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