GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions

GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions Christy O’Connor Another 2,000 Gaelic football and hurling questions to test your knowledge of Ireland's best-loved sports.Think you know everything there is to know about Gaelic football and hurling? Think again! The GAA Quiz Book 2 is packed with a further 2000 of the most brain-teasing Gaelic football and hurling questions ever. With 200 ready-to-ask quizzes ranging from the very easy to the very hard, there's something to challenge every Irish sports fan.All aspects of both games will be covered including who won and lost, what records have been set, historic moments, players, teams, awards, significant rulings, competition changes and much more.Prepare for pub quiz success or impress your friends time and time again with your in-depth sports knowledge with the most up-to-date, comprehensive, fascinating on Gaelic sports quiz book around. GAA QUIZ BOOK 2 Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions Christy O’Connor Table of Contents Cover Page (#uaad5557e-8b14-5fd7-8688-7ca1efc920b3) Title Page (#ue5478c1b-e8f7-5979-8545-1b2a4ae58cb0) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u4e4fca68-5fe0-501a-9633-6ee9547f831f) MANAGERIAL ROLL CALL 1 (#uec348f23-65df-50c1-a5e8-410eb55409b8) ULSTER FOOTBALL GREATS (#ud3d37d34-cf38-5fc8-afda-c87f2d18acbe) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u76252aea-2ed6-5e61-aee8-083de107339c) ANTRIM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#uc379b24c-e5e6-5843-ba58-f493f6a32769) CONTROVERSIES (#u729af34c-68c7-5333-bea1-79e811460f5d) CLUBCALL 1 (#ud1ebfba6-8fd4-5627-a042-61f9afdc2b88) NEW, SECONDARY AND NOW DEFUNCT COMPETITIONS (#uab05226e-5052-5b72-825a-eff30a77e872) ARMAGH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u4ff10755-ba02-5350-a59c-00a3ccb05d71) NICKNAMES (#ucd3b6ee7-ceae-5c38-8954-6c75ad1f755a) TRUE OR FALSE (#u1f4beaad-d6c2-588c-870a-f3618d6979f7) CARLOW GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u9cc7ac25-976c-5780-a92a-8a6a0a78634b) ALL-IRELAND FINAL RT? MAN OF THE MATCH IN THE LAST 15 YEARS (#u98239067-4b28-550d-9860-01b47e09462c) SENIOR CAMOGIE AND LADIES’ FOOTBALL (#u584f62f3-51dc-560e-b35d-c77f16a9d70b) CAVAN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u5182e9d1-6ff5-5bab-91e2-0d26f221f413) NAME THE YEAR (#u687b070d-47f9-5e07-8c0b-d26259598469) FILL IN THE MISSING PARTS IN THE CLUB NAMES 1 (#u8eb658cc-e9ea-5c37-bf7b-88a8a9cb49de) CLARE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#uec2b560b-0670-59a9-b2df-178266e883e6) HARD-LUCK STORIES (#uc4fb7292-1795-5bbd-be4a-ff299a2c4ac1) OUTSIDE MANAGERS (#ua7e8710f-38b5-5b27-85a9-c84a248cda6b) CORK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ub0a44045-8a9a-5d69-b3ff-4468a16d000e) FOOTBALL ALL-STARS (#u2b8500d1-6bd6-5b01-9313-b75e7bb6b78c) HURLING CAPTAINS’ PARADE (#u62fa346c-7d2b-564e-acd0-b2b4d4b1e5b0) DERRY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ucf7d3369-7ba0-5f1e-8636-f1649680ed08) PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT OR WHO MADE NOTABLE COMEBACKS (#u94b84925-d389-517b-9d63-993243cd2e45) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u1269538e-54d2-57b0-b32b-a4b1e4810f43) DONEGAL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#u31419b76-2b41-538f-aeba-20d9b60fe2e1) FOOTBALL’S EVOLUTION THROUGH THE LAST 65 YEARS (#u6677881e-d0a1-504e-8ebd-e7cc5d5b2563) OUTSTANDING HURLERS AND FOOTBALLERS WHO NEVER WON AN ALL-IRELAND SENIOR MEDAL WITH THEIR COUNTY (#litres_trial_promo) DOWN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) FOOTBALL CAPTAINS’ PARADE (#litres_trial_promo) HURLERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN ALL-IRELAND FINALS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) DUBLIN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) PLAYERS WHO MADE NOTABLE POSITIONAL SWITCHES (#litres_trial_promo) FERMANAGH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) LAST TITLE WON AS A MANAGER (#litres_trial_promo) OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL HURLING AND FOOTBALL SCORING PERFORMANCES OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) GALWAY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) TRADITIONAL AND NEW RIVALRIES (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) KERRY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GREAT SERVANTS OF THE LAST 20 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) YOUNG STARS (#litres_trial_promo) KILDARE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) FITZGIBBON AND SIGERSON CUPS (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) KILKENNY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING FINALS FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) FILL IN THE MISSING PARTS IN THE CLUB NAMES 2 (#litres_trial_promo) LAOIS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GAA POLITICIANS (#litres_trial_promo) ODD ONE OUT (#litres_trial_promo) LEITRIM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) MATCH THE FOOTBALLER TO HIS CLUB (#litres_trial_promo) FOOTBALL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) LIMERICK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) CROKE PARK - A HISTORY (#litres_trial_promo) UNLUCKY AND UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS (#litres_trial_promo) LONGFORD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) MANAGERIAL ROLL CALL 2 (#litres_trial_promo) LOUTH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) MAJOR GAA GROUNDS (#litres_trial_promo) INDIVIDUAL TOP SCORERS IN ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINALS OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) MAYO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL FINALS FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) COUNTY ANTHEMS AND SONGS (#litres_trial_promo) MEATH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) SOME OF HURLING’S GREAT PLAYERS FROM THE LAST 30 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) MONAGHAN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) A HURLING HISTORY (#litres_trial_promo) FOOTBALL GOALSCORERS OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) OFFALY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) CLUBCALL 2 (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) ROSCOMMON GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) TOP TEN NUMBER OF SENIOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES BY SETS OF BROTHERS, PLUS THE TOP TEN HIGHEST SCORING SIBLINGS IN CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY (#litres_trial_promo) FOOTBALLERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN ALL-IRELAND FINALS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) SLIGO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) MOST PROLIFIC HURLING GOALSCORING SEQUENCES AND LEADING HURLING GO?LSCORERS IN ALL-IRELAND SENIOR FINALS BETWEEN 1930-2007 (#litres_trial_promo) MATCH THE HURLER TO HIS CLUB (#litres_trial_promo) TIPPERARY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GAA FAMILIES (#litres_trial_promo) OUTSTANDING HURLING AND FOOTBALL GOALS OF THE LAST 10 YEARS (#litres_trial_promo) TYRONE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) FIRSTS (#litres_trial_promo) WATERFORD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENTS AND RECORDS IN HURLING AND FOOTBALL (#litres_trial_promo) HURLING ALL-STARS (#litres_trial_promo) WESTMEATH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) HURLING GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) CLUB HURLING AND FOOTBALL (#litres_trial_promo) WEXFORD GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) HURLERS TURNED REFEREES (#litres_trial_promo) CONTROVERSIAL MANAGERIAL RESIGNATIONS AND UPHEAVALS (#litres_trial_promo) WICKLOW GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#litres_trial_promo) ANSWERS (#litres_trial_promo) Copyright (#litres_trial_promo) About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_19993c5c-caf6-5980-99fb-6c598fef037c) 1 How many All-Ireland club football titles have Crossmaglen Rangers won? 2 Who captained Kilkenny to the 2007 All-Ireland hurling title? 3 Who was appointed GAA Ard Sti?rth?ir after Liam Mulvihill stepped down in 2007? 4 Who did Tyrone defeat in the 2007 Ulster football final? 5 Name the Limerick hurling manager who guided the county to the 2007 All-Ireland final? 6 Name the former GAA President who was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Irish Institute of Sport on the establishment of the Institute in 2006? 7 Which county won the 2008 All-Ireland U-21 football title? 8 Name the Waterford forward who scored eight goals in the 2007 hurling championship? 9 Name the two Leinster clubs which are top of the All-Ireland club hurling roll of honour with four All-Irelands each? 10 Who managed the Irish International Rules team during the infamous series in 2006? 11 True or False? Peter Canavan announced his retirement from inter-county football after Tyrone’s 2005 All-Ireland final success. 12 The former great Tom Cheasty, who passed away in 2007, hurled with which Munster county? 13 Which two teams contested the first hurling game (outside of club level) under lights in Croke Park in October 2007? 14 Tyrone’s Mickey Harte led his own club to the 2002 Ulster club football title. Name the club? 15 Name the Monaghan forward who received a football All-Star in 2007? 16 Clare hurler Tony Griffin cycled 7000 kilometres across which country during the summer of 2007 in his fundraising venture for cancer? 17 Who was voted as GAA President-elect at GAA Congress in 2008? 18 After Croke Park was opened up to other sports, which country did Ireland play in the Six Nations rugby championship in that historic first game in February 2007? 19 Name the two ? hAilp?n brothers who play Aussie Rules football with Carlton Blues? 20 Name the player to score goals in three of the four All-Ireland senior football finals between 2004-07? MANAGERIAL ROLL CALL 1 (#ulink_86de056f-5ad3-5128-8221-02b896ee5cd0) 21 How many Munster football titles did Jack O’Connor win as manager of Kerry? 22 How many Munster hurling titles did John Allen win as manager of Cork? 23 Name the manager who led Galway to All-Ireland U-21 hurling titles in 2005 and 2007? 24 Seamus Qualter managed which county to Christy Ring Cup titles in 2005 and 2007? 25 Alan Mulholland managed which Connacht team to All-Ireland football success in 2007? 26 Name the All-Ireland senior medal winner from 2001 who managed Tipperary to the 2007 All-Ireland minor title? 27 Name the former Mayo footballer who managed in three successive Connacht football finals between 2005-07? 28 Who co-managed Armagh to Ulster senior football titles in 1999 and 2000? 29 Sean Lane managed which team to an All-Ireland hurling final in 2007? 30 Eugene McGee managed which club to two All-Ireland football titles in the 1970s? 31 Which two counties has Liam Kearns managed at senior level? 32 Who managed Fermanagh to the 2004 All-Ireland football semi-final? 33 Prior to 2008 other than Brian Cody, who was the last hurling manager to manage a National League and All-Ireland winning team in the same season? 34 Name the joint-managers who managed Tyrone to their first National League title in 2002? 35 The Tipperary hurling manager in 2008, Liam Sheedy, played in an All-Ireland hurling final for Tipperary in which season? 36 Name the former Meath footballer who managed the St Pat’s Navan team, which his son was a member of, to the 2006 All-Ireland Colleges football final? 37 Which two counties did Dinny Cahill manage in the hurling championship this decade? 38 Who managed the Cork ladies footballers to three All-Ireland titles in a row between 2005-07? 39 Mick O’Dwyer managed Kildare to a first National League final in 33 years in his first season in charge of the county. Name the year? 40 Name the former club footballer from Mayo who led Athenry to three All-Ireland club hurling titles between 1997-2001? ULSTER FOOTBALL GREATS (#ulink_fe2cd405-6139-5f21-92d2-66608bcd6402) 41 In how many All-Ireland semi-finals did Kieran McGeeney play with Armagh (excluding replays)? 42 What year did Peter Canavan first play in a National League football final with Tyrone? 43 With which club did Henry Downey win an All-Ireland club medal? 44 In the 1980 Donegal county final, a 19-year-old scored ten points to secure Kilcar their first county title in 25 years. The same player was named Footballer of the Year in 1992. Name him? 45 In how many Ulster club football finals did Mickey Linden play with Mayobridge? 46 Name the Derry All-Ireland winner from 1993 who had a trial with Manchester United and who also played Aussie Rules football? 47 With which club did Tyrone’s Frank McGuigan play? 48 His first book, Coaching Gaelic Football for Champions, was published in 1963 and led to the founding of the first national Gaelic football coaching course in Gormanston College in Meath. He also captained Down to the 1968 All-Ireland title. Name him? 49 Name the Monaghan player who won an All-Star at corner-back in 1979 and two All-Stars as a corner-forward in 1987 and 1988? 50 He was selected on the GAA Football Team of the Millennium at right half forward and he won All-Star awards in 1971 and 1972. Name him? 51 Which college did James McCartan Junior manage to four Sigerson Cup finals in a row in this decade? 52 In which year’s Ulster final did Oisin McConville surpass the target to become Ulster’s top championship scorer in history? 53 In which year did Mick Higgins captain Cavan to their fifth All-Ireland title? 54 In how many All-Ireland semi-finals did Armagh’s Jimmy Smyth play (not including replays)? 55 In which year did Paddy Doherty captain Down to the All-Ireland title? 56 He is the only player without an All-Ireland senior football medal to win a Texaco Footballer of the Year award. Name him? 57 Andy McCallin, Antrim’s first All-Star, played with which club? 58 He played in six All-Ireland finals between 1937 and 1949 and is the only Ulsterman (prior to 2008) to lift the Sam Maguire twice. Name him? 59 Which legendary Armagh player from the 1930s and 1940s also played for Tyrone and Fermanagh? 60 Nobody has played such a major role in more Ulster All-Ireland successes. He was midfield on the Cavan team that brought Sam Maguire to Ulster for the first time and he captained them to their second title two years later. He eventually hung up his boots in 1941 but remained involved as trainer, where he was involved with the team that won All-Irelands in 1947, 1948 and 1952. Name him? GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_34356391-42c8-5659-8792-c7a52ba050f4) 61 Name the Offaly referee who awarded a controversial late free for Waterford in the 2007 drawn All-Ireland quarter-final? 62 Name the soccer player from Cork who scored the first ever goal in Croke Park (against Wales) during an international soccer game in 2007? 63 Name the rugby player from Cork who scored the first ever Irish try in Croke Park (against France) in 2007? 64 With which club does Cork’s Se?n ?g O hAilp?n play? 65 Name Kilkenny’s two goalscorers in the 2007 All-Ireland hurling final? 66 Which team did Cork defeat in the 2007 All-Ireland football semi-final? 67 Name the Galway player who was aiming to win three All-Ireland minor hurling medals in-a-row in 2006? 68 In which year did Tyrone play in their first ever All-Ireland senior football final? 69 In 2006, Seamus Hickey played in a National Hurling League final for Limerick before lining out for which college in an All-Ireland Colleges final less than 24 hours later? 70 With which club does Kilkenny’s Tommy Walsh play? 71 Name the club that Birr defeated in the 2008 All-Ireland club hurling semi-final? 72 The four clubs that contested the 2008 All-Ireland club football semi-finals had all previously won All-Irelands. Name three of the four clubs? 73 Name the Offaly Dual player who played in Leinster senior hurling and football finals in the last five years? 74 Who was selected as 2007 Footballer of the Year? 75 Who was selected as Hurler of the Year for 2007? 76 Name the two players from the Emeralds club in Kilkenny to play in the 2006 and 2007 All-Ireland finals? 77 Name the goalkeeper who replaced the suspended Donal ?g Cusack for Cork’s 2007 Munster senior hurling semi-final game against Waterford? 78 In 2002, a statue of Sam Maguire was erected in the centre of which Cork town? 79 Who was the first hurling captain (outside of a club competition) to receive a trophy in Croke Park after a game under lights? 80 When Declan O’Sullivan captained Kerry to the 2007 All-Ireland title, he became the first Kerry player to captain successive All-Ireland winning teams since which legendary Kerry figure in 1914? ANTRIM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_83803656-221b-5883-842b-5991a7da91b8) 81 Name the Down man who managed St Gall’s to the 2007 Ulster club final? 82 Name the joint managers who managed the Antrim minor hurling teams that were narrowly defeated in the 2005 and 2006 All-Ireland minor hurling quarter-finals? 83 He played in the 2006 All-Ireland club football, he was man of the match in the 2007 Tommy Murphy Cup final and he also scored 4-5 in the 2006 Ulster minor hurling final. Name him? 84 Which team did Antrim draw with in the 2005 Ulster football championship? 85 Who were the last county to defeat Antrim in the Ulster senior hurling championship in 2001? 86 Prior to 2008, name the only two counties that Antrim have defeated in the Ulster football championship in the last 25 years? 87 With which club does Antrim hurler Karl McKeegan play? 88 Prior to 2008, who were the last Belfast City club to win an Antrim county hurling title? 89 Name the two Antrim managers to preside over Antrim’s two football championship wins in the last 25 years? 90 Name the only Antrim hurler nominated for an All-Star in 2002? 91 In which year did Antrim last win an Ulster senior football title - 1950, 1951 or 1952? 92 Name the St Gall’s man who managed the Antrim footballers in 2005 and 2006? 93 How many games have Antrim won in the All-Ireland football qualifiers since 2001 - none, one or two? 94 Why weren’t Dunloy allowed to participate in the 1998 Ulster club hurling championship, even though they were county champions? 95 Name the two GAA Presidents from Antrim? 96 Name the Antrim player, who was son of the then manager, who scored two goals against Cavan in the 2003 Ulster football championship? 97 Cushendall narrowly lost two All-Ireland club semi-finals in the last 15 years to two Clare clubs. Name those two Clare clubs? 98 Name the only Antrim hurler to play in an All-Ireland senior hurling final and in four All-Ireland club hurling finals? 99 Who were the last club to win county senior hurling and football titles in the same season? 100 How many All-Ireland senior Camogie titles have Antrim won - two, four or six? CONTROVERSIES (#ulink_a19c21f3-4615-5d2f-b6a4-7091d92f60d6) 101 Name the Cork football manager who was at the centre of the Cork players strike for over 90 days during the winter and spring of 2007 and 2008? 102 Which rule was championed by ‘Of One Belief group, who were opposed to the government players’ grants issued in 2007? 103 Which two counties became involved in a mass brawl during the 2008 National Football league, which resulted in record fines to their county boards and which also saw ten players suspended for the opening games of the championship? 104 Kerry footballer Paul Galvin received a suspension during the 2008 championship, primarily for knocking the notebook out of which referee’s hand? 105 Name the Derry manager who briefly resigned before the 2006 Ulster football championship after a row with the county board over club fixtures? 106 Eight players were charged for incidents prior to the Cork-Clare 2007 Munster hurling quarter-final but name the only player cleared of the charges? 107 Birr won the 2007 Leinster club hurling final by a point but in the dying seconds, their opponents were not awarded a clear-cut ‘65 and, consequently the chance of an equaliser. Name that defeated club? 108 Name the former Carlow midfielder who transferred to Wicklow in controversial circumstances in 2007? 109 Tyrone won the 2007 Ulster minor football title by a point but television replays subsequently showed that one of their points was actually wide. Who did Tyrone defeat in that final? 110 Name the Kildare club who had two players suspended for their 2007 Leinster club football semi-final after incidents arising from their quarter-final second replay? 111 Which year did Tipperary withdraw from the All-Ireland qualifiers over a dispute with the county board over the fixing of club hurling matches prior to their first-round clash with Fermanagh? 112 Which inter-county football squad went on strike in 2004? 113 Which inter-county hurling squad went on strike for a brief period in the summer of 2005? 114 In 2007, three Munster counties pulled their players out of participation in the Munster football Interprovincial competition in protest at the altered Munster football draw, which seeded Cork and Kerry. Apart from Cork and Kerry though, name the only other county that had representatives on that year’s team? 115 Which former All-Star winner auctioned off his award in protest at his son’s failure to secure an All-Star award in 2005? 116 Name the Kilkenny hurler who was dropped for the 2000 All-Ireland final for playing a local soccer game the week beforehand? 117 Name the former Kerry player who removed his father’s All-Ireland medals from display in Croke Park in protest at the England rugby team playing at the venue in 2007? 118 Who refereed the hugely controversial replayed Munster hurling final between Clare and Waterford in 1998? 119 Which college were thrown out of the 2008 Sigerson Cup at the quarter-final stage - before being reinstated - after playing an illegal player in their previous match? 120 Why did controversy surface in the immediate aftermath of the 2005 Christy Ring Cup final between Westmeath and Down? CLUBCALL 1 (#ulink_e43ad0cd-e427-5825-be72-d6915a1b6e39) Name the county of the following clubs 121 Carrigtwohill 122 Mullinavat 123 Meelick-Eyrecourt 124 Clonoulty-Rossmore 125 Carrickcruppin 126 Kenmare 127 Carbery Rangers 128 Clooney-Quin 129 Breaffy 130 Tallow 131 Ballinteer/St John’s 132 An R?ocht 133 Kileeshil 134 Drumcollogher/Broadford 135 Kingscourt 136 Coolderry 137 Kilmainhamwood 138 Ballymahon 139 Ballindereen 140 Newtownbutler NEW, SECONDARY AND NOW DEFUNCT COMPETITIONS (#ulink_7ac5733a-bb9e-5c28-9f5d-5099a06d4e86) 141 The McGrath Cup is played in which province? 142 Which county won the Dr McKenna Cup four times in a row between 2004-07? 143 The O’Byrne Cup is played in which province? 144 In which year were the All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate club championships inaugurated (it was in the last five years)? 145 Kevin Flynn captained which county to their first Walsh Cup in 37 years in 2003? 146 The Dr Lagan Cup is a now defunct competition that was played in which province between 1943 and 1967? 147 Tommy Larkin’s were defeated in the 2008 All-Ireland Intermediate hurling final. From which county do they hail? 148 Although UCD won the Walsh Cup in 2004, the 2008 final was won by a county from outside the province for the first time in history. Which county? 149 The Kehoe Cup is a hurling competition played in which province? 150 Name the only two counties to win an All-Ireland B Football title and to also play in an All-Ireland senior football semi-final (prior to 2008)? 151 Canovee won the 2008 All-Ireland club junior football title. From which county do they hail? 152 Apart from Galway, which other two counties have won Connacht hurling titles? 153 Between 1985 and 1995, London won which All-Ireland hurling competition five times? 154 The Thomond Feis was a hurling competition played between 1913-56 (although there was no competition for ten of those years) in which province? 155 Robert Emmett’s won the All-Ireland Intermediate hurling title in 2007 but which county were they representing? 156 Name the Kerry club that won the All-Ireland junior club football title in 2006 and who sensationally won the All-Ireland Intermediate club football title a year later? 157 Paul Clancy won All-Ireland senior football medals with Galway in 1998 and 2001 but he also won an All-Ireland Intermediate club football medal in 2008 with which club? 158 Name the only club to contest a Munster club football final and an All-Ireland junior club hurling final? 159 In the 1950s and 1960s, an annual hurling competition was played in which famous English stadium? 160 Name the trophy awarded for the winners of the above competition? ARMAGH GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_1680cd2b-f6fd-51b0-aee4-e0d50faa5ccd) 161 Prior to 2008, who were the last club to defeat Crossmaglen in the senior football championship in Armagh? 162 Who defeated Keady in the 2008 All-Ireland Intermediate hurling semi-final? 163 Who managed Armagh to the 1994 National Football league final? 164 Who did Armagh defeat in the 1994 National Football league semi-final? 165 Name the player who was sent off in the 1999 All-Ireland football semi-final against Meath? 166 Who defeated Armagh in the 2007 Nicky Rackard Cup final? 167 Who captained Armagh to the 2006 All-Ireland Ladies Football final? 168 True or False? When Armagh defeated Cavan in the 2008 Ulster football championship, it was the first time they’d ever won a championship match against Cavan in Breffni Park. 169 Who defeated Armagh in the 2007 All-Ireland U-21 football semi-final? 170 In which year did Enda McNulty and the McEntee twins win an Ulster minor football title? 171 Which Armagh club won an All-Ireland junior club Camogie title in 2003? 172 In the 1993 Ulster championship quarter-final replay, Armagh looked dead and buried when they trailed by nine points with seven minutes remaining before storming back to win by a point. Which team did they sensationally defeat that day? 173 In the above game, name the Armagh forward who scored 2-1 in those closing minutes to help Armagh secure a famous win? 174 In which year did Armagh reach the Division One National League Camogie final for the first and only time - 1994, 1995 or 1996? 175 Name the only Ulster club to defeat Crossmaglen more than once in the Ulster club championship? 176 Name the two co-trainers who managed Armagh to the 2006 All-Ireland ladies senior football final? 177 In which year did Armagh sensationally reach the All-Ireland minor Camogie final - 1987, 1988 or 1989? 178 Name three of the five clubs that defeated Crossmaglen in the Ulster club championship between 1996 and 2006? 179 Name the Armagh player who played in the 1988 All-Ireland Junior Camogie final and in the 2006 All-Ireland ladies senior football final? 180 When Armagh lost to Down in the 1992 Ulster championship, what record (which they had held since 1969) did they lose that day? NICKNAMES (#ulink_06214e7e-2946-52c4-b684-291b244ec0d3) 181 Denis Moran (Kerry footballer) 182 Michael Walsh (Waterford hurler) 183 Diarmuid O’Sullivan (Cork hurler) 184 Ger O’Grady (Tipperary hurler) 185 Eugene Hughes (Monaghan footballer) 186 Michael Fagan (Westmeath footballer) 187 Owen Mulligan (Tyrone footballer) 188 Tony Regan (Roscommon footballer) 189 Seamus McEnaney (Monaghan football manager) 190 MJ Flaherty (Galway hurler and manager) 191 Ger O’Loughlin (Clare hurler) 192 Ryan McMenamin (Tyrone footballer) 193 Pat Heffernan (Limerick hurler) 194 Sean Daly (Waterford hurler) 195 Mickey Byrne (Tipperary hurler) 196 PJ O’Connell (Clare hurler) 197 Bill Gannon (Kildare footballer) 198 Paddy Collins (Cork hurler) 199 Brian Whelahan (Offaly hurler) 200 Kevin Hughes (Tyrone footballer) TRUE OR FALSE (#ulink_e757dc16-ab1c-5163-a0f3-e19491b00529) 201 Tom O’Sullivan captained Munster to the 2007 Interprovincial football title. 202 Nicky Rackard was selected on the GAA’s Hurling Team of the Millennium. 203 Christy Ring won his eighth All-Ireland senior hurling medal in 1954. 204 Prior to 2008, Westmeath had never beaten Meath in the football championship. 205 Dublin beat Kilkenny in the 2007 Leinster U-21 hurling final. 206 When Wexford defeated Tipperary in the 2007 All-Ireland hurling quarter-final, it was their first championship win over Tipp since 1968. 207 Down have never lost to Kerry in the senior football championship. 208 Galway defeated Tyrone in the 2007 All-Ireland minor football final. 209 A Waterford club has never won an All-Ireland club hurling title. 210 A Tyrone club has never contested an All-Ireland club football final. 211 Kerry and Cork share the same number of All-Ireland U-21 football titles. 212 Crossmaglen Rangers defeated Ballinderry in the 2007 Ulster club football final. 213 The Offaly senior hurlers haven’t won a Leinster title since 1995. 214 Prior to 2008, Leinster is the only province to have produced two winners of the Tommy Murphy Cup. 215 Setanta ? hAilp?n never played senior football for Cork. 216 Limerick have never won a Munster football title. 217 UCD and Crossmaglen Rangers are the only two clubs in the country to win back-to-back All-Ireland club football titles. 218 In 2007, Cork became the first team to lose two games in the hurling championship and still reach an All-Ireland quarter-final. 219 Pat Fanning was the only GAA President from Waterford. 220 Prior to 2008, Nemo Rangers had never won four Cork county football titles in a row. CARLOW GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_414425c9-4162-5bcd-aa8e-508f1ecdaa00) 221 Name the former Waterford hurler who managed Carlow to the 2008 Division Two National Hurling League final? 222 In which year did ?ire ?g lose an All-Ireland club semi-final to Crossmaglen Rangers? 223 Name the Dublin club that St Mullin’s defeated in the 2002 Leinster club hurling championship? 224 Which club defeated O’Hanrahan’s in the 2001 All-Ireland club semi-final? 225 Who defeated Carlow in the 2005 Division Two National League hurling final? 226 Name the former Carlow football manager, who was a senior hurling selector in 2008? 227 In what season did Carlow make their lone National Football League final appearance? 228 Name the two clubs that ?ire ?g defeated in All-Ireland club football semi-finals? 229 Name the Kilkenny man who managed Carlow to the 2006 Leinster minor hurling final? 230 Name the Carlow minor football captain in 2007 who made his senior championship debut against Meath in 2008? 231 Who did Knockbeg College defeat to win the All-Ireland Colleges football title in 2005? 232 Name the former ?ire ?g Carlow and Carlow footballer who transferred to Kildare in the 1990s? 233 Name the Carlow dual star who played in the drawn 1973 Railway Cup final with the Combined Universities? 234 Who captained Carlow to the All-Ireland ‘B’ Senior Hurling Championship title in 1992? 235 Who captained Carlow to the All-Ireland ‘B’ Senior Football title in 1994? 236 Two players featured on the starting fifteen in both the 1992 All-Ireland SHC B final and the 1994 All-Ireland SFC B final triumphs. Name them? 237 Name the Carlow dual star who won a Railway Cup hurling medal as a mid-fielder in 1979 and who also played football with Leinster? 238 True or False? Carlow once beat a Cork side with Christy Ring in a National Hurling league game in Dr Cullen Park. 239 In 2004, Pat Coady became the highest scoring hurler in Carlow history, breaking a record which had stood since the 1960s. Name the player whose record Coady broke? 240 Name the only Carlow player to captain Leinster to a Railway Cup title? ALL-IRELAND FINAL RT? MAN OF THE MATCH IN THE LAST 15 YEARS (#ulink_49355a3c-f9d1-5bbf-ba68-693e99d98d98) 241 Name the Kilkenny forward who hit 1-5 from play in the 2007 All-Ireland hurling final? 242 Name the Kerry defender who was selected after the 2006 final? 243 Cork’s Niall McCarthy was given the hurling award in which year? 244 Which Galway forward won the award in 1998 - Michael Donnellan or Padraig Joyce? 245 Prior to 2008, which year was Kilkenny’s Noel Hickey selected for the award? 246 What year was Ollie Baker selected for the hurling award? 247 Name the Tyrone player selected in 2003? 248 Name the Wexford central defender selected in 1996? 249 Name the only hurler to captain his team to an All-Ireland and also pick up the man-of-the-match award (prior to 2008)? 250 Maurice Fitzgerald won the award in 1997 after scoring how many points out of Kerry’s total of 0.13? 251 Name the Down forward who was selected as man-of-the-match in almost every match the county played in the 1994 championship, including the final? 252 Name the Cork hurler who won the award in 2005? 253 Name the Cork defender who was given the award after the 1999 final? 254 Clare’s Sean McMahon won the award in which year’s final? 255 Prior to 2008, name the only hurler to win two man-of-the-match awards in the last 15 years? 256 Prior to 2008, name the only footballer to win two man-of-the-match awards in the last 15 years? 257 In which year’s final was DJ Carey selected as man-of-the-match? 258 Which hurler won the award in 2006, even though it was only his third championship start for the county? 259 Name the Derry defender selected after the 1993 football final? 260 Prior to 2008, name the only player (hurling or football) to be selected as man of the match from the losing All-Ireland finalists? SENIOR CAMOGIE AND LADIES’ FOOTBALL (#ulink_924771b9-839e-5491-96a5-50021c54ecf5) CAMOGIE 261 Name the former Wexford Camogie player who managed the county to the 2007 All-Ireland title? 262 Which province won the Gael Linn Interprovincial Camogie title for the first time in 40 years in 2007? 263 Which college won the 2008 Ashbourne Cup? 264 In which year did the Camogie Association celebrate its Centenary year - 2002, 2003 or 2004? 265 Who captained Wexford to the 2007 All-Ireland title? 266 Name the former Cork camogie star who works as a sports journalist with the Irish Examiner and Evening Echo? 267 Which county won the National League in 2008 for the first time in 15 years? 268 True or False? Cork and Tipperary are the only Munster counties to win an All-Ireland senior Camogie title. 269 She won an All-Ireland medal with Cork in 2006 as well as an All-Star award. As a member of the Irish Defence Forces, she was presented with her All-Star award in Liberia by President Mary McAleese. Name her? 270 Name the former Tipperary hurler and All-Star who coached the county to their first All-Ireland title in 1999? LADIES’ FOOTBALL 271 Name the player who captained Cork to three All-Ireland titles in a row between 2005-07? 272 Name the former Mayo hurling manager who managed Mayo to the 2007 All-Ireland final? 273 Name the Cork inside forward who scored goals in the 2005 and 2007 All-Ireland finals? 274 Name the only county to go from winning an All-Ireland junior football title to reaching an All-Ireland senior football final within the space of 12 months (it happened in the last decade)? 275 Which county won the 2008 Ladies’ National Football league title? 276 Which county halted Cork’s 31-game unbeaten run by beating them in the 2007 National league semi-final? 277 Prior to 2008, name the only two Ulster counties to have won a senior ladies’ football title? 278 Name the Waterford hurling selector from 2007 and 2008 who managed Waterford ladies to five All-Ireland senior football titles? 279 What is the name of the Cup presented to the All-Ireland senior ladies’ football champions? 280 The daughter of a former All-Ireland winning manager (from another province) played with Armagh in the 2006 All-Ireland football final. Name either the father or the daughter? CAVAN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_077bfac9-564c-58e3-adc0-f4c6d902f235) 281 Prior to 2008, name Cavan’s only two All-Stars? 282 Name the first captain to bring the Sam Maguire to Ulster? 283 Prior to 2008, who were the last Cavan club to reach an Ulster club football final? 284 In which year did St Patrick’s, Cavan win their only All-Ireland Colleges football title - 1972, 1973 or 1974? 285 Name the former Armagh All-Ireland medal winner who coached Mullahoran to the 2006 Cavan county senior football title? 286 In which season did Martin McHugh first take charge of Cavan? 287 Name the Cavan All-Ireland medal winner from 1947 and 1948 who died at the age of just 25 in 1949? 288 Before he transferred to Cavan Gaels, with which club did Anthony Forde play? 289 Name the goalkeeper on the Cavan team which reached the 2002 National League final? 290 When Cavan won their last All-Ireland title in 1952, their team included Des and Liam Maguire. But name their brother, who lined out against them for Meath in that All-Ireland final? 291 Prior to 2008, name the Cavan player who was the joint leading goalscorer in Ulster football championship history? 292 Which county defeated Cavan in the 1988 All-Ireland U-21 football final? 293 Name the two brothers who played on the Ulster senior title winning team of 1997? 294 In which year did Cavan first appear in an All-Ireland senior football final? 295 Who defeated Cavan in the 1967 All-Ireland football semi-final? 296 Name the only Cavan player selected in 1984 on the team of greatest players never to win an All-Ireland? 297 Name three of the four Cavan players to play International Rules? 298 How many All-Ireland minor football finals have Cavan appeared in - three, four or five? 299 Although Mullahoran, St Joseph’s have been nominated as county hurling champions every year since 1990, which club holds the record number of senior hurling titles? 300 After scoring eight of Cavan’s eleven points in the 1947 All-Ireland final in the Polo Grounds in New York, what nickname did some American sportswriters put on Peter Donohue? NAME THE YEAR (#ulink_5a95b6a7-0124-55b0-ab4b-7cf36ca2d85c) 301 Sean McCague takes over as GAA President. 302 Conor Hayes manages Galway to an All-Ireland senior hurling final. 303 Offaly footballers win their first National Football league title. 304 Declan O’Sullivan captains Kerry in an All-Ireland senior football final for the first time. 305 Tyrone win the National football league title for the second time in their history and for the second year in succession. 306 Limerick Institute of Technology win the Fitzgibbon Cup for the first time. 307 Padraig Horan manages Birr to an All-Ireland club title. 308 Mickey Harte manages Tyrone to an All-Ireland U-21 title for the first time in his managerial career. 309 Ger Loughnane steps down as Clare manager. 310 Kerry and Dublin meet in a drawn and replayed All-Ireland football quarter-final in Thurles. 311 P?id? ? S? departs Kerry as manager. 312 Derry win their third National Football league title in the 1990s. 313 Clare contest an All-Ireland minor hurling final for the first time (it happened in the last 25 years). 314 Kilkenny narrowly defeat Antrim in an All-Ireland hurling semi-final in Dundalk (it was played in the last 25 years). 315 In his first season as Cork manager, Limerick hammer Jimmy Barry Murphy’s Cork in the Munster championship. 316 Maurice Fitzgerald plays in his last Munster senior final for Kerry. 317 Matty Murphy leads Galway to his first of four All-Ireland minor hurling titles won as manager (prior to 2008). 318 Toomevara defeat Mount Sion in a Munster club hurling final after a late scoring surge. 319 Mick O’Dwyer manages Kerry for the last time. 320 Brian Cody plays at full-forward in an All-Ireland senior hurling final for Kilkenny. FILL IN THE MISSING PARTS IN THE CLUB NAMES 1 (#ulink_086fd1f3-ddff-54e2-be89-bc1a2478f0b4) 321 Ballina 322 Oulart-the- 323 Laune 324 Crossmolina 325 Castlebar 326 Enniskillen 327 Ballycastle 328 Thurles 329 Moate 330 Ballinderry 331 Tuam 332 Castleblayney 333 Dunmore 334 Dunloy 335 Mullingar 336 Kilrush 337 Clonmel 338 Faythe 339 Melvin 340 Derrygonnelly CLARE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_e7325a6a-c652-539d-a58b-f6ea00822b1f) 341 Name the only Clare club to win county hurling titles in three different centuries? 342 Who managed Clare to the 1997 All-Ireland minor hurling title? 343 In which year did Clare win the All-Ireland B football championship? 344 Apart from St Flannan’s College, name the only other Clare school to win the Dr Harty Cup? 345 Name three of the four Clare clubs to contest Munster club football finals? 346 In which year did Clare win their only Munster senior ladies football title (it happened in the last ten years)? 347 In which year did Clare last reach a National hurling league final? 348 In which year did St Flannan’s College last win an All-Ireland Colleges title? 349 Name the Soviet Airline which sponsored the Clare hurlers in 1991 and 1992? 350 In which year did Clare last contest a Division One National Football league semi-final (it happened in the last 15 years)? 351 Who captained Clare in the 2008 Munster hurling final? 352 Which club defeated Doonbeg in the 1999 All-Ireland club football semi-final? 353 In the hugely controversial 2008 Munster U-21 hurling final, name the Clare goalkeeper who was penalised for stepping outside the square in the dying minutes, which led to the controversy? 354 Which club has won the most Clare senior football championships? 355 Name the only Clare hurler in the top 20 all-time senior hurling championship scorers? 356 Apart from Noel Roche, name the other two Clare players to play International Rules football? 357 Name the only Clare player to play in Munster hurling and football finals in the last 20 years? 358 Who managed Clare to the 1986 Munster hurling final? 359 How many All-Ireland minor football finals have Clare appeared in? 360 Name the father and son who played in Munster hurling finals in 1967 and 2008? HARD-LUCK STORIES (#ulink_1a2be10a-94fb-5e32-8061-47440b6e5683) 361 Name the Kilkenny hurler who missed the 2006 All-Ireland final through injury? 362 Charlie Redmond missed the 1998 All-Ireland club football final after being sent off in the semi-final. With which club did Redmond play? 363 Name the Wexford hurler who missed the 1996 All-Ireland final through injury? 364 Name the Dublin footballer who missed the 1995 All-Ireland final through injury? 365 Name the Galway footballer who missed the 2000 campaign, including the 2000 All-Ireland final and replay, after damaging his cruciate ligament? 366 Name the Tipperary player who missed the 2001 All-Ireland final through suspension after being sent off in the All-Ireland semi-final? 367 Name the Cork defender who broke his hand before the 2007 All-Ireland football final and who subsequently couldn’t start that game? 368 In which year did Eoin Liston miss an All-Ireland for Kerry after he had his appendix removed? 369 Name the Donegal player who missed out on Donegal’s crowning glory in 1992 after he failed a fitness test that morning? 370 The Tipperary captain Pa O’Neill was controversially dropped for the 1988 All-Ireland final, which sparked a public outcry. But with which club did O’Neill play? 371 In his first year on the Armagh panel, goalkeeper Benny Tierney missed the Ulster final because of suspension and he had to wait nearly a decade to get back to another Ulster final. Name that year he was suspended? 372 Name the Dublin footballer who missed the entire 1993 championship after being sent off in the league final against Donegal? 373 Name the former Galway underage and senior player who broke his leg three weeks before the 2007 All-Ireland club final and subsequently missed the game for Loughrea? 374 Name the Tyrone forward who got injured the week before the 1995 All-Ireland final and who subsequently missed the final? 375 Name the Galway player who missed the 1980 All-Ireland final win after breaking his collarbone in the All-Ireland semi-final? 376 Name the Tipperary defender who was dropped for the 1989 All-Ireland final because - in the aftermath of the Tony Keady affair - it emerged that he had played in the London championship without proper clearance? 377 In which year did Justin McCarthy miss the All-Ireland hurling final for Cork after getting seriously injured in a motorbike accident? 378 Name the Cork defender who tore his cruciate ligament in the Munster football final replay in 2006 and who subsequently missed the rest of the season? 379 Jimmy Keaveney was sent off in the 1979 Leinster final against Offaly and would have been eligible to line out in the All-Ireland final against Kerry if the match hadn’t been brought forward a week. Why was the match brought forward? 380 He was Kerry captain in 1946 and captained them to win the Munster final, but was dropped for the All-Ireland final and lost the captaincy. He came on as a sub in the final which ended level and was set to hold his place for the final and regain the captaincy. However, he broke his ankle the week of the replay against Roscommon, missed out on captaining the team and got no All-Ireland medal. He never won an All-Ireland medal. Name him? OUTSIDE MANAGERS (#ulink_1950401d-d235-5e06-8c07-36de2f845a09) 381 Paul Bealin managed which two counties in the Leinster football championship between 2005-08? 382 Name the two counties that John O’Mahony has managed outside of Mayo? 383 Name the former Antrim hurling manager who managed Down in the 2008 hurling championship? 384 Name the three counties that Mickey Moran has managed outside of Derry? 385 Name the three counties that John Maughan has managed outside of Mayo? 386 Tom Cribben - a Kildare man - managed which county in the 1999 football championship? 387 How many terms did John Mclntyre serve as manager of the Offaly hurlers? 388 Frank Doherty managed the Clare footballers in 2008 but from which county does he hail? 389 Name the former Kildare football manager who also managed Offaly in the last ten years? 390 Mattie Kerrigan managed which county to a football league final in 2002? 391 Name the former Dublin footballer and manager who managed Roscommon to the 2004 Connacht final? 392 Laois hurling manager in 2007 and 2008, Damien Fox, is a native of which county? 393 Name the three Leinster counties that Pat Roe has managed this decade? 394 Name the former Galway footballer who managed Roscommon to the 2001 Connacht title? 395 Pat Begley - father of Brian (Limerick dual player) - managed which county in the football championship this decade? 396 Cyril Farrell coached which county to a provincial final in 1992? 397 Babs Keating coached which hurling team to an All-Ireland final in the 1970s? 398 Apart from Limerick, which Munster county did Eamonn Cregan manage in the 1980s? 399 Name the former Cavan footballer who managed Longford to their first and only Leinster senior football title in 1968? 400 Prior to 2008, name the only two outside football managers to win an All-Ireland senior title? CORK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_a9826d32-f66a-57e9-971f-3730e8cc4163) 401 Who captained Cork to the 1990 All-Ireland hurling title? 402 Apart from Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s, name the other two Cork clubs to win three or more Munster club football titles? 403 The two Kieran Murphys who play with the Cork hurlers go by which nicknames? 404 In 2008, the Cork hurlers gave a walkover for the first time in the county’s history. Name the team that received that walkover in the Waterford Crystal Cup? 405 In 1987, the Cork county board introduced a controversial code of conduct that advised players not to compete in other codes. Which player, who played with Cork City, left the panel before returning to win two All-Irelands? 406 Name the Cork hurler who made his championship debut in the 1986 All-Ireland final? 407 Name two of the four Cork football selectors that were ultimately forced to step down (they were eventually voted out of office by the county board) as a result of the binding arbitration decision taken which ended the Cork strike in 2008? 408 Name the forward who scored Cork’s second goal in the 1993 All-Ireland final? 409 Who captained Nemo Rangers to their last All-Ireland club title in 2003? 410 Name the two brothers who won Munster hurling and football medals (separately) in 1983? 411 Who captained Cork in the 1987 All-Ireland senior football final? 412 Willie Murphy was one of nine players to win four All-Ireland medals in a row between 1941-44 but by which nickname was he commonly known? 413 Name two of the three Corkmen who share the unique distinction of winning 12 Munster senior championship medals (in both codes)? 414 Six Cork players have won National League hurling and football medals. Five of those players have achieved that feat in the last 35 years - name four of those five? 415 Who managed UCC to the 1999 Munster club title? 416 Prior to 2008, name the only Cork father and son to play in All-Ireland football semi-finals in the last 35 years? 417 Name three of the five Cork hurling selectors who were forced to step down after the players went on strike in 2002? 418 Prior to 2008, five of the top ten scorers in Munster hurling finals were Cork men. Name four of the five? 419 Ray Cummins, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, Denis Coughlan and Brian Murphy all won All-Ireland hurling and football medals with Cork in the 1970s but name the fifth Corkman who also achieved that unique honour? 420 Name the two Cork hurlers who have won All-Stars but who haven’t won an All-Ireland senior title (they both won them in the last 20 years)? FOOTBALL ALL-STARS (#ulink_db416862-39c2-5de3-b075-f2d0d952cb09) 421 Name the only three brothers to win All-Stars in the same season? 422 Name the two Derry footballers selected on the 2007 All-Star football team? 423 Name the Donegal footballer who was selected corner-back in 2006? 424 Who was Wexford’s first football All-Star? 425 Three of the six All-Star defenders in 2002 were from Armagh. Name two of them? 426 In which season (in the last five years) was there only three counties represented on the football All-Star team? 427 In which position did the late Cormac McAnallen win an All-Star in 2003? 428 Gabriel Irwin was selected as the goalkeeper on the 1989 side. From which county did he hail? 429 Name the only Cavan player to win an All-Star in 1997? 430 How many All-Stars did Meath’s John McDermott win between 1996-99, two, three or four? 431 Name three of the four Kerry players to have six or more All-Stars? 432 Name the only non-Kerry player with six or more All-Stars? 433 True or False? Down’s Mickey Linden won only one All-Star. 434 Name the only Donegal footballer to win an All-Star in the 1980s and in the 1990s? 435 How many All-Stars did Tipperary’s Declan Browne win? 436 Name the two Derry footballers to win four All-Stars? 437 Who was Tyrone’s first All-Star in 1980? 438 Prior to 2008, only three players had won All-Stars even though they had never played in a provincial final in the last decade. Then all three played in a provincial final in 2008. Name two of them? 439 Prior to 2008 and since the inception of the All-Ireland qualifiers in 2001, only two players had won All-Stars even though their county didn’t reach the last 12 of the championship. Name them? 440 Prior to 2008, only three Ulster goalkeepers won All-Stars. Name two of those three (they were all selected in the last 20 years)? HURLING CAPTAINS’ PARADE (#ulink_aa78cbec-1043-5bd7-84ba-cb808fe2e3c7) 441 Who captained Limerick in the 2007 All-Ireland hurling final? 442 Who captained Kilkenny to the 2006 All-Ireland title? 443 Who led Waterford to the 2007 Munster hurling title? 444 Who captained Portumna to the 2008 All-Ireland club title? 445 In which year did Stephen Frampton lead Waterford to a Munster hurling final? 446 Name the two players who lifted the trophy for Tipperary after their 2008 National League and Munster final success? 447 Who captained Clare in the 2002 All-Ireland hurling final? 448 Name the Cork captain in the 2006 All-Ireland final who subsequently retired afterwards? 449 Name the player who captained Tipperary in the 2006 Munster hurling final and who never played another senior inter-county game afterwards? 450 Name the Cork player who captained his side in the 2003 All-Ireland final and who retired afterwards? 451 In which year did Peter Barry captain Kilkenny to a National league hurling title? 452 True or False? Jimmy Barry-Murphy captained Cork in two All-Ireland finals. 453 Liam Donoghue captained Galway in the 2005 All-Ireland final to become only the third goalkeeper in the last 50 years to captain his county in an All-Ireland senior final. Name one of the other two goalkeepers to achieve that honour? 454 In the last ten years, two sets of two brothers have captained their county in the hurling championship. Name both sets of brothers? 455 Ben O’Connor captained Cork to the 2004 All-Ireland title but in which other year did O’Connor captain Cork? 456 Gary Hanniffy captained Birr to an All-Ireland club title in which year? 457 DJ Carey captained Kilkenny in the 2003 National League final but name the player (nominated by his club as Kilkenny captain) who lifted the trophy? 458 Name the hurler who captained Birr to the 1995 All-Ireland club hurling title and who captained Offaly to the All-Ireland senior final in the same season? 459 Who captained Tipperary to the 1989 All-Ireland title? 460 Name the only hurler to captain his club and county to All-Ireland honours in the same season (he managed it in the last ten seasons)? DERRY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_67b566b4-56f3-58c6-b488-9164e671ce44) 461 Name the former Armagh All-Ireland winning trainer who joined the Derry senior football backroom team in 2008? 462 Which county did Derry defeat in the 1989 All-Ireland minor football final? 463 Who managed Derry to the 2002 All-Ireland minor title? 464 The father of Derry hurlers Liam and Kevin Hinphey, Liam senior, hails from which county? 465 Name the three sides Derry defeated in their four National football league final wins between 1992-2000? 466 True or False? A Derry player has never captained a Sigerson Cup winning team. 467 Who did Dungiven defeat in the 1997 Ulster club football final? 468 Name the Derry goalkeeper who exchanged words with referee Michael Curley in the aftermath of Derry’s drawn National League final in 2000 and who was subsequently suspended for the replay? 469 Name the goalkeeper who replaced the above player in that replay? 470 Name the current inter-county manager who managed The Loup to the 2003 Ulster club title? 471 Who captained Bellaghy in the 1995 All-Ireland club football final? 472 In which year did Derry last win an Ulster minor hurling title - 1997, 1999 or 2001? 473 Who captained Derry to the 2002 All-Ireland minor football title? 474 Name the two football All-Stars who won Ulster hurling titles in 2000 and 2001? 475 How many Ulster club hurling finals did Lavey contest in the 1990s? 476 Who captained Derry to the 1997 All-Ireland U-21 title? 477 Who managed Derry to their first Ulster senior hurling title in 2000? 478 Name the player who captained his club in Ulster club football and hurling finals in the last ten years? 479 Name the three players from Derry’s All-Ireland winning senior football team of 1993 that also represented Ulster in Railway Cup hurling? 480 Name the renowned Derry footballer who captained St Pat’s Maghera to the All-Ireland Colleges title in 1995 and who was also honoured as an Ulster Colleges hurling All-Star that same year? PLAYERS WHO CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT OR WHO MADE NOTABLE COMEBACKS (#ulink_5ff0eafd-61ff-5c33-afee-4b7ac5044a03) 481 Name the Galway player who came out of retirement in 2008 after one season? 482 Name the Armagh All-Ireland winning forward from 2002 who retired after the 2004 championship but who returned to play in the 2007 championship? 483 Name the Waterford defender who won a Munster medal in 2002, retired after the 2003 championship and who returned to play full-back in the 2005 championship? 484 Name the Donegal forward who retired after the 2006 championship but who returned to win a National League with the county in 2007? 485 DJ Carey sensationally first announced his retirement in 1998 and he played his last championship game for Kilkenny in 2005. But which season in between those years did Carey only return to the panel for the All-Ireland semifinal, subsequently winning an All-Star on the back of only two performances? 486 Brian Corcoran won All-Ireland medals in 2004 and 2005 before retiring after the 2006 All-Ireland final. But which season did Corcoran sensationally first announce his retirement from the game? 487 Name the Wexford forward who sensationally came out of retirement at short notice to play a part as a substitute in the 2001 drawn and replayed All-Ireland hurling semifinals? 488 Name the only inter-county manager to come out of retirement and play in the championship in the last ten years? 489 Name the Galway footballer who came out of retirement to play in the 2006 and 2007 championship? 490 Name the former Meath All-Ireland winner and All-Star who retired after the 2005 championship before returning for the 2007 and 2008 championships? 491 Name the Dublin footballer who returned to the Dublin football team in 1974 and who subsequently went on to win three All-Irelands? 492 Name the Cork defender who came out of retirement in 1992 and who played in that year’s All-Ireland hurling final? 493 Name the Armagh defender who was dropped from the squad after the 2006 championship for one season but who returned to play in the 2008 championship? 494 Name the Cork footballer who played in the 1993 All-Ireland football final and who was retired by Larry Tompkins in 2003 before coming back to play in the 2004 championship under Billy Morgan? 495 Name the Fermanagh goalkeeper who was dropped in 2005 and who was out of the county squad before returning for the 2008 championship and lining out in that year’s Ulster final? 496 He won seven All-Ireland medals with Kerry but retired in 1990. However, he came out of retirement in 1993 to play in that year’s Munster final. Name him? 497 Name the Cork defender who went to the US in 1980 but who returned and played in the 1982 All-Ireland hurling final? 498 Name the legendary Kerry player who retired after the 1966 championship but who returned for the 1968 Munster championship and played for six more years? 499 Name the Cork hurling goalkeeper who had never played championship before but who came out of retirement in 1952 to win three All-Ireland senior medals in a row? 500 Kerry’s Mick O’Dwyer retired in 1966 after two leg-breaks before returning for a past v present match in 1968, after which he resurrected his inter-county career, winning All-Ireland medals in 1969 and 1970. In which year did O’Dwyer finally play his last championship match for Kerry? GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_a1b4a506-86ab-5945-ab8e-8cc3b14c7200) 501 Kilkenny footballers re-entered the National Football League in 2008 for the first time since what year - 1995, 1999 or 2002? 502 Moorefield played which Longford club over three games during the 2007 Leinster club football championship? 503 Outside of Dublin, which county had two teams representing them in the 2007 National hurling league? 504 The Tipperary football manager in 2008, John Evans, led which club to All-Ireland success in the last 15 years? 505 Brendan Cummins plays club hurling with Ballybacon-Grange but with which club does he play football? 506 Name the two brothers who were sent off in a provincial senior football final in 2008? 507 Name the player who won two All-Ireland club hurling medals with Portumna and who also played in the 2001 All-Ireland hurling final with Tipperary? 508 Wexford reached Leinster senior hurling and football finals in 2008 but apart from Cork, name the last county to contest provincial senior finals in both codes in the same season? 509 Niall Corcoran, who played with Dublin hurlers in the 2008 senior championship, won an All-Ireland minor medal with which county? 510 In the 1997 All-Ireland final, Maurice Fitzgerald accidentally broke the leg of the Kerry corner-forward. Name him? 511 Name the Labour Relations Committee Chairman who delivered the binding arbitration ruling which ultimately ended the Cork players strike in 2008? 512 Name the former Clare hurler who managed Loughrea to the 2007 All-Ireland club hurling final? 513 Which county won the 2008 Connacht U-21 football title? 514 Name the Galway midfielder who captained the county to the 2003 Connacht title? 515 In which year was the blood-sub rule first introduced - 2000, 2001 or 2002? 516 Only two counties have managed to win All-Ireland senior and minor football All-Irelands in the same year. Name them? 517 Name the two footballers who played in the 2007 football championship and who managed teams in the 2008 championship? 518 GAA President Nickey Brennan managed the Kilkenny U-21 hurlers to an All-Ireland U-21 hurling final in which year - 1990, 1993 or 1994? 519 During Joe Kernan’s six-year stint as Armagh manager, only one team outside of Ulster beat Armagh in the championship. Name the team and the year? 520 Name the only hurler in the last ten years to captain a team and manage a team in an All-Ireland semi-final? DONEGAL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_8deebe9a-d103-5f80-82fe-a3d698770c44) 521 Who scored Donegal’s only goal in the 2002 Ulster football final? 522 Name the two brothers who played for Donegal in the 2008 football championship? 523 Name the young goalkeeper who played in the 2005 Ulster championship against Armagh, a day before his Leaving Certificate exams? 524 Who succeeded Brian McEniff as Donegal manager in 1995? 525 Prior to 2008, name the only Donegal club to win a game in the Ulster club championship in the last ten years? 526 Name the two Donegal players to captain Sigerson Cup winning teams in the last ten years? 527 Colm McFadden won a Sigerson Cup title with which college in the last ten years? 528 How many Ulster titles did Martin Carney win with Donegal before transferring to Mayo? 529 Which former Donegal All-Ireland winner and All-Star coached IT Sligo to their first Sigerson Cup title in 2002? 530 The Setanta hurling club is situated in which Donegal village? 531 Name the only Donegal club to win an Ulster club football title? 532 The cup for the Donegal senior football championship was presented by which Donegal newspaper? 533 Killybegs, one of only two Donegal clubs to contest an Ulster club football final, made their lone provincial final appearance in which year - 1989, 1990 or 1991? 534 Name the Donegal player who was vice-captain on the Irish International Rules squad in 1990? 535 Prior to Donegal’s defeat to Derry in the 2008 Ulster championship, when was the last time Donegal lost a championship match in Ballybofey? 536 Name the former and 2008 Irish Olympic Games Chef d’Equipe who trained the Donegal footballers in 2000? 537 In the 1996 Ulster senior championship, Donegal were beaten by two points by Down but what controversial incident happened in that game over the only goal in the match? 538 Name the only Donegal player to captain Ulster to Interprovincial success (he managed it in the last 15 years)? 539 When Donegal played Limerick in the 1923 All-Ireland hurling semi-final, it was the first time in a GAA game that two teams did what? 540 Name the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland senior football medal? FOOTBALL’S EVOLUTION THROUGH THE LAST 65 YEARS (#ulink_7c52805f-f877-59ad-a406-becbf012c6ff) 541 In 1946, Antrim arrived in Croke Park for an All-Ireland semi-final with a fancy hand-passing game but were rough-housed by Kerry, masters of catch-and-kick conservatism. That Antrim team never came back but how many Ulster titles have Antrim won since that year - one, two or three? 542 In the 1955 All-Ireland final against Kerry, Dublin arrived in an All-Ireland final with off-the-ball runners and the original roving full-forward. That full-forward went on to become a famous name in Dublin GAA folklore. Name him? 543 True or False? Down’s eight-point win over Kerry in 1960 was the biggest defeat Kerry ever suffered in an All-Ireland final. 544 Down played Kerry on three occasions during the 1960s in the championship, 1960, 1961 and 1968. How many of those games did Down win? 545 Name the full-back who captained Dublin to the 1974 All-Ireland title? 546 Mickey Ned O’Sullivan captained Kerry in the 1975 All-Ireland final but who was presented with the Sam Maguire after Kerry’s victory? 547 Charlie Nelligan came on as a substitute in the 1976 All-Ireland final and went on to win seven All-Ireland medals but who did he replace as goalkeeper in that final? 548 Kevin Heffernan managed Dublin for most of the 1970s but in that decade, which All-Ireland winning year for Dublin was Heffernan not manager (he had stepped down for that season)? 549 How many All-Irelands did Kerry and Dublin share between them from 1974 to 1986? 550 How many All-Ireland finals did Meath and Cork contest against each other between 1987 and 1990 (including replays)? 551 Donegal won the 1992 All-Ireland title with a defined short-passing game. In the 1992 All-Ireland football final against Dublin, the Donegal full-back never kicked the ball once. Name him? 552 Which two counties did Down defeat in the 1991 and 1994 All-Ireland semi-finals? 553 Who refereed the highly controversial All-Ireland football final replay in 1996 between Meath and Mayo? Конец ознакомительного фрагмента. Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес». Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию (https://www.litres.ru/christy-o-connor-177/gaa-quiz-book-2-another-2-000-gaelic-football-and-hur/?lfrom=688855901) на ЛитРес. Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.