Best Irish Sporting Moment

[Batigol]

Yes he was

[mikehunt]

Ireland’s heroic loss to NZ in this year’s World Cup. The best team to ever lose a quarter final.

[myboyblue]

He was most certainly our best player, I dont recall Keane doing a tap in the play off second leg to qualify us.

[Ralphie]

Roche 87 and then followed by Euro 88

Barry McGuigan fights were huge events as well

[balbec]

Ah sure lookit.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@flattythehurdler

That stage with the oxygen was absolutely epic.
Doping spoils the story a bit.

They were all at it.

[Fagan_ODowd]

@mikehunt

Ireland’s heroic loss to NZ in this year’s World Cup. The best team to ever lose a quarter final.

They inspired a nation

[Fagan_ODowd]

@myboyblue

@farmerinthecity

It says a lot for Ireland when someone finishing second is seen as the greatest sporting moment.

Olympics arent the same as other mickey mouse sports, coming second in the Marathon is a massive achievement, especially for a fella from Waterford in the LA heat and he practically a nobody.

In his first marathon

[EstebanSexface]

the clones cyclone beating Pedrosa at Loftus Road and becoming World Champion.

[backinatracksuit]

That was definitely up there for me and my generation anyway, McGuigan was streets ahead of any other Irish boxer (including Collins) in profile, his later fights were massive events.

In soccer it was the English games at the tournaments

In fact I just realised that I posted on this thread before

[backinatracksuit]

@backinatracksuit

Although obviously not a sporting moment in the true sense Dawn Run’s win in the Gold cup was a huge celebratory moment, we roared her home, great day.
Treacy in 84 was amazing, we were on holiday in Youghal and my old fella woke me up at around mile 16 and we watched it wrapped in the duvet, he was a gutsy little fucker.
Coughlan in 83 was brilliant, he was my hero as a young lad, that was his moment, all the indoor records meant very little but that was just brilliant, the glance at the Russian was a bit naughty but i didn’t care about that.
Sonia and Szabo duking it out in the last 100 was heart in your mouth stuff, everybody was delighted for Sonia but the gold was so close.
Barry McGuigan really caught the nations imagination like no other boxer, great nights watching him as well.
I was a Kelly fan so i wasn’t that bothered about Roche personally.

This

[Tassotti]

Very hard to disagree with that, amateur boxing is kind of like that tippty tappy puke Hurling Cork were famous for in the early 2000’s

[carryharry]

@dodgy_keeper

Ciaran’s point in ‘96. One of those ‘I was there’ moments.

[flattythehurdler]

Kelly wasn’t. He was on everything else. Kelly would have won 7 tours if he’d had it.

[Biff_Egan]

I’d say you don’t have many “I was there” moments chief.

[myboyblue]

Nasty post

[Batigol]

Hilarious from a footix too

[myboyblue]

Nothing surprises me anymore around here.

It’s Christmas

[backinatracksuit]

I’m sure he’s seen his county won many Munster Finals

The Munster final of 87 was a much bigger ‘I was there’ moment than the 96 version in fairness

[EstebanSexface]

special mention for Padraig Harrington winning the British Open. A thoroughly decent sort. One of my most enjoyable Irish sportsperson moments