Reaching the finish line a year later

Brian Sugrue didn’t shed a tear on Boylston Street on Monday afternoon. Not like he thought he would.

The mood at the finish line of the Boston Marathon was elation — for him and everyone around him.

The 28-year-old Dubliner was among the many non-finishers of the ill-fated 2013 race who, last summer, were granted permission by the Boston Athletic Association to finish what they’d started.