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12 wonderful tributes to the boys in green (and their fans)
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SO IT DIDN’T happen for us today.
But the Irish team is coming home as heroes anyway, and the fans are the toast of the Euros – and here’s proof.
1. Fans at the match clapped and cheered as loud as they could for the team
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2. And stayed on to sing Fields of Athenry to the team after the French left the stadium
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3. And the team stayed on to clap for them
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3. The fans shook hands with the French around them
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Great sportsmanship! Class acts! That’s us.
4. And the French fans showed their appreciation for that
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5.
6. As did the FAI
7. People were glad to see Roy Keane happy, if only for a moment
9. And even though we’re feeling a bit like this
10. We’re still proud as hell
11. The Irish made a mark on France
12. And it ‘won’t be the same’ without us
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Too right. Well done to the boys in green and to the fans. You’ve done us all proud!
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