But what about [insert your county here]? Don’t worry, we’ll be producing a series of articles that will cover every county in Ireland – even yours – over the next few weeks. See the ones we’ve already covered here.

1. Derry City reached their third cup final in four years but, unfortunately, lost out to St Pat’s

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2. But Slaughtneil won the Ulster Senior Football Championship thanks to Christopher Bradley’s stoppage time point

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3. While, in March, St Patrick’s Maghera overcame Omagh CBS to retain the MacRory Cup

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4. The unstoppable Jason Smyth won two gold medals at the European Paralympics in Swansea

5. The Derry-Londonderry-Doire yacht won the 2850-mile leg of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in June

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6. Four games into the Euro 2016 qualifiers Derry man Martin O’Neill has Ireland in a strong position, three points behind leaders Poland

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7. In November Chrissy McKaigue was selected as part of the Irish international rules squad

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8. And Michael Duffy went on trial with Celtic just last month

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Check out more of our 2014 county highlights here>