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Irish Culture Quiz

1.Where is Belleek pottery made, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland?Answer
2.What does Glendalough mean?Answer
3.Who was "The Big Fellow" Irish history?Answer
4.What are the 3 rustic islands off the coast of County Clare called?Answer
5.Where are the Fields of Athenry?Answer
6.Where was the movie The Quiet Man filmed?Answer
7.Who starred in The Quiet Man?Answer
8.What 4 Michigan counties are named after Irish counties? Hint one from each of Ireland 4 provinces.Answer
9.What are Ireland's 4 Provinces?Answer
10.What happens at St. James' Gate - Dublin?Answer
11.What is the name of the hill/fortress that rises above the 'Golden Vale' in Tipperary?Answer
12.Who is depicted in the Dublin statue affectionately known as 'The Tart with the Cart'?Answer
13.Who is buried 'under bare Benbulben's brow?Answer
14.What languages are spoken in Ireland?Answer
15.What is the name of the mountains south of Dublin?Answer
16.What is the name of BBC soap opera about life in a small Irish village?Answer
17.Who is 'The Long Fellow' of Irish History?Answer
18.Besides Guinness, name 3 other Irish beers?Answer
19.What is the Gaelic sport is played with a stick and ball?Answer
20.Name 5 Irish counties not already discussed.Answer
21.What is the largest city in Northern Ireland?Answer
22.What river flows through Dublin?Answer
23.Name County Kerry's 3 Peninsulas?Answer
24.What is the longest river in the British Isles?Answer
25.What is the largest and oldest college in Dublin?Answer
26.What is the name of the Irish National Anthem?Answer
27.Where were the high kings of Ireland crowned?Answer
28.Name two things written by James Joyce?Answer
29.What structure outside Cork City can bestow the gift of gab?Answer
30.Where is Ireland's famed leaden glassware made?Answer
31.Name 5 large cities in the Irish Republic?Answer
32.What was Black '47?Answer
33.What seaport was the last stop of the liner Titanic?Answer
34.Where was the Titanic built?Answer
35.Who was the first European to sail to America?Answer
36.Who was Robert Emmet?Answer
37.When was the Easter Rising?Answer
38.Name one person who signed the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.Answer
39.Of the people who signed the Proclamation, How many were executed?Answer
40.When was the Irish Free State formed?Answer
41.When was the Irish Republic established?Answer
42.Where, according to legend, was St. Patrick standing when he drove the snakes out of Ireland?Answer
43.Approximately, when did St. Patrick live?Answer
44.How did the Irish save civilization?Answer
45.How many counties are there in Ireland?Answer
46. Name Dublin's main north and south thoroughfare. Answer
47. Translate: Cead Mile Failte. Answer
48. Name at least one Irish born winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Answer
49. What is Europe's largest urban park? Answer
50. What unit of money do they use in the Irish Republic? Answer
 
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The Irish-American Club has prepared a cook book filled with Irish recipes. It is on sale at the Irish Rose Gift and Travel, and at Irish-American Club events. Be sure to get your's. $12.00


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