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WorksheetsThe Impact of the G.A.A
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
On what date was the G.A.A. founded or set up in Hayes Hotel?
November 1st 1883
November 1st 1884
November 1st 1885
November 1st 1886
Who was the inspiration behind setting up the GAA?
Davin
Cusack
Parnell
Archbishop Croke
Who was elected as the first President of the G.A.A?
(a)
Which of the following people was NOT an original patron of the G.A.A?
C.S. Parnell
Archbishop Croke
Michael Davitt
Sean McCague
Who was the first Secretary of the G.A.A?
(a)
The G.A.A. can be seen as part of which bigger movement in Ireland at the end of the Nineteenth century?
Cultural Revival
Anglo-Irish Literary Movement
Fenianism
New United Irishmen Movement
What organisation, set up in 1893, also wanted to de-anglicise irish society (take out the English influences)
Irish Association
Irish League
Gaelic League
Gaelic Association
How many clubs had been established (set up) in Ulster by 1889?
6
88
47
37
In 1891 how many clubs had been set up in total all over Ireland?
635
557
506
697
The conflict between which two groups split the G.A.A? (Tick two boxes)
Home Rulers
Royal Irish Constabulary
Fenians
Irish Rugby Football Uniion
How many GAA men carrying hurleys draped in black cloth marched in Parnell's funeral procession
1000
2000
3000
4000
In what year was an All ireland Final NOT held?
(a)
By 1901 how many G.A.A. clubs were in Ireland?
311
411
511
611
Croke Park was named after which Archbishop?
(a)
In what year was a sloped terrace behind the goals installed in Croke Park?
1915
1916
1917
1924
In which decade was the Cusack Stand built?
1920's
1930's
1940's
1950's
In what year did Muhammad Ali fight Al ‘Blue’ Lewis tin Croke Park?
1971
1975
1972
1973
In what year did the GAA ban members of the RIC from playing GAA
1894
1895
1896
1897
In what year was the Camogie Association set up?
(a)
In what year was the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) set up?
1974
1975
1976
1977
In what year did the GAA lift Rule 27 (the Ban) on members playing ‘foreign games’ ?
1970
1971
1972
1973
In what year was Rule 21 (this rule banned members of the British Army and the RUC from playing Gaelic games deleted?
1999
1998
2000
2001
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
2006
2005
2007
2008
How many civilians were killed during the 'Bloody Sunday' attack in 1920 at Croke Park?
11
12
13
14
The G.A.A. set up the Scór competition in what year?
(a)
