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Published 17:01 28 Aug 2015 BST
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After Wales, Joe Schmidt's men take on England at Twickenham before beginning their World Cup campaign which will be O'Connell's last tournament in an Ireland jersey.
And after the iconic lock's final captain's run at the Aviva, the Munster man took a moment to consider his fondest memories at home and revealed that it's the more recent years that he cherishes most.
"There's plenty of them. The England game in 2007 - but that was in Croke Park - winning the Triple Crown game, the first one against Scotland, was an important day. It seems a long time ago now.
"Big November internationals, when we started regularly competing with and beating southern hemisphere teams were important days.
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