Shane Long secured his place in the annals of Irish sport by scoring the winning goal for the Republic of Ireland in last night's Euro 2016 qualifier against Germany at the Aviva Stadium.

The Gortnahoe man grabbed the only goal in the 70th minute to sink the World champions and earn Martin O'Neill's men a playoff spot at the very least. Before embarking on his soccer career, Long was a budding Tipperary hurler, representing the Premier in two All-Ireland minor semi-finals a decade ago.

Messages of congratulations have been flowing in for Shane and his Irish team-mates on social media since last night's famous victory. Here's just a few of them.

Tipperary tipperary .. #COYBIG

- padraic maher (@podzo21) October 8, 2015

I might be a Kilkenny man but tonight I'm loving county Tipperary Shane long you absolute beaut #coybig #longball #mullerwho

- stephen murphy (@Smurf5050) October 8, 2015

Funny how Shane Long was a Tipperary minor hurler

- Eoin (@Eoin_Lombard) October 8, 2015

Congrats to Shane Long on magnificent goal against world champions Germany #tipperary #nenagh #ShaneLong7 #FAI

- Tipperary Star (@tippstar) October 8, 2015

Tipperary's Finest, Shane Long!!!! #COYBIG !

- Paul Morrissey (@Paul_Morrissey) October 8, 2015

Get in, beating the World Champions. A Tipperary man in Shane Long ever sweeter !!!!!

- Liam Whelan (@whelanchelt) October 8, 2015

Gwan you good thing Shane Long the best thing to come out of Tipperary since Bulmers #COYBIG

- Peter Hatton (@hatton_peter) October 8, 2015

Tipperary 1 Germany 0! Well done Shane Long and the Irish team!

- The Nationalist (@TheNationalist) October 8, 2015

What a win. What an atmosphere. What a team performance. What a goal #COYBIG

- Henry Shefflin (@ShefflinHenry) October 8, 2015

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