To celebrate the UEFA Women’s Under 19’s Championship and the Women’s Rugby World Cup in August 2017, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) hosted an event with the Irish Football Association (IFA), Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and the Female Sports Forum.
An iconic year for Women's sport in Northern Ireland
On 27 July 2017, PRONI presented Women in Sport Archives alongside talks from the IFA, IRFU and GAA, and a presentation by Denise Watson, sports journalist on the reporting of female sport past, present and future.