Trivia help needed - Trick question

[oakleaf93]

In 2001, a player won an All Ireland
senior title. In 2002 a different player with the same name also won an
All Ireland senior title. One football, one hurling. Two different
counties. Name the "two" players.


Frying my head

[T Fearon]

Sean Og De Paor (Galway Footballer) 2001

John Power (Kilkenny Hurler) 2002

[oakleaf93]

Never would have got that..........

Cheers

[T Fearon]

No problem. The GAA Guru will always be here to help!

[blanketattack]

Unless John Power's name is Young John Power then they're not a match.

[Hardy]

Unless John Power's name is Seán Óg de Paor then they're not a match. I'm sure if de Paor's parents had meant to call him John power, they would have.

[armaghniac]

Are you saying that John Power did not appear Seán de Paor in GAA documentation?

[Hardy]

He possibly did (or more likely some other pidgin Irish concoction) , but then GAA documentation is the primary offender in assigning names to people that they never asked for and are not their names at all.

[T Fearon]

For all the pedantic types, there simply is no other possible answer to the original question, and to be fair it comes up regularly in GAA Quizzes.

[blanketattack]

Saying that Sean Og De Paor and John Power are the same name is like saying Mickey Marbh and Stillorgan are the same place.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

In fairness, Mickey Mc Whatever Junior is the same name as Mickey Mc Whatever.

The Óg's neither here nor there, and if one name is the direct equivalent as the other either as Gaeilge or i mBéarla, they're the same name.

[ONeill]

Francie Bellew is Lar Corbett in Ulster Scots.

[Puckoon]

In fairness, Mickey Mc Whatever Junior is the same name as Mickey Mc Whatever.

The Óg's neither here nor there, and if one name is the direct equivalent as the other either as Gaeilge or i mBéarla, they're the same name.

Why is the Og neither here nor there?

[Bensars]

Tony is correct. The same question has appeared many times and power/de paor is the stock answer.

You could get into the details but most question masters will not want to know

[Zapatista]

Great question

I'm sure it's only a bit of fun.