GAA Quiz

Our popular quiz is back with a first prize of Eu300 and seven runners-up prizes of Eu50 each. The winner will be the person with the most correct answers or in the case of a tie, the winner and seven runners-up will be drawn from a hat. Every effort has been made to avoid ambiguity and no further clarification can be given. Any callers will be disqualified! Only one entry is allowed per household and the editors decision is final. The closing date for entries is 28th February 2007 and all winners will be notified. Answers will be posted on www.hoganstand.com and published in the April 2007 edition of Hogan Stand magazine. Send your entries to: Hogan Competition, Lynn Group, Kells Business Park, Kells, Co. Meath or email to hogancompetition@eircom.net

1) Michael Maguire was the Chairman of which County Board in 2006?

2) Before the newly appointed Donal Keoghan, who was the last Cavan native to manage the Breffni senior footballers?

3) The Kildare-Offaly blood sub saga dominated the news in early June. Pascal Kelleghan was the Offaly player who left the pitch with a cut, but who was the player that replaced him as the ’blood sub’?

4) The Offaly-Laois Leinster SHC quarter final was played in a waterlogged Portlaoise in May. Meath’s Fergus Smith officiated at the game and was instructed by Leinster Council to proceed with the tie. Smith was filling in for the appointed referee who was unable to officiate at the game because of injury. Who was he?

5) Which counties won the All-Ireland senior vocational titles in both football and hurling this year?

6) Name the Longford intercounty footballer who scored 1-24 in this year’s senior championship?

7) Donegal’s Paddy Campbell received a one month ban for tangling with which Derry player in the sides’ 2006 Ulster SFC semi-final clash?

8) Galway’s Joe Canning set out at the start of the year to become the fifth hurler to win three All-Ireland MHC medals in succession. Who was the first player to achieve this feat and when did it happen?

9) The manager of the successful 2006 Tipperary minor hurling team was?

10) Prior to 2006 Laois and Mayo only met once before in the All-Ireland senior football championship. At what stage of the championship was this game? Also name the year and the score?

11) Clare’s senior hurling captain during the 2006 championship was?

12) The manager of the Meath senior ladies football team in 2006 had sons playing championship football with the Royal minors and seniors during the summer. Name the manager?

13) One well known Armagh footballer has a website dedicated to him for the past number of years. Who is he?

14) Mayo used two goalkeepers during their 2006 senior football championship campaign. Name them?

15) Thirty six year old Barry Kelly took charge of the 2006 All-Ireland senior hurling final. With which Westmeath clubs is Barry involved?

16) Which former well known inter county football manager had a daughter playing on the successful Armagh senior ladies team in 2006?

17) Cork have played Kerry in three All-Ireland semi finals in the past five years. Only one Rebel player was chosen in the same position for these three encounters. Name him?

18) Down teenage star Martin Clarke signed a professional contract with which Australian Rules club in the summer of 2006?

19) The winner of the Martin Donnelly sponsored 2006 Poc Fada competition, held on the Cooley Mountains, was?

20) Limerick had only one player on the Waterford Crystal Munster Hurling All Stars selection which was chosen in early August. Name him?

21) The new Wexford Hurling Development Administrator is?

22) This former Meath Footballer of the Year had a son on the Dublin senior football panel during the 2006 championship. Name the father and son combination?

23) Monaghan club Sean McDermotts have their playing facilities in which village?

24) This Belfast club played a historic football match with the PSNI gaelic football team on the last day of August 2006?

25) Monaghan manager Seamus McEnaney has appointed a sole selector for the coming year. Name him?

26) What famous Clare club is known as the Magpies?

27) The intermediate hurling champions in Kilkenny receive which trophy?

28) The Stadium Director at Croke Park is?

29) Who was the oldest player in action during the 2006 All-Ireland senior hurling final?

30) Tipperary had two brother and sister combinations involved in the All-Ireland senior camogie and under 21 hurling finals, both held in Croke Park on Sunday September 10th, two boys with the hurlers and two ladies on the camogie team. Name them?

31) This Carlow club could be confused with a region of Germany?

32) Which Derry club claimed the county minor football title in 2006? It was their first such win since 1990

33) Name the two Dublin handballers who competed in the 2006 senior All-Ireland doubles final?

34) The man in charge of the Donegal hurlers during 2006 and again for the coming season is?

35) This famous Fermanagh GAA grounds was closed down at the latter end of 2006 for renovations?

36) Galway had two under 16 players starting the 2006 All-Ireland minor hurling decider. Name them?

37) Kerry’s top scorer during the 2006 SFC was?

38) The manager of the successful Laois senior ladies team during 2006 was?

39) The President of the Leitrim County Board is?

40) Draws galore in the semi-finals of the Louth senior football championship. Name the four semi finalists?

41) The winners of the 2006 Ted Webb Cup final were?

42) Who did Tommy Brehony replace as Sligo senior football manager during 2006?

43) The club Mhaigh Tir na nOg operate out of which Tyrone town?

44) The 2006 All-Ireland minor football final was refereed by which Wexford man?

45) The prestigious Tony Forristal Cup is hosted by which county?

46) The Wicklow senior camogie champions for 2006 boasted two different sets of sisters and two first cousins. Name the club?

47) Radley Park is the home of which Kildare club?

48) Name three Cavan clubs beginning with the letter M, who straddle the Meath-Cavan border?

49) This Antrim camogie star and club captain notched 4-5 in the 2006 Ulster senior camogie final. Who is she?

50) Which Down club won the 2006 All-Ireland Feile under 14 Division One football title?

51) New Meath football selector Tommy Dowd now plays his club football with which Royal County team?

52) This former Dublin footballer and official will act as an advisor to the Dublin minor team in 2007. Who is he?

53) The manager of the successful Kilkenny under 21 hurling team in 2006 was?

54) The St. Marys club in Longford choose their players from which town in the county?

55) The contestants in the Sligo senior football championship final of 2006 were?

56) The winners of the 2006 Kilmacud Crokes hurling sevens were?

57) The winner of the 2006 MBNA Kick Fada was?

58) This famous Westmeath club relegated from the senior to intermediate hurling ranks for the 2007 championship?

59) This man only scored four times yet finished fourth top scoring Munster player in the 2006 football championship. Who is he?

60) How many teams have won the All-Ireland SFC while coming through the back door? Also name them?

61) The Limerick selectors assisting new manager Richie Bennis for 2007 are?

62) Who were the first winners of the Kilmacud All-Ireland senior camogie seven-a-side competition which was staged in 2006?

63) Old kingpins Rathnew were beaten at the semi final stage of the 2006 Wicklow SFC by which team?

64) One Donegal team supplied 3 players to the Ulster Railway Cup squad chosen by Brian McEniff in the latter stages of 2006. Name the players and the club?

65) CLG Naomh Colm Án Droim play in which county?

66) The O’Hanrahans club in Carlow obtained their name from which Irish hero?

67) This famous Kildare club is often called ’The Rags’. Who are they?

68) This Leitrim club has for GAA neighbours Aughavas, Fenagh, Mohill and Gortlettragh. Name them?

69) The contestants in the Tyrone junior A football championship final of 2006 were?

70) Waterford have won two All-Ireland senior hurling titles. Provide the years?

71) Louth’s new County Training and Development Centre is located in what area of the county?

72) Who am I? I play with a club called Courtwood, my name has a poetic sound and I won an All Star award in 2003?

73) The powerful Roscommon midfield pairing during the drawn and replayed All-Ireland senior football finals of 1943 and the All-Ireland final the following year was?

74) Crossmaglen won their 11th consecutive Armagh SFC in September. Who did the men from Cross beat in this final?

75) Name four well known public houses associated with big games in Croke Park where patrons drink?

76) Former county star Sean Delaney, who among a list of achievements, guided Laois to their first Ladies All-Ireland senior title in 2001, had a famous nickname. What was it?

77) This young Roscommon player was voted Man of the Match in the 2006 All-Ireland minor football final replay. Name him?

78) The home club of Fermanagh millionaire Sean Quinn is?

79) Wexford won an amazing four in a row of All-Ireland senior football titles from 1915-1918. What counties did the Leinster men beat in the final?

80) The notorious 1983 All-Ireland senior football final fought out on a windswept Croke Park between Dublin and Galway was refereed by which man?

81) Present Killkenny hurling manager Brian Cody won an All-Ireland minor hurling medal in 1972. In which position did Brian commence the game?

82) What was so unusual about the Cork goalkeeper, the full back line and the right half back on the Rebels 1952 side, which beat Dublin in the hurling All-Ireland final?

83) Kilkenny’s legendary full back from the late 40s and early 50s Pat Hayden was often referred to as?

84) This famous footballer who had a long association with the sea, played against his native Galway for Dublin in the All-Ireland senior football final of 1942?

85) Prior to 2006 Roscommon last won the All-Ireland minor football championship in 1951. Who was the winning captain all those 55 years back?

86) New Tipperary football manager John Owens played senior championship football with another county besides the Premier. What county?

87) Two hurling clubs in Laois were each fined Eu5000 and thrown out of next year’s championship in late September. Name them?

88) This former All Star led the Dublin attack as they swept to All-Ireland Masters Over 40s senior glory in 2006. And he was not even a Dub. Name him?

89) These two Down clubs contested the final of the 2006 Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland seven-a-side football competition. Name them?

90) Who was the referee for the T na G All-Ireland senior ladies football final on the first Sunday in October 2006?

91) The Kildare county grounds in Newbridge is called?

92) This Cork camogie star won All-Ireland medals in both the A and B senior camogie competitions during 2006?

93) The Leitrim ladies had only one scorer in the All-Ireland junior final of 2006. Who is she?

94) The manager of the successful Carlow minor hurling team stepped down from the role in late September. Who is he?

95) The past four Cavan senior football championship finals have been fought out between the same two clubs. Name them?

96) The great Kerry footballer Mick O’Connell is married to a lady from which county?

97) Joe McKenna, who managed the Limerick hurlers in the first half of 2006 is a native of which county?

98) During the 1980s and 1990s these players lined out with which county? Mickey O’Hara, John McCormack and Philip Kiernan?

99) The most southern GAA grounds in Monaghan is?

100) In the drawn Tyrone final featuring Carrickmore and Errigal Ciaran, Carrickmore obtained a late penalty. The resultant goal levelled the match. Who was the scorer?