"It brings home the togetherness of the experience in what where pretty horrendous times in Northern Ireland" - Evan Marshall, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive.
Sport has always had that ability to help lift the spirits of a nation even at the most challenging of times.
In 1982, at the height of the Troubles, some key sporting achievements helped in some way to offer the people of Northern Ireland some respite from what was going on around them.
