As Ireland crowns its newest Olympic gold medallist the world has been watching and congratulating.

Within minutes of Katie Taylor’s 10-8 win over Sofya Ochigava of Russia congratulations were flooding in from all corners of the globe.

From sports stars to politicians and beyond.

Here are just some of the tweets singing Katie’s praises.

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Katie Taylor congratulations on winning gold. You are amazing

— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) href="https://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/233602253993414657" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:34:52+00:00">August 9, 2012

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Absolutely fantastic massive, massive Congratulations you've done us all proud@olympiccouncil@IrishOlympians href="http://t.co/XvuTtP2d" title="http://twitter.com/soniaagrith/status/233601193853718529/photo/1">twitter.com/soniaagrith/st…

— Sonia O'Sullivan (@soniaagrith) href="https://twitter.com/soniaagrith/status/233601193853718529" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:30:40+00:00">August 9, 2012

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Maith thú Katie Taylor! From one amateur boxer to another, you were brilliant! href="https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23irishgold">#irishgold

— John Prescott (@johnprescott) href="https://twitter.com/johnprescott/status/233598975347937280" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:21:50+00:00">August 9, 2012

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Katie Taylor hugging her dad (coach) as she wins Gold one of the great moments of the Games. Ireland craic going to be good tonight

— Alastair Campbell (@campbellclaret) href="https://twitter.com/campbellclaret/status/233594797628211200" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:05:14+00:00">August 9, 2012

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Katie Taylor wins Gold for Ireland. What an afternoon for women's boxing!

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/233594343749984256" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:03:26+00:00">August 9, 2012

But it seemed all a bit too much for some…

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Princess Anne shielding her ears from the noise at the boxing! href="http://t.co/0G5706yA" title="http://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/233600844820512768/photo/1">twitter.com/daraobriain/st…

— Dara O Briain (@daraobriain) href="https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/233600844820512768" data-datetime="2012-08-09T16:29:17+00:00">August 9, 2012