‘Anthony Foley asked me to fill the European Cup with crispy chips’

A Limerick chip shop owner has recalled how Anthony Foley came into his shop with the European Cup and asked him for the most unusual takeaway order he ever got in 35 years standing over the deep fat frier.

Munster’s Conor Murray at Shannon RFC clubhouse.

Luigi Orlandi, who runs a fish and chip business in Parnell St in the city, recalled: “When Anthony led Munster back to Limerick in 2006 as European champions, he insisted that instead of champagne, he’d fill the cup with something better. Anthony and a few of the team came in as they went around the pubs with the huge cup.

“Anthony asked me to fill the cup with my best crispy chips. I thought I’d have to get a garden shovel to fill the cup. When I’d done the order, they headed off to Rasher’s pub up the street with the cup full of my best chips.”