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Tralee and west Kerry folk outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
SO it was not to be.
This Monday morning was all the more bleak when waking up again to the realisation that Kerry are not All-Ireland champions.
The mood was altogether different on Saturday afternoon in Dublin where thousands of Kerry fans thronged the main streets of the capital.
Cautious optimism was expressed at some of the bars as they enjoyed a pre-match drink before heading out to Croke Park. We took some photos of the green and gold army outside The Palace Bar and around The Gresham Hotel. Scroll down for photos…
Alan, Abbey, Joanne, Róisin and Jessica O’Sullivan outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Stephen McAuliffe, John Sheehan and Killian Keane outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Maeve Dillane, Clara Moran and Paddy Moran outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Adrian Quirke, Anne Marie Nelligan, Regina Rath and David Kerins outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Kathleen Rice, Bridget O’Sullivan, Caroline Redmond, Sinead Walsh and Eimear McDonnell outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Liz Darcy and Ken West outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Gearóid Keane and Ger Keane from London (but Ger is originally from Tralee) outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Darragh O’Connor, Eoin Lynch and PC Lynch outside The Palace Bar up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Anthony Sheehan, Colm Brick, Bob Walsh, Alex Walsh, John Fleming, Liam Brick, Mark Brick and Tom Dillon outside The Gresham Hotel up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Cliodhna Ní Chathain and Fiona Ní Chathain at Madigan’s on O’Connell Street on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Kerry fans from Cordal and Castleisland outside Madigan’s on O’Connell Street on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Kerry fans outside The Gresham Hotel up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Tara Guerin, Linda Sugrue, Laura O’Connor and Aaron O’Connor outside The Gresham Hotel up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Brid O’Connor, Martina O’Connor and EIlish O’Connor with Sean Óg O’Connor and Paudie Evans outside The Gresham Hotel up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Kerry fans from Cahersiveen, Kilgarvan, Glenflesk, Rathmore and elsewhere outside The Gresham Hotel up for the match in Dublin on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
