Ball player Quote by Patrick Murray

Gaelic football is a very Irish sport, which I played.

— Sheamus

As a lad growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, I played both Gaelic football and soccer and loved them both.

— Martin McGuinness

You need to be unbelievably fit for Gaelic football.

— Gianluca Vialli

I used to come up to Scotland to see my uncle play and I would also watch him whenever he was on the TV.

— Sean Longstaff

I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football.

— Pilou Asbaek

“Gaelic football...may seem like a primitive, violent, mindless exercise in unspeakable brutality. However, to the initiated enthusiast, it is all this and more.”

— Arthur Mathews

What I love about Irish people is the way we get behind our sportspeople.

— Shane Lowry

I have always followed Scottish football quite closely.

— Gianfranco Zola

I am passionate about football. My support for Celtic FC has got me through some hard times in my life. I still play regularly,…

— Rod Stewart

Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.

— Garry Hynes

My family are very happy that I'm playing with Ireland. It's my dad's side, and he's really, really proud. He wants me to play…

— Declan Rice

I get on so well with lots of Scots, and a man who had a big influence on my career and was a great…

— Jimmy Hill