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So Your think You Are Irish Quiz

Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!


1. The Shamrock is generally believed to be the symbol of?

Faith, Hope and charity
Sts. Patrick, Columba, and Brendan
The Trinity
Kings of Munster, Leinster, And Tara

2. Name the Four Provinces of Ireland?

Ulster, Leinster, Connaught and Munster
Connaught, Munster, Leinster and Meath
Tara, Leinster, Munster and Meath
Munster, Tara, Ulster and Leinster

3. At one time, Ireland had five provinces. Name the fifth province?

Tara
Meath
Kerry
Tyrone

4. Clonmacnoise was a monastery established in Galway in ,547 AD. Name the saint credited with hoving found it?

St. Patrick
St. Ciaran
St. Brendan
St. Columba

5. The "Book of Kells" is a magnificient illuminated manuscript of which period in history?

Celtic
Viking
Druid
Elizabethan

6. In Irish, which pronoun is not found?

him
her
it
them

7. Rory O'Moore founded an organization to protect roman Catholic Clergy while saying Mass during the mid 1600's. What name was adopted by this group?

Defenders
Whiteboys
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Ribbonmen

8. Owen Roe O'Neill led the great Irish victory over Munro's Scottish Army at which locale in 1649?

Jigginstown
Fermanagh
Benburb
Antrim

9. What particular village in Couty Louth, was singled out by Cromwell by having its entire population indiscriminately massacred?

Dundalk
Cross Guns
Wilkinstown
Drogheda

10. King Charles I of England specified a particular group fo Marylanders to be hung, including the "Wild Irish who run the mills along Mill Creek." Who was he referring to?

Catholics
Baptists
Jews
Lutherans