Bill Murray seen out for a singsong and a few pints in Limerick

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Well, Monday night, which is when Bill Murray of Groundhog Day and SNL fame took himself into Charlie Malone’s Bar on Wolfe Tone Street in Limerick City for an aul bit of craic agus ceol. Sure where else would he be going, in fairness. https://twitter.com/DrTFleming/status/1539209296512172032?s=20&t=8rFQUzKmrUWLrHcMo_ixXA Bill fumbled a lyric or two during his rendition of  The Star of the County Down, but without a doubt won it back in the end. https://twitter.com/ilovelimerick/status/1539225805666009088?s=20&t=QIvrhbhlZO0CYd8FRQkvYA https://twitter.com/JackBluffy/status/1539211622610350083?s=20&t=8rFQUzKmrUWLrHcMo_ixXA   Pub owner Paddy Kelly told the Limerick Leader:

We were stunned to see him walk in. People were doing double takes. There was a group of Spanish people who didn’t believe it was him. When Bill was gone I told them it genuinely was him and then they were crying and very upset that they didn’t get a picture with him.

The Ghostbusters actor spent the evening taking pictures with fans, and was also seen over the weekend attending the All Ireland Hurling Quarter Final between Galway and Cork at Semple Stadium in Thurles. https://twitter.com/sportsfile/status/1538147683549970432?s=20&t=8rFQUzKmrUWLrHcMo_ixXA Irish Twitter was as elated as you'd expect as a result of Bill's visit, with some saying he'd "more for Irish Tourism than humanly possible in a staged ad". https://twitter.com/RealEddieHobbs/status/1539268015514083337?s=20&t=8rFQUzKmrUWLrHcMo_ixXA https://twitter.com/Jay_Long_626/status/1539235484408348674?s=20&t=8rFQUzKmrUWLrHcMo_ixXA From this day onwards, "I saw Bill Murray in Limerick" will be the new go-to small talk initiator for Irish people the world over. Header image via Twitter/ilovelimerick READ NEXT: Ireland now the most expensive EU country for every day costs