Q 1. In which county is the Giant’s Causeway located?
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Answer:-AntrimQ 2. Which river runs through Dublin?
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Answer:-LiffeyQ 3. How many counties does Ireland have?
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Answer:-32Q 4. Paddy Maloney, Sean Keane, Matt Molloy and Derek Bell are all members of which famous Irish musical band?
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Answer:-The ChieftainsQ 5. Name the three expanses of water which separate Ireland from Britain.
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Answer:-North Channel, St. George’s Channel and the Irish SeaQ 6. Jack Butler Yeats, Mary Swanzy and Sir John Lavery are all known for what?
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Answer:- Fine art paintingQ 7. According to The Chronicle of Ireland, in which year did St Patrick arrive in Ireland?
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Answer:-431 ADQ 8. Which town is located at the mouth of the River Lagan?
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Answer:- BelfastQ 9. Name the highest mountain in Ireland.
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Answer:-CarrauntoohilQ 10. Feargal Sharkey, John O’Neill, Damian O’Neill, Michael Bradley and Billy Doherty were members of which Irish band?
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Answer:-The Undertones
Q 11. The Michael Davitt Bridge connects which island to the mainland?
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Answer:-Achill IslandQ 12. Which Irish writer was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature and the Médaille de la Résistance?
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Answer:-Samuel BeckettQ 13. Name the 5th-century Romano-British slave who allegedly banished Druids from Ireland.
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Answer:-St PatrickQ 14. Fiona Shaw, Maureen O’Hara, Brenda Fricker and Bronagh Gallagher are all what?
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Answer:- ActorsQ 15. By approximately 4000 BC, Neolithic settlers had introduced sheep and cereals—true or false?
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Answer:-TrueQ 16. How many letters are there in the Irish alphabet?
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Answer:- 18Q 17. Fathers Jack, Ted and Dougal lived on which fictional island?
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Answer:- Craggy IslandQ 18. In which year did the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans rebelled against British rule, take place?
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Answer:- 1916Q 19. Ciarán Brennan, Moya Brennan, Noel Duggan and Pól Brennan are members of which Irish folk band?
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Answer:- ClannadQ 20. What were the four historical provinces of Ireland?
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Answer:- Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught
Q 21. In which county is Bunratty Castle located?
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Answer:- County ClareQ 22. Buried in Down Cathedral in Downpatrick, who was the nun, abbess and founder of several monasteries?
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Answer:- Brigid of KildareQ 23. Brendan Behan, Colum McCann and Sally Rooney are all what?
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Answer:- WritersQ 24. Which is the longest river in Ireland?
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Answer:- River ShannonQ 25. Ireland has arguably the world’s oldest system of field division using dry stone walls—true or false?
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Answer:- TrueQ 26. Avoca village in the Vale of Avoca was the real-life location for which popular Irish TV series?
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Answer:- BallykissangelQ 27. In the 1990s and beyond, what was the term given to rapid economic growth in Ireland?
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Answer:- Celtic TigerQ 28. Rachel’s Holiday, Watermelon and Grown Ups were written by which Irish novelist?
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Answer:- Marian KeyesQ 29. Spider Tracy, Cait O’Riordan, Joe Strummer and Shane MacGowan were among the many members of which Irish band?
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Answer:- The PoguesQ 30. In which city did Molly Malone sell seafood?
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Answer:- Dublin
Q 31. Older than Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids, this burial monument was built around 3200 BC. What is its name?
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Answer:- NewgrangeQ 32. “Walk Tall”, “Elusive Butterfly” and “Paddy McGuinty’s Goat” were popular records by which Irish singer and TV personality?
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Answer:- Val DoonicanQ 33. Established in 1592, which is the oldest university in the Republic of Ireland?
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Answer:- Trinity College, DublinQ 34. In which county are the Mourne Mountains located?
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Answer:- County DownQ 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?
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Answer:- TrueQ 36. Ninette de Valois, Monica Loughman and Joan Denise Moriarty have what in common?
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Answer:- Ballet—they were all ballet dancers.Q 37. Ruling from 846 AD, who was the first High King of Ireland?
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Answer:- Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid (Malachy MacMulrooney)Q 38. Name the largest freshwater lake in Ireland.
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Answer:- Lough NeaghQ 39. Light a Penny Candle, Tara Road and Circle of Friends were written by which famous Irish novelist?
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Answer:- Maeve BinchyQ 40. In which year was the Good Friday Agreement signed?
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Answer:- 1998
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Q 41. Name the three lakes of Killarney.
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Answer:- Lough Leane, Upper Lake and MuckrossQ 42. Which famous ship was built in Belfast between 1911 and 1912?
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Answer:- TitanicQ 43. Which city can be found between the two channels of the River Lee?
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Answer:- CorkQ 44. Dessie Hughes, Martin Molony and Phonsie O’Brien were all famed for what?
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Answer:- Horse racing—they were all jockeys.Q 45. During the 9th century AD, which group of invaders plagued Irish shores?
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Answer:- VikingsQ 46. Redbreast, Green Spot and Writers Tears are brands of what?
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Answer:- Irish WhiskeyQ 47. What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?
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Answer:- DublinQ 48. George William Russell, Seamus Heaney and Thomas Moore were famed for what?
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Answer:- PoetryQ 49. Maureen, Anne, Linda, Coleen, Bernie, Denise, Amy and Julia were all members of which best-selling pop group?
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Answer:- The Nolan SistersQ 50. Name the famous castle in County Cork whose masonry can allegedly grant the gift of clever speech.
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