Which Irish County Or Town? Trivia Quiz

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.

Answer: Tipperary

As well as being a railway junction, the village of Limerick Junction is also famous for horseracing.

Answer: Cork

In 1915 the Lusitania was torpedoed, off the Head of Kinsale, with a loss of 1,198 lives, 761 people were saved. The Old Head now boasts a stunning golf course.

Answer: Antrim

The Giant's Causeway is comprised of over forty thousand hexagonal shaped basalt columns that have survived over sixty million years.

Answer: Clare

Although Bunratty Castle is only eight miles from Limerick city, it is in County Clare. Bunratty Castle and Folk Park are Ireland's leading tourist attraction. The castle was built in 1425. Medieval banquets are held there every night. The folk park recreates 19th century Ireland, features include a village street, farmhouses, a watermill, a forge and a church.

Answer: Belfast

The twin cranes nicknamed 'Samson and Goliath' tower over the Harland and Wolff shipyard in East Belfast and are visible throughout most of the city.

Answer: Dublin

The Book of Kells is on display in the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin. The book was written around 800AD and is believed to have been written by monks in the scriptorium at Iona.

Answer: Antrim

The ruins of Dunluce Castle stand on a 100ft high basalt stack with a sea cave underneath. The castle is located on the edge of the cliff, so close in fact that during a dinner in 1639 part of the kitchens fell into the sea, killing many of the kitchen staff.

Answer: Kildare

The 958 acre, 288 box, National Stud aim is to improve the quality of the bloodstock. In the Japanese Gardens the 'Life of Man' is depicted through the landscape of the gardens, which were created between 1906 and 1910.

Answer: Clare

The Cliffs are 8km long and 214m high. O'Brien's Tower, built in 1835, is an excellent vantage point for viewing the cliffs.

Answer: Wicklow

Glendalough, means 'Glen of the Two Lakes', and was founded by St. Kevin.

Answer: Dublin

Each year on the sixteenth of June, fans of James Joyce's Ulysses follow the progress of Leopold Bloom's day through the streets AND pubs of Dublin.

Answer: Waterford

Reginald's Tower has stood on Waterford's quays for more than a thousand years and is the oldest urban civic building in the country.

Answer: Galway

The Spanish Arch is almost all that remains of the old city walls. Originally known as Ceann an Bhalla (Head of the Wall) it is now known as the Spanish Arch. This title refers to the Spanish galleons that often docked under the arch.

Answer: Derry

The Temple, inspired by the Tivoli Temple of Vesta, was built by the Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry in the grounds of Downhill Castle. The cliff on which the Temple is built is eroding and the National Trust is examining ways to save the building.

Answer: Donegal

Malin Head is Ireland's most northernmost point. Malin Head is located at latitude 55 27 north.

Answer: Cork

Mizen Head is Ireland's southernmost point at latitude 51 27 north. In a northern and southern direction, the maximum length of Ireland is 486 km (302 miles).

Answer: Meath

Newgrange is a Megalithic Passage Tomb and was built about 3200 BC. The passage is built in such a way that the winter solstice illuminates the passage and chamber. The light shines in for about a quarter of an hour each morning from 19 to 23 December.

Answer: Kildare

Many of the scenes were filmed in the Curragh. The extras for the battle scenes were drawn from the FCA, Ireland's reserve defence force.

Answer: Limerick

The collection, which has been on display in the University of Limerick since 1976, recently moved to the refurbished Old Custom House. The collection consists of over two thousand pieces, ranging from the Neolithic era to the twentieth century. John and Gertrude Hunt put the collection together.

Answer: Wexford

Filming of the movie moved from the UK to Ireland after the British Ministry of Defence failed to provide soldiers to act as extras in the film. The FCA in Ireland stepped in again!!

Answer: Down

Scrabo Tower is situated at the head of Strangford Lough overlooking Newtownards. It was built in 1857, as a memorial to the Third Marquis of Londonderry.

Answer: Clare

The limestone covered Burren occupies about 300 square kilometres of northwest Clare. Oliver Cromwell described it as 'a barren place with not enough water to drown a man, not a tree to hang him from, or enough soil to bury him in'.

Answer: Fermanagh

The pottery comes from a village of the same name. Pottery has been made there since the 1850's.

Answer: Limerick

The Abbey is situated about twelve miles from Limerick city, just outside a village called Murroe. Once the home of the local British landowners, it is now a Benedictine monastery and a boys' boarding school. The monks are renowned for their Gregorian Chant and in 1995 they were the interval act at the Eurovision Song Contest!!