The Gaelic Games Quiz Book: Tyrone E-Book

Alan Rodgers

• Herausgeber: THP Ireland
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 78

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

This is the ultimate quiz book on Tyrone Gaelic games. An ideal gift for fans of all ages, this is your chance to interact with the counties' long and eventful history in football, hurling, camogie and handball from early successes and classic matches to more recent glory and cult heroes. Informative and fun, it is the perfect companion for those long match-day trips up, down and across the country or for simply testing you and your mates' knowledge of our illustrious county. From the obscure to the frivolous, the book is packed with 35 themed rounds of questions designed to entertain and amuse all Tyone supporters. So get your thinking caps on – it's quiz time!

Leseprobe

Contents

Title

About the Compiler

Introduction

Round 1

Founder Members Make Their Mark

Round 2

Unique Achievements

Round 3

Who am I?

Round 4

Men on the Line who Made the Decisions

Round 5

Top Aces in Handball

Round 6

With the Referees

Round 7

Which Club am I?

Round 8

Hurlers on the Ditch

Round 9

Camogie to the Fore

Round 10

The New Kids on the Block from Ladies Football

Round 11

Schooldays were the Best of our Lives

Round 12

County Senior Finals

Round 13

Do you Remember that County Final?

Round 14

Testing your Memory on this Century’s O’Neill Cup Deciders

Round 15

On the Ulster Club Front

Round 16

The Ulster Junior and Intermediate Scenes

Round 17

The All-County Leagues

Round 18

Those History-Making Tyrone Minors

Round 19

Tyrone’s Senior Provincial Breakthrough Years

Round 20

Not so Swinging Sixties

Round 21

Stars of the Seventies

Round 22

Remembering that First All-Ireland Senior Final

Round 23

Making the Sam Maguire Breakthrough

Round 24

A Glorious Time for Tyrone’s Golden Generation

Round 25

A Place in History Secured with the Third Sam

Round 26

Scores and Scorers

Round 27

Notable Tyrone Scoring Records

Round 28

They were Fantastic Captains

Round 29

Tyrone Teams Under the Management of Mickey Harte

Round 30

On the All-Ireland Football Stage

Round 31

Historic Facts from a Golden Era

Round 32

Tyrone’s National League Fortunes

Round 33

Focusing on the International Series

Round 34

They were All Stars

Round 35

And Finally … Special Honours on Tyrone’s Playing Fields

The Answers

Copyright

About the Compiler

This is the first venture for Alan Rodgers into a publication in the quiz genre, but as an author of some repute, he has mastered it.

A Tyrone-based journalist, Alan has written four books. Three of these, Down from theCross (2006), Forever Young on the Fields of Moy (2008), and Leading Through the Troubles (2013), are GAA-based. The fourth, Real Horses and Replicas, is a local history publication that was described as a must-have book at its launch in 2011.

Introduction

So you really are a follower of Tyrone GAA and all its associated matters?

Good for you and congratulations on your good luck. For you are just about to read here the ultimate publication for a Tyrone GAA follower.

Yes, you have now got in your hands the Gaelic Games Quiz Book: Tyrone and it’s jam-packed with all the questions you might ever have asked or wanted to ask about your favourite county.

This book has plenty more that you might ever have thought about in terms of GAA lore, since you don’t have time to delve into the more obscure areas of results and achievements associated with the Red Hand county.

However, it’s not always the so-called obscure questions that trip up the fan that knows everything about his or her club or county. Not by any means, since even the important facts and figures or dates and landmarks can slip away just when you’re calling upon them.

So, if you are one of those fans who takes pride in coming up with little nuggets of information or if you just want to test yourself on Tyrone GAA for the sake of it – this quiz book is for you.

There are questions for everyone – some are simple and straightforward, some a bit more daunting and others will really test you out.

Hopefully, though, there is more than enough within these pages to keep you interested, amused, frustrated and puzzled – and to reinforce your enthusiasm for all things Tyrone.

Enjoy it!

Round

1

Founder Members Make Their Mark

These were the people and events that led the way for the Tyrone GAA. The challenges they faced were immense, but their contributions laid the foundations for the strength of Gaelic games in the twenty-first century. But how much can you recall about those earliest years?

1. The first chairman of the GAA in Tyrone was a Strabane man, named Michael V. O’Nolan. One of his sons went on to achieve acclaim as a well-known writer under what names?

2. Tyrone’s very first Ulster championship game took place against their new rivals from Armagh in January 1904. As well as being historic for this fact, the match also has another unusual claim to fame. What is it?

3. The Derrytresk club can rightly claim to be one of the oldest in the county and is proud of being the ‘little club with the big heart.’ An earlier club in the area was named after a Dutchman, H. Goff, who had come to the east Tyrone to do what?

4. One cup has the distinction of being the first to be played for in Tyrone. It was organised in the Mid-Tyrone area in 1906-07. Can you name the piece of silverware in question?

5. GAA history in Tyrone during the first decades of the twentieth century was dominated by collapse and revival. The first such revival took place in 1913-14 and the meeting was attended by which Ulster official who went on to become prominent in Irish life for other reasons?

6. Long periods without a championship win are now rare for Tyrone at senior inter-county level. However, it was to be 1926 before they eventually achieved a victory and the losses included one in 1920 to Armagh that was unique for what reason?

7. Tyrone’s white jerseys with the Red Hand are famous. But before being introduced in the late 1920s, the county team played in a number of different colours. Their 1918 Ulster championship meeting against Monaghan saw them wear which colour?

8. A famous Tyrone poetess who died in 1891 was commemorated in the name of the very first camogie club to be established in the county. Can you name the club, which was based in Fintona?

9. In the modern era, Tyrone teams annually meet and beat the top teams in Ireland. It was all so different, though, a century ago. Name the year in which the county first lined out against the reigning All-Ireland champions.

10. Springfield Park in Dungannon was a regular venue for inter-county matches. Film footage of the 1929 Gold Medal meeting against Antrim is reckoned to be the oldest one of a Tyrone match. The game is also believed to be noteworthy for what other reason?

Answers here

Round

2

Unique Achievements

Achieving something which is truly ground-breaking is an honour shared by a few pioneers of the GAA in Tyrone. Their rare, and indeed unique, efforts towards the development of the Association in the Red Hand county spans over a century.

1. The area around Castlederg and Victoria Bridge in north Tyrone was the birthplace of one of the first vice-presidents of the GAA and another man who made an important contribution towards drawing up the rules of hurling. Can you name them?

2. George Sigerson, who was a native of Strabane, is well known for having donated the Sigerson Cup for inter-varsity football. The Strabane Sigersons GAA club is named after him. Can you name the popular Tyrone song that he composed?

3. A leading Tyrone man was chairman of the group that donated the Sam Maguire Cup as a prize for the All-Ireland senior football champions. Can you name him?

4. No Tyrone person has ever held the position of GAA president and only one native of the county is known to have stood for the position. This man let his name go forward in 1976 and was from the Moy club. Who is he?

5. Three men from the county have held the post of Ulster GAA President. Can you name them?

6. The post of ‘Tyrone GAA president’ was officially introduced in 2008 and has been held since then by a prominent former footballer with the Clonoe and Carrickmore clubs. Who is he?

7. Croke Park is one of the greatest sports stadiums in the world and it was designed by an architect who played as a Tyrone footballer in the 1960s. Who is he?

8. Tyrone GAA historian Joseph Martin also held an important post within the education sector. What was it?

9. Killyclogher’s Brendan Harkin holds the distinction of being one of the youngest ever Tyrone chairmen. What age was he when he took the post in 1981?

10. Can you name the two natives of County Leitrim who have served as Tyrone County chairmen?

Answers here

Round

3

Who am I?

The 1930s and 1940s were an historic time for Tyrone as the county’s teams began to make their mark at provincial and All-Ireland level. It was a time of enthusiasm and optimism and the personalities and players who made it all happen provide a test for your knowledge of this stirring period.

1. I won a county medal with my club, before representing my college at rugby. In 1942, I captained Tyrone to its first ever inter-county success in the Lagan Cup. Who am I?