''Ireland's greatest sporting moment'' was a series of five programmes that aired in 2017 to find Ireland's best moment of sport in the television era. The programmes were presented by
Evanne Ní Chuilinn and
Des Cahill with the series starting on
RTÉ2
RTÉ2 is an Irish free-to-air television channel operated by public service broadcaster RTÉ. It was launched in 1978 as the Republic of Ireland's second television channel.
History
In the 1970s, the Irish government considered three options ...
on 9 November 2017.
Four moments were voted for over the first four weeks between 1962 and 2012 with each week's winner progressing to the grand final. The overall winner was revealed in the final programme which aired on 7 December 2017.
The winning moment was
Ireland's penalty shootout win over
Romania at the
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...
.
List of "moments"
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Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
's
12-0 victory over the
All Blacks in 1978.
*
Ray Houghton's winning goal against
England at
Euro 88.
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Ireland's penalty shootout win over
Romania at the
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...
.
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Pádraig Harrington wins his first golf Major at the
2007 Open.
References
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External links
Official Site
RTÉ original programming
2017 Irish television series debuts