The answers for week 1 of our April quiz were as follows: 

1.    On what date was Castlebar Mitchels GAA Club founded?

December 11th, 1885

2.    What were our clubs first colours?

Green & Yellow

3.    Josie Munnelly won 12 County Senior Championship medals, how many of them were as captain of the Mitchels? 5, 6 or 7

6

4.    Who is the current President of Castlebar Mitchels?

Johnny Burke

5.    Two Mitchels players have captained the team to 3-in-a-row County Titles, can you name them?

John Egan (1930-32) & Rory Byrne (2015-17)

6.    How many Senior county titles did we win in the 1940’s & in what years?

6 - 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948

7.    How many Mitchels players were on the All Ireland U21 winning panel of 2006 and name them?

7 - Richard Byrne, Tom Cunniffe, Sean Ryder, Alan Joyce, Barry Moran, Alan Feeney, John Conlon

8.    Name the two brothers from Castlebar Mitchels who won All Ireland Championship medals on the same team:

Mick and Sean Stewart

9.    In what year was An Sportlann officially opened?

1978

10.    Denis Egan, manager of the senior hurling team, is a native of which county? Laois, Offaly, Westmeath

Laois

11.    True or false Leo Doherty was a dual player with the club

True

12.    The Deirdre Moran Cup is awarded to the best club in West Mayo for Scór activities. For how many consecutive years from 1993 did Castlebar Mitchels win the Deirdre Moran Cup? 10, 11, 12

12: 1993-2002

13.    As well as their All-Ireland success, how many Mayo County titles in Scór na n-Óg have Castlebar Mitchels won ---- 35, 38 or 40 ?

38

14.    In what year was Bórd na nÓg founded?

1971

15.    Name the first Chairman of Bórd na nÓg.Was it Sean Rice, Seamus Marrinan, or Sean OReilly

Sean O’Reilly

General Q’s

16.    The Nally stand in Croke Park is named after Mayo man Patrick William Nally, where in Mayo was Nally from?

Balla

17.    Who scored the winning point for Mayo in the 2006 Connacht final?

Conor Mortimer

18.    A nine-time Olympic medalist (5 Gold), name the Bohola native who represented the United States?

Martin Sheridan

19.    The ‘White Horse Final’ was a famous F.A Cup final played by which two teams and in what year?

Bolton Wanderers vs West Ham in 1923

20.    Who was the first man to run a legal sub 10-second 100m sprint?

Jim Hines

21.    What sovereign state (including dependent territories) has the most time zones?

France – 12

22.    In which year was Ireland West International Airport officially opened?

1986

23.    Name the famous female opera singer, born 1889 and raised in Castlebar?

Margaret Bourke Sheridan

24.    In what year was the last manned mission to the moon?

1972

25.    Cén datá ar tharla D-Day san gCogadh Mór 2 Dáta, Mí, Bliain?

6ú Meitheamh 1944 / 6th June 1994