Knowledge of Ireland 50- Quizs Question Geography, History and Culture, Famous people from Ireland. 

Q 1. In which county is the Giant’s Causeway located? 

Show Answer Answer:-Antrim

Q 2. Which river runs through Dublin? 

Show Answer Answer:-Liffey

Q 3. How many counties does Ireland have? 

Show Answer Answer:-32

Q 4. Paddy Maloney, Sean Keane, Matt Molloy and Derek Bell are all members of which famous Irish musical band? 

Show Answer Answer:-The Chieftains

Q 5. Name the three expanses of water which separate Ireland from Britain. 

Show Answer Answer:-North Channel, St. George’s Channel and the Irish Sea

Q 6. Jack Butler Yeats, Mary Swanzy and Sir John Lavery are all known for what?

Show Answer Answer:- Fine art painting

Q 7. According to The Chronicle of Ireland, in which year did St Patrick arrive in Ireland? 

Show Answer Answer:-431 AD

Q 8. Which town is located at the mouth of the River Lagan?

Show Answer Answer:- Belfast

Q 9. Name the highest mountain in Ireland. 

Show Answer Answer:-Carrauntoohil

Q 10. Feargal Sharkey, John O’Neill, Damian O’Neill, Michael Bradley and Billy Doherty were members of which Irish band? 

Show Answer Answer:-The Undertones
The Michael Davitt Bridge connects which island to the mainland? (Answer: Achill Island)

Q 11. The Michael Davitt Bridge connects which island to the mainland? 

Show Answer Answer:-Achill Island

Q 12. Which Irish writer was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature and the Médaille de la Résistance?

Show Answer Answer:-Samuel Beckett

Q 13. Name the 5th-century Romano-British slave who allegedly banished Druids from Ireland. 

Show Answer Answer:-St Patrick

Q 14. Fiona Shaw, Maureen O’Hara, Brenda Fricker and Bronagh Gallagher are all what?

Show Answer Answer:- Actors

Q 15. By approximately 4000 BC, Neolithic settlers had introduced sheep and cereals—true or false? 

Show Answer Answer:-True

Q 16. How many letters are there in the Irish alphabet?

Show Answer Answer:- 18

Q 17. Fathers Jack, Ted and Dougal lived on which fictional island?

Show Answer Answer:- Craggy Island

Q 18. In which year did the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans rebelled against British rule, take place?

Show Answer Answer:- 1916

Q 19. Ciarán Brennan, Moya Brennan, Noel Duggan and Pól Brennan are members of which Irish folk band?

Show Answer Answer:- Clannad

Q 20. What were the four historical provinces of Ireland?

Show Answer Answer:- Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught
In which county is Bunratty Castle located? (Answer: County Clare)

Q 21. In which county is Bunratty Castle located?

Show Answer Answer:- County Clare

Q 22. Buried in Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, who was the nun, abbess and founder of several monasteries? 

Show Answer Answer:- Brigid of Kildare

Q 23. Brendan Behan, Colum McCann and Sally Rooney are all what? 

Show Answer Answer:- Writers

Q 24. Which is the longest river in Ireland?

Show Answer Answer:- River Shannon

Q 25. Ireland has arguably the world’s oldest system of field division using dry stone walls—true or false?

Show Answer Answer:- True

Q 26. Avoca village in the Vale of Avoca was the real-life location for which popular Irish TV series? 

Show Answer Answer:- Ballykissangel

Q 27. In the 1990s and beyond, what was the term given to rapid economic growth in Ireland? 

Show Answer Answer:- Celtic Tiger

Q 28. Rachel’s HolidayWatermelon and Grown Ups were written by which Irish novelist?

Show Answer Answer:- Marian Keyes

Q 29. Spider Tracy, Cait O’Riordan, Joe Strummer and Shane MacGowan were among the many members of which Irish band? 

Show Answer Answer:- The Pogues

Q 30. In which city did Molly Malone sell seafood? 

Show Answer Answer:- Dublin
Name the largest freshwater lake in Ireland. (Answer: Lough Neagh)
Name the largest freshwater lake in Ireland. (Answer: Lough Neagh)

Q 31. Older than Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids, this burial monument was built around 3200 BC. What is its name? 

Show Answer Answer:- Newgrange

Q 32. “Walk Tall”, “Elusive Butterfly” and “Paddy McGuinty’s Goat” were popular records by which Irish singer and TV personality? 

Show Answer Answer:- Val Doonican

Q 33. Established in 1592, which is the oldest university in the Republic of Ireland?

Show Answer Answer:- Trinity College, Dublin

Q 34. In which county are the Mourne Mountains located? 

Show Answer Answer:- County Down

Q 35. In the late Bronze Age, Ireland was an important part of a network of maritime trading which included France and Iberia—true or false? 

Show Answer Answer:- True

Q 36. Ninette de Valois, Monica Loughman and Joan Denise Moriarty have what in common?

Show Answer Answer:- Ballet—they were all ballet dancers.

Q 37. Ruling from 846 AD, who was the first High King of Ireland? 

Show Answer Answer:- Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (Malachy MacMulrooney)

Q 38. Name the largest freshwater lake in Ireland. 

Show Answer Answer:- Lough Neagh

Q 39. Light a Penny CandleTara Road and Circle of Friends were written by which famous Irish novelist? 

Show Answer Answer:- Maeve Binchy

Q 40. In which year was the Good Friday Agreement signed? 

Show Answer Answer:- 1998
What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland? (Answer: Dublin)
What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?
(Answer: Dublin)

Q 41. Name the three lakes of Killarney. 

Show Answer Answer:- Lough Leane, Upper Lake and Muckross

Q 42. Which famous ship was built in Belfast between 1911 and 1912? 

Show Answer Answer:- Titanic

Q 43. Which city can be found between the two channels of the River Lee? 

Show Answer Answer:- Cork

Q 44. Dessie Hughes, Martin Molony and Phonsie O’Brien were all famed for what? 

Show Answer Answer:- Horse racing—they were all jockeys.

Q 45. During the 9th century AD, which group of invaders plagued Irish shores?

Show Answer Answer:- Vikings

Q 46. Redbreast, Green Spot and Writers Tears are brands of what? 

Show Answer Answer:- Irish Whiskey

Q 47. What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?

Show Answer Answer:- Dublin

Q 48. George William Russell, Seamus Heaney and Thomas Moore were famed for what?

Show Answer Answer:- Poetry

Q 49. Maureen, Anne, Linda, Coleen, Bernie, Denise, Amy and Julia were all members of which best-selling pop group? 

Show Answer Answer:- The Nolan Sisters

Q 50. Name the famous castle in County Cork whose masonry can allegedly grant the gift of clever speech. 

Show Answer Answer:- Blarney Castle

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