Ireland's land of 100,000 welcomes has nothing on Japan - O'Mahony


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  • Saturday, 21 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Ireland v France - Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland - March 10, 2019 Ireland's Peter O'Mahony during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Ireland may be famed for being the land of 100,000 welcomes but it has nothing on Japan, vice captain Peter O'Mahony said on Saturday.

Ireland takes much pride in its reputation as being one of the friendliest nations to visit, typified by the traditional Irish language greeting of "cead mile failte", translated as "100,000 welcomes?.

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