Quiz Practice Ireland 6

1:Where is Dromore castle? Limerick. 2:Where was the novelist Liam O’Flaherty born? Aran Islands. 3:In what county are the Maumturk Mountains? Galway. 4:Who founded Fianna Fail? Eamonn De Valera. 5:Who founded Sinn Fein? Arthur Griffith. 6:What famous waterfall overlooks Killarney? Torc Waterfall. 7:When did St. Patrick first come to Ireland? 432 AD. 8:In ancient Ireland what was a “Gallowglass”? Soldier. 9:In mythology who was Oisín’s son? Oscar. 10:On what island is the Dún Aengus fort located? Inishmore of the Aran Islands. 11:Roundwood, Ireland’s highest village is in which county? Wicklow. 12:When was the border with Northern Ireland fixed? 1925 13:In what county is Gweedore? Donegal 14:Where in Ireland is the Cross of the Scriptures? Clonmacnoise. 15:Who was the only Irish playwright to win an Oscar? G.B. Shaw. 16:Bloomsday falls on what day in June? The 16th. 17:Name Irelands most southerly mainland point. Mizen Head, Co. Cork 18:What Irish county streatches the farthest north? Donegal. 19:In what county is Lough Conn? Co. Mayo. 20:What is Ireland’s smallest mammel? The Pygmy Shrew. 21:The Blackstairs Mountains straddle which two counties? Carlow/Wexford. 22:Cahir Castle is built in the middle of which river? The River Suir 23:In what county is the Ards Peninsula? Co. Down 24:In what county is Spancel Hill? Co. Clare 25:In what city would you find the Spanish Arch? Galway. 26:Daniel O’Connell was elected M.P. for what county in 1828? Clare. 27:In what year was the E.S.B. founded? 1927 28:What Irish poet [1904-1967] was born near Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan? Paddy Kavanagh. 29:The Lord Mayor of Dublin lives in what house? The Mansion House. 30:Donegal Point is in which county? Clare. 31:What Offaly town was once the seat of the Earls of Rosse? Birr Castle. 32:Name the three members of the selection panel for in the Popstars series on RTE. Bill Hughes, Linda Martin and Louis Walsh.