Q 01/05

Which county ended a 75-year wait for the Sam Maguire Cup by beating Kerry in the 2026 All-Ireland final?

A) Sligo

B) Louth

C) Mayo

D) Leitrim

Answer · why

C) Mayo

Mayo's 1–20 to 1–17 win at Croke Park on 26 July 2026 was the county's first All-Ireland since 1951, and it came only after every member of that 1951 ...

Q 02/05

Which city's Polo Grounds hosted the 1947 All-Ireland football final, the only one ever played outside Ireland?

A) Boston

B) New York

C) Chicago

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

B) New York

New York was chosen to mark the centenary of the Great Famine that had sent so many Irish emigrants there; the winners flew in via the Azores while th...

Q 03/05

Which boxer fought Al 'Blue' Lewis at Croke Park in July 1972, an event remembered in the name of a tunnel there?

A) Muhammad Ali

B) Joe Frazier

C) George Foreman

D) Sonny Liston

Answer · why

A) Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali's fight with Al Lewis gave the Ali tunnel its name; the same ground had staged Ireland's first professional rodeo, promoted by Tex Austin...

Q 04/05

Which two sports did the GAA admit to Croke Park by relaxing Rule 42 in April 2005, while Lansdowne Road was rebuilt?

A) Cricket and hockey

B) Athletics and cycling

C) Boxing and American football

D) Rugby and soccer

Answer · why

D) Rugby and soccer

Rugby and soccer had been barred from GAA grounds as 'garrison games'; Croke Park then hosted Ireland's home internationals in both codes from 2007 to...

Q 05/05

Which anthem drew concern when Ireland hosted England at Croke Park on 24 February 2007, because of Bloody Sunday 1920?

A) Land of Hope and Glory

B) God Save the Queen

C) Jerusalem

D) Rule, Britannia!

Answer · why

B) God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen was sung at a ground where, on 21 November 1920, British forces had fired on the crowd at a football match and killed 14 people.