THOUSANDS OF FANS turned out at Smithfield Square this evening to celebrate Dublin’s third successive All-Ireland senior football championship title.
Lord Mayor Mícheál Mac Donncha and Dublin City Council welcomed the players, management and county board to the Mansion House for a civic reception, before an open-top bus took the team across the Liffey.
We spoke to some of the fans out to see the team.
We also caught up with yesterday’s man-of-the-match, James McCarthy, who admitted that the team were a bit tired after the match yesterday to celebrate properly, but assured us that they were making up for it now.
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What a game, ding dong, then dong again. Great to see the ball being moved quickly and effortlessly up and down the massive pitch to create scoring chances, unlike our hand pass the ball about a bit, retaining possession while the opposition get their 15 players between the ball and goal posts.
Watched a bit of this, can’t say it wasn’t exciting. But ill never understand why they use an oval ball for a kick based game. Most of the time the players haven’t a clue which way the ball will bounce and it ends up looking sloppy and a bit of a mess.
@Brian Dunne: their oval ball can be kicked longer and is easier to catch, apparently.