2025 Winners with teacher, principal and GAA and Youth Club mentors, PTAA Clonfert Council representatives and representatives of St Grellan’s (Ballinasloe & District) KSC Council, who kindly support this quiz night for young people.
2024 winners with teacher, principal, GAA and Youth Club mentors, PTAA Clonfert Council representatives and representatives of St Grellan’s (Ballinasloe & District) KSC Council, who kindly support this quiz night for young people.
2026 Quiz Venue, Date and Time
The Emerald Ballroom, Fairgreen, Ballinasloe. H53 F582.
Friday 20th March, 8 – 10 pm.
Catechment Area
Parishes
Ballinasloe Community Faith Area of the Clonfert Diocese (Aughrim & Kilconnell, Ballinasloe-Creagh, Ballymacward & Gurteen, Clontuskert, Fohenagh & Killure, Lawrencetown & Kiltormer and Taughmaconnell), and the parishes of Ahascragh-Caltra and Moore-Clonfad.
Clubs
Youth and sporting clubs of the above parishes and all youth clubs affiliated to Youth Work Ireland Galway.
Sponsors
St. Grellan’s (Ballinasloe & District) Council of The Knights of St. Columbanus and Ballinasloe Credit Union.
Quiz Categories
Competition A:
Team of three or four pupils representing their primary school.
(Rounds 1 to 7, ten questions per round).
Competition B:
Team of three or four young people representing their club (any club open to young people, e.g. GAA, Pioneer, Foroige etc) aged 17 or younger on 31st December 2026.
(Rounds 1 to 7, ten questions per round).
Where a school has an enrolment of more than two hundred pupils a second team can be entered.
Clubs may be represented by more than one team.
All teams must be accompanied by their adult mentor or relevant designated person.
Prizes (Both Competitions)
Competition A & B
In addition to trophies for teams that come First, Second and Third, medals will also be presented to all remaining teams.
REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL
Teams must be registered in advance, using our application form (see below).
Adult Team Mentors, please download, complete and forward by post or as a pdf attachment to:
Pioneer Clonfert Quiz Competition,
Clonfert Family Centre,
Brackernagh,
Ballinasloe.
H53 NX59.
Email: pioneers@creideamh.ie
WhatsApp (as attachment): 087 6171526
Closing date for entries
Wednesday 18th March 2026.
Schools+Clubs Quiz Applic
Prize-giving Ceremony
This will take place the same evening, immediately after the quiz.
Sample Quiz (to support team preparation)
Adult Mentors / Teachers and teams are likely to find the quiz that can be downloaded here helpful. Please note it dates from 2024.
Helpful Tip!
Traditionally Pioneer quizzes contained a few questions about the Pioneer Association. Teams are likely to find the Fact Sheet that can be downloaded here helpful.
Further Enquiries
Please contact Niall on 087 6744886 or Justin on 087 6171526.
Organisers
This event is being organised by Ballinasloe & District Pioneer Youth Club as part of its outreach to other young people and by way of building friendships with other young people.
The club’s web page can be viewed at: www.creideamh.ie/youth-club .
Updated: March 7th 2026