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RTÉ viewers were speechless by George Murphy's performance of The Fields of Athenry on Friday night's Late Late St Patrick's Day special.George belted out the turn which was dedicated to the Irish rugby team ahead of their Six Nations grand slam decider against England today.Appearing as one of the musical guests on last night's St Patrick's day special, George finished out the show with the iconic ballad.
Pete St. John, the songwriter behind the Irish classic sadly passed away last year, and George shared how much it meant to him to meet the song writer behind the tune. George said: "To meet the man behind the song, and realise that he was with us up until last year, it was a pleasure.""What a voice" one viewer wrote."Brilliant stuff, brilliant singer" wrote another, while a fourth viewer praise the performance as "magical stuff."
Another viewer wrote, "This is such a beautiful performance. I'm Irish and have lived in Scotland for 8 years...I miss Ireland sometimes, especially today being St Patricks Day. Fantastic!" George is himself a songwriter, but gained fame as a singer after featuring on RTÉ's talent competition "You're a Star" in 2003.
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