Irish Trivia Quiz
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Fun trivia questions and answers about Ireland
Ireland is a beautiful and magical place. I love visiting Ireland although it has been many years since my last visit and I love reading about Ireland. There are so many wonderful stories, myths, and songs about Ireland and her people that I do not think anyone can resist its charm.
"Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible."
-Charles Haughey, Irish Fianna Fail
"For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad."
-G. K. Chesterton, British author
"Yet dearer still that Irish hill than all the world
beside;
It's home, sweet home, where'er I roam, through
lands and waters wide."
-William Allingham, Irish poet, diarist
"I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age."
-W. B. Yeats, Irish poet
An Irish blessing to take with you today:
"May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow
And may trouble avoid you wherever you go."
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"Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible."
-Charles Haughey, Irish Fianna Fail
"For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry
And all their songs are sad."
-G. K. Chesterton, British author
"Yet dearer still that Irish hill than all the world
beside;
It's home, sweet home, where'er I roam, through
lands and waters wide."
-William Allingham, Irish poet, diarist
"I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age."
-W. B. Yeats, Irish poet
An Irish blessing to take with you today:
"May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow
And may trouble avoid you wherever you go."
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Have you ever been to Ireland?
Have you ever been to Ireland?
I've been lucky enough to go
SheilaMilne says:
I was born there! :)
melissiaoliver says:
Never been to the Republic, but I have been lucky enough to go to Northern Ireland twice. The falls of Antrim are spectacular.
Tom_Kane says:
Yes, many times :)
siobhanryan says:
Live here-the best place in the world
madoc says:
Just Ulster, does that count?
I wish
vividviolet says:
I REALLY want to go!
binmark says:
No, it's too far away
StrongMay says:
I really do want to go.
Funny_Beekeeper says:
Not yet but I want. My friend was there 1 year ago and when he showed me pictures I decided that one day I will visit this amazing country.
cffutah says:
its on my bucket list
Irish Trivia Quiz - Part 1
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- Early Celtic Ireland was divided into 150 local kingdoms ruled by 5 provincial kings and one High King.
- Irish coffee consists of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with thick cream. The coffee is drunk through the cream.
- The "white" potato, otherwise known as the Irish potato, originated in the Andean Mountains. In 1532 the Spanish arrived in north Peru and it is speculated that they brought the potato to Europe in the second half of the 16th century.
- Dublin is not only the capital but also the largest city with a population (1996) of 953,000. Cork is the second largest city and a major port, with a population of 180,000. Other cities and towns include Limerick (79,000) and Galway (57,000).
- Hurling is a traditional Irish sport. In hurling a ball, called a sliotar, is caught on a hurley, or stick, and carried, or hurled into the opponent's goal. Irish mythology has tales of the warrior Cú Chulainn and other legendary heroes who were expert hurlers.
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- Ceide Fields is famous as the home of the most extensive Stone Age monument in the world. A North Mayo farming community that is fifty centuries old, Ceide Fields is the most extensive Stone Age Monument in the world.
- Everyone knows that leprechauns are Irish fairies. You can track one down by following the sound of his shoemaker's hammer. A leprechaun looks like a very small, old man (about 2 feet tall). According to legend, leprechauns are aloof and unfriendly, live alone, and pass the time making shoes...they also possess a hidden pot of gold. If caught, he can be forced (with the threat of bodily violence) to reveal the whereabouts of his treasure, but the captor must keep their eyes on him. If the captor's eyes leave the leprechaun (and he often tricks them into looking away), he vanishes and all hopes of finding the treasure are lost.
- When they were first brought to Europe, people thought potatoes were poisonous because they were classified in the same botanical family as the poisonous nightshade, potatoes were thought to be poisonous and people refrained from eating them. Potatoes were considered a novelty and became fashionable in the mid-eighteenth century when Marie Antoinette wore potato
blossoms in her hair.
- The bodhrán is the heartbeat of Irish music today, but was not always so. This ancient framedrum is traditionally made with a wooden body and a goat-skin head, and is played with a double-headed stick called a cipín, tipper, or beater. Used in warfare and in various local celebrations, mostly as a noisemaker or primitive rhythm instrument, the drum languished for centuries outside the realm of musical performance. Until modern times, it was used by mummers and wren-boys in various local festivals.
- Saint Brendan is said to have discovered America a thousand years before Columbus. An Irish monk(486?-578?), he was educated under monastic influences and became a priest, but was filled with a great desire to travel. His traditional feast day is May 16.
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- The harp is the official Emblem of Ireland, not the Shamrock. The handheld harp was played by ancient Celts.
- A banshee is a fairy that allegedly comes to certain Irish families to forewarn of death
- When you kiss the Blarney Stone you are given the gift of slick speech. In the MacCarthy clan, there was an Earl who ruled at Blarney village and castle. Whenever Queen Elizabeth I tried to make the Earl submit to England, he would write long, foolish letters dodging her demands. After reading one of these letters, the Queen supposedly said "This is Blarney, what he says he never means." According to legend, the Earl had the gift of Blarney from kissing a stone in his castle parapet. The stone was a gift from a witch his forebears had done service for. Today, the castle is in ruins but the stone is still there.
- Previously considered poisonous, the potato became a dietary mainstay because during the 18th century, the monarchs of Europe discovered its nutritional value and ordered it planted.
- By 1800, the potato had taken root in Ireland. About 90 percent of the Irish population was dependent on the potato as their primary means of caloric intake and as an export. Since the famine, the Irish have expanded their diets; however, the potato continues to be a dietary staple in 130 countries today, including Ireland and the United States. Bonus trivia, Rwoman's grandfather was a potato farmer!
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- During the 1840s, the population of Ireland was decreased by almost half by the Great Potato Famine. Caused by a catastrophic failure of the nation's staple food crop, the famine resulted in disease and starvation that killed at least one million people in Ireland and forced another million to flee the country.
- The circle in the centre of the celtic cross represents the Sun
- Lamb is featured in a traditional Irish stew.
- There is actually some dispute about this, however records indicate the first American celebration of Saint Patrick's Day was in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1737, with the first St. Patrick's Day parade in New York, New York, held March 17, 1762.
- Legend has it that Saint Patrick gave a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland -- supposedly they all went into the sea and drowned. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. The snake was a revered pagan symbol, and perhaps this was a figurative tale alluding to the fact that he drove paganism out of Ireland.
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- Saint Patrick, called the Apostle of Ireland, was born in Britain. At 16 years of age he was carried off by Irish marauders and passed his captivity as a herdsman. He escaped after six years to the northern coast of Gaul.
- Saint Patrick's title was Bishopwhen he died. He returned to Ireland after he was ordained a priest. Sometime after 431 Patrick was appointed successor to Saint Palladius, first bishop of Ireland.
- Although Christianity had been previously introduced in some parts of Ireland, Saint Patrick encountered great obstacles, and the new faith was not fully established in the island until a century after his death (circa 461).
- Saint Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the Trinity. His reported use of the shamrock as an illustration of the Trinity led to its being regarded as the Irish national symbol. His traditional feast day is March 17.
- As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades, the largest held in New York City.
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Mar 29, 2012 @ 10:33 am | delete
- that is fun quis...I like this,,
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siobhanryan
Mar 20, 2012 @ 11:53 am | delete
- I had fun doing the quiz-Go raibh mait agaite.
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madoc
Mar 7, 2012 @ 12:26 am | delete
- Very nice way to learn about Ireland. Especially liked the intervals where you narrated the answers to the preceding quiz.
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Mar 4, 2012 @ 5:48 pm | delete
- This was a reminder of everything good about Ireland. Happy St Patrick's Day!
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