Answer: Dingle Peninsula
The most westerly point on the mainland is Garraun Point, County Kerry.
If you want to go farther, the most westerly point under Irish jurisdiction is Tearaght Island in the Atlantic Ocean 12.5 km west of Dingle Peninsula.
From Quiz: An Irish Geography Primer: Paper Two
Answer: Dublin
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is on the east coast of Ireland. The name comes from the Gaelic 'Dubh Linn', which means 'black pool', where the river Poddle met the Liffey to form a deep pool. This is located under Dublin Castle and forms part of the tour of Dublin Castle.
The Book of Kells, is a vellum manuscript of the four Gospels, written around 800 A.D. It is housed in the old library in Trinity College and two volumes are on display, one showing a decorated page and one showing script.
The Guinness Storehouse is located at the original Guinness brewery at St. James' Gate.
The Phoenix Park is one of Europe's largest parks (1752 acres) and includes the residence of the President of Ireland, Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Zoo and a visitor centre.
From Quiz: Round Ireland Trip
Answer: From the Irish word "corcach," meaning marsh
Cork comes the Irish word for "marsh" or "marshy". The modern Irish spelling is Corcaigh. It has nothing to do with the kind of cork you will find in a wine or liquor bottle! The city of Cork was built on low-lying marshy ground that was originally a group of islands in a river.
From Quiz: Cork
Answer: St. Oliver Plunkett
St. Oliver Plunkett was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1681. His head can be seen in St. Peter's Church, located on West Street in Drogheda.
From Quiz: Ireland's Drogheda
Answer: Lough Neagh
Not only is Lough Neagh the largest freshwater lake in Northern Ireland and Ireland but also the largest in the British Isles. It has an area of 151 sq miles. To put that into context, it is almost 20 miles in length and 9 miles in width. The lake is also a boundary to five Ulster counties, namely Tyrone, Derry, Antrim, Down and Armagh.
From Quiz: The Four Fine Provinces of Ireland
Answer: The Orchard County
County Armagh is in the province of Ulster. It is one of the six counties in Northern Ireland. It is called the "Orchard County" because the land is conducive for growing apples. The Irish name for Armagh is Ard Mhacha. The county colours of Armagh are orange and white.
From Quiz: County Nicknames of Ireland
Answer: The Europa
Opened in July 1971, at the start of over 25 years of political conflict known as 'the Troubles', the Europa Hotel is said to have been the target of - or suffered damage in - no less than 33 bombings between 1972 and 1993, mostly carried out by the IRA. The hotel stands beside the beautiful Grand Opera House, where Hillary Clinton spoke to community workers including myself in 1995, and across the road from the famously ornate Crown Liquor Saloon with its carved wooden columns, 'snugs', mosaic floor and granite-topped bar counter.
From Quiz: Landmarks of Ireland (1)
Answer: Molly Malone
Molly Malone's statue is situated off Grafton Street in Dublin city centre. It is a bronze life-sized statue and is a well-known tourist attraction. The song "Molly Malone" has been sung by many artists, including The Chieftains.
From Quiz: Dublin's Fair City
Answer: 6,552,385
One million people died from starvation and accompanying disease in the Great Hunger caused by the failure of the potato crop between 1845-50, and nearly two million more emigrated as a consequence in little more than 10 years. Poverty and the threat of further famine led to a long tradition of emigration to North America, Australia and Britain. In 1926, the Irish population sank to a post-Great Hunger low of 4.2 million, but by 2009 it had climbed to nearly 6.2 million (though still lower than before the Great Hunger).
From Quiz: Ireland: The Emerald Isle
Answer: Armagh
Armagh is the county town of Co Armagh, and, in 2009, was the smallest place in Ireland to hold city status. St Patrick's Cathedral (Church of Ireland) was built there in the 5th century AD, whilst the Roman Catholic St Patrick's Cathedral dates from the late 19th century.
From Quiz: Alphabetical Tour of Ireland
Answer: Leinster
In native Irish, Dublin is Dubh Linn, which means "black pool". Dublin is also the name of the capital city of the Republic of Ireland. The Liffey River flows through the capital. Famous sons of County Dublin have included Bono of U2 fame, Padraig Harrington, a well decorated Irish golfer, and James Joyce, a worldwide renowned novelist.
From Quiz: Lovely Lovely Ireland
Answer: The Princess Bride
Called the Cliffs of the Ruin, The Killer Cliffs, and the Cliffs of Insanity in the film, "The Princess Bride" (1987), whichever you choose to call them, one thing is for certain, they have been unchanged throughout the millennium. Over the centuries, layers of Namurian shale, siltstone and sandstone have formed the cliffs. The oldest of the rock formations are at the bottom. River channels cutting through the base of the cliffs date back 300 million years. The origin of the name derived from a ruined promontory fort, Mothar, which was demolished during Napoleon's reign in Europe. "Sense and Sensibility"(1995), is a film based on the 1811 novel by Jane Austen. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002), is based on a novel by J.K. Rowling. "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991), starred Kevin Costner as Robin and Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
From Quiz: Come Take a Tour of the Cliffs of Moher
Answer: all of these
I don't know how many buses went past me on my first day here... Since there are so many buses, and many of them have parallel routes around the city centre, the bus only stops to pick you up when you explicitly signal the driver to. DublinBus is also operating an Exact Fare policy - if you don't have your EUR 1.35 (that was the fare in 2006, anyway), the driver won't give you any change. You'll get a receipt and have to pick up your change at the service centre.
A Leap Card is a reusable plastic smart card that can be charged with travel credit and be used instead of cash to pay for your fare.
It is considered polite to thank the driver when you get off the bus, and most of the Irish (and tourists) do so.
From Quiz: A Tourist In Dublin
Answer: Liffey
The Liffey was originally a very wide and shallow river until its bank were narrowed and raised so ships could pass.
From Quiz: Dublin, Ireland
Answer: 9
Everyone thinks that Ulster is only Northern Ireland, but the counties of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan were left out when they were partitioning Ireland in the 1920's
From Quiz: Failte go hEireann
Answer: 26
The island of Ireland has a total of 32 counties of which 26 are in the Republic of Ireland..
From Quiz: Geography of Ireland
Answer: Atlantic
Ireland is surrounded on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean and on the eastern side by the Irish Sea. The Atlantic coasts are very obviously indented with bays, harbours and inlets, over which high cliffs dominate. The eastern coast is far less indented.
From Quiz: Tireolas from Ireland
Answer: Donegal
The village of Killybegs is situated on an inlet of Donegal Bay. As well as fishing, the village also has a hand-knotted carpet industry.
From Quiz: Clare To Here
Answer: The library at Trinity College
Written in Latin by monks around 800 A.D., it's a beautifully scripted manuscript of the Four Gospels.
From Quiz: A Trip To Ireland
Answer: Cork
Legend has it that anyone who kisses the Blarney Stone will be blessed with the gift of gab!
From Quiz: Touring Ireland
Answer: Letterkenny
The River Swilly runs into Lough Swilly (like most rivers and loughs in Ireland) and flows north to meet the Atlantic ocean.
From Quiz: Running Rivers of Ireland
Answer: Wexford
Wexford is located in the south eastern corner of Ireland, it measures 908 sq miles, and was given its Charter by King John in 1210. The name was derived by the Danish name 'Weissfjord' and is also known as 'Loch Garman'.
From Quiz: The Counties of Ireland
Answer: Leitrim.
The small strip of coastline of Leitrim faces Donegal Bay in the northwest of the country.
From Quiz: Any town in Ireland could be home
Answer: Cork
Kissing this stone is reputed to give loquacity or "the gift of the gab". The stone is at the top of one of the castle walls, to kiss it requires quite a head for heights.
From Quiz: The Emerald Isle
Answer: "The Soldier's Song"
In 1926, the chorus of a poem by Peadar Kearney was set to music by Kearney and Patrick Heeney and was adopted as the national anthem. The Irish words "bearna baoil" remain in the official English translation, and mean "gap of danger". In Irish Gaelic, it is called "Amhran na Bhfiann".
From Quiz: The Luck of the Irish
Answer: green, white, orange
The Irish flag is known as the 'Tricolour'.
From Quiz: The Big Ireland Quiz!
Answer: Kildare
Named after St. Brigid's monastery, this inland county has been associated with horse racing for centuries.
From Quiz: The 'Kil'ling Fields Of Ireland
Answer: The Romans never occupied Ireland
Although the Roman occupation of Britain lasted for about 400 years, they never occupied Ireland. The notion of the Romans invading Ireland has long been a source of discussion. Roman artefacts have been found in Ireland (possibly brought over from England) but there has never been evidence of Roman camps or settlement in Ireland.
From Quiz: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Answer: Limerick
The Treaty Stone, Limerick's most famous landmark, can be found next to King John's Castle. The stone is said to be the one on which the Treaty of Limerick was signed in 1691.
From Quiz: Which Irish County Or Town?
Answer: Louth
Millmount has always been a vital part of the towns defense system. Originally a military barracks it now comprises of a museum, a restaurant and a craft centre.
From Quiz: The Best of Irish
Answer: Dublin
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.
From Quiz: Top o the mornin' to you
Answer: Dublin
The 2016 Census gave Co. Dublin a population of 1.345m.
About 553,000 of that population lived in Dublin City, the capital of the Republic of Ireland.
From Quiz: An Irish Geography Primer: Paper Two
Answer: Brú na Bóinne
Brú na Bóinne, means 'Palace of the Boyne' and is a complex of three passage tombs, Newgrange, Dowth and Knowth, built approx. 5000 years ago in the Neolithic age. At dawn on the Winter Solstice the sun shines into the largest of the tombs, Newgrange. There is an annual lottery for people to be present at the event.
Also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sceilg Mhichíl is a wind blown, steep sided rocky island off the SW coast of Ireland that is home to a monastic complex from about the seventh century. It was used for scenes for 'Star Wars Ep. VII'.
Carrowkeel complex, is in County Sligo and contains a number of cairns, examples of Neolithic art and an ancient village site.
Stonehenge is in England.
From Quiz: Round Ireland Trip
Answer: 6th century AD
St. Finbarr is said to have founded a monastery at the site of Cork in the 6th century AD. When the Vikings invaded Ireland in the 10th century, they established a trading center where the modern city now stands. Eventually the Viking invaders intermarried with the native Irish and adopted Irish ways and the Irish language. St. Finbarr is still regarded as the patron saint of Cork.
From Quiz: Cork
Answer: Socks Byrne
Tony Byrne, or Socks Byrne, was born in 1930 in Drogheda, Ireland. Socks won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The town of Drogheda displayed a statue in his honor in 2006.
From Quiz: Ireland's Drogheda
Answer: Cavan
The River Shannon rises in the Shannon Pot which can be found in the Cuilcagh Mountain in County Cavan. From here the River Shannon travels south and then west where it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean. As it does so it travels through or between 11 other counties in Ireland and flows through the provinces of Connacht in the west and Munster in the south. The river's journey ends when it enters the ocean at Limerick.
From Quiz: The Four Fine Provinces of Ireland
Answer: The Garden County
County Wicklow is in the province of Leinster. The Irish name for Wicklow is Chill Mhantáin. The county motto of Wicklow is "Meanma Saor", which means "Free Spirits". Wicklow is the 17th largest county in Ireland in terms of land size.
From Quiz: County Nicknames of Ireland
Answer: 'The Quiet Man'
The film starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Victor McLaglen, was filmed on location mostly in the grounds of Ashford Castle in Cong, with the village itself used to create the fictional village of Innisfree where ex-boxer Sean Thornton (Wayne) returns to his family farm and marries Mary Kate Danaher (O'Hara). Other scenes were shot in a variety of locations throughout Counties Mayo and Galway. 'The Quiet Man' was nominated for seven Oscars, winning two (including Best Director) - but neither John Wayne or Maureen O'Hara received nominations.
From Quiz: Landmarks of Ireland (1)
Answer: Croke Park
Situated on the north side of the city, Croke Park is the home of Ireland's native sports, Gaelic Football and Hurling. Croke Park has also been used as a venue for concerts and is frequently used as a conference venue.
From Quiz: Dublin's Fair City
Answer: Céide Fields
The Céide Fields at Ballycastle, County Mayo, comprises a huge 24 square mile Neolithic site of arranged fields divided by stone walls, houses and tombs. They are preserved beneath bogland, dating back to 3500 BC. This is older than Ireland's most famous Stone Age burial mound at Newgrange and around 1,000 years older than Stonehenge. Céide Fields illustrates the history of a sizable farming community who cleared this site of forest to graze cattle and for fuel. The site was discovered only at the start of the 1980s.
From Quiz: Ireland: The Emerald Isle