From the Hill to the hospital: 25 pictures that capture Dublin’s brilliant Gaelic football year

• Ballyboden St Enda’s captain Darragh Nelson lifts the Andy Merrigan Cup on St Patrick’s Day.
  Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO
• Stephen Cluxton lifts the trophy after Dublin’s triumph in the Division 1 league final
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Dublin fans arrive for their clash against Laois
  Source: Tommy Dickson/INPHO
• Dean Rock takes a free in Dublin’s Leinster opener against Laois
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Bernard Brogan catches a ball over the head of Meath’s Mickey Burke
  Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
• Dublin manager Jim Gavin and Meath boss Mick O’Dowd shake hands after their Leinster semi-final
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Kevin McManamon scores his side’s second goal in the Leinster final against Westmeath
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• Dublin players celebrate their latest Leinster championship win in front of Hill 16
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• Paul Mannion scores a goal against Donegal in the All-Ireland quarter-final
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• Diarmuid Connolly scores his side’s final point against Kerry
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• Dublin fan Luke Feely celebrates against Kerry
  Source: James Crombie/INPHO
• Dublin supporters celebrate their win against Kerry
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• Eoghan O’Gara consoles Kerry goalkeeper Brian Kelly at the end of Dublin’s semi-final win
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• A view of the final score in the drawn All-Ireland final
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• Diarmuid Connolly buries his penalty past Mayo’s David Clarke in the All-Ireland final replay.
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Cormac Costello celebrates a late score in the All-Ireland final replay
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Hill 16 erupts after the All-Ireland win
  Source: James Crombie/INPHO
• Diarmuid Connolly celebrates with manager Jim Gavin
  Source: James Crombie/INPHO
• Stephen Cluxton lifts the Sam Maguire
  Source: James Crombie/INPHO
• Cian O’Sullivan lifts The Sam Maguire
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Dublin’s Bernard Brogan and Paul Flynn take a selfie with supporters
  Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO
• Jonny Cooper celebrates with the Sam Maguire
  Source: Cathal Noonan/INPHO
• Philly McMahon with 11-month-old Tomas Byrne.
  Source: Donall Farmer/INPHO
• Logan Dempsey, 10 months old, gets comfortable in the Sam Maguire
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
• Diarmuid Connolly celebrates with Tomas Quinn after St Vincent’s win the Leinster championship.
  Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO

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