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Poll: Has anything been as good since Italia 1990?

This month marks the 25th anniversary of Ireland’s remarkable World Cup run.

IT WAS THIS month 25 years ago that Ireland defied the odds to make it to the quarter finals of the World Cup.

Speaking to The42.ieRTÉ commentator George Hamilton has been recalling the occasion, marked by his famous commentary of David O’Leary’s spot kick against Romania.

Since then, Ireland has gone through a number of highs and lows, with the boom years of the Celtic Tiger and the austerity of the downturn, with a variety of sporting successes and failures along the way.

But have things ever really been as good as those few magical weeks of summer a quarter century ago?


Poll Results:

No - it was a high point that has been hard to match (4379)
Yeah, sure we've done loads since then (1817)
I wasn't alive at the time (950)
Difficult to say (598)

Read: ‘The nation holds its breath!’ – George Hamilton recalls his iconic Italia 90 commentary

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