OāBrien pots the green. 60-46.
Gilbert in-off. 64-46.
OāBrien misses the match ball on the brown. Rattles about six times in the jaws.
OāBrien is grinding him down. He has the unbreakable will of an IRA man staring at a dot on the wall while under interrogation by the Brits.
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Fouldsy playing a blinder on commentary
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Now over two hours since the frame began.
Itās over!
OāBrien wins!
What a time to be alive!
Official frame time: 119 minutes 40 seconds! (not including the toilet break).
20 seconds short of two hours! Boooo!
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Well done Fergal.
Roll on Saturday when the great event starts
It wonāt get any better than that.
Unreal, what a fucking gladiator Fergal is. Three wars heās fought in qualifying to get through.
2:30am finish two nights ago.
I hereby officially rename him Vol. Fergal OāBrien.
Iām filled with pride that I used to play in the same place he practiced.
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The fact that it could get better,just highlights the magic of The World Championship.
Thorburn-esque levels of determination from Fergal.
Great day for Ireland 
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Really enjoyed that. Had a chuckle at Foulds going on about them threatening to break the world marathon record of 2:02:57 set by Denis Kimetto of Kenya in 2014.
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It was the perfect amuse bouche for the main event at The Crucible.
I used to play 2 hour frames in the Cross Guns snooker club in Phibsboro on a regular basis.
Iād say you were an awful man to lay a snooker too back in the day.
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I would have thought youād be more of a billiards man.
I used to love to lay a snooker.
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No snooker 
only.
It was the same for everyone unless you were up at the top table. There were more slopes in that place than Hanoi.
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