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101 Name the Cork football manager who was at the centre of the Cork players strike for over 90 days during the winter and spring of 2007 and 2008?

102 Which rule was championed by ‘Of One Belief group, who were opposed to the government players’ grants issued in 2007?

103 Which two counties became involved in a mass brawl during the 2008 National Football league, which resulted in record fines to their county boards and which also saw ten players suspended for the opening games of the championship?

104 Kerry footballer Paul Galvin received a suspension during the 2008 championship, primarily for knocking the notebook out of which referee’s hand?

105 Name the Derry manager who briefly resigned before the 2006 Ulster football championship after a row with the county board over club fixtures?

106 Eight players were charged for incidents prior to the Cork-Clare 2007 Munster hurling quarter-final but name the only player cleared of the charges?

107 Birr won the 2007 Leinster club hurling final by a point but in the dying seconds, their opponents were not awarded a clear-cut ‘65 and, consequently the chance of an equaliser. Name that defeated club?

108 Name the former Carlow midfielder who transferred to Wicklow in controversial circumstances in 2007?

109 Tyrone won the 2007 Ulster minor football title by a point but television replays subsequently showed that one of their points was actually wide. Who did Tyrone defeat in that final?

110 Name the Kildare club who had two players suspended for their 2007 Leinster club football semi-final after incidents arising from their quarter-final second replay?

111 Which year did Tipperary withdraw from the All-Ireland qualifiers over a dispute with the county board over the fixing of club hurling matches prior to their first-round clash with Fermanagh?

112 Which inter-county football squad went on strike in 2004?

113 Which inter-county hurling squad went on strike for a brief period in the summer of 2005?

114 In 2007, three Munster counties pulled their players out of participation in the Munster football Interprovincial competition in protest at the altered Munster football draw, which seeded Cork and Kerry. Apart from Cork and Kerry though, name the only other county that had representatives on that year’s team?

115 Which former All-Star winner auctioned off his award in protest at his son’s failure to secure an All-Star award in 2005?

116 Name the Kilkenny hurler who was dropped for the 2000 All-Ireland final for playing a local soccer game the week beforehand?

117 Name the former Kerry player who removed his father’s All-Ireland medals from display in Croke Park in protest at the England rugby team playing at the venue in 2007?

118 Who refereed the hugely controversial replayed Munster hurling final between Clare and Waterford in 1998?

119 Which college were thrown out of the 2008 Sigerson Cup at the quarter-final stage - before being reinstated - after playing an illegal player in their previous match?

120 Why did controversy surface in the immediate aftermath of the 2005 Christy Ring Cup final between Westmeath and Down?

GAA Quiz Book 2: Another 2,000 Gaelic Football and Hurling Questions

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