accession states is likely to have significantly increased numbers of speakers of languages from these countries. Detailed figures on these changes are not yet available. Sports Some team sports are played on an All-Ireland basis, while in others Northern Ireland fields its own team. Belfast Giants Gaelic football Hurling Gaelic handball Milk Cup, an international youth association football competition held in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland national football team Royal Portrush Golf Club Ulster GAA Ulster Rugby Rowing Internationally well-known sports people include: George Best – footballer, born in Belfast Sir Danny Blanchflower – footballer Darren Clarke – golfer, born in Dungannon Joey Dunlop Jack Kyle Dave Finlay Paddy Hopkirk John Watson (racing driver) Mike Gibson (rugby union) Mike Bull Peter Chambers Alex Higgins David Humphreys Eddie Irvine Dave McAuley Willie John McBride Tony McCoy Wayne McCullough Dame Mary Peters Ronan Rafferty Dennis Taylor Andrew Trimble Norman Whiteside Cormac McAnallen Rory McIlroy Daryl Gurney Arts Literature Despite its small geographical size, Northern Ireland prolifically produces internationally renowned writers and poets from a wide variety of disciplines. Irish language literature was the predominant literature in the pre-Plantation period. The Ulster Cycle is pertinent to the history of literature in the territory of present-day Northern Ireland. Ulster Scots literature first followed models from Scotland, with the rhyming weavers, such as James Orr, developing an indigenous tradition of vernacular literature. Writers in the counties which now form Northern Ireland participated in the Gaelic Revival. Ciarán Carson Brian Friel Seamus Heaney John Hewitt C. S. Lewis Bernard MacLaverty Louis MacNeice Ian McDonald Medbh McGuckian Paul Muldoon Flann O'Brien Frank Ormsby Tom Paulin Richard Rowley Bob Shaw Irish Pages - Ireland's Premier Literary Journal, Edited in Belfast Visual arts Noted visual artists from Northern Ireland include: Bogside Artists Basil Blackshaw, born in Glengormley, Painter Max Clendinning, post-modernist architect and interior designer Willie Doherty, Photographer & video artist twice nominated for the Turner Prize Garth Ennis, born in Holywood Co. Down, is creator of popular Vertigo series Preacher Terry George, born in Co. Down, director of Hotel Rwanda John Kindness, Painter and Sculptor Sir John Lavery, born in Belfast, was a representative of the group known as the Irish Impressionists. Neil Shawcross, painter Paul Seawright, Photographer & Professor at the University of Ulster Victor Sloan, MBE, Photographer Sir Hans Sloane, Born in Killyleagh, Co. Down, in 1660, his famous collection was opened to the public as the