Monaghan boy 'on cloud nine' after LFC Christmas video
Dáire Gorman chats with Liverpool football manager Jurgen Klopp
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A 12-year-old boy from County Monaghan is the star of a Christmas video posted by Liverpool Football Club
Dáire Gorman was brought over to Anfield by the club to meet the players and manager Jurgen Klopp
Dáire has Crommelin Syndrome, which caused him to be born without arms from his elbow down and without a femur bone in both of his legs
His mother Shelley said the visit still feels like a dream to her son
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The mother of a 12-year-old boy from County Monaghan who is the star of a Christmas video posted by Liverpool FC has said he's still "on cloud nine".
Dáire Gorman was brought over to Anfield by the club to meet the players and manager Jurgen Klopp.
Dáire has Crommelin Syndrome, which caused him to be born without arms from his elbow down and without a femur bone in both of his legs.
He attended Liverpool's game with Aston Villa in September.
Afterwards, a video of him crying as he listened to the anthem, external You'll Never Walk Alone went viral, attracting millions of views.
Among those who saw it was Liverpool manager Klopp.
Virgil van Dijk signs a shirt for Daire during his visit
In a subsequent message to Dáire, Klopp said: "I just want to let you know we all saw the video of you at Anfield when you were listening to You'll Never Walk Alone.
"The players and I absolutely love your passion for the club so we want to do something for you to say thank you.
"We are going to invite you and your family to Liverpool to meet the players and watch us train."
Dáire travelled over earlier this month and on Christmas Day the club posted a video of his visit, , externaldescribing it as "an emotional way to start your Christmas".
Dáire's mother Shelley said it was amazing for the family to watch the video.
"Dáire cried again because he’s a very emotional child," Mrs Gorman told BBC News NI.
"It was just amazing and it was so well put together.
"As parents we’re really proud of how Dáire spoke and it was just brilliant."
It wasn't just current players who met Dáire and his family, legendary goalscorer Ian Rush also said hello
The Christmas Day video shows Dáire chatting to several of the players, including Luis Díaz, Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Wataru Endo.
Mrs Gorman said being able to meet the players and manager meant everything to Dáire.
"It just blew his mind completely. All of his dreams have come true, he’s still buzzing. He’s on cloud nine," she said.
"He still says it feels like it didn’t happen, like it was a dream."
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Mrs Gorman said the original video of Dáire crying while listening to You'll Never Walk Alone had struck a chord with many people.
"It took me about three days to watch the whole video because every time I turned it on I just couldn’t stop crying," she said.
"Then it went completely viral and it was just unbelievable the response and people taking time out to comment and follow the story."
Shelley Gorman said Dáire can't wait to get back over to Anfield
She said the family had never expected the invite from Jurgen Klopp to follow the video.
"LFC had said they were coming over just to film a few bits about Daire and his passion for Liverpool and then at the end they showed us the message from Jurgen Klopp," Mrs Gorman said.
"We hadn’t a clue about any of it, so it was a massive, massive shock and surprise in a good way.
"Jurgen Klopp, he’s an absolute gentleman, he’s really down to earth."
Mrs Gorman said Dáire was now "dying to get back over".
"He’s got the buzz for it now and he’s got the feel for it now, so there’ll be no stopping him, but it’s getting the tickets that’s the hard part because of the access.
"But hopefully we’ll get him back over again."