Conor McGregor is on the front cover of Sports Illustrated but he isn’t the first Irish man to do so

Fair play. But...

Conor McGregor is not the first Irish man on the cover of Sports Illustrated (Someone else tell him please). The Dubliner has done his country proud by appearing on the latest SI edition but he was mistaken when he said that he was the first from this island. https://www.instagram.com/p/BCKlFE7Lzqm/ Rory McIlroy, Eamonn Coughlan and Ronnie Delany have each appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and they've all done it way before the present day. But don't worry, people weren't long in reminding McGregor. https://twitter.com/vinnymulvey/status/702441517516988419 And he wasn't on it just once either. https://twitter.com/EamonnCoghlan1/status/702442395699453952 Ronnie Delany had multiple appearances too. https://twitter.com/CiaranByrne/status/702446668311109632 And, of course, only the multiple grand slam winning and world number one hogging golf champion too.