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Saw a program on this the other night on RTE . Padraig was NO 1 , followed by Brian O'Driscoll and Joey Dunlop .
3 soccer players in top 10 , no Gaelic footballers . Ringy managed No 9 , only hurler named .
Wonder where they sampled ?
3 soccer players in top 10 , no Gaelic footballers . Ringy managed No 9 , only hurler named .
Wonder where they sampled ?
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Total joke of a poll by RTE
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Disappointing alright.
No disrespect to Joey Dunlop, but him at No.3 is a total joke. |
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any chance of posting the top 10?? cheers
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1. Podge Harrington
2. Brian O'Driscoll 3. Joey Dunlop 4. George Best 5. Roy Keane 6. Sean Kelly 7. Sonia O'Sullivan 8. Christy Ring 9. Vincent O'Brien 10. Paul McGrath |
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Harrington
O'Driscoll Dunlop George Best Roy keane Sean Kelly Sonia O'Sullivan Christy Ring Vincent O'Brien Paul McGrath Thats roughly hte order from memory. |
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surely if you watched that programme on christmas night about vincent o' brien, there can be no doubt about who should be no. 1.
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Joke poll, embarassing having to read it.
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Joey Dunlop hey again not disrespecting the dead but he shouldnt be in the top 1000 not to mind the top 3.Brian O Driscoll number 2 is another joke,if they were on about sportspersons egos then hed be in business but not about ability.
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^ top 10 please
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polls such as this are always biased towards sportsmen/women competing in the last 20 years , pat o callaghan olympic gold medallist 1928 & 1932 and ronnie delaney olympic gold 1956 are glaring omissions. if you are going to classify riding a motor bike as being a sportsman in my humble opinion jockeys should also be considered so kinane, fallon, mccoy, ruby, deserve consideration.
brian o driscoll a fantastic irish sportsman , but surely willie john mcbride ranks above him as a great rugby player. vincent o brien is the greatest irish race horse trainer but i cant equate training horses as being a sportsman, or if you do wheres ger mckenna ? brian cody ? mick o dwyer ? no boxer on the list surely carruth or mcguigan or both should be included ? no gaelic footballer ? jack o shea , mick o connell surely deserve to be on such a list . mick barry multiple bowling champion ? duxie walsh handball champion ? i could go on and on .... any other opinions ? |
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I wonder did they publish the entire poll/result?
It's a travesty that Sean Kelly isn't in the top 10. |
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Michelle Smith-Swimming
Cian O Connor-Showjumping Ferdy Murphy-Horse racing Tony Martin-Horse racing Michael McGowan-Darts Stephen Roche-Cycling Francis Barrett-Boxing Matt Doyle-Tennis Brendan Matthews-Greyhound Racing Pat Dolan-Football |
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Sean Kelly was in the top 10 but you obviously didnt look close enough.Forgot about Duxie Walsh and Mick Barry.Would these 2 have been in the top 10 in the villages that they lived in.
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duxie walsh and mick barry both boast lengthy careers at there respective sports and have more titles won than best , mcgrath and o sullivan. im not saying they should be on a top irish sportsperson of all time top 10 but i am saying in terms of titles won and lenght of career they should be above the above mentioned trio.
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Indeed he is! I must still be asleep!
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Road bowling is played in about 2 counties regularly in this country and has an unhealthy amount of pikeys involved.Definitely not a proper sport.As for handball,thats played by about 2 people in Ireland.Handball allies are nowadays used as places to shoot up and arrange spliffs.The one thing you are guaranteed is privacy because nobody will disturb you with a handball in their hand.
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everyone is entitled to an opinion. the point i was trying to make is that sportsmen like barry and walsh deserve to be higher in the list of top irish sportsmen than some on the list.
michelle smith and cian o connor obviously deserve to rank high on any list of discredited irish sportspeople, as for ferdy murphy and tony martin ... even there best friends would think twice before putting them on a top irish sportsman list - anyway i dont think horse trainers should qualify as sportsmen ( and if they did surely aidan o brien, dermot weld, jim bolger and john oxx would rank above murphy and martin ). mcgowan , doyle and dolan ? lol |
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Can't compare individual performers and team players imo
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^^^^ Very true Vubiant.
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michells still has 4 olympic medals
drug tested more than any athlete at the games and could find nothing how dare rte exclude her and sean kelly over stephen roach anybody ever here off innocent till proven guilty so we dump all out top sport stars for a little controversy but re elect all our c o rrupt tds every term fecking country would make me barf not into the motor cycling so was suprised joey made the list but didnt the say 70k turned up for his funeral and he won a sh itload of tt's- big motorhead side of ireland who voted him their messiah as for bod or harrington- yes they are recent so it takes the shine off it but in 20 years they'll be still in top 5- maybe still 1-2 bloody awesome no gaelic footballers- shows how hard it is to stand out- spillane was prob raging |
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Roddy Collins............very dissapointed..
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looking at that list.... 2 & 3 are just ridiculous. I would have george best as no.1 He is rated as one of the top players of all time and that is without playing in a world cup. Best was a tiger woods or sugar ray robinson of his sport.
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McCoy, considered by many the best NH jockey of all time and then there are people in that list who weren't even considered the world's best at what they did when they were in their pomp. Farcical!
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who actually voted this list in?
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Just MHO, but Sean Kelly was a way better cyclist than Stephen Roche and deserves easily his place in that list.
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Surely for catching the imagination and sheer brilliance it should be Besty.
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Been away for last few days , but post obviously struck a chord .
The lack of Galeic footballers ( as against 3 admittedly world class soccer players , but professionals through and through ) is amazing , as it is the most played and spectated pastime in this small country of ours by a street . The bias towards recent performers is also noticeable , Brian O'Driscoll is NO 2 , and Mike Gibson is not featured . Saw them both in their prime , Gibson at out -half and centre , BOD in centre only . Both great players , but I would have to pick Gibson in front of BOD. Christy O'Conner was a better natural player than Padraig , little between them , one is No 1 and Christy nowhere . Tony McCoy is also a terrible omission in the land of the horse . Best in the world , ever , and for 14 consecutive seasons without a break , World NO 1 . Maybe we should do our own list , at least there would be lively debate ! |
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Sorry , Gaelic and Christy O'Connor .
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harrington has won 3 majors. thoroughly deserves it.
no-one comes even close. dunlop is a joke. best is a joke. kelly ahead of roche-joke no mick o'connell-biggest joke of all |
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and sean kelly over stephen roach
Can't work out why anyone thinks Roche was better than Kelly. Kellys career spanned decades and dominated classics over that period. He was the best in the world over an extended period. Roche was a very good cyclist in his own right but was somewhat lucky in that his most successful season coincided with injuries to his major competitors...LeMond, Fignon etc... One majorly successful season and then little after. If a top 10 cyclists ever was compiled, most cycling enthusiaists would include Kelly without hesitation. He would probably get top 5. Roche would struggle to get top 20 imho. |
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ok maybe Podge is an honourable winner but if you were told somebody wins 4 olympic medals and does not even get a mention there has to be something seriously wrong..........
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Michael Toal.....
10 not out somone said Mick Barry and mentioned the pikeys..... how many of you have seen toal the bowl in action.. watch before you speak IMVHO |
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Cooldine 03 Jan 11:25
Michelle Smith-Swimming Cian O Connor-Showjumping Ferdy Murphy-Horse racing Tony Martin-Horse racing Michael McGowan-Darts Stephen Roche-Cycling Francis Barrett-Boxing Matt Doyle-Tennis Brendan Matthews-Greyhound Racing Pat Dolan-Football a most mischevious list .....fishing surely |
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Badgers Back , stating that no one comes close to Padraig is not consistent with facts . When they finish off at obituary time , Best will still be in Top 5 of all time , unlikely Padraig will get past Nicklaus , Woods , Nelson , Hogan , Snead , Norman , Ballesteros , even Faldo , not to mention Watson , Trevino etc . People have short memories and get carried away by recent success .
Reference Christy Senior , he has 43 tournament victories to his credit , Padraig 25 . Anyone who ever saw Christy in his prime would never discount his worth . He was also the most "capped " Ryder Cup player from 1955 to 1973 , 10 on the trot until Faldo overtook him . Likewise Darren Clarke has 19 tournament victories to date , would have been more I suspect but for his wifes untimely death . Fred Daly was the best player in the world ( which included Snead and Hogan and Byron Nelson ) for 2-3 years after the war ( which interrupted his career big time ) . Jimmy Bruen also deserves mention , although I never saw him play unlike the 3 others . Still holds the course record at Newcastle from 1935 --a 65 -- . Tiger had an approximate 80 first time he played Newcastle ( my brother followed him around --7.30 a.m. start ) some years ago with Lee Janzen and Rocco Mediate . Of the 10 mentioned in despatches by RTE only Best and Dunlop can match Padraig in world terms , but the omissions in the list show what a skewed poll the RTE one seems to be . Sean Kelly and Sonia also deserve their places , but doubt McGrath and Keane figure in world terms . Any Irish based poll wich ignores "wee Antony" is worthless . And Ruby will be close behind , may even finish in front of McCoy when the dust settles . 2 stellar performers day in and day out in a tough sport . |
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Very difficult to compile a list. We have what very few other countries have,a national sport that more or less dominates all our sporting lives. So when you are comparing say the likes of Mick O'Connell to Roy Keane you do so with the knowledge that one performed on aan international stage and one didnt
There should be 2 lists compiled. Top 10 international sports stars 1. Podge 2. Bod etc etc Top 10 national sports stars 1.Christy Ring 2. AP etc etc No doubting the bias towards South County Dublin in RTE's poll though. |
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Michael Toal.....
10 not out somone said Mick Barry and mentioned the pikeys..... how many of you have seen toal the bowl in action.. watch before you speak IMVHO ..............oh weve seen toal the bowl allright ..a sweet little animal..hes got a nice little record in ballincurrig..a real money making machine.. |
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Levelsyoudevils , slight bias towards Co Cork too , more of them in it than Dublin Fourites I suspect . But maybe they produce more sporting people ?
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Bod shuda been no1 followed by aiden mcgeady!
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as i said kelly,it comes down to majors and harrington has 3.
not sure how anyone can argue against that point ;) |