Pot Luck Irish Questions 9
What is the county town of Tipperary, with a name meaning 'honey vale'? | Clonmel |
Why is Irish champion sprinter and Olympian Jason Smyth remarkable? | He is legally blind. |
What is the name given to the 'stick' used to beat an Irish bodhran drum? | A tipper |
For what was Turlough O'Carolan famous? | 18th Century Irish harper and composer, who happened to be blind. |
Which spirit is commercially distilled in Cork and bears the name of the city? | Gin |
Who were the notorious Irish murderers in 1820s Edinburgh who sold corpses to a doctor for his anatomy lectures? | Burke and Hare |
Who was the giant of Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway? | Finn McCool |
The appearance or hearing of which Irish spirit is seen as a harbinger of death? | Banshee |
Complete this Irish place-name Borris In ? | Ossory |
Who was the late Irish actor who starred in 'A Man Called Horse'? | Richard Harris |
Naas is the county capital of which K? |
Kildare |
Which delicate material is Monaghan known for? |
Lace |
What would Paul Rankin most likey be doing on TV? |
Cooking |
What is the name given to the female, near identical, version of hurling? | Camogie |
Which city has been dubbed 'Titanic Town' due to the ship being built there? | Belfast |
The Black Velvet ???? is a folk song set in Belfast. | Band |
What are the two drinks that make up a Black Velvet? | Guinness and champagne |
Is the town of Wicklow north or south of Dublin? |
South |
Which saint is said to have proclaimed the arrival of Christianity at Slane Hill in 453 |
St. Patrick |
Which is further north Donegal or Northern Ireland? |
Donegal |
Which poet WB was born in Co. Sligo? |
Yeats |