http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/There+was+a+time+when+Rory+McIlroy%E2%80%99s+Irishness+--+or+the+lack+of+it+--+would+have+really+bothered+meNot+so+long+ago IrishCentral There was a time when Rory McIlroy’s Irishness -- or the lack of it -- would have really bothered meNot so long ago en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/cathal_dervan/irish-or-british---rory-mcilroy-can-call-himself-whatever-he-likes-124777664.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/cathal_dervan/irish-or-british---rory-mcilroy-can-call-himself-whatever-he-likes-124777664.html Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:22:23 PDT There was a time when Rory McIlroy’s Irishness -- or the lack of it -- would have really bothered meNot so long ago, I’d have got really upset by his apparent willingness to play for Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics in LondonI may even have slated those comments on these very pages when he made them back in 2009 and said that he would probably play for Britain rather than Ireland in London next yearLikewise, the quick disappearance of the Irish Tricolor as he made his way to the recorder’s hut at Congressional two Sundays ago would have really irked me in the recent past READ MORE ]]>