24 reasons why Ireland is the worst country at sport in the world

1. We never win medals at the Olympics

London 2012 Olympic gold medal winner Katie Taylor and bronze medalist Michael Conlon (©INPHO/James Crombie)

2. We can never beat the world champions in football

3. Or rugby

Conor Murray celebrates Robbie Henshaw's try against the All Blacks in the 40-29 win in 2016 (Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Billy Stickland)

4. No really we can't

Ireland's Tadhg Furlong, Rory Best, Cian Healy, Peter O'Mahony and Devin Toner celebrate beating the All Blacks at the Aviva Stadium in 2018 (Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Billy Stickland)

5. We don't produce goalscorers

Robbie Keane celebrates scoring one of his many goals for Ireland (Brian Lawless/PA)

6. We're awful at MMA

Conor McGregor with the lightweight and featherweight belts (Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

7. We can't win the Grand Slam

The Ireland team celebrate winning the grand slam in 2018 (©INPHO/James Crombie)

8. Or beat big teams at major tournaments

Robbie Brady celebrates scoring Ireland's winning goal against Italy at Euro 2016 (Getty)

9. We don't have our own sport

Dublin and Kerry parade ahead of the 2019 All-Ireland football final (©INPHO/Billy Stickland)

10. We don't succeed at rowing

Paul and Gary O'Donovan celebrate winning the gold medals at the World Rowing Championships (Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Detlev Seyb)

11. Or Sailing

Ireland's Annalise Murphy with her silver medal at the 2016 Olympics (©INPHO/James Crombie)

12. Our fans hate having the craic

Republic of Ireland fans (Reuters)

13. And never travel anywhere

Ireland fans in Tbilisi, Georgia (©INPHO/Tommy Dickson)

14. Even in the past we haven't won medals at the Olympics

Sonia O'Sullivan with her Olympic silver medal in 2000 (©INPHO/Patrick Bolger)

15. Or produced boxing world champions

Steve Collins beats Chris Eubank to win the WBO Super Middleweight title in 1995 (© INPHO)

16. And we still don't

TJ Doheny celebrates becoming the IBF super bantamweight champion in 2018 (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

17. No really

Katie Taylor with her world titles (©INPHO/Tommy Dickson)

18. And forget about Cheltenham

Al Boum Photo and Paul Townend after winning the 2020 Magners Cheltenham Gold Cup (PA)

19. And the Grand National

Davy Russell after winning back-to-back Grand Nationals on Tiger Roll in 2019 (PA)

20. And the Derby

Jockey Emmet McNamara celebrates winning the 2020 Derby at Epsom with Serpentine (Bill Selwyn/PA Wire)

21. Never mind the rest of the world

22. Don't even mention winning when it comes to golf

Shane Lowry celebrates with the Claret Jug after winning The Open in 2019 (©INPHO/Oisin Keniry)

23. No please don't

(SIPA USA/PA Images)

24. Seriously

Padraig Harrington celebrates winning the Open Championship in 2007 (©INPHO/Getty Images)

So we are just going to shut up about it

Roy Keane (©INPHO/Getty Images)

Have you any other sports in mind that we're terrible at?

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