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. Mount Leinster Rangers triumphed in the All Ireland club hurling semi-final
2. And then became the first Carlow team to feature in the All Ireland final on St Patrick’s Day
3. Prop Ed Byrne broke into the Leinster set-up
4. As did twin brother Bryan, a hooker who also played with Carlow RFC as a youth
5. Sean O’Brien lined out for the Fighting Cocks in a Junior B match
6. Helping Leinster to a Pro12 title was the highlight of the back row’s injury-hit year in rugby
7. Willie Mullins had trained 185 winners at his Closutton yard
8. Chief among the highlights was Quevega winning the Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham for a sixth straight year
9. Bernard Jackman was promoted to the role of head coach at Grenoble
10. Carlow Coyotes got to the final of All-Ireland League Division 2, before losing out to Cooke
What have we forgotten? Let us know in the comments section below.
