Today the people of Ireland will take to the polls to vote on the introduction of same-same marriage… but some are travelling a bit farther than others.
Emigrants from all over the globe have been arriving into Dublin Airport in the last 24 hours to ensure that they play their part in this potentially historic occasion and sharing photos of their pilgrimage on Twitter using the #hometovote hashtag.
The movement has reached such a scale that this afternoon, #hometovote was the number one trending topic in Canada.
This is just incredible.
I flew from San Francisco to vote Yes today. No biggie. #hometovote
— Ali May (@alimayzing) May 22, 2015
This is the scene on the 9:10 London to Holyhead train as Irish abroad return #hometovote #marref pic.twitter.com/spVfkb5sIT
— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) May 22, 2015
#HomeToVote from Valencia. #IVoted with my mam (75). #IDo #LetsMakeHistory #MarRef #VoteYes Proud. pic.twitter.com/T9pNVWY3hN
— Eamon (@eamonireland) May 22, 2015
#hometovote #YesEquality #MarRef pic.twitter.com/WB06jSjSFl
— Jason Byrne (@JasonByrnePhD) May 21, 2015
1st to vote this morning – with real queue behind me as doors opened. V high turnout predicted! #MarRef #hometovote pic.twitter.com/w91xWxRHzp
— Rob Munnelly (@RobertMunnelly) May 22, 2015
Came #hometovote all the way from London and found my mum had made some subtle changes to my room for me #VoteYes pic.twitter.com/BOdxqXhJoN
— Kevin Beirne (@KevBeirne) May 21, 2015
He’s come #hometovote from Berlin! #BestFriendEva pic.twitter.com/vaVC8j43cq
— Jack Eustace (@JackAEustace) May 21, 2015
On the Ulysses ferry coming into dock right now. The Stena ahead of us. Plenty of #hometovote #VoteYes pic.twitter.com/SVV9omAW5N
— Mazzy K (@MazzyK) May 22, 2015
Great pics by @AlisonLaredo of warm welcome, at Knock, for those returning to vote yes for gay marriage. #hometovote pic.twitter.com/fcvpz8adgQ
— Sharon Jennings (@Jezzes) May 21, 2015
On the way- from Bangkok airport #hometovote pic.twitter.com/NmpzHE8e1F
— Carol Hunt (@carolmhunt) May 21, 2015
.@ireland @nessymon Good to know J! Myself&friend Dan nabbed a few others going #HomeToVote in Bxl Airport last night pic.twitter.com/DSMJZUGePD
— Emma Cassidy (@CassidyEmma) May 21, 2015
I’ll be #hometovote on May 22nd!! Every vote matters! #VoteYes #MarRef #YesEquality pic.twitter.com/GjhMHbENVF
— Eadaoin McClean (@iodine87) May 9, 2015
