VIDEO: High Hopes, high spirits for Kodaline at Live at the Marquee

Almost two years ago, I had the privilege of drinking pints with Kodaline outside a packed-to-the-rafters pub in Mitchelstown, Co Cork.

The foursome, seemingly oblivious to the starstruck 20-something-year-olds sneaking peeks at them every few minutes, were sat, fairly nonchalantly, on the path outside Paki Fitz’s pub.

After unwittingly striking up a conversation with one of their friends, I joined their merry group and played the obligatory ‘let’s go through names until we find someone we both know’ game until the Swords boys had to hightail it down the road to get ready for their set at the Indiependence festival.