WATCH: Irish writer Manchán Magan covers KNEECAP's 'C.E.A.R.T.A' in aid of volunteer gym in Palestine

Acclaimed Irish writer and documentary-maker Manchán Magan has shared a special cover of Belfast hip-hop group KNEECAP's 'C.E.A.R.T.A.' with Dusty The Kid.

The video for the cover was shot by Tom Callahan of Sensitive Visuals in Chicago, during Magan's Arán & Im tour of North America. As part of the tour, he celebrates the Irish language while baking sourdough bread for 70 minutes. Magan published the acclaimed book Thirty-Two Words for Field in 2020.

His cover of the KNEECAP track aims to raise funds for the a volunteer gym in the Aida Refugee Camp in Palestine, organised by Ainle Ó Cairealláin, the managing director of ACLAÍ, a personal training company in Cork. It's a project that KNEECAP are also closely involved with.

KNEECAP have released a string of singles over the last two years, including 'MAM', 'Guilty Conscience' and 'Thart agus Thart', and played a major headline show at 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin in November. They're also set to be the subject of an upcoming feature film from BAFTA Scotland-winning writer/director Rich Peppiatt – which was one of the winners of the 2021 Mother Tongues Awards.

You can support the Go Fund Me for the volunteer gym in the Aida Refugee Camp here.

Watch the video for Manchán Magan's cover of 'C.E.A.R.T.A.' below: