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How well do you remember these seminal modern Irish sporting moments?

After Ireland’s win over France at the World Cup, take a trip down memory lane by testing your knowledge of these famous moments.

Packie Bonner's penalty save from Daniel Timofte sent Ireland through to the 1990 World Cup quarter-finals but in which city did that game take place?
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Genoa
Rome

Cagliari
Palermo
Ireland recorded their biggest ever victory over England at Croke Park in February 2007 but what was the final score?
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34-13
43-13

45-13
29-13
Who did Katie Taylor defeat in the final of the 2012 Olympic Games lightweight division to win gold?
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Natasha Jonas
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Mavzuna Chorieva

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Alexis Pritchard
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Sofya Ochigava
Who hit the winning runs when Ireland stunned Pakistan in the 2007 Cricket World Cup?
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Kevin O'Brien
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Trent Johnston

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Eoin Morgan
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John Mooney
Sonia O'Sullivan won silver for Ireland at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney but how many seconds did she finish behind the winner Gabriela Szabo?
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0.25 seconds
0.24 seconds

0.23 seconds
0.30 seconds
Which Welsh out-half missed a penalty with the last kick of the game to hand Ireland the Grand Slam in 2009?
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Dan Biggar
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James Hook

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Stephen Jones
Leigh Halfpenny
Pádraig Harrington started the final round of the 2007 Open how many shots behind leader Sergio Garcia?
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2
4

6
8
Ireland famously beat Holland with 10 men at Lansdowne Road in September 2001 but who got sent-off?
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Roy Keane
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Kevin Kilbane

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Jason McAteer
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Gary Kelly
Bernard Dunne defeated Ricardo Cordoba to become the WBA super bantamweight champion in 2009 but in what round did he knock out his opponent?
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1st
6th

9th
11th
Donegal hit the front in the 2012 All-Ireland football final after just 2 minutes and 25 seconds but who scored for Jim McGuinness' side?
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Colm McFadden
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Michael Murphy

Patrick McBrearty
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Karl Lacey
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Gold
Top of the pile, you know your Irish sporting moments.
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Silver
Not too bad at all. If you'd paid a little more attention you could have won the gold.
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Bronze
You need to brush up on your knowledge.
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Wooden spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like sport?
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