Paul and Glenn are back for another entertaining episode. This time we celebrate St Patrick’s day in style and talk about some well known Irish sportspeople from over the years. Some of what we discuss include
The origin of St Patricks. ancestry.
Paul talks about his time travelling around Ireland in 1999.
The rise of irish cricket eg, paul stirling, andrew balbirnie and world cup upsets.
Gaelic sports such as hurling, gaelic football.
A former track and field star who set middle distance records.
Rory mclroy, padraig harrington, katie taylor, barry mcguigan.
George best and roy keane.
A national hunt horse jockey who clocked up over 4000 wins and is considered by many to be the greatest jockey of all time and a legend of the sport.
Livvy drops by to do the Quiz and Who Am I? And we have our Where are they now? Segment.
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