THOUSANDS OF DUBLIN fans turned out in force at Smithfield Plaza for the official homecoming party to honour Dublin’s four-in-a-row All-Ireland success.
The celebrations got underway earlier on Monday evening at an event which was hosted by Lord Mayor Nial Ring and Dublin City Council.
There were joyous scenes at what was a family-friendly occasion where RTÉ GAA correspondent Marty Morrissey joined Jim Gavin and the rest of his Dublin squad on stage to greet the fans.
Meanwhile, St Jude’s clubman Kevin McManamon treated the crowd to a rendition of the Dubliners classic ‘The Auld Triangle’ as Sam Maguire prepares to spend another winter in the capital.
Kevin McManamon entertaining the crowd.
Marty Morrissey chats to Bernard Brogan.
Stephen Cluxton & Jim Gavin take to the stage with the Sam Maguire! 💪 #UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/mkFlEICuUd
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) September 3, 2018
Eoghan O’Gara’s daughter Ella holding Lord Mayor Nial Ring’s medal.
Lord Mayor Nial Ring speaks to the Dublin fans in Smithfield.
‘And that auld triangle went jingle-jangle all along the banks of the Royal Canal.’
Sergeant Ciarán Kilkenny!
Up the Dubs!
Sinéad, Kaitlyn and Jayden Doyle at the homecoming reception for the victorious Dubs.
Dublin celebrate their fourth successive All-Ireland football title in front of thousands of supporters in Smithfield. #rtegaa pic.twitter.com/W48XMAYtWC
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) September 3, 2018
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Hardly world beaters, especially going forward
@COYBIG: two evenly matched teams tomorrow so
I think travelling to Georgia will affect them. It’s a long journey. We have a chance.
@prop joe: good pt. I had not considered that. I think we will beat them.
Havent lost to these since 92. No Bale wine rate since 2012 is 9%.
Believe
Coybig
We will beat this shower tomorrow COYBIG! The welsh think the only have to turn up to beat us!
Whats the team photo about?
@Jane: It’s something Wales have been doing for a couple of years now as a bit of a joke, they deliberately take terrible team photos. Go back through all their qualifiers and you’ll see some with one player kneeling and the rest standing, and the opposite. Leaving gaps like that etc. No idea what it’s about.
@Eanna Costello: I’d never noticed it before, thanks
@Eanna Costello: I think they did one bad photo by mistake and just kept it going then for a laugh
@Jane:
More examples here. It’s gas really.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2017/1008/910725-the-wonders-of-the-wales-team-photo-what-is-going-on/
Seems like you guys think you have this in the bag already.
To put some perspective here – Wales have lost 3 games since 2013 when Bale wasn’t playing. Two of those were friendlies when other players including Ramsey were also not available, and the other one was after we’d already qualified for the Euros.
We haven’t lost a game since the 2016 Euros Semi final, we’ve kept a clean sheet for the last 3 games which we won, and tomorrow night we’re playing at home.
So despite the dismissive remarks above, Wales may pull off a huge upset.
@Saul Hamilton Evans: “not world beaters” “evenly matched” “we have a chance”. How is that us thinking its in the bag or dismissive of Wales? I think nearly all Irish fans thinks Wales are favourites but as said above, we go to Cardiff with a chance.
@Paul P O’Sullivan: is focain bómán é.
He’s a clown