ROUND 1
1. Who scored the winning goal for Offaly in the famous 1982 All-Ireland Football Final v Kerry?
Seamus Darby
2. Name the only player of the modern era (last 15yrs) to be selected on the GAA’s Football team of the millennium?
Martin O’Connell
3. What year was the qualifier system introduced in the All-Ireland Football Championship?
2001
4. Name the last man to captain a senior Kingscourt Championship side?
Padraig McCormack
5. How many Senior Football Championship’s have Kingscourt won?
Nine
6. Name the only two counties who have not won Senior Provincial Football titles?
Fermanagh & Wicklow
7. Three sets of twins have won All-Ireland hurling & football medals in the last 15 yrs. Name two of them?
Ben & Jerry O’Connor (Cork), John & Tony McEntee (Armagh) and Dave & Rod Guiney (Wexford)
8. What unusual thing happened when the Seniors played Ballymachugh in last year’s league match (and I won’t accept, we won!)?
We had to play the 1st half in inside-out Ballymachugh jerseys as we forgot ours!
9. Between 1990 & 2007, how many clubs called “Rangers” have won the All-Ireland Club SFC title?
3 (Nemo, Crossmaglen & Laune)
10. Cavan last won the Ulster Championship in 1997. Who did they defeat along the way in winning the title?
Fermanagh, Donegal & Derry
ROUND 2
1. Between 1918 & 1969 (that’s 52 years) , how many times did Cavan NOT reach the Ulster Senior Football Final? 8, 13 or 18 times.
8
2. Kingscourt reached the Ulster Senior Club Football Finals in 1987 & 1990. Who did they defeat in the semi final each year?
St. Gall’s & Dungiven
3. Name the Dublin footballer who transferred sports to play with Man Utd in the 1970’s?
Kevin Moran
4. Celtic coach Neil Lennon played in an Ulster Minor Football final in 1989 with what county?
Armagh
5. Name the Ulster sportsman who was engaged in two major GAA events on the same day in April 2007 – one in Limerick & the other in Croke Park?
Paul Brady – 40×20 All Ireland Doubles final & Div 2 League Semi
6. When did Monaghan last win an Ulster Senior Football Championship?
1988
7. Who holds the record for the most All-Ireland club football titles?
Nemo Rangers (7)
8. The U-14’s were the only Kingscourt side to reach a championship final in 2008. Who beat them in the final?
Castlerahan
9. Which famous GAA manager wrote the book “Kicking Down Heaven’s Door”?
Mickey Harte
10. Which Cavan club featured in the 2008 National Powerade campaign?
Munterconnacht
ROUND 3
1 What is the full name of Killeshandra GAA club?
Killeshandra Leaguers
2 What did Kerry last win an All-Ireland Minor Football title?
1994, 1998, 2002 or 2006
3 What type of timber is used to make hurleys?
Ash
4 In what year did Kingscourt’s U-14’s win the All-Ireland Feile Football title?
1994
5 Before the club moved to their current ground, what was the name of the field they played at?
Carney’s Field
6 Which inter-county team features an apple on it’s crest?
New York
7 Name the championship winning sides who Kingscourt played in the opening & closing Senior league matches of 2008?
Drung & Redhills
8. Which two teams played in the first floodlit game in Croke Park?
Dublin & Tyrone
9. Cavan have won how many Ulster Senior Football Titles?
34, 39 or 44
10. Which current inter county goalkeeper is current holder of the Poc Fada
competition held each year in the Cooley Mountains?
Brendan Cummins
ROUND 4
1. No Cavan club has ever won the Senior Ulster Club Football championship. However, how many clubs have reached the final?
3 – Kingscourt , Bailieboro (95), Cavan Gaels (77) (Not 4 as i said on the night as Crosserlough are expelled from the 1969 Final after
fielding an ineligible player)
2. In the last 20 yrs, who is the only man to captain an All-Ireland winning team & manage his county in an All-Ireland Football final?
Larry Tompkins
3. The Senior Cavan Championship reverts to a group format this year. What three teams are Kingscourt drawn with?
Denn, Lacken & Killygarry
4. What year was the International Rules first played between Ireland & Australia?
1984
5. In what year was Kingscourt GAA club founded?
1890
6. Which county in Ireland has the most GAA clubs?
Cork
7. Most counties have two county colours (Cavan – Blue & White, Meath – Green & Gold). However there are two counties that have three colours. Name them?
Carlow (Green, Red & Yellow) & Offally (Green, White & Gold)
8. Nowlan Park is the county ground in what county?
Kilkenny
9. The U-14 Feile tournament was held in Cavan last year. Who won the Division One title?
Kilmacud Crokes
10. Pairc Esler in Newry is the main GAA ground in Down. What’s it more
commonly know as?
The Marshes
ROUND 5
- Who was the last Kingscourt player to score from play in the Ulster Senior Football Championship?
Philly Smith ( v Antrim in 2003)
2. Who did Anthony Forde play with before Cavan Gaels?
Shannon Gaels
3. Three counties have failed to win an All-Star Award in either code. Name two?
Carlow, Longford & Louth
4. Who was the referee that Paul Galvin knocked his book out of his hands in 2008?
Paddy Russell
5. Four Cavan players have played International Rules – Name three? -
Stephen King, Jim Reilly, Dermot McCabe & Larry Reilly
6. Name the two Cork men who scored the 1st try & goal in Croke Park in rugby & soccer.
Ronan O’Gara & Stephen Ireland
7. There are four items on the Kingscourt crest. Name three of them?
Star, Red Hand, Castle & Harp
8. Who is the top scorer in the Ulster Senior Football Championship?
Oisin McConville
9. Two former All-Ireland winning football captains (in the last 15yrs) ran in the
2007 General Election. Name them?
Graham Geraghty & John O’Leary
10. After sponsorship was first allowed on club jerseys, who were the first sponsors’ names to appear on Kingscourt Senior Jerseys?
Cabra Cars / Nissan
