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Published 14:50 1 Dec 2015 GMT
Paul Dunne’s amazing effort at the Open ran it close, but for many, the highlight of the year for Irish golf fans was Shane Lowry’s incredibly gutsy win at Firestone in August, his first ever win on the PGA Tour.
The Offaly man also put in a serious effort at the US Open, where he finished tied for ninth, and ahead of the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa this week, he is ranked 21st in the world and has his eyes on a Ryder Cup place next year.
A great 2015 for Lowry and 2016 promises to be even better.
Judgement on The Notorious’ 2015 will have to be reserved until after his long-awaited bout with Jose Aldo in Vegas on December 12, but he’s still had a phenomenal year by anyone’s standards.
Victory over Dennis Siver in January was straightforward, victory over Chad Mendes in July less so, requiring McGregor to show a huge amount of heart and no little skill to claim the Interim Featherweight belt.
In the last year, the Dubliner has become one of the bona-fide superstars of the UFC, a status that he can well and truly cement with a victory over Aldo the weekend after next.
McCoy has been retired since April, but it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge a career in which he won 4,300 races, was crowned Champion jockey 20 years in a row and regularly put his body through hell and came back for more every time.
A true giant of the horseracing world, we won’t see his like again.
Already an Olympic bronze medallist, Conlan became the first Irishman to win a gold medal at the World Championships following his comprehensive victory over Murodjon Akhmadaliev of Uzbekistan in the final in Doha in October.
Has his eyes on a medal of the same colour in Rio next year and will more than likely turn pro afterwards. Still only 23, there’s a lot more to come from the Belfast man.
86 medals (26 gold, 29 silver and 31 bronze), including 16 on the final day of the competition, marked a fantastic performance at the Special Olympics for Team Ireland, who represented themselves with distinction in Los Angeles.
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