Ed Sheeran makes surprise appearance at the Fleadh

The superstar gave a surprise performance at a pub in Wexford town.

The international superstar played a pop-up performance in the iconic Sky & The Ground pub, where he sang his hit songs Castle on the Hill, Don't, I Don't Care, and Nancy Mulligan.

The track Nancy Mulligan featured on the singer-songwriter's third album, Divide, and tells the love story of how his grandparents, William Sheeran and Anne 'Nancy' Mulligan, who lived on either side of the Irish border and were of different religions, met, fell in love, and got married at the Wexford border.

The song's lyrics read: "She and I went on the run, Don't care about religion, I'm gonna marry the woman I love, Down by the Wexford border..."

A fitting tune to play there, to say the least...

Floods of people lined the streets of Wexford town as rumours of an A-list performance swept through the crowd of festivalgoers today.

Earlier today, Beat 102 103 shared a video of the Give Me Love singer jumping out of a blacked-out SUV and heading into the Sky & The Ground pub on South Main Street.

As well as the 2017 tune, Sheeran has often spoken of his Wexford ties and how he spent many summers there, as his grandmother Anne was born in an 18th-century farmhouse near Gorey.

Moreover, he recently said that he identifies as 'culturally Irish'.

Speaking on The Louis Theroux Podcast, he said: "I class my culture as Irish. I think that's what I grew up with.

"My dad's family is… he's got seven brothers and sisters. We'd spend all of our holidays in Ireland. My first musical experiences were in Ireland, I grew up with trad music in the house. So I identify culturally as Irish, but I was obviously born and raised in Britain."

He continued: "I don't overthink it, but I do feel like my culture is something that I'm really proud of and grew up with and want to express.

"And I feel like just because I was born in Britain doesn't necessarily mean that I have to just be (British), there's loads of people I know that are half this or quarter this."

Ed added: "I don't think there's any rules to it. It should be how you feel and how you were raised and what you lean into."

When asked if he gets 'a lot of love' in Ireland, he replied: "I'd say it's basically my second home, musically. I'd say Ireland is the place that I am most successful musically."