Christmas Quiz answers

Masses of eagle-eyed hurling and football fans from across the country entered this year’s big GAA quiz, showing off their extensive GAA knowledge, but there can only be two winners and they are …

• Seamus Regan from Castlerea, Co Roscommon

• Deirdre O’Neill from Ennis, Co Clare

Congratulations to the winners and don’t forget to keep your eyes on the pitch in for next year’s quiz.

Answers

The year in review

1. Kerry

2. Seven

3. 2008

4. Innovate Wexford Park

5. Carlow

Goals in 2017

1. Kevin Moran

2. Paul Geaney

3. Dublin

4. Paul Mannion (Dublin)

5. David Clifford (Kerry)

Head scratchers from 2017

1. Limerick

2. Sliotars

3. A GPS Unit

4. December

5. Brian Kelly (We’ll accept Kerry goalkeeper)

Twenty five years ago

1. Declan Bonner

2. Brian Corcoran

3. Clare

4. Derry

5. Peter Quinn

Cherish the Ladies

1. Cora Staunton

2. Dublin

3. Kilkenny

4. Slaughtneil

5. Aoife Murray (Cork)

Where in the World?

1. Boston

2. Nowlan Park

3. Singapore

4. Thurles (Semple Stadium)

5. South Africa

Tricky Ones?

1. Clare and Galway minors (Not Clare and Tipp seniors who were on next!)

2. Tipperary and Westmeath

3. Austin Stack Park, Tralee (Kerry V Meath, 308 km from Croker!)

4. Mayo

5. 1996 (Limerick and Wexford)

Records

1. Christy Ring (Who else?)

2. Rena Buckley (Cork, 11 football, seven camogie)

3. Dublin (Leinster senior football)

4. Stephen O’Keeffe (Waterford)

5. Leinster hurling (Galway V Wexford 60,032)

Family Ties

1. Shane Dooley

2. Bernard Brogan

3. Jack Canning (Galway minor, his nephew)

4. Three, Joe, Johnny and Billy.

5. O’Shea (Aidan, Seamus and Conor)

The year ahead

1. January

2. John Horan

3. Michael Buble

4. Kilkenny

5. Clare

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