Irish Sports Legends
The greatest irish sports people of all time — across 11 sports.
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🏇 Horse Racing
Irish
Aidan O'Brien
Trainer
Irish horse racing trainer whose extraordinary record at the Coolmore operation has produced hundred…
Irish
Willie Mullins
Trainer
Irish National Hunt trainer whose extraordinary championship records at Cheltenham and the Cheltenha…
Irish
Gordon Elliott
Trainer
Irish National Hunt trainer who surpassed the record for most Cheltenham Festival winners and whose …
Irish
Best Mate
Racehorse
British National Hunt champion whose three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups from 2002 to 2004 under …
Irish
Tiger Roll
Racehorse
Irish National Hunt champion and the only horse to win the Grand National twice in the modern era, a…
Irish
Sea The Stars
Racehorse
Irish-bred racing champion who won six consecutive Group One races including the Prix de l'Arc de Tr…
Irish
Galileo
Racehorse
Irish-bred racing champion and the most influential sire of the modern era, whose unbeaten career an…
Northern Irish
AP McCoy
National Hunt Jockey
The greatest jump jockey in history — Champion Jockey for 20 consecutive seasons.…
Northern Irish
Tony McCoy
Jump Jockey
The most successful jump jockey in history — 4,358 career wins across 25 consecutive champion season…
Irish
Mick Kinane
Flat Jockey
Multiple Arc winners and the jockey who rode Galileo — Ireland's finest flat jockey.…
Irish
Kieren Fallon
Flat Jockey
Six champion jockey titles — the most naturally talented British jockey of his era, and the most con…
Irish
Paul Townend
Jump Jockey
Willie Mullins' number one — the champion Irish jump jockey who replaced Ruby Walsh.…
Irish
Ruby Walsh
Jump Jockey
The most successful jockey in Cheltenham Festival history — Ruby Walsh's 59 Festival winners and par…
Irish
Arkle
Racehorse
The greatest steeplechaser of all time — three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups and a dominance so c…
Irish
Rachael Blackmore
National Hunt Jockey
The most successful female jockey in jump racing history — winner of the Grand National and Champion…
Irish
Nina Carberry
National Hunt Jockey
Ireland's greatest female jump jockey — five-time Cheltenham Festival winner including the cross-cou…
Irish
Katie Walsh
National Hunt Jockey
The most successful female jockey in Grand National history — finished third in the 2012 Grand Natio…
🏉 Rugby Union
Irish
Jonathan Sexton
Fly-half
Ireland's most decorated player and record points scorer, whose leadership through Ireland's best ev…
Irish
Tadhg Furlong
Prop
Irish tighthead prop widely regarded as the world's best player in that position, whose exceptional …
Irish
Peter O'Mahony
Flanker
Irish captain and flanker whose ferocious physicality, outstanding leadership and ability to excel i…
Irish
Bundee Aki
Centre
Irish centre of New Zealand heritage whose powerful running, reliable defence and important try-scor…
Irish
James Lowe
Winger
Irish winger of New Zealand origin whose pace, footwork and ability to finish in the corner have add…
Irish
Hugo Keenan
Fullback
Irish fullback whose outstanding aerial skills, reliable defending and growing attacking confidence …
Irish
Keith Wood
Hooker
Ireland hooker and one of the most dynamic and skilful forwards the Lions have ever had, whose bald …
Irish
Paul O'Connell
Lock
Ireland lock and one of the most commanding lineout operators in rugby history, whose leadership, ex…
Irish
Ronan O'Gara
Fly-half
Ireland fly-half and record points scorer for Munster, whose precision kicking, clever game manageme…
Irish
Tommy Bowe
Winger
Ireland winger whose powerful running, reliable try-scoring and important Lions contributions made h…
Irish
Brian O'Driscoll
Centre
Ireland's greatest rugby player — a centre of exceptional intelligence and finishing ability.…
Irish
Willie John McBride
Lock
Five British Lions tours and the captain of the unbeaten 1974 Lions — Willie John McBride is the mos…
Irish
Jenny Murphy
Centre
Ireland's most celebrated women's rugby player of the modern era — a centre of exceptional pace and …
⚽ Football
Northern Irish
Danny Blanchflower
Midfielder
Charismatic Northern Irish captain who led Tottenham to the historic Double in 1961 and was the inte…
Northern Irish
Pat Jennings
Goalkeeper
Legendary Northern Irish goalkeeper who excelled at both Tottenham and Arsenal across an extraordina…
Irish
Liam Brady
Midfielder
Sublimely gifted Irish playmaker whose left foot and creative brilliance lit up Arsenal and Italian …
Irish
Roy Keane
Central Midfielder
Roy Maurice Keane was born in Cork in 1971 and became the most combative and driven central midfield…
Northern Irish
George Best
Forward
Manchester United's mercurial genius — European Footballer of the Year 1968 and arguably the most na…
Irish
Robbie Keane
Forward
Republic of Ireland's all-time leading scorer and one of the most consistent strikers to have played…
Irish
John Aldridge
Centre Forward
Republic of Ireland legend and Liverpool striker who scored 330 professional goals — one of the most…
⛳ Golf
Irish
Shane Lowry
Professional Golfer
Affable Irish champion who captured the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush with a dominant per…
Irish
Padraig Harrington
Professional Golfer
Irish major champion who claimed successive Open titles in 2007 and 2008 and the 2008 PGA Championsh…
Northern Irish
Graeme McDowell
Professional Golfer
Northern Irish champion who won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach to become his country's first major…
Northern Irish
Darren Clarke
Professional Golfer
Northern Irish champion who won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's in moving circumstan…
Northern Irish
Rory McIlroy
Professional Golfer
Four majors and the most complete player of the post-Tiger era — finally won the Masters at 35.…
🎯 Darts
Northern Irish
Josh Rock
Professional Darts Player
Rocksy — the Northern Irish prodigy who became one of the youngest PDC ranking event winners in hist…
Northern Irish
Daryl Gurney
Professional Darts Player
Superchin — two-time PDC major champion and one of the finest darts players Northern Ireland has pro…
Northern Irish
Brendan Dolan
Professional Darts Player
The History Maker — Brendan Dolan achieved the most statistically improbable feat in professional da…
🎱 Snooker
Irish
Ken Doherty
Professional Snooker Player
Irish snooker champion and 1997 World Champion whose silky cue action, superb safety play and underd…
Northern Irish
Dennis Taylor
Professional Snooker Player
The man behind the glasses — Dennis Taylor's 1985 World Snooker Championship final against Steve Dav…
Northern Irish
Alex Higgins
Professional Snooker Player
Hurricane Higgins — the most charismatic and self-destructive genius snooker produced, a player whos…