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The wonderful world of Ireland’s greatest sports

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The wonderful world of Ireland’s greatest sports

DUBLIN HAVE long been one of the dominant teams in Gaelic football, an Irish sport. The men’s side have won nine All-Ireland finals, the sport’s biggest match, since 2011. So when Galway, a county in western Ireland, beat them in a championship match for the first time in 90 years last month—by a single point—many Galway fans responded with near-hysterical elation. Your correspondent jumped on her sofa and did a lot of shouting. Ollie Turner, a sports commentator on Galway Bay FM, roared his way to viral fame. “Sweet Mother of Jesus. They have pulled off the unthinkable,” he exclaimed. “The West Awake! Gaillimh Abú! [Galway Forever!]”

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