Ireland's Greatest Sporting Moment RTE 2

[BennyCake]

Missed Thursdays show from the 90s.

What were the top 5?

[Boycey]

Italia 90
USA 94 (Ray Houghton)
Clare 95
Sonia O'Sullivan World Champ
Michael Carruth

[stew]

Italia 90
USA 94 (Ray Houghton)
Clare 95
Sonia O'Sullivan World Champ
Michael Carruth.

Italia 90 was a failure as was USA 94, for me it has to be O'Sullivan or Carruth with the nod going to Carruth.

[stew]

The biggest omission from last nights show was John Tracey winning silver in the Marathon at the Los Angeles Olympics.
Made all the better by Jimmy Magee's commentary as he came to the finish line. That was a great moment in Irish Sport and deserved to be on the list.
An Irishman coming anywhere near the medals in an Olympic marathon is probaly impossible nowadays.

Couldn't agree more. Jimmy Magee's commentary was the stuff of legend. Makes the hair stand on the back of my neck thinking of it.

He finished second ffs! Great achievement however given the fact Ireland did not win gold should disqualify anyone from winning our greatest sporting moment.

[vallankumous]

He finished second ffs! Great achievement however given the fact Ireland did not win gold should disqualify anyone from winning our greatest sporting moment.

Not to mention the fact that Ireland's greatest sporting moment is as real a competition as big brother.

[Bord na Mona man]

Italia 90
USA 94 (Ray Houghton)
Clare 95
Sonia O'Sullivan World Champ
Michael Carruth.

Italia 90 was a failure as was USA 94, for me it has to be O'Sullivan or Carruth with the nod going to Carruth.

Italia 90 was a partial success. Though if Ireland had qualified in 1958 or 1982 as they should have, it wouldn't have had the same novelty.

Sonia O'Sullivan never crowned her career with an Olympic gold though. She got the tactics wrong in 1992 to finish 4th and had a very distressing meltdown in 1996 when she should have cleaning up. There was no question of her ability, but her big race temperament was suspect at times.

Carruth didn't pull up any trees in the pro game. It all depends how much people value achievements in amateur boxing, I suppose.

[BennyCake]

Italia 90
USA 94 (Ray Houghton)
Clare 95
Sonia O'Sullivan World Champ
Michael Carruth

Few surprises there. Not sure about Italia 90, hardly a 'moment'. O'Learys penalty was a memorable moment though. As was Carruth.

Edit: was that the order they were voted 1-5?

[BennyCake]

60's and 70's tonight...

Down bringing Sam North in 1960 worth a mention.

[From the Bunker]

Jez will they ever give the Kerry v Dublin '77 hype a rest!

[Syferus]

Did McGuigan threaten to sue RTE too? Piss poor stuff issuing an apology for what was just an opinion.

RTE afraid of being too interesting, as usual. A Dumphy/Broly podcast would be some craic.

[From the Bunker]

60's and 70's tonight...

Down bringing Sam North in 1960 worth a mention.

They have used the ''its was not televised'' as the excuse not to use it!

[Therealdonald]

Can't understand through all these sporting events, Padraig Harrington or Rory McIlroy's major wins haven't made it??

[From the Bunker]

No Hurricane Higgins winning the world title!

No Galway three in a row!

[Rossfan]

Golf is not sport - just commercial business stuff.

[From the Bunker]

Golf is not sport - just commercial business stuff.

Same with Horse Racing!