Pot Luck Irish Questions 5
What is the other main ingredient of champ with potatoes? |
Scallions (spring onions) |
What is 'a wake'? |
A celebration of the life of the deceased |
How many leaves does a shamrock have? |
Three |
What does 'An tSean-Bhó Riabhach' mean? |
Old brindled cow |
Which Irish newspaper was first published on 5 September 1931? |
The Irish Press |
Who played the part of Eamon de Valera in the 1995 film "Michael Collins"? |
Alan Rickman |
Which writer James shares his name with a tower in Dun Laoghaire? |
Joyce |
Who shares a memorial with Alcock commemorating their trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland? |
Brown |
Where did they land? |
Clifden |
Which early Biblical couple appear on the Tynan Village Cross? |
Adam and Eve |
Was Dublin's Abbey Theatre created in the 18th or the 20th century? |
20th |
Which house in Dublin with a long history is the current home of the Dept. of the Environment? |
Custom House |
What type of mariner's beacon is at Hook Head, Co. Wexford? |
Lighthouse |
Dublin's Rotunda hospital pioneered the training of which nurses who help with childbirth? |
Midwives |
Which O is the location for the Battle of the Boyne? |
Oldbridge |
Which T is the county of the Golden Vale? |
Tipperary |
Which B was the fictional TV village filmed in Avoca? |
Ballykissangel |
Which Irish Columban priest spent 5 months in jail in the Phillipines during 1984? |
Fr. Niall O' Brien |
What do the letters REPS stand for in relation to Irish farming? |
Rural Enviroment Protection scheme |
What was the name of the man who formed the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers)? |
Edmund Ignatius Rice |
Who wrote 'Romantic Ireland's dead and gone / It's with O'Leary in the grave'? |
W B Yeats |
Which saint is associated with Lough Derg? |
Saint Patrick |
Where, in 433AD, did St Patrick light the Paschal Fire? |
Hill of Slane |