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

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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 Ó hAilpín 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

      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

      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

      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

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