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WATCH: Hurler Cian Lynch catches a bottle of Buckfast, shakes it up and makes it rain on Limerick fans

Published 19:45 20 Aug 2018 BST

Carl Kinsella
WATCH: Hurler Cian Lynch catches a bottle of Buckfast, shakes it up and makes it rain on Limerick fans

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That's Limerick City.

Limerick City is a sea of green and white tonight as the Treaty County celebrates the end of its 45-year wait for a win in the All-Ireland Hurling Final. A hero's welcome, 120,000 fans strong, has awaited the team's open-top bus tour which is parading through the city with the long sought-after Liam MacCarthy Cup. Of course, with that many Irish people in one place, celebrating something so meaningful, you can expect a few glorious moments of madness. Luckily, Cian Lynch was there to provide the madness and Limerick Leader journalist Fintan Walsh was on hand to capture the scenes. Some well-prepared fan tossed a bottle of Buckfast (the fact that it's Buckfast makes it so much better, right?) up to the top deck, Lynch caught it, shook it up as if it were a bottle of champagne, and then gave the fans below a champagne shower. Except instead of champagne, it was fortified wine. A thing of beauty: https://twitter.com/FintanYTWalsh/status/1031599386172829697 One fan below the bus seemed to absorb most of the spillage, but he certainly didn't seem to mind.

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WATCH: Hurler Cian Lynch catches a bottle of Buckfast, shakes it up and makes it rain on Limerick fans