Taylor Swift lyrics and shooting stars kept Ellen and Sara company

Ellen Glynn, age 17 ,landing safely at Galway Hospital after she was rescued from the sea.File picture: Hany Marzouk

Taylor Swift may have made a hit out of singing "You Need to Calm Down" but for cousins Ellen Glynn and Sara Feeney, it was a case of trying to keep calm during their 15-hour paddleboard ordeal in Galway Bay.

Ellen says she is glad she knows the lyrics of the US hitmaker. She and Sara sang many of hitmaker's songs while they waited to be found.