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

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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

      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 Páidí Ó Sé 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

      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

      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

      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?

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