PICS: The Phoenix Park Looks Like A Music Festival Ahead Of The Papal Mass

Since early this morning, tens of thousands of people have been making their way to the Phoenix Park to witness Pope Francis celebrating mass later today.

Coming from all parts of Dublin and beyond, people are undertaking mammoth journeys to see the historic moment and the queues for toilets as far back as the Kylemore Road gave some indication of what was to come...

Queues for the toilets six or seven deep on the Kylemore Rd. pic.twitter.com/kKrUoGdRZy
— Louise Byrne News (@LouiseByrneNews) August 26, 2018

The park now looks more like a music festival as crowds prepare to welcome Pope Francis to the stage later this afternoon...

Latest imagery from our command unit in @phoenixparkopw. Corrals starting to fill up, people moving well #PhoenixPark #PopeInIreland #PopeInThePark pic.twitter.com/aSwj5577Vt
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 26, 2018

Crowds beginning to gather for 3:30 mass. #WMOF18 #PhoenixPark #PopeinIreland pic.twitter.com/kkmB9uxGTU
— ????? ?????? (@davelohan) August 26, 2018

Crowd streaming in to the Phoenix Park. #PopeInIreland Looking forward to the arrival of @Pontifex pic.twitter.com/SlaK1bwWkL
— Brendan Quinlivan (@QQuinlivan) August 26, 2018

Crowds making their way into the Phoenix Park for the Papal mass. #PopeinIreland pic.twitter.com/ykx40tveRB
— Virgin Media News (@VirginMediaNews) August 26, 2018

Walking into The Pope's Mass in the Phoenix Park and listening to the @tconspiracyguys #Vatican podcast #PopeInIreland #PopeinthePark #tconspiracyguys #conspiracy pic.twitter.com/sJQc8TBIEk
— DPM 365 (@DePuta365) August 26, 2018

And with an hour till @Pontifex arrives, the crowds are still braving the elements and coming to the Phoenix Park #PopeInIreland #wmof2018 pic.twitter.com/kf9gMHT5fx
— Greg Daly (@GregDalyIC) August 26, 2018

Crowds gathering in the #PhoenixPark for the #papalmass.#pápainÉirinn #PopeInIreland
Level of organisation and marshalling is very impressive by volunteers, as well as professional guidance and help from @defenceforces and @GardaTraffic. pic.twitter.com/dNuaUiOBIE
— Barry Ward (@barrymward) August 26, 2018

The mass is expected to get underway around 3.30pm in front of an estimated 500,000 people.