Third All Ireland schools’ quiz gets under way

THE most prestigious schools’ quiz in the country is up and running and entering its third highly successful year.

First round heats of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings All Ireland Schools’ Quiz got under way in Cork and Carlow in the past two nights as the first of 165 teams met for the opening battles of the brains. The event had its genesis in a Munster-based event, which was staged from 1992 to 1997.

In 2002, TCH reinvented the quiz, making it a national 32-county event encompassing the country-wide stable of TCH regional titles, said quiz organiser Mr Barry Woods.