Glory days recalled as Crosbies bow out

It isn’t very often that the frenetic chatter of the Irish Examiner’s newsroom dies to a whisper.

Glory days recalled as Crosbies bow out
Wed, 11 Jul, 2018 - 01:00
Dan Buckley

It happened in 1979 when Pope John Paul kissed the tarmac at Dublin Airport. It happened in 1988 when Ireland beat England in the European Championship and in 2001 when the full horror of 9/11 unfolded.

It happened again yesterday.

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