Amy Broadhurst returned to her hometown a hero in the wake of her stunning world championship gold medal win in Istanbul.
Having claimed victory in the light-welterweight final against Algeria’s Imane Khelif, the 25-year-old's star has been catapulted to a whole new level of fame.
Of course the same can be said of Roscommon's Lisa O'Rourke who also took gold in the proceeding decider at 70 kg in what was a momentous day for Irish boxing and sport as a whole.
The pair followed in the footsteps of Katie Taylor, Michael Conlan and Kellie Harrington in becoming Irish world champions at amateur level.
Aside from soaking supporters with champagne, Amy herself also soaked in the moment after years of toiling away in relative obscurity during her homecoming celebrations.
In one interview with RTE she said: “This is crazy. I watched Katie Taylor ten years ago when she won the Olympics in Bray when she had the whole of her estate out and the fact that it’s happening to me now ten years later… the support is just unbelievable.
“Thank you very much to every single one of yous that have come out today.
"My aunty’s here, my grandad came up to the airport, he’s 86, and I never ever ever thought I’d see this and I just want to say thank you very much for all the support from everybody, you’ve been incredible with sponsorship and edging me on when things got tough. Thank you very, very much.”
On top of scenes like these, Amy and Lisa also received a heartwarming phone call from their idol Taylor as the world's top professional female fighter shared her congratulations.
Broadhurst reflected on her long journey to glory, admitting it has yet to fully sink in.
She said: "It’s taken a long road to get here, it’s been 20 years of my life that’s actually got me here.
"I’ve had European medals and that before but all I’ve wanted was a world medal and to get a world gold is unbelievable.
"I don’t think it’s sunk in yet, I don’t think it will sink in until I’m at home on my own and I’m actually just thinking of what I’ve achieved.
"I just knew from when I was a little girl this is what I wanted to do and even yesterday before I came out for my fight, I thought to myself 20 years ago I started boxing and this is what I’ve been dreaming of since I was that age. So it was a case of 'go and grab it’."
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