Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Cricket a Arewacin Ireland ya kasance wasanni na 'yan tsiraru har zuwa kwanan nan, amma wasan ya zama sananne a tsakanin' yan ƙasa saboda labarun nasarar da aka samu kwanan nan na Irish Cricket Team, wanda ke wakiltar ƙasashen biyu na Ireland. Cricket yanzu yana samun karbuwa sosai godiya ga nasarar gasar cin kofin duniya ta Cricket ta Ireland a cikin
2007 da kuma 2011. An buga shi a nan tun farkon karni na 19, da Scotland (wasan da ke da matsayi na farko) an buga shi kowace shekara tun 1909. Kungiyar 'yan wasan Irish ta kasance mai karfi a tsakiyar da ƙarshen karni na 19, kuma ta aika da wasu kungiyoyi masu yawon bude ido a kasashen waje, amma ci gaban wasan ya shafar farko ta hanyar haramcin kungiyar Gaelic Athletic Association a kan mambobinta da ke shiga cikin wasanni na "waje" sannan kuma ta hanyar ƙirƙirar Irish Free State; da yawa daga cikin 'yan wasan cricket mafi kyau a Ireland sun kasance sojojin Birtaniya da ma'aikatan gwamnati kuma janyewarsu ya haifar da raguwar yawan wasan.