In one of the great GAA traditions, the All-Ireland hurling champions, Tipperary, this morning visited Crumlin Children's Hospital with the Liam MacCarthy Cup.
Sportsfile's Sam Barnes was there to capture the faces of some delighted patients and players.
Charlie Aabo, and his son Kian Barnes-Aabo, aged 5, from Glanmire, Co. Cork, are shown the Liam MacCarthy cup by Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy
Jack Batt, aged 12, from Castleknock, Co. Dublin, with Tipperary players, from left, Séamus Callanan, Barry Heffernan, Jerome Cahill, Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy
Carla O'Connor aged 10, from Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary, is shown the Liam MacCarthy cup by Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy
Joe O’Dwyer of Tipperary with Harry Tutty, aged 9, from Gorey, Co. Wexford
James Barry, left, and Seán O’Brien of Tipperary, second from left, with Ed Mortimer, aged 2, Claire Joyce, Emily Mortimer, aged 5, from Lucan, Co. Dublin
James Barry, left, and Seán O’Brien of Tipperary with Liam Tomney, aged 1, the Liam MacCarthy Cup
James Barry, left, and Seán O’Brien of Tipperary with Stacey Hughes and her daughter Leila Hughes-McDermott, aged 6 weeks, from Enniscrone, Co. Sligo
Tipperary players and management with Children's Health Ireland staff and patients and the Liam MacCarthy Cup
Séamus Callanan of Tipperary, left, and Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy with Luke Marum, aged 10, from Portlaoise
Séamus Callanan of Tipperary and Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy with Shauna Byrne, aged 11 from Clondalkin