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How well do you know the most important events in Irish history?
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1. What people arrived in Ireland around 500 BC?
Celts ✓
Vikings ✓
Romans ✓
Normans ✓
2. St. Patrick was responsible for introducing Christianity to Ireland in 5th century. When is his feast day?
31st October ✓
17th March ✓
1st July ✓
6th February ✓
3. Who defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 and ended their control of Dublin?
Henry II ✓
St. Columba ✓
Brian Boru ✓
Diarmait Mac Murchada ✓
4. Which king declared himself King of Ireland in 1541?
Richard I ✓
Henry VIII ✓
Edward VI ✓
Aethelwulf ✓
5. What is Ireland's oldest university, founded in 1592?
Harvard ✓
Limerick ✓
Trinity ✓
Galway ✓
6. Who led an uprising in Irish Rebellion of 1641 also known as the Great Ulster Rebellion?
The Secret Societies ✓
Irish Catholics ✓
United Irishmen ✓
Irish Republican Army ✓
7. Which English leader rampaged through Ireland in 1649 intending to reconquer the country?
Robert Emmett ✓
Oliver Cromwell ✓
Thomas Wentworth ✓
Henry Morgan ✓
8. What organisation was set up in 1795 to commemorate William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne?
Guildford Four ✓
Orange Order ✓
Blueshirts ✓
A, B, C Specials ✓
9. How did Irish Rebellion of 1798 end?
Uprising was suppressed by government ✓
Frech troops marched into Dublin ✓
Irish Free State was formed ✓
Labour party was founded ✓
10. What document from 1801 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland?
Book of Kells ✓
Oath of Supremacy ✓
Land Act ✓
Act of Union ✓
11. Repeated failure of what crop led to the Great famine between 1845 and 1852?
Bean ✓
Corn ✓
Wheat ✓
Potato ✓
12. What political party was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith?
Fine Gael ✓
Fianna Fáil ✓
Aontú ✓
Sinn Féin ✓
13. What was the name of armed insurrection in Ireland during in 1916 that was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland?
Easter Rising ✓
The Dubliners ✓
Curragh Mutiny ✓
Blood's Plot ✓
14. When did the War of Independence between the IRA and the British armed forces begin
1919 ✓
1929 ✓
1921 ✓
1925 ✓
15. What event triggered the War of Independence?
Shooting at the high school ✓
The death of Michael Collins ✓
Train bombing ✓
Assassination of two policemen ✓
16. What treaty endorsed the separation of Northern and Southern Ireland?
Anglo-Irish Treaty ✓
The Treaty of Drogheda ✓
North-South Treaty ✓
The Treaty of Limerick ✓
17. Who is the founding father of Irish independence and the founder of the IRA?
William Gladstone ✓
Daniel O'Connell ✓
Michael Collins ✓
James Connolly ✓
18. What name was adopted to the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland?
Tanaiste ✓
Tailteann ✓
Taaffe ✓
Taoiseach ✓
19. What is the name of the event when British forces shot dead 13 and wounded 12 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972?
Bloody Sunday ✓
Bloody Monday ✓
Bloody Tuesday ✓
Bloody Friday ✓
20. What have people of Ireland voted for by a huge majority in 2015?
To keep Irish as official language ✓
Right for abortion ✓
Same-sex marriage ✓
To remain in the EU ✓
21. Where was the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998?
Limerick ✓
Belfast ✓
London ✓
Dublin ✓
22. Troubles was the the term used to describe the violence caused by disagreements between what religious movements?
Orthodox and Catholics ✓
Anglicans and Orthodox ✓
Protestants and Anglicans ✓
Catholics and Protestants ✓
23. Who did Ireland side with in World War II?
Allies ✓
Axis ✓
Remained neutral ✓
24. In Irish place names what does Bally mean?
Home ✓
Rock ✓
Hill ✓
Stronghold ✓
25. Who was the Liberator of the Nation and the first Irish Catholic to sit in the British Parliament?
Michael Collins ✓
William Walace ✓
Daniel O'Connell ✓
William Cosgrave ✓
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