A special event is taking place in Monaghan to mark the 40th anniversary of former professional boxer Barry McGuigan becoming a world champion.
Nicknamed 'The Clones Cyclone', McGuigan dethroned Eusebio Pedroza to take the WBA featherweight title in 1985 and become one of Ireland's most iconic boxers in the process.
Now, exactly 40 years on from a fight that took place before an almost 27,000 crowd at Loftus Road in London on June 8 1985, the bout is being commemorated in his native Monaghan.
Speaking at the event, Barry McGuigan said the events of that day are riveted into his brain.
"It is riveted into my brain, just coming out to the fight, getting to the actual arena, the amount of people outside, the noise and the fight itself was an incredible fight. Fifteen full rounds.
"He was an amazing champion, a champion for seven and a half years, longest reigning featherweight champion in history, so I knew I had to perform, I had to peak, I had to be at my best.
"It was the very first time the BBC had done a live outside broadcasting of a fight, Jonathan Martin was the head of the BBC, so they took a real risk but the fact that it was just 250 yards away from the BBC studios, if anything went wrong, they could always get back to the studio or whatever. But so they took a chance and it went swimmingly.
"But of course, going to the ring didn't go swimmingly for me, because it took 12 minutes to go 60 yards, because all the fans were so enthusiastic, and they wanted to support me and clap me in the back, but it was great. I knew I would get there. I just knew that they were excited and they wanted to see me.
"And then get into the ring, and the old man got up and sang Danny Boy, and everybody sang it back to him, so it was very emotional but I sort of switched myself off.
"I knew that I couldn't listen to the words so I hummed a tune to myself so that I wouldn't focus on the song itself. It was emotional."
Watch: Barry McGuigan remembers becoming world champion 40 years on
The match, which saw Barry McGuigan become champion by dropping Eusebio Pedroza of Panama in round seven and win the title on a unanimous 15-round decision, is being shown at a special screening at the Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan town.
The win became one of the greatest moments in Irish sporting history and thousands turned out to welcome the Clones fighter back home after the fight.
Two days after defeating Eusebio Pedroza, 75,000 people gathered in Belfast's Royal Avenue to welcome him home and another 30,000 people turned out in his native Clones.
In Dublin, a quarter of a million people lined the streets.
"It was, it is incredible. We went from the top of O'Connell Street up to the Mansion House, and it took us an hour and 45 minutes. It was unbelievable. It was just a remarkable time in my life," he said.
The fight took place against a backdrop of dark and troubled days in Northern Ireland.
However, Barry McGuigan and his sporting triumph united communities.
He was seen not just as a great boxer, but also as a beacon of peace.
"It was a very sad time. People were dying every day in the troubles. I knew the tension was very severe. And I'm a Catholic, and I married a Protestant, and we, you know, we were in Northern Ireland at a very difficult time.
"I didn't want to alienate half my supporters by beating my chest and seeing like an Irish man and didn't feel I needed to do that. I felt completely the opposite. In fact, I felt it was a time to be respectful and not encouraging violence, but actually being against it.
"And myself and my manager, Barney, were very much united on that, and so I wore the United Nations flag of peace colours. My shorts were made out of the United Nations flag of peace colours with the white dove on my side. That was really important to me. That's the message we were sending."
Barry McGuigan is attending the screening of the fight this afternoon before being interviewed about the events of 40 years previous and what they meant for both the community in Monaghan and Irish boxing as a whole.
"It's lovely to look back on 40 years ago and so much has happened. We've lost so many family members, and you know that's been very difficult, and times have moved on.
"My kids have grown up and I lost my poor daughter Nika five years ago and I will never come to terms with that. My dad is gone and and my brother's gone, and my sister Sharon is gone so it's been very tough and very difficult.
"But I'm still here and still in reasonably good shape and still train regularly. My son's doing really well and in boxing so the McGuigan name is still pretty strong in the business."
Barry McGuigan retired permanently from the ring four years after his world title winning fight.
His record was 32 wins and three losses, with 28 victories by way of knockout.
The now 64-year-old’s WBA and Ring world titles were the most glittering honours to his name.
However, he had also accumulated a number of European and British titles along the way in the same weight class.
In 2005, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
