The Sport of Hurling Trivia Quiz

Answer: It was played in Semple Stadium instead of Croke Park

The All-Ireland Final is normally played in Croke Park in Dublin. To celebrate the centenary of the founding of the governing body of the sport, the match was played in the town of Thurles, where it had been founded.
Offaly beat Cork 3-16 to 1-12 (25 pts to 15 pts). Offaly were the Leinster Champions and Offaly the Munster Champions.

Answer: 15

The 15 players are the goalkeeper, two lines of three defenders, two midfielders and two lines of three attackers. Up to five substitutions can be made during a match.

Answer: 11

Brian Cody won a total of 11 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles while managing the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He was manager from 1998 to 2022. During that period Kilkenny won the All-Ireland Championship in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.

Answer: Munster

Munster is the most competitive province, with five of the six counties in it having strong Hurling teams. The annual Munster Hurling Championship is widely anticipated and never fails to disappoint. Leinster is the second strongest Hurling province, while the standard of Hurling in Connacht and Ulster and the number of top counties is "much lower".

Answer: Hockey

Hurling is a stick and ball game, played on a large field, with the idea to score into the goals at the ends of the field. Hurling has jokingly been described as "a cross between hockey and murder". Other sports it has been compared to include lacrosse and shinty.

Answer: Camogie

The fundamental rules are almost identical. Amongst some of the differences that Camogie has, the matches are 10 minutes shorter (at 60 minutes vs. 70 minutes for the men), the playing area is smaller, the players wear more protective gear and playing equipment is lighter.

Answer: Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary.

The so-called "Big Three" dominate the roll of honour. In 2025 Kilkenny have won their 36th All-Ireland Championship (at that time Cork had won 30 and Tipperary had won 28). The next nearest county was Limerick on 13.

Answer: True

Leinster is a province in Ireland. Galway, located in the province of Connacht, are a traditionally strong Hurling county. Because of the very low standard of Hurling in the other counties in Connacht, Galway were admitted into the Leinster Championship ine 2009, where they can get more competitive matches.

Answer: Fermanagh and Fiji

While commentating on a match featruring Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, he said: "His father's from Fermanagh, his mother's from Fiji. Neither a hurling stronghold." Fermanagh is a county in Ireland, where Hurling is not strong. It would not be strong in Fiji either..

These were the places where Seán Óg's parents were from. He was born in Fiji in 1977, moving to Sydney in 1980 and then to Ireland eight years later. Living in Cork, which is a stronghold of Hurling, he took up the sport and eventually captained Cork when they won the All-Ireland Hurling Championship in 2005. His acceptance speech at the end of the match was delivered almost exclusively in the Irish language.

Answer: Liam McCarthy Cup

Liam McCarthy (1853-1928) was born in London, England to parents from county Cork in Ireland. He was heavily involved in the GAA in London (he was chairman for 10 years). He commissioned a trophy for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and donated it to the GAA,; and the trophy is named after him.

The Sam Maguire Cup is presented to the All-Ireland Senior Football Champions. The Delaney Cup is for the Leinster Senior Football Champions. The Mick Mackey Cup is for the Munster Senior Hurling Champions.