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The top 10 Irish sportspeople NOT on the Second Captains Good Wall

The series ends tonight, so we decided to take a stab at picking the country’s greatest sportspeople.

Updated at 1.50am

N.B. NONE OF THE following are eligible…

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Here are our alternative choices

10. John Giles 

Soccer - Football League Division One - Leeds United Photocall PA Archive / Press Association Images PA Archive / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

9. Joey Dunlop

Joey Dunlop Skerries 100 © Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO © Lorraine O'Sullivan / INPHO / INPHO

8. Kevin Heffernan

Kevin Heffernan 18/9/1983 Billy Stickland / INPHO Billy Stickland / INPHO / INPHO

7. Jack Kyle

Ollie Campbell and Jack Kyle INPHO INPHO

(With Ollie Campbell)

6. Christy Ring

Bryansford Gael / YouTube

5. Pat O’Callaghan

Athletics - Los Angeles Olympic Games 1932 - Men's Hammer EMPICS Sport EMPICS Sport

4. Barry McGuigan

Boxing - WBA World Featherweight Title - Loftus Road, Shepherd's Bush, London S&G and Barratts / EMPICS Sport S&G and Barratts / EMPICS Sport / EMPICS Sport

3. Liam Brady

Soccer - European Championship Qualifier - Group Seven - Ireland v Holland EMPICS Sport EMPICS Sport

2. Sonia O’Sullivan

Athletics - 17th European Championships - Budapest EMPICS Sport EMPICS Sport

1. Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland V Romania friendly PA Archive / Press Association Images PA Archive / Press Association Images / Press Association Images

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