If you have ever seen the Bill Murray film, or indeed simply been online today, you'll have realised that today is Groundhog Day.
In that spirit, we are asking you, if you had to constantly relive the same day in Irish sport, which of these glorious days would it be?
Vote in the poll below.
March 21st 2009: Ireland win Grand Slam and Bernard Dunne becomes a World Champion
This was one of the most successful few hours in Irish sport of all time.
It began with the Irish rugby team winning a Grand Slam for the first time in 61 years in customarily dramatic circumstances:
https://youtu.be/5TuOqkVYyQg
Later that evening, boxer Bernard Dunne became a world champion in Dublin, defeating Ricardo Cordoba on a card which also featured victories for Katie Taylor and Andy Lee.
Dunne stopped Cordoba in the dying seconds of the penultimate round in a fight so dramatic it is almost worthy of the absurdly bombastic music it has been given here:
June 12th 1988: Ireland beat England at Euro '88
Ireland qualify for a major football tournament for the first time, and in our very first game, we stuck it to the old enemy. Ray Houghton scores to sink perfidious Albion at their own game.
June 18th 1994: Ireland beat Italy 1-0 at Giants Stadium
Arguably Jack Charlton's final great day as Ireland manager, as Houghton scores again past a defence featuring an extremely discomforted Franco Baresi. Worth reliving just to watch Paul McGrath turn in one of the finest performances in Irish football history against Roberto Baggio.
July 22nd 2007: Padraig Harrington becomes first Irishman to win The British Open in over 60 years
There are few experiences in Irish sport capable of veering dramatically between wrenching and satisfying than watching Padraig Harrington in contention for a major tournament. His maiden Claret Jug was won in dramatic circumstances at Carnoustie, in a playoff with Sergio Garcia.
While splendidly satisfying by the end, we are not sure whether you have the requiste amount of nerves to be frayed by following Harrington at a major tournament.
The best online highlights are here. The addition of U2 was sadly beyond our control.
October 9th 2015: Ireland beat World Champions Germany 1-0
We are including this because a)it was glorious and b) many people didn't bother watching it, owing to the (entirely understandable) belief that we would be shellacked by the Germans. Evidence for the poor viewership is here.
Were we to relive this every day, we would at least have the foresight to watch it.
https://youtu.be/ceG7EUOjDGg
March 21st 2015: The final day of the 2015 Six Nations
This was rugby blending the exapnasive expression of the Southern Hemisphere with a cocktail of stimulants. It was a day which showed the admirable scoring system of cricket: Wales blitzed Italy to set a target for Ireland, a target Ireland met and exceeded to set the bar for England. England hammered the French but a gallant gallic defeat meant it wasn't to be ,as on a day which saw 27 tries, 221 points and France run the ball from deep as the clock ticked red, Ireland won the title. Good grief.
https://youtu.be/jkqIQwwooTU
February 25th 2007: Ireland beat England 43-13 at Croke Park
We began the day wondering how God Save The Queen would be respected in Croke Park and ended it by wishing God to save their team, as Ireland blitzed the old enemy on an extraordinary occasion at Jones' Road.
August 9th 2012: Katie Taylor wins gold at London Olympics
We knew Taylor was the finest female boxer on the planet, so how gratifying it was to see her confirm that on the biggest stage as she defeated Russian Sofya Ochigava to become the Olympic's first ever lightweight female champion.
It is rare an Irish sportsperson has the chance to confirm before the world their superiority.
https://youtu.be/FUe_nVvgaT0
July 19th
Of course none of the above could have happened without the Ice Age ending. July 19th was also the day Galway was liberated from the Indians, and the day marathon became Snickers. Who wouldn't want to relive such a momentous day?
