Thousands of people turned out in Skibbereen to welcome home Olympic silver medal winners Gary and Paul O'Donovan.
Around 1,000 people greeted the two rowers on their arrival home to Cork airport last night.
On Saturday, Paul added to his Olympic silver by winning gold at the men's single lightweight sculls at the world championships.
Last night the Rio lightweight double sculls silver medallists were on board a scheduled Aer Lingus flight to Cork with over 20 other members of the Irish rowing team who competed at the world championships in Rotterdam.
The two brothers, from Lisheen near Skibbereen in west Cork, joined the plane's captain and co-pilot in the cockpit as the airport's fire and rescue service provided the plane with a water cannon salute.
Also on board were their parents Teddy and Trish O'Donovan.
Teddy O'Donovan said it was great to be in Rio to see his sons "creating history."
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Sean O'Rourke, Teddy O'Donovan said after Rio, it was great to go to Rotterdam to see the stir the boys were making internationally.
He said Gary and Paul are going back to college in the coming weeks and "normality will be forced on them".
He said hopefully they have a long career ahead of them as "they're only babies in rowing terms", as rowers are considered to be at their prime at 28 to 32 years of age.
He said the reaction to them on the international circuit was great "but it's best when you come home to your own".
O'Donovan brothers land in Cork to heroes' welcomehttps://t.co/4ABvAf4IGs
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 29, 2016
Tributes abound all over west #Cork but none quite like this in #Leap #ODonovanBros #Legends .@rtenews pic.twitter.com/d9ebya6EMa
— JennïeØSullivân (@OSullivanJennie) August 29, 2016
