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Tom Dreaper trained arguably the greatest National Hunt racehorse of all time in the 1960s. What was the horse's name?

Arkle

What type of football closely resembles Gaelic football, with the result that international rules games are often played?

Australian Rules Football

What is the name of the famous GAA stadium in Dublin?

Croke Park

Which Irish rugby stadium was demolished in 2007, to be replaced by the Aviva Stadium?

Lansdowne Road

Which Irish rugby player, born in 1940, played at lock for Ireland 63 times, 11 times as captain?

Willie John McBride

In which sport is Irishman Ken Doherty a former world champion?

Snooker

What surname is shared by Irish soccer players Robbie (born 1980) and Roy (born 1971)

Keane

Arguably the most successful years for Irish soccer were between 1986 and 1995, with which Englishman as manager of the national team?

Jack Charlton

Irishman Eddie Macken made his name in the Seventies and Eighties in which sport?

Show jumping

Which Irish Paralympian has also represented Ireland and Northern Ireland at non-disabled events?

Jason Smyth

Who was the Irish Olympian swimmer whose achievements were shadowed by drugs allegations?

Michelle Smith

Wayne McCullough was a 1992 Irish Olympian in which sport?

Boxing

In what year were Ireland first represented at the Winter Olympics?

1992

Which Irish soccer team play at Windsor Park in Belfast?

Linfield

Which Northern Ireland soccer player had 119 caps for his country?

Pat Jennings

Northern Ireland qualified for the soccer World Cup in 1958 and ?

1982

Which legendary rugby player scored his first international try for Ireland in his last match on home soil?

Willie John McBride