<P> Eamonn Darcy , Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth , who won the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1988 , are the only non-individual winners of the award . Counting them separately , there have been twenty - seven winners of the award . Five of these have been Northern Irish . The most recent award was made in 2017 to James McClean . </P>
<P> Eamonn Darcy , Ronan Rafferty and Des Smyth , who won the Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1988 , are the only non-individual winners of the award . Counting them separately , there have been twenty - seven winners of the award . Five of these have been Northern Irish . The most recent award was made in 2017 to James McClean . </P>
who won sports personality of the year 2017 ireland
who won sports personality of the year 2017 ireland
James McClean
James McClean