Here is a list of 25 notable athletes of Irish descent. 1 of 25. Roy Keane. Mike Hewitt/Getty Images A lot of this list is going to be Irish Americans, but let’s start with a true blue Irishman.

IRISH athletes have consistently had an ability to punch above their weight.Even when success is at a premium, ... Germany, as Ireland held on for what remains our most famous victory in football.

Sonia O’Sullivan: Irish athletes to the fore again at the famous Penn Relays It was an honour to be invited back as an inductee to the ‘Wall of Fame’ at the US’s oldest track and field event ...

May 29, 2023 at 2:00am BST. IT was another weekend of record-breaking by Irish athletes. New national marks used to come along at a rate of maybe one per year, but now hardly a week goes by ...

Irish premier Simon Harris said the joyous scenes were “not only the least our athletes deserve, but it’s the least anyone who has spent time with Team Ireland would expect”.

With days remaining for athletes to qualify for France, the Irish team stands at 132 and counting, blowing the amount of Irish Olympians that debuted in Paris 1924 out of the water.

Swim Ireland has set up its first Athletes’ Commission for Swimming, Para Swimming and Diving, co-chaired by Olympians Gráinne Murphy and Nicholas Quinn. The Commission was appointed in 2022 ...

Ireland’s team of athletes were given a rapturous welcome home by family members and fans as they arrived back from the Paralympic Games. The competitors were cheered and hugged as they arrived ...