Statistics for Ireland 1798 - 1921

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who led the 1798 rebellion?	Wolfe Tone	78%
Who campaigned successfully for Catholic Emancipation?	Daniel O'Connell	74%
What is "An Gorta Mor"?	Famine	59%
What was the colour of O'Connells coat?	Green	56%
What was the Roman name for Ireland?	Hibernia	47%
Who was responsible for the Croke Park massacre?	Black n' Tans	46%
Who did Joseph Plunkett marry in his cell the night before he was to be murdered?	Grace Clifford	46%
Which British Prime Minister passed the First and Second Land Acts?	William Gladstone	41%
Who has the nickname "Big Jim"?	James Larkin	40%
What did Wolfe Tone have named after him?	Band	39%
Who became the leader of the IPP after Parnell?	Redmond	30%
Who said "Ulster will fight, Ulster will be right"?	Randolph Churchill	29%
In what year was the Catholic Association founded?	1823	26%
Which of the Easter 1916 rebels owned a baccy shop?	Tom Clarke	24%
Which GB General was responsible for the deaths of ,among others, Thomas Clarke, James Connolly, and Joseph Plunkett?	Maxwell	20%
Which Dublin eccentric was brutally murdered by the British during the 1916 Easter Rising?	Sheehy Skeffington	19%
What was the name of the widow whos cabbage patch became a battlefield in 1848?	McCormack	16%
Who led the British at the Battle of Vinegar hill?	General Lake	11%
What was Cu Chulainn's weapon of choice?	Hurley stick	10%
What have I got in my pocket?	The One Ring	10%
Who was murdered in Phoenix Park?	Cavendish and Burke	7%
What did the Conservatives rename themselves to after 1886?	Unionist Party	7%
What did the Bessborough commission recommend?	3 Fs	6%
Who signed the Ulster Covenant with his blood?	Major Crawford	6%
Which world-acclaimed Irish pirate took part in the Irish rebellions of 1797-98?	Edward Jordan	5%