GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions

368 In which year did Eoin Liston miss an All-Ireland for Kerry after he had his appendix removed?

369 Name the Donegal player who missed out on Donegal’s crowning glory in 1992 after he failed a fitness test that morning?

370 The Tipperary captain Pa O’Neill was controversially dropped for the 1988 All-Ireland final, which sparked a public outcry. But with which club did O’Neill play?

371 In his first year on the Armagh panel, goalkeeper Benny Tierney missed the Ulster final because of suspension and he had to wait nearly a decade to get back to another Ulster final. Name that year he was suspended?

372 Name the Dublin footballer who missed the entire 1993 championship after being sent off in the league final against Donegal?

373 Name the former Galway underage and senior player who broke his leg three weeks before the 2007 All-Ireland club final and subsequently missed the game for Loughrea?

374 Name the Tyrone forward who got injured the week before the 1995 All-Ireland final and who subsequently missed the final?

375 Name the Galway player who missed the 1980 All-Ireland final win after breaking his collarbone in the All-Ireland semi-final?

376 Name the Tipperary defender who was dropped for the 1989 All-Ireland final because - in the aftermath of the Tony Keady affair - it emerged that he had played in the London championship without proper clearance?

377 In which year did Justin McCarthy miss the All-Ireland hurling final for Cork after getting seriously injured in a motorbike accident?

378 Name the Cork defender who tore his cruciate ligament in the Munster football final replay in 2006 and who subsequently missed the rest of the season?

379 Jimmy Keaveney was sent off in the 1979 Leinster final against Offaly and would have been eligible to line out in the All-Ireland final against Kerry if the match hadn’t been brought forward a week. Why was the match brought forward?

380 He was Kerry captain in 1946 and captained them to win the Munster final, but was dropped for the All-Ireland final and lost the captaincy. He came on as a sub in the final which ended level and was set to hold his place for the final and regain the captaincy. However, he broke his ankle the week of the replay against Roscommon, missed out on captaining the team and got no All-Ireland medal. He never won an All-Ireland medal. Name him?

OUTSIDE MANAGERS (#ulink_1950401d-d235-5e06-8c07-36de2f845a09)

381 Paul Bealin managed which two counties in the Leinster football championship between 2005-08?

382 Name the two counties that John O’Mahony has managed outside of Mayo?

383 Name the former Antrim hurling manager who managed Down in the 2008 hurling championship?

384 Name the three counties that Mickey Moran has managed outside of Derry?

385 Name the three counties that John Maughan has managed outside of Mayo?

386 Tom Cribben - a Kildare man - managed which county in the 1999 football championship?

387 How many terms did John Mclntyre serve as manager of the Offaly hurlers?

388 Frank Doherty managed the Clare footballers in 2008 but from which county does he hail?

389 Name the former Kildare football manager who also managed Offaly in the last ten years?

390 Mattie Kerrigan managed which county to a football league final in 2002?

391 Name the former Dublin footballer and manager who managed Roscommon to the 2004 Connacht final?

392 Laois hurling manager in 2007 and 2008, Damien Fox, is a native of which county?

393 Name the three Leinster counties that Pat Roe has managed this decade?

394 Name the former Galway footballer who managed Roscommon to the 2001 Connacht title?

395 Pat Begley - father of Brian (Limerick dual player) - managed which county in the football championship this decade?

396 Cyril Farrell coached which county to a provincial final in 1992?

397 Babs Keating coached which hurling team to an All-Ireland final in the 1970s?

398 Apart from Limerick, which Munster county did Eamonn Cregan manage in the 1980s?

399 Name the former Cavan footballer who managed Longford to their first and only Leinster senior football title in 1968?

400 Prior to 2008, name the only two outside football managers to win an All-Ireland senior title?

CORK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (#ulink_a9826d32-f66a-57e9-971f-3730e8cc4163)

401 Who captained Cork to the 1990 All-Ireland hurling title?

402 Apart from Nemo Rangers and St Finbarr’s, name the other two Cork clubs to win three or more Munster club football titles?

403 The two Kieran Murphys who play with the Cork hurlers go by which nicknames?

404 In 2008, the Cork hurlers gave a walkover for the first time in the county’s history. Name the team that received that walkover in the Waterford Crystal Cup?

405 In 1987, the Cork county board introduced a controversial code of conduct that advised players not to compete in other codes. Which player, who played with Cork City, left the panel before returning to win two All-Irelands?

406 Name the Cork hurler who made his championship debut in the 1986 All-Ireland final?

407 Name two of the four Cork football selectors that were ultimately forced to step down (they were eventually voted out of office by the county board) as a result of the binding arbitration decision taken which ended the Cork strike in 2008?

408 Name the forward who scored Cork’s second goal in the 1993 All-Ireland final?

409 Who captained Nemo Rangers to their last All-Ireland club title in 2003?

410 Name the two brothers who won Munster hurling and football medals (separately) in 1983?

411 Who captained Cork in the 1987 All-Ireland senior football final?

412 Willie Murphy was one of nine players to win four All-Ireland medals in a row between 1941-44 but by which nickname was he commonly known?

413 Name two of the three Corkmen who share the unique distinction of winning 12 Munster senior championship medals (in both codes)?

414 Six Cork players have won National League hurling and football medals. Five of those players have achieved that feat in the last 35 years - name four of those five?

415 Who managed UCC to the 1999 Munster club title?