Sports
Main article: Sport in Northern Ireland See also: Sport in IrelandSome 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
Read more about this topic: Culture Of Northern Ireland
Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“In the past, it seemed to make sense for a sportswriter on sabbatical from the playpen to attend the quadrennial hawgkilling when Presidential candidates are chosen, to observe and report upon politicians at play. After all, national conventions are games of a sort, and sports offers few spectacles richer in low comedy.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“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)