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Quiz: How well do you remember Ireland's international soccer year?

It’s been one hell of a ride over the past 12 months.
3.00pm, 29 Dec 2016
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Ireland beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in the second leg of the playoff to qualify for Euro 2016, who bagged a brace on the night?
Shane Long
James McClean

Jon Walters
Robbie Brady
Who did Eunan O'Kane make his international debut against this year?
Switzerland
Slovakia

Slovenia
Sweden
Turner's Cross hosted its first senior international in 28 years in May but who were the visitors?
Oman
Switzerland

Slovakia
Belarus
Who scored an own goal in Ireland's opening game of Euro 2016?
Ciaran Clark
Shane Duffy

John O'Shea
Seamus Coleman
Which Belgian player set up Romelu Lukaku's opener against Ireland in Bordeaux?
Eden Hazard
Kevin De Bruyne

Axel Witsel
Radja Nainggolan
Which Italian player hit the post late on during Ireland's 1-0 victory in Lille?
Lorenzo Insigne
Simone Zaza

Ciro Immobile
Mattia De Sciglio
Which France player fouled Shane Long to give away an early penalty in Ireland's 2-1 defeat in the Round of 16?
Paul Pogba
N'Golo Kante

Laurent Koscielny
Patrice Evra
Robbie Keane bowed out of international football with how many Ireland goals to his name?
66
67

68
69
Who opened the scoring for Ireland in their 2-2 draw with Serbia in September?
James McCarthy
Jeff Hendrick

Glenn Whelan
Stephen Ward
And finally, Ireland reached what position in the Fifa world rankings on the back of their 1-0 win against Austria in Vienna?
19th
21st

23rd
25th
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Bronze
The questions just didn't suit you this time.
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Wooden Spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like the Boys in Green?
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