Street party wills on Munster

THE Thomond Park cocktail of the raucous and the polite gripped Limerick’s O’Connell Street during Saturday’s epic European Cup final.

Up to 30,000 people viewing the game on two giant screens cheered their hearts out.

But that old tradition of respect and silence for the kickers of penalties from both sides sporadically punctuated the street din with surreal effect.