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Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park. Expand
Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park. Expand
Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile Expand
NI Dr McKenna Cup Final - Derry v TyroneGAA guests of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA Expand
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness pictured at  Monday nights Setanta Sports Cup quarter final between Linfield and Derry City at Windsor Park. Expand
GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Expand
GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Expand
GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Expand

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Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.

Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.

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Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.

Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.

©William Cherry/Presseye

Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile

Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile

NI Dr McKenna Cup Final - Derry v TyroneGAA guests of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA

NI Dr McKenna Cup Final - Derry v TyroneGAA guests of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA

©William Cherry/Presseye

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness pictured at  Monday nights Setanta Sports Cup quarter final between Linfield and Derry City at Windsor Park.

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness pictured at  Monday nights Setanta Sports Cup quarter final between Linfield and Derry City at Windsor Park.

©William Cherry/Presseye

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

©William Cherry/Presseye

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

©William Cherry/Presseye

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

GAA guest of honour First Minister Rt. Hon. Peter Robinson MLA and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness MP MLA pictured at the Power NI Dr McKenna Cup Final match between Derry and Tyrone at Athletic Grounds, Armagh.

©William Cherry/Presseye

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Lord Mayor of Belfast Niall O Donnghaile at Windsor Park to watch Linfield and Crusaders in the JJB Sports Irish Cup Final at Windsor Park.

Belfast Lord Mayor Niall O Donnghaile made a surprise appearance at the Irish Cup Final on Saturday.

The Sinn Fein councillor witnessed Linfield thrash Crusaders 4-1 at Windsor Park in their sixth League and Cup double in seven years.

Mr O Donnghaile’s visit to a football ground once regarded as a ‘no-go’ area for nationalists wasn’t the first by a Sinn Fein politician — Sports Minister Caral Ni Chuilin attended a Northern Ireland game against the Faroe Islands last August.

And in March, deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness paid his first visit to Windsor Park in nearly half a century to see Derry City play Linfield.

It was the latest in a number of sporting gestures, after First Minister Peter Robinson watched the final of GAA’s McKenna Cup between Derry and Tyrone in January.

Belfast Telegraph

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