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All-Ireland champs Kerry enjoy cross-county support from young GAA fans during hospital visit before heroes' homecoming

SWASHBUCKLING All-Ireland champions Kerry got their celebration party off to an early start this morning ahead of lining out for a heroes' homecoming - as it was revealed a MILLION people watched the climax of the final. Advertisement 9 Kerry players kicked off their celebrations by bringing Sam Maguire to sick kids Credit: Andres Poveda 9 Members of the panel showed off Sam to those at Temple Street Children's Hospital Credit: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile 9 They also took Sam to The Boar's Head on Capel Street Credit: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile Triumphant Members of the panel also showed off Sam to sick kids at Temple Street Children's The All-Ireland-winning team then jumped on a train to make their way home to Kerry. Amid their train trip south, their first stop was in Rathmore, home of goalkeeper Shane Ryan and corner-back Paul Murphy. Advertisement Read more in GAA And following the pitstop, the train travelled directly to Casement Station in Tralee. Tens of thousands of fans are set to turn out at special homecoming events in Tralee and Killarney tonight. The team and management will be paraded through Tralee town in an open-top bus to an outdoor reception at the Ashe Memorial Hall in Denny Street. The team and management will then hot-foot it to Killarney, for another bash there. Advertisement Most read in GAA Football An open-top bus will take them on a parade through Killarney town to a reception in the Glebe car park. With green and yellow nuts in party mode, Kerry comedian Bernard Casey today described it as one of the 'sweetest All-Ireland triumphs in a long time'. Kerry star Paudie Clifford slates critics after Kingdom win 39th Funnyman Casey, of Portmagee village in Co Kerry, beamed: 'Kerry 'People said they Advertisement 'And the fact that we were able to beat three extremely strong teams from Ulster to win the 'Especially from the history of Kerry, through the noughties, the hardship we had with Tyrone. And Armagh catching us last year. Donegal as well caught us badly in 2012, they gave us a bit of a beating that day. So it was a great one at the weekend.' 9 The Kingdom scooped their 39th All-Ireland title on Sunday Credit: Andres Poveda 9 Kerry swept past Donegal 1-26 to 0-19 at Croke Park Credit: Andres Poveda Advertisement 9 Thousands of fans are set to turn out at special homecoming events tonight Credit: Andres Poveda Casey says Kerry fans are He said: 'If you actually look at the pundits, there were seven pundits, six of them from the north, and they all gave Donegal the tip. 'There were a few non-Nordies that also gave it to them. Advertisement 'Donegal were justified in thinking they could win they game, they've played some fabulous stuff leading it up to it. 'MASSIVE SENSE OF PRIDE' 'It was brilliant being around the fans. 'The atmosphere was absolutely fantastic. There's a massive sense of pride.' As the party continues, Advertisement The broadcaster revealed Kerry's win over Donegal in yesterday's All-Ireland Football Final drew an average audience of 933,000 viewers to RTE One's coverage on The Sunday Game Live. David Clifford's son adorably hijacks RTE interview after dad dominates All-Ireland final Some 79 per cent of the available audience tuned-in, with viewership peaking at 1,033,000 towards the end of the game. TUNED IN RTE said: 'Kerry's win over Donegal in yesterday's All Ireland Football Final drew an average audience of 933,000 viewers to RTE One's coverage on The Sunday Game Live, with 79 per cent of the available audience tuning-in as Joanne Cantwell presented live coverage of the Kingdom's record-extending 39th All Ireland title. Viewership peaked at 1,033,000 towards the end of the game (17.17). 'The Sunday Game Live (including Sunday Game Beo) had 378,000 streams on RTE Player yesterday. Sunday Game Beo on RTE News channel and RTE Player, presented by Gráinne McElwain, had Irish language commentary of the final while Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1 brought listeners all the action from the final as did Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an Lae. Advertisement 'On Sunday night, Jacqui Hurley and the Sunday Game pundits picked the Football team of the year, while 'HEAVILY ENGAGED' 'The craic began on Saturday night on RTÉ One as an average audience of 309,000 watched Up For The Match on RTÉ One as Jacqui Hurley and Des Cahill were joined live in studio by 'Fans were heavily engaged with The Sunday Game across RTÉ's social media platforms with video views reaching 6.73 million with over 705,000 engagements. President 9 RTE's Marty Morrissey also made the trip to the hospital Credit: Andres Poveda Advertisement 9 The final drew an average audience of 933,000 television viewers to RTE Credit: Andres Poveda 9 The All-Ireland-winning team jumped on a train to make their way home to Kerry Credit: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile