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Published 07:52 16 Dec 2016 GMT
Updated 08:47 16 Dec 2016 GMT
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Following McGregor was another fighter, Katie Taylor (14%), the Olympic rowers Paul and Gary O’Donovan (8%), Ruby Walsh (5%), Johnny Sexton (5%), Robbie Keane (5%), Rory Best (4%), Rory McIlroy (4%), Jamie Heaslip (3%) and Robbie Brady (3%).
Dundalk's European odyssey certainly captured the imagination, Stephen Kenny's men garnering 15% of the votes in the most admired team poll - ahead of the international team (11%) in a year when Martin O'Neill's men reached the knockout stages of the European Championships.
Both trailed well behind the international rugby team (31%), who recorded wins over South Africa, New Zealand and Australia in 2016.
Despite this result in the team poll, football remains the favourite sport in Ireland (21%) ahead of rugby and Gaelic games on 17%.
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