BRIAN CARTHY CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 1. Republic of Ireland player who scored two goals against Portugal and three against Hungary in the World Cup soccer qualifiers in November 2025? (7)
  2. 3. Irish former world champion boxer known as the 'Clones Cylcone'? (8)
  3. 9. GAA park named after the first President of Ireland? (4)
  4. 11. Scored 8 tries for New Zealand at the 1999 Rugby Union World Cup? (4)
  5. 14. Christian name of Kerry's first GAA football All-Star? (5)
  6. 15. First President of the GAA? (5)
  7. 16. Christian name of the first player to score a two-pointer in an All-Ireland Senior Football Final? (5)
  8. 19. Irish town famous for its Matchmaking Festival? (12)
  9. 20. As of 2025, who was the last Australian to win the men's Wimbledon tennis title? (6)
  10. 22. City in the United States where the White Sox baseball team is located? (7)
  11. 24. What is the number between 19 and 17 on a dartboard? (5)
  12. 25. Holder of the most All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship medals? (8)
  13. 29. Scored a hat-trick for England in the 1966 World Cup Final? (5)
  14. 30. Homeplace of Irish golfer Shane Lowry?
  15. 31. One of two Kerry politicians who captained their county to All-Ireland Senior football success? (6)
  16. 34. Surname of one of the two sets of brothers that scored in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Final? (8)
  17. 35. First player in Champions League history to score in five consecutive games for three different clubs? (7)
  18. 38. One of only three players to win nine All-Ireland Senior Football medals? (7)
  19. 39. First female referee to take charge of a senior inter-county men's Gaelic football game in 2016? (8)
  20. 40. The only Dutch city to host the Olympic Games? (9)
  21. 41. First captain to bring the Sam Maguire Cup across the border? (6)
  22. 43. Tipperary hurler who scored 1-13 in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final? (8)
  23. 44. Irish woman who won a gold medal in boxing at the Olympic Games in London in 2012?
  24. 45. Which town in the province of Connacht is Orchard Park located? (6)
  25. 46. Scored a goal in a Champions League match in March 2026 wearing the number 90 on his jersey? (3)
  26. 47. Only hurler to captain his county to five All-Ireland Senior titles? (6)
  27. 48. The seventh President of Ireland? (8)
  28. 50. Tyrone native who defeated Steve Davis to win the World Snooker title on the last black in 1985? (6)
  29. 54. What world heavyweight boxing champion was known as 'The Brown Bomber? (5)
  30. 56. Town in the province of Leinster?(NCOALFGRIDR)(11)
  31. 58. Player who scored Carlow's first-ever two-pointer in the Ladies National Football League? (5)
  32. 59. As of 2025, scorer of the fastest goal ever in an All-Ireland Senior Football Final? (4)
  33. 60. River that flows through Washington, D.C? (7)
  34. 61. Scored a hat-trick for Athlone Town in their 3-2 victory over Bohemians in the FAI Women's Cup Final in October 2025? (5)
  35. 63. Architect that designed the G.P.O. in Dublin? (8)
  36. 64. County Mayo town noted for its racecourse? (10)
  37. 68. First player to score a hat-trick in the FAI Cup Final? (7)
  38. 69. Home club of Kerry footballing brothers, David and Paudie Clifford?(5)
  39. 71. First aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927? (9)
  40. 72. Sport which the legendary Eddie Macken competed in?(11)
  41. 73. Offaly player who scored the winning goal against Kerry in the 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Final? (5)
  42. 74. Internationally renowned singer and Waterford native who will forever 'Walk Tall'? (8)
  43. 76. Town known as 'The Venice of Ireland'? (12)
  44. 78. Female gymnast who scored a perfect ten on the uneven bars at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal? (8)
  45. 79. Zealand is the largest island in which European country? (7)
Down
  1. 2. Small town in the province of Connacht? (RTUEDOARHG)(ANAGRAM)(10)
  2. 4. Smallest ever country to qualify for the soccer World Cup? (7)
  3. 5. GAA club in the province of Leinster (ESDOTARDN)?(Anagram)(9)
  4. 6. Only player to be born in New York that won an All-Ireland senior football medal in New York? (7)
  5. 7. GAA club in the province of Munster? (EONAELMN)(Anagram)(8)
  6. 8. Louth GAA player and 2025 All-Star football nominee who plays for the Hunterstown Rovers club? (5)
  7. 9. Captained his team win an All-Ireland title as player/manager? (7)
  8. 10. Christian name of All-Ireland winning Gaelic Football captain who had a number one hit in the Irish Charts? (6)
  9. 12. Legendary All-Star hurling brothers from Galway? (8)
  10. 13. Well-known town in Ireland (OITLELSW)(Anagram)(8)
  11. 17. GAA club in the province of Ulster(NOSGARLEMSC)? (Anagram)(11)
  12. 18. Athlete with the most individual Olympic Gold medals? (6)
  13. 21. In which county is Buffer's Alley GAA club located? (7)
  14. 23. What legendary athlete held the Irish men's indoor mile record for 42 years? (7)
  15. 25. Markievicz Park is the home GAA ground of which county? (Sligo) (5)
  16. 26. One half of Gaelic Football's 'Terrible Twins? (7)
  17. 27. Where in Ulster is St. Trea's GAA Club situated? (13)
  18. 28. First Irish woman home in the 2025 Dublin marathon? (5)
  19. 32. In what village in Ireland would you find St. Flannan's Park? (9)
  20. 33. Former All-Star GAA football legend who played 231 games for Manchester United? (5)
  21. 35. Who did Michael Carruth defeat in the final to win the Olympic boxing gold medal in 1992? (9)
  22. 36. Who did Alex Ferguson replace as Manchester United manager in 1986? (8)
  23. 37. Female tennis player that won an Olympic Gold medal and all four Grand Slams in 1988? (4)
  24. 38. First captain to be presented with the new Sam Maguire Cup? (8)
  25. 41. Captain of the Roscommon team that won back-to-back All-Ireland senior football titles in 1943 & 1944? (6)
  26. 42. First Irishman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing?
  27. 49. Highest point scorer in Irish rugby history? (6)
  28. 51. Top scorer for Cork in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final against Tipperary? (7)
  29. 52. First female jockey to win the Aintree Grand National in 2021? (9)
  30. 53. Christian name of the only player to win an All-Ireland senior hurling and football medal in the same year? (5)
  31. 55. Players in which sport compete for the Thomas Cup? (9)
  32. 57. Only Connacht man to have won four All-Ireland Senior Football medals? (8)
  33. 62. Well-known footballing brothers from Caltra GAA club? (7)
  34. 65. Only person to have won an Olympic medal and the Nobel Peace Prize? (5)
  35. 66. Top scorer for Donegal in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Final against Kerry? (6)
  36. 67. Twice World snooker champion known as 'The Hurricane'? (7)
  37. 70. One of two players to hold the all-time record for winning the most All Stars in Ladies' Gaelic Football? (8)
  38. 75. Tipperary hurler who played in four All-Ireland minor finals? (5)
  39. 77. One of the three U.S. states with four-letter names? (4)