We had a huge response to our sports quiz run in co-operation with the 'Irish Farmers' Journal' in their issue of 3 January 2009. We'd would like to thank everyone who entered. The winners of the All-Ireland Final tickets got all 50 questions right and were chosen at random. Congratulations to: Ann Mullane, Clontra East, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare; and Manus McElwaine, Ballylar, Fanad, Co Donegal.


1 How many senior All-Ireland hurling titles have Kilkenny won? 31

2 Who won the All-Ireland minor hurling title in 2008? Kilkenny

3 Who won the 2008 Leinster Football Final? Dublin

4 Name the All-Star hurling goalkeeper in 2007. Brian Murray

5 Who won the All-Ireland senior hurling title in 1981? Offaly

6 Who was Waterford’s highest scorer against Clare in the first round of the Munster Hurling Championship in 2008? Dave Bennett (0-10)

7 Who was the leading scorer in the All-Ireland Football Final between Dublin and Armagh in 1977? Jimmy Keaveney (2-6)

8 Name the incoming GAA President who begins his term at Congress in 2009. Christy Cooney (Cork)

9 Who scored Cork’s only goal in the 1977 All-Ireland Hurling Final? Seanie O'Leary

10 How many senior All-Ireland football titles have Tyrone won? 3

11 Who were Cork playing in the Hurling Final of 1977? Wexford

12 In the Leinster Hurling Final of 1976, the losing county scored just 0-6. Name the county. Kilkenny

13 How many All-Stars did Christy Ring win? None. All-Stars didn't start till 1971.

14 Who was the Clare goalkeeper in the 1989 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final? Davy Fitzgerald

15 Who scored the only goal in the All-Ireland Football Final of 1982? Seamus Darby

16 Name the home club of Galway star Joe Canning. Portumna

17 Who was Clare’s first ever All-Star? Ger Loughnane (1974)

18 Who scored the equalising point for Meath in the drawn 1996 All-Ireland Football Final? Colm Coyle

19 Complete the sequence from 1997: Kerry, Cork, Tipperary, Kilkenny ... Tipperary (The teams Clare beat on the way to winning the 1997 All-Ireland hurling title.

20 What county did Gerald McCarthy manage directly before taking over the Cork hurlers in 2006? Waterford

21 Who captained Louth to win the 1957 All-Ireland Football Final? Dermot O'Brien

22 Who won the 1987 National Hurling League title? Galway

23 How many Railway Cup titles did Christy Ring win? 18

24 What was the first year of the “back-door” system in hurling? (The first year the losing Munster and Leinster finalists were allowed re-enter the championship.) 1997

25 Name the year the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final last finished level. 1959

26 Niall Quinn played in the 1983 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final. But for which county? Dublin

27 In the epic All-Ireland football semi-final between Dublin and Kerry in 1977, who scored Kerry’s goal? Sean Walsh

28 In what year did Cavan last win the Ulster Senior Football Championship? 1997

29 Over the past 40 years only two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Finals have finished goalless. They involved the same two counties. Name them. Kilkenny and Cork.

30 Who won the 2008 Munster U-21 Hurling Championship? Tipperary

31 Who was named RTÉ Man of the Match in the 2008 All-Ireland Hurling Final? Brian Cody

32 Who was full-forward on the Hurling Team of the Millennium? Ray Cummins

33 There were two Ulster men named on the Football Team of the Millennium. JJ O’Reilly (Cavan) was one, name the other. Sean O'Neill (Down)

34 Which player has won the most senior All-Ireland hurling medals? Noel Skehan (Kilkenny – 9)

35 Only one set of twins have won All-Stars. Name them. Ben and Jerry O'Connor

36 “Bobby Doyle, the tension and the anxiety of the whole lot of them. David Hickey now. This is Tony Hanahoe. In now to ... he’s in front of the goal. He can’t miss. He hasn’t.” – Micheál O’Hehir. Who scored Dublin’s third goal in the epic 1977 All-Ireland Semi-Final? Bernard Brogan

37 What colour was Brian Lohan’s talismanic helmet? Red

38 Which current inter-county manager was captain of Kerry when they won the 1975 All-Ireland Football Championship? Mickey Ned O'Sullivan

39 How many National Hurling League titles have Offaly won? 1

40 Which county knocked Tipperary out of the 1993 Senior Hurling Championship? Galway

41 Roscommon scored early and often in the 1980 All-Ireland Football Final. But who got their only goal? John O'Connor

42 In what year did Limerick last win the All-Ireland senior hurling title? 1973

43 Where was the third episode of the dramatic Clare/Offaly hurling semi-final saga of 1998 played? Thurles

44 Who won the 2008 National Hurling League title? Tipperary

45 Who has been named Kilkenny senior hurling captain for 2009? Michael Fennelly

46 The last time the All-Ireland Football Final was drawn was in the year 2000. Kerry won the replay. Against which county? Galway

47 Who scored Galway’s first goal in the 1980 All-Ireland Hurling Final? Bernie Forde

48 Who was named 2008 Young Hurler of the Year? Joe Canning

49 The 1984 All-Ireland Hurling Final was played in Thurles. It was the first time since 1937 that an All-Ireland Hurling Final was played outside Croke Park. Where was that final played? Killarney

50 Padraig Harrington’s father Ger played in the 1956 All-Ireland football final against Galway. But for which county? Cork