Many thanks to all who took the time to answer the 100 Question Quiz which we ran at the end of 2008. Despite our best efforts, a number of entrants got all questions correct. From those correct entries we drew out one winner and seven runners up. Congratulations to Diarmuid McRory from Dublin who wins the Eu300 first prize. Hugh McClafferty from Donegal, Seamus McRory for Longford, Joe Hunt from Longford, Barney Champion for Dublin, Anne Flynn from Dublin, Noel Reilly from Dublin and Fintan O'Reilly from Wexford all win Eu50 as runners up. Below are all the questions and their answers. 1) This defender scored 0-24 in the 2008 All-Ireland senior football championship? Aidan Carr 2) Clare's Niall Gilligan equalled a record in the Banner's senior hurling championship clash with Waterford last summer. What is the record and who held it? In this game Niall struck his 20th senior championship goal, equalling Clare's record championship goal scorer, the great Jimmy Smith 3) The Chairman of the Limerick County Board during 2008 was? Liam Lenihan 4) Cha Fitzpatrick got a bit of a dig from the hurley of Tom Kenny in the 2008 All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final. Who referereed this game between age old rivals Kilkenny and Cork? Michael Wadding of Waterford 5) After some 'shenanigans' two clubs were at one stage thrown out of the 2008 Wexford under 21 hurling championship. Name them? Buffers Alley and St. Martins. Buffers Alley were later allowed compete 6) This Waterford star had his appendix removed in June and later came back to play with the Deise hurlers in the 2008 All-Ireland senior championship. Who is he? Aidan Kearney 7) Carlow gained Christy Ring cup honours in 2008. Who was the manager of the Barrowsiders? Jm Greene 8) Laois star Barry Brennan announced his retirement from both club and county football in 2008. With which club did Barry line out? Graiguecullen 9) Name three clubs operating in Armagh beginning with the letter B? Ballymacnab, Belleek, Ballyhegan 10) How many points did Galway's Micheal Meehan score against Kerry in their All-Ireland senior football quarter-final clash in 2008? Ten 11) Robbie Griffin was manager of which intercounty team in 2008? The successful Kerry senior ladies combination 12) Pat Roe was manager of the Offaly senior football team during 2008. Who were his two selectors? Laz Molloy and Kieran Rigney 13) The winners of the popular Ted Webb under 16 tournament in 2008 were? Roscommon 14) Peter Hanley Motors were the sponsors of which championship in 2008? The Longford senior football championship 15) The Mayo senior hurlers employed a well known coach in 2008. Who was he? Pete Finnerty 16) The new Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces is a famous ex GAA player and inter county manager. Who is he? Kildare resident and former Roscommon star Dermot Earley 17) Drum and Inch supplied four starting players to the Tipperary senior hurling team that went under to Waterford in the 2008 All-Ireland hurling semi-final. Name them? Eamonn Buckley, James Woodlock, Seamus Callinan and Seamus Butler 18) The referee of the 2008 All-Ireland minor hurling final was? Cathal McAllister of Cork 19) Young Kilkenny star Richie Hogan hurls with which club? Danesfort 20) The captain of Antrim's Tommy Murphy Cup winning team in 2008 was? Kevin Brady 21) Cork won the Munster minor hurling crown in 2008. Who managed the young Rebels? Ger Manley 22) What Cavan club were associated with the Powerade advertising campaign in 2008? Munterconnaught 23) The GAA club in Castledawson, County Derry is called after which Irish saint? St. Malachy 24) Which county won the All-Ireland ladies minor football title in 2008? Dublin 25) Tell us the name of the Australian agent who established an AFC recruitment camp at Breaffy, County Mayo during 2008? Ricky Nixon 26) The manager of the Enniskillen Gaels senior team during 2008 was? Dominic Corrigan 27) It was the first time since the monthly GAA All Star awards were introduced at the beginning of the decade that the same county scooped the hurling and football trophies for the same month. Galway performed this act last June. Name the recipients? Padraic Joyce and Joe Canning 28) Leitrim's Emlyn Mulligan hit the headlines with his free taking exploits against Galway in the 2008 Connacht championship. What club does Emlyn play for? Melvin Gaels 29) This Westmeath man was in charge of the Louth senior hurlers during 2008. Who is he? Pat Clancy 30) Meath won the All-Ireland senior football championship in 1967. Two members of that starting All-Ireland final fifteen later saw their sons repeat this feat. Name these father and son combinations with All-Ireland medals in their back pocket? Noel and Paul Curran (with Dublin) and Pat and Paddy Reynolds 31) People living in Newbliss, Co. Monaghan play with which local club? Killeevan 32) The year gone marked the death of a well known journalist from county Sligo. He worked as a GAA correspondent with the Irish Times for years. Who was he? Sean Kilfeather 33) Who was Tyrone's first football All Star? Kevin McCabe in 1980 34) The Chairman of the Westmeath Hurling Board during 2008 was? Billy Foley 35) How many GAA (male) All Star awards has Wicklow to its name? One - Kevin O'Brien in 1990 36) Name the two Cork players sent off in the 2008 All-Ireland senior football semi-final encounters with Kerry? Donnacha O'Connor in the drawn game and Derek Kavanagh in the replay 37) The captain who led out the Wexford footballers last August before their historic All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Tyrone was? Colm Morris 38) Donegal's Jimmy White was the man in charge of the thrilling 2008 All-Ireland semi-final replay, featuring Kerry and Cork. Jimmy is associated with which Donegal club? Killybegs 39) This 2008 All-Ireland final had an end scoreline of 3-15 to 1-7. What was the grade and who were the participants? The All-Ireland minor camogie A final. Kilkenny beat Clare 40) This intercounty manager was videoed by phone while presenting his half time talk to his college team in 2008. It was later shown on the youtube website. Who is the manager? Clare native and Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald 41) Meath won the All-Ireland Junior B camogie championship in 2008. Who managed the Royals? John Davis 42) The south Tipperary senior hurling winners in 2008 were? Killenaule 43) Two Donegal clubs objected to the reappointment of team manager Brian McIvor in early September 2008. Name the clubs? St Eunans and Gweedore 44) At the end of May, a Monaghan man was the leader of the senior hurling championship national scoring charts. Who is he? Stephen Lambe 45) A member of a famous Galway footballing dynasty lined out for London in their Connacht SFC defeat at the hands of Sligo. Who was he? Chris Donnellan, brother of Michael and John and son of Pat 46) Name the oldest and youngest senior intercounty football managers who ran the sidelines in 2008? Oldest - Mick O'Dwyer (Wicklow), youngest - Michael Ryan (Roscommon) 47) Tyrone created history in their march to reach the All-Ireland final in September, in relation to the sides they played against. What was so unique about Tyrone's path to the decider? They were the first county to reach an All-Ireland final without beating a team from their own province on the way 48) The RTE Man of the Match in the 2008 All-Ireland senior hurling final was? The RTE crew gave the award to Kilkenny manager Brian Cody 49) Young Pierce Hanley made a return to these shores after a stint in Australian Rules football during the summer gone. With which GAA club does Pierce play? Mayo club Ballaghaderreen 50) Over the past two years this county only played against two teams in the the All-Ireland senior football championship. Name the county? Longford. In 2007 they played Westmeath, Laois who beat them and Westmeath who reversed an earlier result. Longford lost out to Westmeath in the first round of the 2008 championship and again went under to Laois, this time in the qualifiers 51) The winners of the 2008 Kilmacud Crokes All-Ireland sevens title were? St. Galls of Antrim 52) Name the 2008 winners of the MBNA long kick competition in both the ladies and mens grades? Paul Hearty of Armagh, in the mens event, while the ladies title was claimed by Mary Sheridan of Meath 53) Which former Dublin star trained Carlow club O'Hanrahans during 2008? Dave Foran 54) The winners of the All-Ireland B Masters competition in 2008 were? Cavan 55) Aussie Rules star Marty Clarke played his gaelic football with which Down club? An Riocht 56) The full name of the GAA club in Tempo, County Fermanagh is? Tempo Maguires 57) Who did Corofin beat after a replay in their semi-final of the 2008 Galway senior football championship? Caherlistrane 58) Conneff Park is a GAA ground in which Irish town? Clane, County Kildare 59) What have budding Kerry star Tommy Walsh and Cork All-Ireland winning camogie captain Caitriona Foley got in common? They are first cousins 60) New Leitrim football manager Mickey Moran added one local selector onto his management team. Who is he? Martin McGowan 61) The newest adult football club in Louth is? Cuchulainn Gaels, who come from the Omeath area in the Cooley Peninsula 62) Pat Fitzgerald, formerly Limerick County Board Chairman and a native of Down, took on which job in early 2008? Pat was appointed Chief Executive of the Munster Council 63) Kinnity contested the Offaly senior hurling championship final of 2008. When was the last year when the men from the footholds of the Slieve Bloom contested a Faithful senior hurling decider? All of 23 years ago, in 1985 64) What was the big GAA connection with Elaine Canning in 2008? Elaine sang the national anthem before the Tyrone-Kerry All-Ireland senior football final 65) Who were the first two teams to draw in the All-Ireland senior football championship of 2008? Down and Tyrone finished all square, 0-8 apiece after their first round encounter in Omagh during early June 66) Who struck for the first score of the 2008 All-Ireland senior football championship? Kevin Mulligan of Longford hit the opening score of the game in his county's clash with Westmeath and the first score of the championship at Pearse Stadium on May 11th 67) This young player celebrated his senior championship debut in 2008 by scoring a goal from a penalty shot and then commenced his Leaving Cert a few weeks later. Name him? Michael Murphy of Donegal against Derry at Ballybofey 68) The only county to lose their senior provincial hurling crown during 2008 were? Waterford, who lost to Clare in the opening round of the Munster championship 69) Former Irish rugby international Shane Byrne plays gaelic football with which club? Shane plays with Aughrim in Wicklow 70) Seamus Strain acts as secretary of which committee? Seamus acts as secretary of the Armagh Hurling Committee 71) The contestants of the 2008 Derry intermediate football final were? Greenlough and Ballymaguigan 72) Dublin had only three players nominated as possible GAA football All Stars in 2008. Name the trio? David Henry, Shane Ryan and Alan Brogan 73) The Celbridge club in Kildare had a famous Dublin All-Ireland winning star training them during 2008. Who is he? Barney Rock 74) Kerry completed a clean sweep of All-Ireland senior football titles in 1975, senior, under 21 and minor. Four members of the starting All-Ireland minor final fifteen also commenced the under 21 decider. Name them? Charlie Nelligan, Sean Walsh, Jack O'Shea and Mick Spillane 75) This underage star played in the All-Ireland minor football finals of 1980, 1982 and 1983. Name him? Derry's Dermot McNicholl 76) Mayo and Cork met in the All-Ireland minor decider of 1971. Two of the competing players later managed counties to All-Ireland senior success. Who are they? Future Galway boss John O'Mahony was at right full back for the Connacht champions while Rebel supremo Jimmy Barry Murphy was on the edge of the square for the opposition 77) Roscommon won the All-Ireland minor football title in 1951. Eleven years later the men from the west were back on senior final day. How many Roscommon players started on both occasions? Only one. John Lynch was full back for both finals 78) How many All-Ireland football titles have Sligo engraved after their name? Unfortunately only one. The junior crown of 1935 79) This well known member of the famous Wexford All-Ireland hurling winning team of 1956 sadly passed away in 2008. He was equally talented at composing and singing ballads. Who was he? Martin Codd 80) The National Young Hurling Referee presented with his award at the Referees Banquet in Croke Park in January 2008 was? James McGrath from the Turin club in Westmeath 81) Six Laois men have All Star awards after their name. List the six? Pat Critchley in hurling (1985), while in football Colm Browne and Liam Irwin (1986, Joe Higgins, Fergal Byron and Tom Kelly (2003) 82) When and who were the last Ulster team to win the All-Ireland senior football championship final without playing a game in Clones? Tyrone in 2008 83) Portumna again contested the Galway senior hurling final in 2008. When was the last time that the men from the shores of Lough Derg were not involved on Galway senior hurling final day? The year 2002. Portumna have contested the last six finals 84) This club are geographically positioned in Roscommon but is very much a Mayo unit when it comes to GAA competition. Name the club? Ballaghaderreen who won the Mayo senior football final of 2008 85) Dreadnots is the Louth intermediate football champions for 2008. The club is based in which seaside village? Clogherhead, County Louth 86) Two clubs from the same parish contested their intermediate football championship decider in 2008. Name the county and clubs? St Ultans of Bohermeen beat fierce local rivals Cortown in the Meath intermediate decider of 2008. The Coyne brothers lined out on each side 87) The winners of the Laois senior hurling championship receive which cup? The Bob O'Keeffe Cup 88) What intercounty footballer also lined out with a team called Abrakebabra Tigers in 2008? Kerry inter county star Michael Quirke, who plays basketball with this club 89) Billy Winder and Carlow GAA made headlines in 2008. For what reason? Cameraman Billy was barred from entering Dr. Cullen Park for the county senior hurling semi final clash featuring St. Mullins and Naomh Brid by county secretary Tommy O'Neill 90) The recently appointed Cavan hurling manager for 2009 is? John Hunt 91) Two teams commencing with the letter A contested this senior county hurling final in 2008. Name the teams and county? Ahane and winners Adare lined out in the Limerick senior hurling decider 92) The coach appointed to look after the Tipperary senior hurling team for 2009 is? Kilruane MacDonaghs Eamon O'Shea 93) How many Offaly SHC championship medals does Birr legend Brian Whelahan now possess? After Birr's win over Kinnitty last October, Brian equalled Damien Martins record haul of 13 94) Which club team did Navan native David Nelson manage in 2008? Latton, who won the Monaghan SFC for the second time in four years 95) Crossmaglen Rangers won their 13th successive Armagh SFC final in October. Six players have taken an active part in all 13 of those finals, who are they? Paul Hearty, Cathal Short, Oisin McConville, Tony McEntee, John McEntee and Francie Bellew 96) This native of Mayo managed Meath club Wolfe Tones to junior success in 2003, intermediate in 2004 and senior in 2006. He recently stepped down. Name him? Tony Kearney in 1971 97) A forward known more for his football exploits scored 1-2 in this year's Cork SHC final for Sarsfields. Who is he? Michael Cussen 98) Name the current Fermanagh player who has appeared in an All-Ireland SFC club final? Goalkeeper Ronan Gallagher played in the 2006 final for Antrim club St. Galls against Salthill-Knocknacarra 99) Paddy Russell retired after 26 years as an intercounty referee this year. How many All-Ireland SFC finals did he referee? Two - 1990 and 1995 100) How many senior football managers have Sligo had so far this millennium? We marked this question correct for all entrants as most said six if you didn't allow for the recently appointed Kevin Walsh, it was seven with Walsh and also possibly nine as there were two temporary managers in Paul Durcan and John Kent. Also some felt Mickey Moran who served up until 2000 should not be included as the new Millennium started in 2001! All nine possible managers were: Micky Moran, Peter Forde, James Kearns, Paul Durcan, Dominic Corrigan, Tommy Brehony, Tommy Jordan, John Kent, Kevin Walsh Tweet

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