VIDEO: Spine-tingling recap of 2016 will make you proud to be Irish

13 games, 19 goals, 1 country risen from the ashes.

It wasn't that long ago that the future of Ireland football was looking bleak. They were heading nowhere in their Euros qualifying group it seemed, the players weren't there it was apparent, and there was nothing coming through it was forewarned. It all changed. Victories over Germany and Bosnia at the end of last year set Ireland up for a spectacular 2016 that brought them to France to make noises around the continent and then ended with them sitting on top of their World Cup qualifying group. It was an epic journey and one that brought the country together and put football back on top of the agenda. W - Ireland 1-0 Switzerland (Ciaran Clark) D - Ireland 2-2 Slovakia (Shane Long, James McClean) D - Ireland 1-1 Netherlands (Shane Long) L - Ireland 1-2 Belarus (Stephen Ward) D - Ireland 1-1 Sweden (Wes Hoolahan) L - Ireland 0-3 Belgium W - Ireland 1-0 Italy (Robbie Brady) L - France 2-1 Ireland (Robbie Brady) W - Ireland 4-0 Oman (Robbie Brady, Robbie Keane, Jon Walters, Jon Walters) D - Serbia 2-2 Ireland (Jeff Hendrick, Daryl Murphy) W - Ireland 1-0 Georgia (Seamus Coleman) W - Moldova 1-3 Ireland (Shane Long, James McClean, James McClean) W - Austria 0-1 Ireland (James McClean) And it's all packaged glorious in one spine-tingling highlights reel. What a year. https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/813810445693784064 Bring on 2017.