Ireland’s Wildly Popular Native Sports
These might be the best sports you’ve never heard of
7 min readJul 31, 2022
Ireland is not especially good at soccer.
Unlike Portugal or the Netherlands, it does not have strong professional teams or a history of winning major international competitions. Even qualifying for events like the World Cup is a rare surprise.
Ireland is quite good at rugby. Indeed, it’s currently number 1 in the world rankings.
