38 Irish Trivia Questions and Answers
Irish trivia for St. Patrick's Day or any other day: the saint and his legends, the geography of the island, its writers, its history and its games. The questions cover Ireland north and south. Answers are shown under each question.
There are 38 questions on this page. They are free to use for quiz nights, classrooms and pub quizzes, and each one links to its own page.
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1.What is the capital city of Ireland?
Answer: Dublin
Open this question2.On which date is St. Patrick's Day celebrated?
Answer: March 17
Open this question3.According to legend, which three-leafed plant did St. Patrick use to explain the Holy Trinity?
Answer: The shamrock
Open this question4.According to legend, which animals did St. Patrick banish from Ireland?
Answer: Snakes
Open this question5.St. Patrick was not born in Ireland. In which Roman province was he born?
Answer: Britain
Open this question6.Which musical instrument appears on the coat of arms of Ireland?
Answer: The harp
Open this question7.What is the name of Ireland in the Irish language?
Answer: Éire
Open this question8.Which river is the longest in Ireland?
Answer: The Shannon
Open this question9.Which brewer began making ale in 1759 at the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin?
Answer: Arthur Guinness
Open this question10.The Giant's Causeway is in which county of Northern Ireland?
Answer: County Antrim
Open this question11.The columns of the Giant's Causeway are made of which volcanic rock?
Answer: Basalt
Open this question12.Which Irish writer wrote the modernist novel "Ulysses"?
Answer: James Joyce
Open this question13.Which Dublin-born author wrote the 1897 novel "Dracula"?
Answer: Bram Stoker
Open this question14.Which author of "Gulliver's Travels" was dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin?
Answer: Jonathan Swift
Open this question15.Which Irish poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923?
Answer: W. B. Yeats
Open this question16.What name is given to the armed rebellion against British rule that broke out in Dublin in April 1916?
Answer: The Easter Rising
Open this question17.What are the three colors of the flag of Ireland?
Answer: Green, white and orange
Open this question18.What is the name of the lower house of the Irish parliament?
Answer: Dáil Éireann
Open this question19.What is the title of the head of government of Ireland?
Answer: Taoiseach
Open this question20.Which illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels is kept in the library of Trinity College Dublin?
Answer: The Book of Kells
Open this question21.In the Irish sport of hurling, what is the stick called?
Answer: A hurley (or camán)
Open this question22.Which Dublin stadium is the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association?
Answer: Croke Park
Open this question23.Which rock band was formed in Dublin in 1976?
Answer: U2
Open this question24.In which city was the RMS Titanic built?
Answer: Belfast
Open this question25.What are the four provinces of Ireland?
Answer: Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht
Open this question26.Ireland is known by which poetic nickname that refers to its green countryside?
Answer: The Emerald Isle
Open this question27.In Irish folklore, what is the usual trade of a leprechaun?
Answer: Shoemaker (cobbler)
Open this question28.Which US city dyes its river green each year for St. Patrick's Day?
Answer: Chicago
Open this question29.Which Neolithic passage tomb in Ireland, built around 3100 BC, is older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids?
Answer: Newgrange
Open this question30.Which High King of Ireland was killed at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014?
Answer: Brian Boru
Open this question31.In which year was the Irish Free State established?
Answer: 1922
Open this question32.What was the currency of Ireland before the euro?
Answer: The Irish pound (punt)
Open this question33.The Cliffs of Moher are in which Irish county?
Answer: County Clare
Open this question34.Which Irish writer, the son of Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin, wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
Answer: Oscar Wilde
Open this question35.The Irish dance show "Riverdance" was first performed as the interval act of which 1994 event?
Answer: The Eurovision Song Contest
Open this question36.Which river flows through the center of Dublin?
Answer: The Liffey
Open this question37.Who in 1990 became the first woman to be elected President of Ireland?
Answer: Mary Robinson
Open this question38.Halloween has its roots in which Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season?
Answer: Samhain
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