Olympic fever has well and truly taken over the nation this week as Ireland's athletes continue to impress on the global stage.
Ireland's first gold medal of the Tokyo Games came yesterday with the brilliant victory of Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy in the lightweight double sculls event.
The Cork duo secured Ireland's 10th ever Olympic gold medal - and the first since Katie Taylor's memorable triumph in London 2012.
The nation's first medal in Tokyo was won by the women's fours the previous day after they secured bronze in the rowing event.
It has been an incredible few days for Irish sport, with Aidan Walsh winning Ireland's third medal in the Tokyo Olympics this morning.
He has secured the bronze medal with his 4-1 triumph and will fight GB's Pat McCormack in the silver medal fight on Sunday, and will be eyeing up a bid for the gold if he successfully negotiates that fight.
Ireland has had some incredible gold-winning Olympians over the years, including controversial three-time swimming champ Michelle Smith de Bruin, Katie Taylor, Michael Carruth, Ronnie Delany, Pat O'Callaghan and Bob Tisdall.
But there is one athlete who, although coming in second, which is still a remarkable achievement, stole all the headlines at one of the Games.
At the 1906 Games in Greece, a decade before the Easter Rising, Peter O'Connor represented the Emerald Isle along with two other Irishmen, Con Leahy and John Daly.
The trio travelled in green blazers and brought an Irish flag with them, the old 'Erin Go Bragh' flag with a golden harp displayed on a green background.
However, as Ireland did not have its own Olympic Council at the time which could nominated athletes to compete, the lads were not permitted to take part in the Greek Games for their native land.
This blow was made even worse by the fact that the Irish athletes would instead be classed as British, as Irish Central details.
Peter O'Connor competed nonetheless in the long jump and triple jump, arriving with a decade of victories over his British competitors.
The Wicklow man had also already set a long jump world record, and ended up coming second in the Games.
Despite protests of bias from the American judge, the silver medal stood.
But there was to be more disappointment for O'Connor when he saw that a British flag would be flown above him as he collected his silver medal.
In response, he scaled the flagpole with his own Irish flag in an attempt to replace the Union Jack.
The protest was one of the first that brought politics into the Olympics, and people have been amazed to learn of the daring protest this week.
Social media users have been expressing their astoundment at not being aware of the story until now
O'Connor's actions have been hailed as "brilliant", with one person saying "the Irish knew how to protest and to fight for what really matters, their independence".
"What a hold my beer my moment in Irish sporting history," another added.
He was also called a "legend", with his protest called "iconic" and "audacious".
"Pole climbing should be an Olympic sport," another person added.
It wasn't all politics for O'Connor, however, as he went on to win gold in the triple jump event, with no flagpoles scaled that time.
