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Prior to her election which University was Irish
President Mary McAleese a Professor?
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Queen's University Belfast
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Where was Michael Flatley, Irish dancing
superstar, born?
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United States of America
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Where and what are the Knockmealsowns?
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Mountains in County Waterford
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What is the Irish House of Representatives
called?
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Dail Eireann
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What is the name of the Irish Tourist Board?
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Bord Failte
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What feared title was given to Grace
O'Malley?
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Pirate Queen
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According to the song, what did Molly Malone
sell on the streets of Dublin?
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Cockles and Mussels
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What kind of food are crubeens?
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Pig's feet
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Whose last words were reputedly "Either this
wallpaper goes or I do"?
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Oscar Wilde
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Which Pope visited Knock, Co. Mayo in 1979?
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John Paul II
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What is a small island north of Howth in County
Dublin known as?
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Ireland's Eye
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The pneumatic tyre was developed by whom?
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John Boyd Dunlop
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What is the Irish Senate known as?
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'Seanad Eireann"
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What does 'Erin Go Bragh' mean?
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'Ireland for ever'
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What was Michael Collins' fiancee called?
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Kitty Kiernan
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What is St Brendan commonly known as?
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The Navigator
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What is the other main ingredient of champ with
potatoes?
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Scallions (spring onions)
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What is 'a wake'?
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A celebration of the life of the deceased
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How many leaves does a shamrock have?
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Three
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Dr. Marie Cassidy was appointed to what position
during January 1998?
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Assistant State Pathologist
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Which Irish newspaper was first published on 5
September 1931?
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The Irish Press
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Who played the part of Eamon de Valera in the
1995 film "Michael Collins"?
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Alan Rickman
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What was the most popular name given to boys
born in the Rep. of Ireland during 1999 according
to the CSO?
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Connor
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Which writer James shares his name with a tower
in Dun Laoghaire?
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Joyce
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Who shares a memorial with Alcock commemorating
their trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland?
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Brown
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Where did they land?
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Clifden
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Which early Biblical couple appear on the Tynan
Village Cross?
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Adam and Eve
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Was Dublin's Abbey Theatre created in the 18th
or the 20th century?
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20th
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Which house in Dublin with a long history is the
current home of the Dept. of the Environment?
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Custom House
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What type of mariner's beacon is at Hook Head,
Co. Wexford?
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Lighthouse
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Dublin's Rotunda hospital pioneered the training
of which nurses who help with childbirth?
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Midwives
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Which O is the location for the Battle of the
Boyne?
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Oldbridge
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Which T is the county of the Golden Vale?
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Tipperary
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Which B was the fictional TV village filmed in
Avoca?
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Ballykissangel
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Which Irish Columban priest spent 5 months in
jail in the Phillipines during 1984?
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Fr. Niall O' Brien
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What was the most popular name given to girls
born in the Rep. of Ireland during 1999?
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Chloe
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What do the letters REPS stand for in relation
to Irish farming?
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Rural Enviroment Protection scheme
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What was the name of the man who formed the
Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian
Brothers)?
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Edmund Ignatius Rice
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Who wrote 'Romantic Ireland's dead and gone /
It's with O'Leary in the grave'?
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W B Yeats
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Which saint is associated with Lough Derg?
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Saint Patrick
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