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

DONEGAL GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

      521 Who scored Donegal’s only goal in the 2002 Ulster football final?

      522 Name the two brothers who played for Donegal in the 2008 football championship?

      523 Name the young goalkeeper who played in the 2005 Ulster championship against Armagh, a day before his Leaving Certificate exams?

      524 Who succeeded Brian McEniff as Donegal manager in 1995?

      525 Prior to 2008, name the only Donegal club to win a game in the Ulster club championship in the last ten years?

      526 Name the two Donegal players to captain Sigerson Cup winning teams in the last ten years?

      527 Colm McFadden won a Sigerson Cup title with which college in the last ten years?

      528 How many Ulster titles did Martin Carney win with Donegal before transferring to Mayo?

      529 Which former Donegal All-Ireland winner and All-Star coached IT Sligo to their first Sigerson Cup title in 2002?

      530 The Setanta hurling club is situated in which Donegal village?

      531 Name the only Donegal club to win an Ulster club football title?

      532 The cup for the Donegal senior football championship was presented by which Donegal newspaper?

      533 Killybegs, one of only two Donegal clubs to contest an Ulster club football final, made their lone provincial final appearance in which year - 1989, 1990 or 1991?

      534 Name the Donegal player who was vice-captain on the Irish International Rules squad in 1990?

      535 Prior to Donegal’s defeat to Derry in the 2008 Ulster championship, when was the last time Donegal lost a championship match in Ballybofey?

      536 Name the former and 2008 Irish Olympic Games Chef d’Equipe who trained the Donegal footballers in 2000?

      537 In the 1996 Ulster senior championship, Donegal were beaten by two points by Down but what controversial incident happened in that game over the only goal in the match?

      538 Name the only Donegal player to captain Ulster to Interprovincial success (he managed it in the last 15 years)?

      539 When Donegal played Limerick in the 1923 All-Ireland hurling semi-final, it was the first time in a GAA game that two teams did what?

      540 Name the first Donegal man to win an All-Ireland senior football medal?

       FOOTBALL’S EVOLUTION THROUGH THE LAST 65 YEARS

      541 In 1946, Antrim arrived in Croke Park for an All-Ireland semi-final with a fancy hand-passing game but were rough-housed by Kerry, masters of catch-and-kick conservatism. That Antrim team never came back but how many Ulster titles have Antrim won since that year - one, two or three?

      542 In the 1955 All-Ireland final against Kerry, Dublin arrived in an All-Ireland final with off-the-ball runners and the original roving full-forward. That full-forward went on to become a famous name in Dublin GAA folklore. Name him?

      543 True or False? Down’s eight-point win over Kerry in 1960 was the biggest defeat Kerry ever suffered in an All-Ireland final.

      544 Down played Kerry on three occasions during the 1960s in the championship, 1960, 1961 and 1968. How many of those games did Down win?

      545 Name the full-back who captained Dublin to the 1974 All-Ireland title?

      546 Mickey Ned O’Sullivan captained Kerry in the 1975 All-Ireland final but who was presented with the Sam Maguire after Kerry’s victory?

      547 Charlie Nelligan came on as a substitute in the 1976 All-Ireland final and went on to win seven All-Ireland medals but who did he replace as goalkeeper in that final?

      548 Kevin Heffernan managed Dublin for most of the 1970s but in that decade, which All-Ireland winning year for Dublin was Heffernan not manager (he had stepped down for that season)?

      549 How many All-Irelands did Kerry and Dublin share between them from 1974 to 1986?

      550 How many All-Ireland finals did Meath and Cork contest against each other between 1987 and 1990 (including replays)?

      551 Donegal won the 1992 All-Ireland title with a defined short-passing game. In the 1992 All-Ireland football final against Dublin, the Donegal full-back never kicked the ball once. Name him?

      552 Which two counties did Down defeat in the 1991 and 1994 All-Ireland semi-finals?

      553 Who refereed the highly controversial All-Ireland football final replay in 1996 between Meath and Mayo?