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There was an Irish fan dressed as a leprechaun in the middle of the Swedish crowd

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IRELAND DREW THEIR Euro 2016 opener against Sweden in Paris this evening.

All the fans in the stadium were in full voice – as you would expect – but one stood out more than others.

And that was the Irish fan dressed as a leprechaun in the Sweden end

In a sea of yellow, he stoodout as being a gas ticket a mile away

And he’s now the first true fan hero of this campaign

Having the craic in the other team’s end

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Written by David Elkin and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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    Bismarck North Dakota official population 72,417. Smaller population than Cork by over 50,000.

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    @Leonard Barry: It’s the journal , they don’t do facts .

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    May 27th 2018, 11:46 AM

    @Leonard Barry: it’s a Dublin journalist. So it’s open hatred of Cork.

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    May 27th 2018, 11:49 AM

    @Leonard Barry: to add insult to injury the met pop of Bismarck is only 130k while Cork is 400k. 9 out 10 for the quiz master.

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    @prop joe: Belfast is also bigger than Anchorage

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    May 27th 2018, 5:55 PM

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    @prop joe: Best thing in Cork is the Dublin Road Every Corkian should use it Oh wait (just half of it’s)

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    Kilkenny

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    Population of Anchorage is 298k…

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    @conor murphy: Belfast 298001

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