Irelands best sporting moments, proud/funny etc

jamesbondings

Just because the other thread is throwing up some great and not so great memories.

What is your most proud/funny/exciting etc moments in Irish sport?

Mine has to be the most exciting game of rugby between Ireland and New Zealand where we almost had them but let it slip in the dying moments, ended Ireland 22-24 New Zealand....back in 2013.

Was extremely proud of the lads then and if im honest it was one of the best spectacles of rugby i had seen in a long time!

So whats yours?

AudreyHepburn

The relaxing of Rule 42 to allow soccor and rugby to played in Croke Park....in particular the Ireland v England Rugby match....that was a good day to be Irish!

I really believe we turned a corner as a nation that day.

jamesbondings

It meant more to some than to others but i agree totally, will never forget the bull crying during the national anthem of that historic game.

P_1

jamesbondings wrote: »

Just because the other thread is throwing up some great and not so great memories.

What is your most proud/funny/exciting etc moments in Irish sport?

Mine has to be the most exciting game of rugby between Ireland and New Zealand where we almost had them but let it slip in the dying moments, ended Ireland 22-24 New Zealand....back in 2013.

Was extremely proud of the lads then and if im honest it was one of the best spectacles of rugby i had seen in a long time!

So whats yours?

Sorry didn't they only play 78 minutes of that one? Certainly have no memory of the final 2 :P

Leinster v Ulster in Twickenham has to be up there for me. 2 Irish provinces at the showpiece of Europe (doesn't hurt that we thwacked them too )

AudreyHepburn

jamesbondings wrote: »

It meant more to some than to others but i agree totally, will never forget the bull crying during the national anthem of that historic game.

That's the image that stays with me too!

That and the sound of the home crowd belting out the National Anthem from the bottom of their hearts....shivers down the spine (but good shivers!)

Pighead

Dundalk FC winning the airtricity league title last year after 19 years of hurt. Was great to see the whole country get behind our little town as we fended off mighty Cork. Sometimes living up here on the border you get detached from how the rest of Ireland feel about your people but that glorious night in October proved how much we are loved all around the country.

Sunnyisland

Ireland getting through to the quarter finals of the world cup back in the 90s. .The atmosphere in the country was electric and a great buzz was everywhere.

jamesbondings

realies wrote: »

Ireland getting through to the quarter finals of the world cup back in the 90s. .The atmosphere in the country was electric and a great buzz was everywhere.

or drawing with spain and losing on penalties in the 2002 world cup in Saipan i think? we did that WITHOUT Roy Keane, definitely a proud one for me heartbroken at the time but looking back it was some feat!

valoren

In 1999 a Spaniard won the Masters and a Scotsman won the Open.

A European Player wouldn't win another major championship until Harrington in 2007. Eight years later.

His Open-US PGA one-two in 2008 was also special and cemented his place in Irish sporting history.

Sunnyisland

I also remember Barry mcguigan winning a boxing world title back in the eighties. .The whole country was caught up in the fight and when he won he couldn't stop thanking everyone including Mr Eastwood ��

jamesbondings

valoren wrote: »

In 1999 a Spaniard won the Masters and a Scotsman won the Open.

A European Player wouldn't win another major championship until Harrington in 2007. Eight years later.

His Open-US PGA one-two in 2008 was also special and cemented his place in Irish sporting history.

Or McGinley holing his put to win the ryder cup! I will never forget that moment as i happened to be in Portarlington Golf Club watching it, and when he holed it, Moss Keane (former munster and ireland rugby player RIP) jumped up and shouted Mcginley you beautiful bastard ya!I was only about 10 or 11 at the time but knew of Mossy and just thought that it was brilliant.

Mr. Incognito

Michelle De Bruin Cleaning up at the Olympics

It's a shame what the Media did to discredit her subsequently but she still has her medals and it was still an amazing result for an athlete from Ireland all the same.

ComfortKid

Celtic beating Barcelona in the Champions league a few years back. Never felt as proud to be Irish

newport2

realies wrote: »

Ireland getting through to the quarter finals of the world cup back in the 90s. .The atmosphere in the country was electric and a great buzz was everywhere.

And we did it all without winning a single match and only scoring 2 goals in the whole tournament, which has to be a record in itself! Best buzz the country ever had though, it was brilliant

Red Kev

Screaming at the TV watching this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04

Screaming at the TV watching this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWCX1SxSAF4

Jumping all over the sitting room watching this with all the neighbours. (We had the only colour TV in the area at the time and we'd usually have 12 -16 people in watching big matches. It was huge at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsRF047xur4

I was on the boat over to France for this, but it's still very special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX4ka-5j2vU

Red Kev

Three more so...

1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJyo1nQU9oE

1990

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-aahFmNqaE

1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq_Av65L4R0

ColeTrain

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Michelle De Bruin Cleaning up at the Olympics

It's a shame what the Media did to discredit her subsequently but she still has her medals and it was still an amazing result for an athlete from Ireland all the same.

Do you honestly think that she won those medals 'clean'?

shamrock55

ComfortKid wrote: »

Celtic beating Barcelona in the Champions league a few years back. Never felt as proud to be Irish

Why would a scottish team winning anything make you proud to be irish? I dont get it

SEPT 23 1989

the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics in 03'

ComfortKid

shamrock55 wrote:

Why would a scottish team winning anything make you proud to be irish? I dont get it

Celtic is an Irish club playing in Scotland, go to one of they're games and try tell me they're Scottish.

It's ok to support the Ireland national team though, thats made up mostly of English rejects that would be playing for England if they were good enough?

Buona Fortuna

This

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ComfortKid wrote: »

Celtic is an Irish club playing in Scotland, go to one of they're games and try tell me they're Scottish.

It's ok to support the Ireland national team though, thats made up mostly of English rejects that would be playing for England if they were good enough?

LOL. They're Scottish, British club. If they were Irish they'd be playing in the LOI and not the SPL. The reason it may feel like they're Irish when you go to games is becsuse thousands of Irish people every week go over there deluding themselves that Celtic are Irish.

ComfortKid

You obviously haven't a clue about the club if that's what you think. Who founded celtic and why? Why does almost every irish soccer fan support celtic in some form or another, why do they play in green white and gold? Go to an Ireland match and there is more celtic jerseys and flags than there is Irish ones. I could tell you but you come across as a person who would deny obvious facts.

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ComfortKid wrote: »

You obviously haven't a clue about the club if that's what you think. Who founded celtic and why? Why does almost every irish soccer fan support celtic in some form or another, why do they play in green white and gold? Go to an Ireland match and there is more celtic jerseys and flags than there is Irish ones. I could tell you but you come across as a person who would deny obvious facts.

I'm fully aware of the origins of the club, thanks. They're still a Scottish club. You're the one denying facts on this. As for Celtic jerseys and flags at Ireland games...cringe! And I went to nearly every Ireland home match for 10 years so I'm very familiar with these confused types....the same crowd that boo someone if they (wrongly) think he used to play for Rangers!!

Do you support any actual Irish club?

jamesbondings

yea reminds me of a funny moment....

when they opend up croker for football and rugby...some spanners protesting on drumcondra road holding a placard saying "NO TO FOREIGN GAMES" while wearing a celtic jersey

ComfortKid

fullstop wrote:

Do you support any actual Irish club?

Yeah, I support my local junior team. Unfortunately there is no LOI club in my county.

dan1895

ComfortKid wrote: »

Celtic is an Irish club playing in Scotland, go to one of they're games and try tell me they're Scottish.

It's ok to support the Ireland national team though, thats made up mostly of English rejects that would be playing for England if they were good enough?

Oh your actually serious?

ComfortKid

dan1895 wrote:

Oh your actually serious?

100% serious. Go over to a game, interact with the Scottish fans over theyre. Go on a stadium tour, if the club itself says it's Irish then of course they are

dan1895

ComfortKid wrote: »

100% serious. Go over to a game, interact with the Scottish fans over theyre. Go on a stadium tour, if the club itself says it's Irish then of course they are

Who was the first British club to win the European Cup?

RollieFingers

ComfortKid wrote: »

You obviously haven't a clue about the club if that's what you think. Who founded celtic and why? Why does almost every irish soccer fan support celtic in some form or another, why do they play in green white and gold? Go to an Ireland match and there is more celtic jerseys and flags than there is Irish ones. I could tell you but you come across as a person who would deny obvious facts.

I certainly don't support Celtic, I was hoping Aberdeen would pip them to the post last year! And yes, I am an Irish soccer fan!

dan1895

RollieFingers wrote: »

I certainly don't support Celtic, I was hoping Aberdeen would pip them to the post last year! And yes, I am an Irish soccer fan!

I'd rather see Rangers win the SPL. And i f***ing hate Rangers.

jamesbondings

ComfortKid wrote: »

100% serious. Go over to a game, interact with the Scottish fans over theyre. Go on a stadium tour, if the club itself says it's Irish then of course they are

ok you shot yourself in the foot here!

if i as an irishman say im chinese does that make it so? anyways

another thing i find immense pride in is our constant success in combat sports, of course mainly boxing but with the start of the UFC seery,mcgregor,pedred etc you have to ask yourself how have we became such powerhouses in hand to hand combat?

ComfortKid

RollieFingers wrote:

I certainly don't support Celtic, I was hoping Aberdeen would pip them to the post last year! And yes, I am an Irish soccer fan!

I said ALMOST every fan. Are you denying that MOST irish football fans support celtic in one way or another?

ComfortKid

jamesbondings wrote:

ok you shot yourself in the foot here!

No I didn't.

dan1895

ComfortKid wrote: »

I said ALMOST every fan. Are you denying that MOST irish football fans support celtic in one way or another?

I know two out of the dozens of football fans I know

Future Primitive

Nothing comes close to Italia '90. Except maybe South Korea and Japan 2002.

I've never seen the country practically at a standstill for anything other than an Ireland soccer match in a big tournament. Magic.

ComfortKid

My original comment was actually a piss take saying I was never more proud to be irish when celtic won, but I actually cannot believe some of ye think Celtic isnt an Irish club playin in Scotland, or that the majority of irish football fans dont support celtic,most as a "2nd" team.

RollieFingers

ComfortKid wrote: »

I said ALMOST every fan. Are you denying that MOST irish football fans support celtic in one way or another?

I would say from my circle of friends and other football fans I know, only maybe 20% would have more than a passing interest in Celtic, so no, I wouldn't agree that almost every Irish football fan supports Celtic!

murpho999

ComfortKid wrote: »

You obviously haven't a clue about the club if that's what you think. Who founded celtic and why? Why does almost every irish soccer fan support celtic in some form or another, why do they play in green white and gold? Go to an Ireland match and there is more celtic jerseys and flags than there is Irish ones. I could tell you but you come across as a person who would deny obvious facts.

If they are playing in that then it's definitely nothing to do with Ireland as the Irish flag is green, white and orange. Not gold as a lot think!

ComfortKid

dan1895 wrote:

Who was the first British club to win the European Cup?

Celtic were! As I said, An Irish club based in Scotland/Britain. Scottish celtic fans don't consider themselves British, they brag about 67 to troll the British.

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RollieFingers wrote: »

I would say from my circle of friends and other football fans I know, only maybe 20% would have more than a passing interest in Celtic, so no, I wouldn't agree that almost every Irish football fan supports Celtic!

I'd agree with this. Some of my school friends would have supported them, but a lot of them didn't bother anymore once they got out of their teens and realised they weren't really and 'Irish club'.

ComfortKid

murpho999 wrote:

If they are playing in that then it's definitely nothing to do with Ireland as the Irish flag is green, white and orange. Not gold as a lot think!

You're seriously pulling me on that? I've never ever heard anyone say green white and orange however correct it is!

tricky D

Red Kev wrote: »

Screaming at the TV watching this.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQojh-wqL04

Unbelievable Geoff! One of the biggest WTF moments when he came around the bend, followed by the transition from shock to joy with the realisation that he has probably won it, and then the tension of watching him on oxygen for 15 mins.

newballsplease

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Michelle De Bruin Cleaning up at the Olympics

It's a shame what the Media did to discredit her subsequently but she still has her medals and it was still an amazing result for an athlete from Ireland all the same.

Lol

Future Primitive

ComfortKid wrote: »

My original comment was actually a piss take saying I was never more proud to be irish when celtic won, but I actually cannot believe some of ye think Celtic isnt an Irish club playin in Scotland, or that the majority of irish football fans dont support celtic,most as a "2nd" team.

I've personally never known anyone to care all that much about Celtic as a second team.

Perhaps it's more common in your experience though?

I wouldn't say it's the majority though. I think there are a lot of people who might keep an eye on their results, but don't really care overall as long as Rangers don't win for some strange reason.

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ComfortKid wrote: »

Celtic were! As I said, An Irish club based in Scotland/Britain. Scottish celtic fans don't consider themselves British, they brag about 67 to troll the British.

As per the official Celtic website "Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club with proud Irish links". There you have it, the club themselves say they're Scottish...do you think they're lying?

RollieFingers

Dundalk, Rovers, Pats, Cork etc are Irish clubs! Celtic are, quite clearly, a Scottish club!

ComfortKid

Created by an Irish man, for the Irish people who moved to Scotland to escape the famine. Are the millions of celtic supporters around the world wrong as well? The fact ye are pulling me for saying green white and gold shows ye just want to disagree with anything I say. I suppose non of ye support an English club either. I'm out. Bye.

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ComfortKid wrote: »

Created by an Irish man, for the Irish people who moved to Scotland to escape the famine. Are the millions of celtic supporters around the world wrong as well? The fact ye are pulling me for saying green white and gold shows ye just want to disagree with anything I say. I suppose non of ye support an English club either. I'm out. Bye.

Hmm, you may want to have a look at the club's website and read their version of the club's history. Well you're wrong, as are tens of thousands of others in this country, so quite possibly millions are wrong. Bye.

ColeTrain

Not this one again, of course Celtic are a Scottish club and I say that as a supporter.

Ireland beating England in the cricket World Cup.

Soccer means more to me. But think that was the time where an Irish side so wildy punched out if its weight and overcame all the odds that it shocked the sporting world.