Dublin Rose leaves crowd blown away with stunning Somali-Irish dance to Olivia Dean

The video has gained over 500,000 online views.

The 26-year-old took to the festival stage to perform a beautiful fusion of Irish and Somali dance to Olivia Dean's Baby Steps.

And safe to say, people were seriously impressed as the video has gained over 500,000 online views.

The performance has been doing the rounds online after RTÉ One shared a clip, with viewers praising Suad for celebrating both sides of her heritage through dance.

The Sligo-born, Dublin-raised woman was named the Dublin Rose earlier this year and her journey has not been without its difficulties.

Following her selection, Suad was subjected to racist abuse online, with some people questioning whether she was Irish because of her Somali heritage.

Speaking on Liveline ahead of the festival earlier this week, she said that as a person of colour "it's part of the experience of growing up" in Ireland.

"It's just been a lot of 'you're not Irish', I think basically that's kinda been the general consensus on the socials.

"You know a lot of mentions about skin tone, religion and a lot of people saying 'you know, she had no Irish heritage, she was not born here' and yeah, just along those lines," she explained.

Rose of Tralee Festival took to social media to condemn racist behaviour towards the Dublin Rose, saying: "There is no place for this behaviour, online or otherwise. No individual should be subjected to it, and we commend Suad for the dignity and strength she has shown."

They added: "The Rose of Tralee International Festival celebrates Irish women from every background, culture and community, at home and around the world. That has always been at the heart of the Festival and remains central to who we are today."

You can read the full statement below.

Speaking to host Kathryn Thomas about the online abuse, Ms Mooge said: “I have experienced racism before but I was a bit disappointed especially when you know people were questioning if I'm Irish, I've never questioned that and no matter what has been thrown at me I'm very confident and secure in the fact that I am Irish. 

“But it was still a bit disappointing, but again I don't really choose to give power or internalise negative words. I'm very selective of what I choose to internalise and I'm not going to give power to these opinions. You've made your opinion on me that's fine, you've never met me."

“I'm going to focus on the amazing people that I've met on this journey and the people who have shown me such a warm welcome and everyone that's come to my corner just building me up, that's what I'm going to focus on," she added.

The Dublin Rose is currently the bookmakers' favourite to be crowned this year's festival winner.

Image: @roseoftraleefestival on Instagram