PICTURES: Tipperary fans show up in great numbers to celebrate double All-Ireland success

It was Tipperary Town's turn to celebrate the return of the Liam MacCarthy Cup to the county, when a full house cheered as the Cup was brought to the Porter House, in Tipp town by Robert Doyle (Clonoulty/Rossmore) and Johnny Ryan (Arravale Rovers), from the Senior Hurling squad.

It was a night of double celebration as the James Nolan U20 Cup was also brought to the venue, this time by David Ryan and Adam Ryan (both from the Arravale Rovers club).

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The event was organised by Stevie O'Donnell, who also live streamed the proceedings on tipperarytown.ie.

There was music on the night by Pat Aherne and Síofra and some songs by Seanie Riordan.

It was a real night of celebration as Stevie interviewed all the players, along with many in the audience including West Tipperary Board Chairman, Andrew Fryday, former player Declan Ryan, President of the New York Tipperary Hurling Board, Norbert Hennessy, who was home from New York, Martin Quinn, Tommy Treacy, Dan Quirke, Curry Hanley, Eamonn Ryan, Neil O'Dwyer and to 3 special guests from Limerick, Frankie Carroll, Donie and TJ Ryan.

Norbert Hennessy paid a tribute to Teresa Crowe, from Thurles, who passed away last week.

Teresa's nieces and grandniece were present at the event to hear Norbert speak about Teresa's life in New York and her contribution to the GAA scene in Gaelic Park, where she was an on field nurse for over 50 years.

Another special guest was Dan Quirke who spoke so movingly about his late son Dillon and how much of a loss he was to the family, but that they had turned their grief into activism for recognition of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome and had set up a Foundation to try and have every young person screened for the condition.

The campaign has been a huge success to date with up to 20,000 people screened and the campaign is to ensure that every young person can avail of screening.

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On the night mural artist, Neil O'Dwyer, presented a painting to the Foundation, which is going to be auctioned to raise funds for the charity.

The painting is superb and captures the Tipperary team in flight in the All-Ireland Final.

Key moments of the final such as the goals by John McGrath, the stance of Darragh McCarthy, the save of Rhys Shelly, the delight of Noel McGrath, the smile of Liam Cahill and the raising of the Cup by Ronan Maher are all included along with the logo of the Dillon Quirke Foundation with Dillon's hurley showing great prominence.

Every member of the team and the panel along with all members of the management team are featured in the painting.

Bids are now being accepted and on the night there was an initial bid for the painting of €2,000 from Eamonn Ryan of the Porter House.

Bids will be accepted by the Dillon Quirke Foundation and the X link is @dqfoundation22 and their website is www.dillonquirkefoundation.com.

A special mention to Eamonn Ryan, Joan and Stephen Ryan for the hospitality and support on the night and to Stevie O'Donnell, who organised the event and also interviewed the guests along with John O’Brien Obs Kilross who was on camera.

It was a great night re-living the excitement of Tipp's All-Ireland success and hearing from the players and all the guests.

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