Gavan Reilly: Things that hadn’t happened when we last beat the Dubs

The Green Party hadn’t yet left government, then lost all of its Dáil seats, worked its way back from the very bottom, went back into the Dáil, got back into government, and almost lost all of its seats again.

Michael Lowry hadn’t yet announced a public dispute with the Government over plans to restrict stag hunting.

Enda Kenny hadn’t reappointed the front bench which he had sacked a couple of weeks earlier.

TheJournal.ie wasn’t launched. (Your columnist was working on its early test version at the time of the game.)

Drogheda’s full-time A&E hadn’t closed yet. (It was shut the same evening as Meath put five past Cluxton.) Civil partnership wasn’t yet the law in Ireland.

Brian Cowen hadn’t given that interview to Morning Ireland from the breakfast room of the Ardilaun Hotel in Salthill, then spent the day denying that he was drunk or hungover.

The banks hadn’t fallen to bits (yet). The Troika hadn’t arrived. Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide weren’t merged or closed. NAMA didn’t exist.

Brian Cowen hadn’t called a motion of confidence in himself as Fianna Fáil leader, won it, and resigned within days anyway.

A man hadn’t drove a truck with a cement mixer into the gates of Leinster House.

Tayto Park wasn’t open yet.

Neither was Terminal 2 in Dublin Airport. Neither was the Aviva Stadium. Katy Perry hadn’t yet released ‘California Gurls’.

Jedward hadn’t represented Ireland in the Eurovision.

Mary Harney hadn’t yet been hit by red paintballs at a HSE event. Brendan Smith hadn’t yet issued a press release announcing a scheme of ‘free cheese’.

Ivor Callely hadn’t left the Seanad yet.

Gerry Adams hadn’t become a TD yet. Pearse Doherty, who has been Sinn Féin finance spokesperson since winning a by-election in November 2010, hadn’t even become a TD yet.

Here’s hoping the next version of this list is much shorter!