The most important moments in Irish sport in 2024

From GAA. from rugby to success on the Olympics, it was a exceptional yr for Irish sport.

Over the previous 12 months, Irish athletes have loved success throughout the board, in moments that can by no means be forgotten.

From Armagh ending a 22-year await an All-Eire, to Kellie Harrington successful Olympic gold once more, 2024 is a yr to recollect.

Here’s a recap of the most important sporting moments of 2024:

January

2024 started with the All-Eire membership finals, as St Thomas of Galway had been the senior All-Eire membership hurling winners.

AIB GAA All-Eire Senior Membership Hurling Championship remaining, Croke Park, Dublin 21/1/2024

After dropping the 2023 remaining in controversial circumstances, Glen of Derry beat St Brigids of Roscommon to win the All-Eire membership soccer remaining, with Conor Glass’ objective serving to them to victory.

In girls’s rugby, the Irish sevens staff gained their first World Sequence in Perth, a yr which additionally noticed them compete on the Olympics.

FEBRUARY

Eire kicked off their Six Nations marketing campaign with a 38-17 victory in France.

Andy Farrell’s aspect would win three matches in February, with Caelan Doris captaining the staff within the 36–0 victory over Italy.

In swimming, Daniel Wiffen gained two gold medals on the World Swimming Championships, marking the beginning of a vastly profitable yr for the Armagh man.

2024 World Aquatics Championships, Hamad Aquatics Centre, Doha, Qatar 2/18/2024. Eire’s Daniel Wiffen celebrates his gold medal within the males’s 1,500m freestyle remaining. Picture: Inpho.

March

In rugby, Eire retained their Six Nations title with victory over Scotland on the Aviva Stadium on St Patrick’s Day weekend.

2024 Guinness Six Nations Championship Spherical 5, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 16/3/2024. Eire’s Peter O’Mahony lifts the trophy
Necessary credit score ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan.

Easter weekend noticed Dublin and Derry play out a traditional within the Division 1 soccer remaining, with Derry rising victorious after a penalty shootout in Croke Park.

April

April noticed the return of Jim McGuinness to Championship soccer with Donegal, beating Derry in a match which put Donegal on the radar of GAA followers throughout the nation.

Within the Ladies’s Six Nations, Eire certified for the 2025 World Cup with a 3rd place end.

2024 Guinness Ladies’s Six Nations Championship Spherical 5, Kingspan Stadium, Belfast 27/4/2024. Picture: Inpho.

Can

Leinster had been within the Champions Cup remaining as soon as once more, however that was to not be as they fell brief in opposition to Toulouse after additional time in London.

In GAA, Donegal had been Ulster champions after beating Aramgh on penalties within the provincial remaining. In Connacht, Galway got here from behind to defeat Mayo in dramatic vogue.

Ulster GAA Senior Soccer Championship Ultimate, St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, Monaghan 12/5/2024. Picture: Inpho.
In boxing, Belfast boxer Anthony Cacace grew to become world champion after successful the IBF tremendous featherweight title.

June

June was a month to recollect for Irish athletics as Eire hosted a vastly profitable European Championships.

Rhasidat Adeleke, Sharlene Mawdsley, Sophie Becker and Phil Healy gained silver within the girls’s 4×400 relay.

The combined 4x400m relay staff of Adeleke, Mawdsley, Christopher O’Donnell and Thomas Barr gained gold in Rome.

It was additionally gold for Ciara Mageean, as she gained the ladies’s 1,500m remaining.

2024 European Athletics Championships, Stadio Olympico, Rome 9/6/2024. Eire’s Ciara Mageean celebrates her victory within the girls’s 1,500m remaining.

This month additionally noticed an enormous shock within the All-Eire Soccer Championship, as reigning champions Dublin had been crushed by Galway.

July

All eyes had been on Paris because the Olympics started, in what was one of the crucial profitable Olympics in historical past for the Irish staff.

Three medals got here from the pool, with Mona McSherry successful bronze within the girls’s 100m breaststroke.

Daniel Wiffen gained the primary gold medal for Eire in Paris, successful gold within the males’s 800m freestyle.

Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, Paris La Protection Enviornment, Paris, France 30/7/2024
Swimming – Males’s 800m Freestyle Ultimate

In GAA, it was a month to recollect for Clare as they gained their first All-Eire hurling title since 2013 with victory over Cork after additional time.

In soccer, Armagh gained their first All-Eire soccer title in over 20 years by beating Galway at Croke Park.

Armagh’s Aidan Forker lifts the Sam Maguire. Picture: Inpho.

August

Eire’s success on the Olympics continued, with August beginning with gold for Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan within the males’s light-weight rowing double sculls.

Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, Paris, France 2/8/2024. Eire’s Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan rejoice with their gold medals within the males’s light-weight double sculls A remaining. Picture: Inpho. The Irish rowing staff’s success continued as Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle took bronze within the males’s double sculls.

In gymnastics, Rhys McClenaghan gained gold within the males’s pommel horse, as he bounced again from his Tokyo heartbreak.

Daniel Wiffen continued his success within the pool by successful bronze within the males’s 1500m freestyle.

In boxing, Kellie Harrington as soon as once more gained gold within the girls’s light-weight division to spherical off a vastly profitable Olympics for Eire.

Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, Stade Roland-Garros, France 6/8/2024. Kellie Harrington of Eire celebrates her gold medal on the rostrum. Picture: Inpho.
Within the girls’s recreation, Kerry ended a wait of greater than 30 years for an All-Eire by beating Galway in Croke Park.

At Camogie, it was Cork who grew to become back-to-back champions, beating Galway to retain their title.

The Paralympics additionally started in Paris, with Róisín Ní Ríain successful silver for Eire within the girls’s 100 meter backstroke S13.

September

Eire’s success on the Paralympics continued, with September starting with Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal taking silver within the girls’s B particular person pursuit.

The duo would take silver within the girls’s B street race, earlier than taking gold within the girls’s B street time trial.

Eire loved additional success within the pool, with Róisín Ní Ríain successful bronze within the SM13 girls’s 200 meter particular person medley.

On the working observe, Orla Comerford gained bronze within the girls’s T13 100 meters.

In boxing, Anthony Cacace defended his world title in opposition to Josh Warrington in London.

In soccer, a brand new period for Irish soccer started when Heimir Hallgrímsson first took cost of Eire in opposition to England at Wembley.

October

Eire loved success on the biking observe as Lara Gillespie gained bronze on the World Biking Championships.

Within the FAI Ladies’s Cup remaining, it was Shelbourne who got here out on prime, after an emphatic 6-1 victory over Athlone City.

Shelbourne’s Kate Mooney celebrates after scoring a objective together with her teammates through the Sports activities Direct Ladies’s FAI Cup Ultimate, Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, 20/10/2024.

November

Shelbourne ended their 20-year await a title, surprising everybody beneath Damien Duff to win the League of Eire.

In rugby, Cian Healy grew to become probably the most capped participant in Eire’s historical past, making his 134th look within the victory over Australia.

IRFU 150 Take a look at Match, Aviva Stadium, Dublin 30/11/2024. Cian Healy of Eire after the match. Picture: Inpho.

In boxing, Katie Taylor held her personal with super-lightweight belts by defeating Amanda Serrano of their extremely anticipated rematch.

Netflix and Most Beneficial Promos Battle Night time Boxing Occasion, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, USA 11/15/2024. Katie Taylor introduced winner in opposition to Amanda Serrano. Picture: Inpho.

December

On the opposite aspect of the world, Vikki Wall, Erika O’shea and Niamh Martin helped North Melbourne win the AFLW title, with Wall scoring two objectives within the Grand Ultimate.

At residence, Kilkerrin-Clonberne continued their dominance with a fourth successive All-Eire girls’s membership title in a row.

In senior membership camogie it was an identical story for Galway Sarsfields, who had been as soon as once more All-Eire winners.

In soccer, Shamrock Rovers ensured that their European journey would proceed in 2025, by qualifying for the knockout levels of the Europa Convention League.

UEFA Europa Convention League – League Stage, Tallaght Stadium. Shamrock Rovers’ Neil Farrugia celebrates a objective together with his teammates in opposition to FK Borac. Picture: Inpho.