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A slightly more difficult quiz about Ireland

Answer these slightly harder questions about Ireland to claim your free citizenship.
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Last updated: August 13, 2021
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Póg mo hón is an Irish phrase meaning what?
Kiss my arse
Bunreacht na hÉireann refers to which document pertaining to the Irish state?
The constitution
If you were to order a one and one, what food would you be ordering?
Fish and chips
Many of the scenes in the newest Star Wars films involving Luke Skywalker were filmed on which island off Ireland's south-west coast?
Sceilig Mhichíl / Skellig Michael
Who was Ireland's first head of government (effectively a prime minister), which he became in 1922?
W.T. Cosgrave
Irishman, Robert Mallet is famous for founding which scientific study in 1857?
Seismology
Peadar Kearney is famous for writing which famous Irish song?
The national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann
Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary is famous for hosting the first meeting of which prominent organisation in Ireland?
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) / Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG)
An Gorta Mór refers to which dark period of Irish history
The Great Famine
U2 are Ireland's most famous musical export. What were they called before changing their name to U2?
The Hype
What type of instrument is the bodhrán?
Drum
South-eastern town Enniscorthy hosts a festival dedicated to which fruit every June?
Strawberry
Economist, Paul Krugman used which expression to describe Ireland's economy?
Leprechaun economics
According to the most recent census, in 2016, what is the largest nationality in Ireland apart from Irish?
Polish (122,000+)
Glendalough, now Ireland's most visited tourist attraction, was home to the monastery of which saint?
St. Kevin
If I were to give you a 'dig', what would I be doing?
Punching you
If I were giving you a 'dig out', what would I be doing?
Helping you
'Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed' is the opening line from which famous Irish novel?
Ulysses by James Joyce
The word 'kill' is found in many Irish place names, to the humour of many tourists and non-Irish. What does it actually mean, though?
Church or forest
Lambay Island, off the coast of Dublin, is home to which creature not indigenous to Ireland?
Wallaby
The opening scene of which 1998 award winning World War II classic was filmed on Curracloe Beach, County Wexford?
Saving Private Ryan
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