The default position of the Irish sports public on women's sports is blissfully ignorance, and the groundswell of interest in Ireland's success at the Ladies U-17 World Cup in Trinidad seems to be the exception that proves the rule.
Ireland destroyed Ghana yesterday and are through to the quarterfinals to play Japan. We're officially declaring our interest.
Check out this Roberto Carlos-esque screamer from Megan Campbell during an Ireland match against Germany in June.
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]Youtube footage from Trinidad is pretty scarce but we'll throw up clips if we can find them.