FRESH FROM CLIMBING the steps of the Hogan Stand and lifting the Brendan Martin Cup once again, Dublin’s three-in-a-row All-Ireland champions continued a fine tradition and shared the celebrations with those in Crumlin’s Children Hospital this morning.
All-Star defender Rachel Ruddy, who works as a physiotherapist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital led the way with the silverware, with smiles all round as her team-mates and members of management shared their joy with the staff and patients present.
Mick Bohan’s Sky Blues were 2-3 to 0-4 winners over Galway after a dogged battle in front of a record-breaking crowd of 56,114 at Croke Park yesterday. After suffering three final losses to Cork between 2014 and 2016, they made it a third consecutive All-Ireland title yesterday, joining their male counterparts on a weekend to remember for the city.
One to savour, but it’s about much more than that.
The All-Ireland champions Dublin were in Temple Street Children's Hospital today as the celebrations continued on a Blue Monday #RTEgaa pic.twitter.com/8lttgBK5vA
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) September 16, 2019
“Going into some of the rooms with kids who have just had heart surgery, the parents are like, ‘Oh my God, your knee,’” star forward Nicole Owens explained to RTÉ’s Evanne Ní Chuilinn after recently undergoing surgery for cruciate damage. “I’m like, ‘I’m fine!’
Sport seems so important but at the end of the day, it’s something that we enjoy and it’s a privilege that we get to enjoy it. Coming in here really does put all that into perspective.
Perspective, indeed.
Here’s a look at the heartwarming scenes:
Five-year-old Lauren Knight from Donabate and 11-year-old Kate Cullivan from Naas with the Dublin team
Lauren Knight with goalkeeper Ciara Trant, Player of the Match Lyndsey Davey and All-Star defender Rachel Ruddy
Ruddy, who works in Crumlin, with her colleagues
Darragh Carroll, 10 months with Trant, Onnagh Whyte, Davey and Nicole Owens
Brid O’Connell and her two-month-old son Geoff McGovern with Hannah O’Neill, Jennifer Dunne and Sarah Fagan
Goal-scorer O’Neill with baby Geoff
Alex Daly from Stillorgan with members of the Dublin team
Three’s a charm!
Six-month-old James Ryan from Mayo with O’Neill, Kate Sullivan, Olwen Carey and Jennifer Dunne
A few more, including defence coach Paul Casey, join the party
There was a lot of love for baby James
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Thats a Shocking poor Crowd for a Munster Senior Final. Involving 2 Teams with Massive Populations
@Buff Egan: Ridiculous choice of venue too. Whats the point in spending 80 million on Pairc Ui Caoimhe if you’re only going to play a handful of games there. Having the game in Pairc Ui Caoimhe surely would have at least doubled that crowd.
@Buff Egan: its not like the whole of Killarney and Cork city are going to support them
Kanturk are the Crowd from Cork that Bring The Crowds
@Buff Egan: massive I’d say
@Buff Egan: where is “kanturk”
Once known as Constantinople, formerly the political and administrative capital of the Ottoman Empire. Now home to North Cork creamery and other Kanturkish delights.
Nemo Rangers and Dr Crokes have small support base.
Austin Stacks bring the crowd to a game did anyone witness the marches in 2014.
@lorrainehealy: tacky caper by the Rockies. Not to be seen in a County League game them when really needed. Like the super blue super fans up east
Crokes are a good team for the pullin and Dragon. Well done to Nemo. Connolly had some game !
dragin (phone is too smart !
@j Heffernan: dragin is still not how you spell it
@Eamonn coughlan: ok so I need to add 2gs to make it correct, but I think it looks better the way it is……..?
Fab, corcaigh abu, well done nemo crokes were
@billy Dorney: dead right Billy. Nemo Crokes indeed were.
Ha ha well done Nemo excellent display.good medicine for k o Leary especially. after his sneaky kick on player went unpunished in club final last march.
2,851…. Are you serious or are the County Board taking the p**s..? There was closer to 4,500 there today so either they’re not counting kids who were free or there was 2,000 comps given out !!!
Know Martin son playing for memo but why he take limelight pure politics hopefully FF will get rid of him new politics my arse disgusting what’s going on at the moment with FG and Francis fitzgerald so many people homeless and on hospital beds etc !
A great day for Cork football and hopefully Knocknagree can repeat the dose against the Kerry champions on Sunday next in Mallow.
@denis o mahony: very good chance they will. Dromid not firing like they did a few years ago at all