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Can we guess your age based on these Irish sporting memories?

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12.00pm, 5 Apr 2015
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Most memorable Ray Houghton goal for Ireland
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England, Euro 88
Romania (p), Italia 90

Italy, USA 94
Belgium, France 98 playoff
Most enjoyable Croke Park football encounter
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Down 1-16 Meath 1-14 (1991, final)
Dublin 3-18 Kerry 3-11 (2013, semi-final)

Offaly 1-15 Kerry 0-17 (1982, final)
Dublin 3-12 Kerry 1-13 (1977, semi final)
Standout Brian O'Driscoll try for Ireland
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Australia, 2003 (World Cup pool stage)
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France, 2009 (Six Nations)

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France, 2000 (third try, Six Nations)
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New Zealand, 2010 (November Internationals)
Which All-Ireland Hurling Final is THE definitive one for you
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1971... Tipperary 5-17 Kilkenny 5-14
1990... Cork 5-15 Galway 2-21

2009... Kilkenny 2-22 Tipperary 0-23
2014... Kilkenny 3-22 Tipperary 1-28
Most agonising Irish Olympic fourth place finish
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Sonia O'Sullivan (3000m, Barcelona)
Eoin Rheinisch (Canoeing, Beijing)

Rob Heffernan (50k walk, London)
Eamon Coughlan (5000m, Moscow)
Favourite Ireland football manager
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John Giles
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Giovanni Trapattoni

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Mick McCarthy
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Jack Charlton
Best Irish boxing performance
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Steve Collins v Chris Eubank (1995)
Barry McGuigan v Eusebio Pedroza (1985)

Katie Taylor v Sofya Ochigava (2012)
Kevin McBride v Mike Tyson (2005)
Cruellest moment in Irish sport
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Sonia O’Sullivan Olympic Silver (2000)
Limerick v Offaly All-Ireland Hurling Final (1994)

New Zealand's last gasp defeat of Ireland (2013)
Thierry Henry handball (2009)
Most important Irish Ryder Cup contribution
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Darren Clarke (2006)
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Christy O'Connor Jr (1989)

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Paul McGinley (2002)
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Philip Walton (1995)
Was Roy Keane right over Saipan?
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Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
You're 18
Young and fancy free. Have you got your parent's permission to be online?
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You scored out of !
You're 25
25, some would say the perfect age. They'd be wrong though.
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You're 30
Old enough to remember the classics, young enough to pretend you're still cool.
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You scored out of !
You're 34
You tell people you remember Euro 88, but really it's only from what you saw on YouTube.
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You're 42
42 and reading The42. Meta.
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You scored out of !
You're 50
What was it like watching sport in black and white?
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