GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions. Christy O’Connor
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СКАЧАТЬ 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

      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 Seán Óg O hAilpín 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 Óg 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

      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 СКАЧАТЬ