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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,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 association football club based in the Cherry Orchard area of Ballyfermot,Dublin in Ireland. Their senior team plays in the Leinster Senior League (LSL). They have also competed in the FAI Cup,the FAI Intermediate Cup,the FAI Junior Cup and the Leinster Senior Cup. The club also has reserve teams playing in the LSL and enter teams in the Dublin and District Schoolboys/Girls League (DDSL). A number of players,who progressed through the Cherry Orchard youth system,have gone onto play for professional clubs in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Several have also represented the Republic of Ireland national team at international level.
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.
Robert James Hamilton Lambert was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler,he played 51 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1893 and 1930,including 23 first-class matches,captaining them on 13 occasions. He also played first-class cricket for London County and Woodbrook Club and Ground. On his death,the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack described him as the best all-rounder produced by Ireland.
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.
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 to the Cricket World Cup and the 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.
The RTÉSports Team of the Year Award is given on an annual basis to the sporting team or partnership considered to have made the most substantive contribution to sport in that year.
Jack McCaffrey is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Clontarf.
Cormac Costello is a Gaelic football forward for the Dublin county team,with which he has won eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and five National Football League medals. The former Ardscoil Rís student plays his club football for Whitehall Colmcille.
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.
Jack O'Connor is an Irish hurler who plays for Wexford Championship club St Martin's and at inter-county level with the Wexford senior hurling team. He usually plays as a right wing-forward,but can also be deployed as a left wing-back.
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.
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.
