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?

A) Muhammad Ali

B) Joe Frazier

C) George Foreman

D) Sonny Liston

Answer · why

A) Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali stopped Lewis in the eleventh round; the same ground had hosted the American promoter Tex Austin's week-long rodeo in 1924.

Q 04/05

Which two sports did the GAA admit to Croke Park by relaxing Rule 42 in April 2005?

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

Fears rooted in Bloody Sunday 1920 surrounded the playing of which anthem at Croke Park in February 2007?

A) Flower of Scotland

B) God Save the Queen

C) La Marseillaise

D) Land of My Fathers

Answer · why

B) God Save the Queen

God Save the Queen was played before Ireland met England on the ground where British forces had shot dead 14 people at a football match; Ireland then ...