Heading up the escalators with a drink in your hand and an All-Ireland winners’ medal in your kit-bag.
Dublin are the football champions of Ireland again after they defeated a spirited Tyrone team 2-17 to 1-14 at Croke Park to clinch the four-in-a-row.
Jim Gavin’s men have not lost a championship game since August 2014. They have now claimed the Sam Maguire six times since 2011 and are rightly being hailed as one of GAA’s greatest ever teams.
“We really, really go as hard as we can,” Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton declared after raising the Sam Maguire for a fifth time. No-one was arguing with the man.
Finding the motivation to go again, again, again and again and win four All-Irelands on the bounce is a remarkable achievement and the Dublin team can now sit back, breathe out and enjoy the victory.
After partying it up a storm in the dressing rooms at Croke Park, the Dubs made a short trip across the River Liffey with ‘Sam’.
Cian O’Sullivan, who came off injured in the first half, shared some class videos of raucous scenes on the streets of Dublin on his Instagram account and the champions definitely looked to be enjoying themselves on the team bus.
Their reception upon arrival at The Gibson Hotel looked pretty damn cool too. With night setting in, and the lights of their city twinkling on, O’Sullivan, Cluxton & Co. returned as champions.
Hotel staff on one side and a slew of cheering Dublin fans on the other, it was quite the guard of honour.
The choice of post-match drinks wasn’t bad either. Heineken or Corona? Take your pick, they’re all ice cool.
John Small and James McCarthy opted for Coronas and they were not the only ones.
The Dubs have landed in @thegibsonhotel! #UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/9nqcg4o4aa
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) September 2, 2018
Marty Morrissey was, of course, right in the thick of it. The scenes look class.
@MartyM_RTE is with Paul Mannion and Philly McMahon as the four-in-a-row All-Ireland champions get the party started #RTEgaa pic.twitter.com/e0QKCc1MYh
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) September 2, 2018
It will be interesting to see which of the Dublin squad turns out to be the Jack McCaffrey of this year’s bash, and goes viral during The Sunday Game’s coverage of the post-match banquet.
Don’t be surprised if it’s Jack McCaffrey!
