Culture of Northern Ireland - Sports

Sports

Main article: Sport in Northern Ireland See also: Sport in Ireland

Some team sports are played on an all-Ireland basis, while in others Northern Ireland fields its own team.

  • Belfast Giants
  • Gaelic football
  • Hurling
  • Gaelic handball
  • Milk Cup, an international youth association football competition held in Northern Ireland
  • Northern Ireland national football team
  • Royal Portrush Golf Club
  • Ulster GAA
  • Ulster Rugby

Internationally well-known sports people include:

  • George Best - footballer, born in Belfast
  • Sir Danny Blanchflower - footballer
  • Darren Clarke - golfer, born in Dungannon
  • Joey Dunlop
  • Jack Kyle
  • Dave Finlay
  • Paddy Hopkirk
  • John Watson (racing driver)
  • Mike Gibson (rugby union)
  • Mike Bull
  • Alex Higgins
  • David Humphreys
  • Eddie Irvine
  • Dave McAuley
  • Willie John McBride
  • Tony McCoy
  • Wayne McCullough
  • Dame Mary Peters
  • Ronan Rafferty
  • Dennis Taylor
  • Andrew Trimble
  • Norman Whiteside
  • Cormac McAnallen
  • Rory McIlroy

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Famous quotes containing the word sports:

    “Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
    —Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)

    “Come, my Celia, let us prove
    While we may the sports of love;
    Time will not be ours forever,
    He at length our good will sever.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)