Patrick Kielty was taken aback during The Late Late Show's GAA special on Friday night when his former minor All-Ireland winning teammates from Co Down joined him on the show.
Kielty, who was a substitute goalkeeper for the team which won the All-Ireland minor final in 1987, was caught unaware at the end of the show when the Sam Maguire Cup was brought in by his former teammates.
"I've been told there is a change of plans, this is not in the script," a clearly shocked and emotional Kielty said as they joined him in the studio.
"I knew something was up and didn't know what was up! This is a surprise, it says read the autocue Paddy, that’s what they are telling me to do.
"You may have heard me mention at least five times tonight, I do have an All-Ireland medal, yes I was a sub-goalie on the glorious All-Ireland Football Championship-winning Down minor team of 1987 and some of that team are here tonight."
He became excited when he saw his brother standing behind him, exclaiming "That's our John!" as he gave him a hug.
One of his teammates spoke about how proud Kielty's late father Jack was the year they won the All-Ireland.
"We were all talking earlier and we remembered the first person all of us saw when we came off the pitch that day in the tunnel was big Jack from a seat in the Hogan stand," he said.
"Tears of joy tripping him, he was the happiest man in Ireland and he told each and every one of us how proud he was of all of us, not just you two boys but the whole lot. So we'll have a brandy for Jack later on tonight."
The Late Late Show, Friday nights at 9.35pm on RTÉ One.
