clapping as the plane heads to the Canary Islands.
A female passenger suddenly stood up and started doing a Riverdance, getting into a fun spirit on the plane.
The passengers then turned to the dancing woman and began filming her.
Sean, who was also on vacation with his wife, asked his friend to “hand him the violin” mid-flight, Danny claims.
“We got on the plane and the guys were sitting behind us,” Danny said. “After about an hour, we heard someone say, ‘Guys, let me play the violin!’
‘Sean had paid to have an extra seat for his violin, so he didn’t have to leave it in the cellar.
“It turns out I was sitting in the front, so when I saw the violin come out, I pulled out my camera.
‘Then it all came crashing down to Las Vegas, in the hills of Donegal – everyone loved it!
“I think it really shortened the flight for all of us.”
Danny even met up with the musician while on holiday in Lanzarote, when the pair decided to stop by one of Sean’s concerts on the island.
“While we were in Lanzarote, a couple of the plane guys got jobs, so we went there to have fun, and they were very good!”