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The best pics from Oasis' past Irish gigs as reunion tour heads to Croke Park

Oasis are gearing up to play two sold-out shows at Dublin's Croke Park this weekend in what will be the Britpop legend's first gigs on Irish soil since 2008. Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher will play to 160,000 adoring Irish fans over this Saturday and Sunday after the pair finally settled their long-running feud last year and announced their much-anticipated reunion tour following a 15-year hiatus The Gallagher brothers have a long history with Ireland - their parents' homeland. Their mother Peggy was born Charlestown, Co Mayo and moved to the UK in 1961 aged 18, originally working as a housekeeper in Manchester. It was there where she met Thomas Gallagher, who hailed from Duleek in Co Meath. Liam and Noel have often spoken with pride of their Irish roots, with the older Gallagher brother claiming in his 2021 autobiography that their Irish upbringing made Oasis what it was. "We are Irish, me and Liam, pretty much," Noel wrote. "There is no English blood in us... "Oasis could never have existed, been as big, been as important, been as flawed, been as loved and loathed, if we weren't all predominantly Irish." Oasis have played numerous memorable gigs in Ireland over the years, from their first ever Irish gig at Dublin's Tivoli Theatre in September 1994 to playing for 80,000 fans at Slane Castle in 2009 in what proved to be one of the band's final shows before they split in acrimonious circumstances. Ahead of their hugely anticipated double header at Croke Park this weekend, the Irish Mirror has taken a look back at some of the best image's from the band's previous concerts in Ireland over the years. Take a look through the gallery below to see some of the best snaps from Oasis' concerts in Ireland Fans at the Oasis concert in Dublin's Point Depot in 1996 (Image: Independent News) 1 of 28 Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher in action at the Point Depot, Dublin in 1996 (Image: Independent News) 2 of 28 Liam Gallagher performs live on stage with Oasis at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland during the band's (What's The Story) Morning Glory? tour on 22 March 1996 (Image:) 3 of 28 Oasis lead Guitarist, Noel Gallagher in action at the Point Depot, Dublin in 1996 (Image: Independent News) 4 of 28 Liam Gallagher performs live on stage with Oasis at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland during the band's (What's The Story) Morning Glory? tour on 22 March 1996. (Photo by) (Image:) 5 of 28 Noel Gallagher of Oasis at Slane before the band's concert on 22/07/1995 (Image: Independent News) 6 of 28 Liam Gallagher of Oasis on stage at Slane, 22/07/1995. (Image: Independent News) 7 of 28 Oasis at Slane before their concert, 22/07/1995 (Image: Independent News) 8 of 28