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The Impact of the G.A.A

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On what date was the G.A.A. founded or set up in Hayes Hotel?

a)

November 1st 1883

b)

November 1st 1884

c)

November 1st 1885

d)

November 1st 1886

2.

Who was the inspiration behind setting up the GAA?

a)

Davin

b)

Cusack

c)

Parnell

d)

Archbishop Croke

3.

Who was elected as the first President of the G.A.A?

(a)  

4.

Which of the following people was NOT an original patron of the G.A.A?

a)

C.S. Parnell

b)

Archbishop Croke

c)

Michael Davitt

d)

Sean McCague

5.

Who was the first Secretary of the G.A.A?

(a)  

6.

The G.A.A. can be seen as part of which bigger movement in Ireland at the end of the Nineteenth century?

a)

Cultural Revival

b)

Anglo-Irish Literary Movement

c)

Fenianism

d)

New United Irishmen Movement

7.

What organisation, set up in 1893, also wanted to de-anglicise irish society (take out the English influences)

a)

Irish Association

b)

Irish League

c)

Gaelic League

d)

Gaelic Association

8.

How many clubs had been established (set up) in Ulster by 1889?

a)

6

b)

88

c)

47

d)

37

9.

In 1891 how many clubs had been set up in total all over Ireland?

a)

635

b)

557

c)

506

d)

697

10.

The conflict between which two groups split the G.A.A? (Tick two boxes)

a)

Home Rulers

b)

Royal Irish Constabulary

c)

Fenians

d)

Irish Rugby Football Uniion

11.

How many GAA men carrying hurleys draped in black cloth marched in Parnell's funeral procession

a)

1000

b)

2000

c)

3000

d)

4000

12.

In what year was an All ireland Final NOT held?

(a)  

13.

By 1901 how many G.A.A. clubs were in Ireland?

a)

311

b)

411

c)

511

d)

611

14.

Croke Park was named after which Archbishop?

(a)  

15.

In what year was a sloped terrace behind the goals installed in Croke Park?

a)

1915

b)

1916

c)

1917

d)

1924

16.

In which decade was the Cusack Stand built?

a)

1920's

b)

1930's

c)

1940's

d)

1950's

17.

In what year did Muhammad Ali fight Al ‘Blue’ Lewis tin Croke Park?

a)

1971

b)

1975

c)

1972

d)

1973

18.

In what year did the GAA ban members of the RIC from playing GAA

a)

1894

b)

1895

c)

1896

d)

1897

19.

In what year was the Camogie Association set up?

(a)  

20.

In what year was the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) set up?

a)

1974

b)

1975

c)

1976

d)

1977

21.

In what year did the GAA lift Rule 27 (the Ban) on members playing ‘foreign games’ ?

a)

1970

b)

1971

c)

1972

d)

1973

22.

In what year was Rule 21 (this rule banned members of the British Army and the RUC from playing Gaelic games deleted?

a)

1999

b)

1998

c)

2000

d)

2001

23.

In what year did the GAA amend (change) Rule 42 which banned the playing of foreign games in Croke Park to allow the Ireland rugby team to play England

a)

2006

b)

2005

c)

2007

d)

2008

24.

How many civilians were killed during the 'Bloody Sunday' attack in 1920 at Croke Park?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

14

25.

The G.A.A. set up the Scór competition in what year?

(a)