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Sport in Ireland plays an important role in Irish society. The many sports played and followed in Ireland include Gaelic games,association football,horse racing,show jumping,greyhound racing,basketball,fishing,handball,motorsport,boxing,tennis,hockey,golf,rowing,cricket,and rugby union.
Eric Miller is a former Irish rugby union and Gaelic football player. As a rugby player Miller played for,among others Old Wesley,Leicester Tigers,Ulster,Leinster,the Barbarians,Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. After retiring as a rugby player,Miller switched football codes and went on to play Gaelic football for the Dublin county team.
The Leinster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling,Gaelic football,camogie,rounders and handball in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council has been partnered with the European County Board to help develop Gaelic Games in Europe. Leinster Council's main contribution to this goal is the provision of referees.
Stephen Cluxton is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Dublin county team.
Cherry Orchard Football Club is an Irish association football club based in the Cherry Orchard district of Ballyfermot,Dublin. Their senior team plays in the Leinster Senior League. They have also competed in the FAI Cup,the FAI Intermediate Cup,the FAI Junior Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. The Orchard also have reserve teams playing in the Leinster Senior League and enter teams in the Dublin &District Schoolboy League. Cherry Orchard is well known for its youth system which has successfully produced dozens of players who have gone onto play for clubs throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom. In addition,many have also gone on to represent the Republic of Ireland at various international levels.
Jeremy Paul Bray is an Australian-Irish cricket coach and former player. He played as a left-handed top order batsman and part-time wicketkeeper. He grew up in Australia and played for the Australia under-19s and briefly for New South Wales,later moving to Ireland and playing ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals for the national team between 2004 and 2009. Since retiring from playing he has coached Ireland women,Denmark,and Vanuatu.
Louis "Abraham" Bookman was an Irish sportsman of Lithuanian Jewish origin who represented Ireland in both football and cricket. Born the son of a rabbi in Lithuania,he arrived in Ireland in 1895 when his family emigrated to escape antisemitism;his family subsequently adopted the name Bookman.
John McCaffrey is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lucan Sarsfields and has been a member of the Dublin senior inter-county team since 2006.
Ballyboden St Enda's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Knocklyon,South Dublin,Ireland. The Club serves the Rathfarnham,Knocklyon,Ballycullen,Ballyboden,Ballyroan,Firhouse areas. They offer hurling,camogie,Gaelic football,handball,and rounders. They were founded in 1969 after the merger of 2 clubs in the Rathfarnham area –the Ballyboden Wanderers and Rathfarnham St. Endas.
Sport in Northern Ireland plays an important role in the lives of many Northern Irish people. Most sports are organised on an all-Ireland basis,for example rugby union,Gaelic games,basketball,rugby league,hockey,and cricket,whereas others,like association football and netball are organised on a separate basis for Northern Ireland.
The Irish Schoolboys rugby union team is the national team for secondary school students and under-18 school players in Ireland. There is an equivalent Ireland under 18 clubs side that play international rugby.
Cricket in Ireland is governed by Cricket Ireland,which maintains the Ireland men's and women's cricket teams. Like several other sports in Ireland,cricket is organised on an all-Ireland basis. Following the team's success in the 2007 Cricket World Cup,the sport's popularity increased in Ireland. The country was,until 2017,an associate member of the International Cricket Council and played in tournaments like the World Cricket League and ICC Intercontinental Cup,which are qualifying rounds for associate teams for the Cricket World Cup and ICC World Twenty20. Ireland qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20,the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 ICC World Twenty20. In the 2011 World Cup,they beat England in the group matches.
Paul Ryan is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-forward for the Dublin senior team.
Cormac Costello is a Gaelic football forward for the Dublin county team,with which he has won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and four National Football League medals. The former Ardscoil Rís student plays his club football for Whitehall Colmcille.
Liam Ryan is an Irish hurler who plays for Wexford Senior Championship club Rapparees and at inter-county level with Wexford senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a full-back.
Darren Brennan is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Intermediate Championship club St Lachtain's and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a goalkeeper.
The Kildare county football team represents Kildare in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kildare GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
The Wexford county football team represents Wexford in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Wexford GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
The Wicklow county football team represents Wicklow in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Wicklow GAA,the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions;the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship,the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
Andy McEntee is a Gaelic football manager. He has been the manager of the Antrim county team since 2022. He managed his native Meath between 2016 and 2022.
