Statistics for Irish History

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Question	Answer	% Correct
St. Patrick was responsible for introducing Christianity to Ireland in 5th century. When is his feast day?	17th March	96%
Repeated failure of what crop led to the Great famine between 1845 and 1852?	Potato	94%
What is Ireland's oldest university, founded in 1592?	Trinity	91%
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	90%
Which English leader rampaged through Ireland in 1649 intending to reconquer the country?	Oliver Cromwell	86%
Troubles was the the term used to describe the violence caused by disagreements between what religious movements?	Catholics and Protestants	84%
What organisation was set up in 1795 to commemorate William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne?	Orange Order	83%
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	82%
What name was adopted to the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland?	Taoiseach	81%
Who did Ireland side with in World War II?	Remained neutral	80%
What document from 1801 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland?	Act of Union	78%
How did Irish Rebellion of 1798 end?	Uprising was suppressed by government	77%
Where was the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998?	Belfast	72%
What people arrived in Ireland around 500 BC?	Celts	72%
What political party was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith?	Sinn Féin	72%
What treaty endorsed the separation of Northern and Southern Ireland?	Anglo-Irish Treaty	69%
Which king declared himself King of Ireland in 1541?	Henry VIII	64%
When did the War of Independence between the IRA and the British armed forces begin	1919	58%
Who is the founding father of Irish independence and the founder of the IRA?	Michael Collins	53%
What have people of Ireland voted for by a huge majority in 2015?	Same-sex marriage	53%
Who defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 and ended their control of Dublin?	Brian Boru	50%
Who was the Liberator of the Nation and the first Irish Catholic to sit in the British Parliament?	Daniel O'Connell	50%
What event triggered the War of Independence?	Assassination of two policemen	44%
Who led an uprising in Irish Rebellion of 1641 also known as the Great Ulster Rebellion?	Irish Catholics	42%
In Irish place names what does Bally mean?	Home	30%