Statistics for Famous Irish people (Long List)

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Oskar Schindler	Liam Neeson	79%
Tax avoiding singer of mediocre rock band	Bono	76%
Reknowned author sentenced to 2 years hard labour for gross indecency with men	Oscar Wilde	72%
Tore up a photo of the Pope	Sinead O'Connor	71%
Nominated for Golden Raspberry for Mamma Mia	Pierce Brosnan	64%
Wrote novel about Leopold Bloom and his encounters in 1 day in Dublin	James Joyce	63%
19th century author who set out most of the modern conventions for vampires	Bram Stoker	56%
Seen as one of the greatest footballers ever	George Best	56%
Founder of one of the most famous beer brands in the world	Arthur Guinness	53%
Founded Band Aid who raised $24 million (USD) for famine relief in Ethiopia	Bob Geldof	52%
Won a Golden Globe for Lady Bird	Saoirse Ronan	49%
Spent an entire movie in a phone booth	Colin Farrell	48%
Wrote about a lion who many believe to have parallels with Jesus Christ	C.S. Lewis	44%
Ferocious footballer who made his name at Manchester United	Roy Keane	44%
Current host of Eurovision in UK	Graham Norton	43%
Waiting for Godot playwright	Samuel Beckett	39%
Scarecrow (Batman)	Cillian Murphy	38%
4 time Grammy Award winner for Best New Age Album	Enya	38%
Wants to have one more Moondance with you	Van Morrison	37%
Big talking martial artist	Conor McGregor	36%
Lead singer in a band with her 2 sisters and brother	Andrea Corr	30%
For who the main thoroughfare in Dublin is named	Daniel O'Connell	30%
Mr Grey	Jamie Dornan	29%
Starred in the good Steve Jobs movie	Michael Fassbender	28%
Westmeath-native once part of the world's biggest boy band	Niall Horan	28%
The Guard	Brendan Gleeson	26%
Starred in 5 movies alongside John Wayne, including The Quiet Man	Maureen O'Hara	26%
CEO of a much maligned, but very profitable, airline	Michael O'Leary	25%
3 time golf major winner	Padraig Harrington	22%
Bassist and singer whose band's first hit was Whiskey In The Jar	Phil Lynott	22%
Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995	Seamus Heaney	22%
"When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire..."	W. B. Yeats	22%
Mrs Brown	Brendan O'Carroll	18%
Comedian and Stargazer	Dara Ó Briain	18%
Had a massive hit singing Teenage Kicks	Feargal Sharkey	18%
Director of Thor	Kenneth Branagh	18%
Ancient High King of Ireland	Brian Boru	16%
Bernard Black in Black Books - also writer and creator	Dylan Moran	15%
Known as The Clones Cyclone	Barry McGuigan	14%
The Hound of Ulster	Cú Chulainn	14%
His autobiography is named Borstal Boy	Brendan Behan	13%
Made her name in The Commitments	Bronagh Gallagher	11%
The most iconic voice in Irish folk music	Luke Kelly	11%
Song "Grace" is told from the perspective of this Easter Rising leader	Joseph Plunkett	9%
Former lead singer of The Blizzards and The Voice Ireland judge	Niall Breslin	9%
Leader of the United Irishmen	Wolfe Tone	9%
First woman to have a cabinet position in Dáil Éireann and first women to be elected MP at Westminster	Countess Markievicz	7%
Former WWE champion who as a demonic alter-ego	Fergal Devitt	7%
"We spend our lives on the run. We get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, go to work by the clock, get up again, go to work – and then we retire. And what do they ... give us? A clock."	Dave Allen	6%
Hurler with the most All Ireland titles	Henry Shefflin	6%
Plays Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones	Richard Dormer	5%
Gaelic Footballer with most senior championship appearances (as of August 2018)	Stephen Cluxton	5%