THROWBACK: Italia ’90 Revisited – The Time Ireland Got Turned Upside-Down

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Ireland fans are famous worldwide for their infectious party spirit. Wherever the green army go craic agus ceoil is guaranteed.

One such instance of the famous Irish spirt was Italia 90 when Ireland beat Romania on penalties and progressed to the quarter-finals of the World Cup, the first time in the countries history.

The scenes back home have been replayed and replayed for decades since because the entire country went into 24 hour party mode and it produced some of the best archive footage in Irish television history.

Re-live the madness here and imagine if we actually won it…Jaysus!