NI Centenary Parade: Football fans made it into an NI anthem – now WATCH as Union Flag-clad songstress belts out ‘Sweet Caroline’ to the crowds

(Scroll down for other reports and videos from the parade)

A young lady, clad in a dress reminiscent of Geri Halliwell (though rather more modest) leads the crowd in a rendition of Sweet Caroline.

The 1969 Neil Diamond song (apparently written about JFK’s young daughter Caroline) has become synonymous in Ulster with the NI football squad, thanks to fans’ adoption of it as a de facto anthem of sorts.

If anyone knows the identity of the lady in question, please add it into the comments.

All together now:

Hands...

Touching hands...

Reaching out...

Touching me, touching you...

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