COYBIG!
With Euro 2016 underway, we decided to take a look back at the last time that Ireland reached a major tournament, those memorable few days during the summer of 2012 in Poland.
There’s no denying that while the results and performances were far from satisfactory, there were plenty of fond memories to take from Poznan, Sopot and Gdansk.
Moments like these…
The world’s most famous flag.
The t-shirts were ready.
D-DAY is here and have me new shirt on 🙂 come on ireland #COYBIG #Euro2012 #ireland pic.twitter.com/7tORqwvt
— Paul Daly✖️ (@Paullyie) June 10, 2012
The nation was gripped.
Jaysus spent d'day putting up bunting + doing a bit a painting #Ireland #fai #coybig #Eire #euro2012 pic.twitter.com/kdDgt4v1
— Bertie Aherrin (@BertieAherrin) June 5, 2012
House in limerick ready for the euros #COYBIG #Ireland #Euro2012 pic.twitter.com/elubQXCB @cianocal
— Ger Barr (@BenBasset1) June 5, 2012
Campervans were booked.
@sportsdes any chance of a rt going the euros in this #poland #euro2012 #ireland #YBIG pic.twitter.com/9HKK0Fg8
— Ian Fitzpatrick (@ianfitz1992) May 30, 2012
We’re on the road.
https://twitter.com/DwightyOfficial/status/213194661160947712
The famous moment when Polish police met the Irish fans.
Yeah #ACAB haha @UltrasFans: Ireland supporter during Euro 2012 against the police #Lol #Euro2012 pic.twitter.com/dp5L5GZjGk
— Michael Danny (@McDanny17) July 6, 2013
The shoes came off…
… so did the clothes.
https://twitter.com/khalidxmax/status/549673849483431939
The group was always going to be tough.
Not only are we the loudest fans @ #Euro2012, we're the funniest too! #Ireland #Ironicallyagooddaytobeirish pic.twitter.com/EaEdZPwf
— Cormac (@RealCormacE) June 15, 2012
Polish brides even wanted to join the green army, and play hurling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suYGJF7jpo
The flags were fantastic.
"They've got Xavi & Pirlo but we've got Long-Cox" classic flag #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/9M13mtBB
— Daniel Gore 🇵🇸 (@KoptimusPrime) June 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/missbealfeirste/status/211098581669646336
The best wait for a tram in your life was quickly followed by…
…the best tram journey that you’ll see.
Poznan looked very different on match days.
Poznan square on match day. A slight contrast from Euro 2012 pic.twitter.com/wQ1udJJWXK
— Daniel McDonnell (@McDonnellDan) November 19, 2013
@McDonnellDan Christ. That's a bit different alright from: pic.twitter.com/1YYjuEYm4k
— Paddy McKenna (@PaddyMcKenna) November 19, 2013
Meet the roughest sounding Irish fan that you’ll ever hear.
We love this Polish lady that let six random Irish lads stay in their house to watch Italy v Spain.
Off the field, we ended up with the booby prize.
So this is what #Euro2012 is like for travelling supporters.
Ireland vs. Croatia pic.twitter.com/ebfZrTK6— Sandeep ੴ Singh (@SonnySoul) June 15, 2012
This story about a man that couldn’t get off a horse in Poznan was priceless.
Despite getting beaten on the pitch, we still wanted to sing to female Polish police officers.
Sopot was introduced to the legend that is Gary Breen.
There was also a pillow fight in the middle of the night.
We kept on singing in the Gdansk rain.
We also decided to help this bin driver out.
Our attention now switches to France and the chance to make even more memories.
This time though, we want to be celebrating a few wins.
https://twitter.com/irelandsocshirt/status/727540508092993536
https://twitter.com/jonbz/status/727810819258470402
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