Questions about Team Sports

Reference code: FOL.QUES/44
Level of description: Series
Title: Questions about Team Sports
Scope and content: 1. Which of these sports and pastimes are played in your area? Answer yes or no.
Basketball
Boating
Boxing
Camogie
Cricket
Gaelic Football
Handball
Hockey (men)
Hockey (women)
Hurley
Netball
Road bowls
Rugby
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
2. Which of the sports or games listed above are most popular in your area?
3. Are there any other sorts of sports or games played in your area which have not been mentioned in the list above? (Some areas may have local games peculiar to a small area)
4. In your opinion, what sort of people would you expect to play the most popular games in your area? Give as many details as possible, for instance, age and type of occupation.
5. In your opinion, what are the main differences between the sort of people who play rugby and the sort of people who play soccer?
6. Do you think there are any differences between the sort of people who play hurling and the sort of people who play Gaelic football?
7. In popular competitive sports, who are the main rivals of your local players and teams?
8. Do many people in your area travel to see big sporting events? (e.g. the all-Ireland Gaelic football final, or rugby or soccer internationals). Give details.
9. Which of the popular adult sports and games in your area are also played by children?
10. Are there any local events (e.g. fairs, church festivals) when sports are played as part of the occasion? What are these, and what sports and games are played at them?
11. If you think that the questionnaire has left out any important aspect of sport in your area, please write about it over the page.