Thousands of Irish Gaelic football fans descended on the city yesterday to watch Dubai beat Hong Kong and win the 10th Asian Gaelic Games yesterday.
A lively tournament of Irish sport that featured Asia's first-ever competitive hurling match, the People's Liberation Army provided the marching music and Arthur Guinness provided the refreshments.
A strong Dubai men's side edged Hong Kong 2-8 to 2-6 to win the tournament's main prize, the Derek Brady Cup.
The Asian Gaelic Games are one of Asia's largest amateur sporting events and featured 450 players on 35 teams from 10 Asian countries, including Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan and Dubai.
The spectators' favourite was the womens' final between Beijing and Dubai, a thrilling encounter, which the Beijing Banshees won 5-4 to 4-3 after extra time.
Beijing only entered for the first time last year and lost five out of five games back then without scoring a single point. The same team came to Shanghai and marched away with the honours.
'This is my third games and it just gets better and better, it's an original tournament. The competition is great and the camaraderie is fantastic,' said Angela Keane, from Lispole in Kerry, who was in the Beijing team.