Michael Foley

That's the one.

That's the tipping point for me.

Like, if you ask me who's the greatest Irish sportsperson, you know, at whatever time it was last night, that's the moment he became, in my head anyway, for what it's worth, Ireland's greatest sportsperson.

Because he, I mean, he backed up something.

I mean...

Ciarán just said it there.

I mean, I grew up through the 80s watching the Masters, you know, the back nine on the tours of Friday, Saturday, Sunday night.

And like, you never, I mean, you never even imagined it.

I mean, you know, you might be watching the European tour and saying, geez, I wonder if we'll run on Rafferty to get there this year or maybe might see him at Darcy or something.

And you'd just be hoping to God you might get to see them make a putt in the coverage.

I mean, the idea...

The idea that the entire coverage will be shaped around a guy from the same island as you.

And like, Gavin, who cares how, like, I mean, it is a fascinating, I remember writing about this many years ago, that McElroy is of the first generation from Northern Ireland who can genuinely just, you know, identify themselves as Northern Irish.

You know what I mean?

Not necessarily being influenced by their religion or by the culture they were brought up in.

They can say to themselves, those are Northern Irish.

It's a different identity.

It's a new identity.

But like the idea of seeing anyone from this island, you know, having the entire footage or the entire coverage shaped around them and leading it is amazing.

I'd be fascinated in time because like, just to go back about the influence thing, like,