Irish Movie Trivia
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50 free Irish Movie trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
From John Ford's The Quiet Man to Martin McDonagh's Banshees of Inisherin, Irish cinema has produced Oscar winners, cult soul bands, animated folklore and a Cannes Palme d'Or. These Irish movie trivia questions cover the films made in and about Ireland, the directors Sheridan, Jordan, Carney and the McDonaghs, Cartoon Saloon's animations, and stars from Daniel Day-Lewis to Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy. Every answer is sourced, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss.
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Q 01Who directed The Quiet Man, winning a record fourth Best Director Oscar?
John Ford
John Ford won it only after Republic's boss, doubting the script, made him first shoot the Western Rio Grande with the same two stars.
Q 02Who stars opposite John Wayne in The Quiet Man?
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara's family said The Quiet Man was her favourite film, and they played its music in her final hours in 2015.
Q 03In My Left Foot, what condition does Christy Brown have?
Cerebral palsy
Christy Brown had cerebral palsy, and to play him Daniel Day-Lewis learned to write and paint with his feet.
Q 04My Left Foot was the directorial debut of which Irish filmmaker?
Jim Sheridan
Jim Sheridan's crew had to wheel Day-Lewis around, lift him over equipment and even feed him, because the star stayed in character in his wheelchair.
Q 05Which Dublin writer's novel was The Commitments adapted from?
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle, a Dublin teacher tired of rejections, self-published the novel in 1987 before William Heinemann picked it up for the UK.
Q 06What kind of music does Jimmy Rabbitte's band play in The Commitments?
Soul
To cast Jimmy's soul band, Alan Parker auditioned dozens of local Dublin bands and even dragged street buskers in to try out.
Q 07Which future Oscar winner played guitarist Outspan Foster in The Commitments?
Glen Hansard
Glen Hansard left school at 13 to busk on Dublin's streets and had formed his band The Frames before filming began.
Q 08Which American singer does the band keep waiting for in The Commitments?
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett is the draw: veteran trumpeter Joey "The Lips" Fagan claims to have played with him and promises he will sing with the band.
Q 09Which song from Once won the Oscar for Best Original Song?
Falling Slowly
Falling Slowly won, but Marketa Irglova was ushered off before she could speak, so host Jon Stewart brought her back after the break for her speech.
Q 10Where does the Guy busk at the start of Once?
Grafton Street
Grafton Street scenes were shot without permits and with a long lens.
Q 11What household appliance does the Girl ask the Guy to fix in Once?
A vacuum cleaner
The Girl returns the next day with her broken vacuum cleaner and tells the Guy she is a musician too, and they start playing together.
Q 12Which instrument does the Girl play in Once?
The piano
The piano is beyond the Girl's means, so she plays a display model in a music shop, and before leaving for London the Guy buys her one of her own.
Q 13In In Bruges, who does rookie hitman Ray accidentally kill on his first job?
A child
Ray's bullet, meant for a priest in confession, kills a child, so boss Harry sends him and Ken to lie low in Bruges.
Q 21Who plays the captured British soldier Jody in The Crying Game?
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker's Jody shows IRA man Fergus a photo of his girlfriend Dil and asks him to look her up in London if he dies.
Q 22Who plays the title role in Neil Jordan's Michael Collins?
Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson's Michael Collins was judged so historically important that Ireland's censor passed it with a PG, letting parents decide if children could see it.
Q 23Which Hollywood star plays Kitty Kiernan in Michael Collins?
Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts's Kitty Kiernan is loved by both Collins and his best friend Harry Boland, who later breaks with Collins over the Treaty.
Q 14The Banshees of Inisherin is set during which war?
Civil War
Civil War fighting on the mainland in 1923 stays in the background, an echo of the feud between two old friends on the island.
Q 15What does Colm threaten to do each time Padraic speaks to him in Banshees?
Cut off one of his own fingers
Colm means it: he does cut off one of his own fingers, the left index, and throws it at Padraic's door.
Q 16What is the name of Padraic's beloved miniature donkey in Banshees?
Jenny
Jenny the donkey dies, so Padraic vows to burn down Colm's house, and the next afternoon he does.
Q 17Which instrument does Colm play in The Banshees of Inisherin?
The fiddle
Colm plays the fiddle and ends the friendship to spend his remaining years composing music he will be remembered for.
Q 18Which prize did Colin Farrell win at Venice for Banshees?
The Volpi Cup
After the Volpi Cup, Colin Farrell earned his first Oscar nomination for Padraic, but Best Actor went to Brendan Fraser for The Whale.
Q 19Which Wexford town does Eilis leave behind in Brooklyn?
Enniscorthy
Eilis leaves Enniscorthy for a job in Brooklyn, but when her sister Rose dies she returns home and must choose which life to keep.
Q 20Who wrote the screenplay for Brooklyn?
Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby's script takes the story one step past the novel's open ending.
Q 24Which film about two Cork brothers won the 2006 Palme d'Or?
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
In The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Cork brothers Damien and Teddy fight the British side by side, then split over the 1921 Treaty and turn on each other.
Q 25In Sing Street, why does Conor form a band?
To impress a girl
Conor forms a band to impress a girl, Raphina, and asks her to star in the band's first music video.
Q 26Which pop star co-wrote and sang Go Now for Sing Street?
Adam Levine
Adam Levine first teamed up with John Carney on Begin Again, and came back to co-write Go Now for Sing Street.
Q 27Which American actor partners Brendan Gleeson's Garda sergeant in The Guard?
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle plays FBI agent Wendell Everett, sent over a big cocaine deal, who cannot tell if Gleeson's sergeant is really dumb or really smart.
Q 28In Calvary, what does the confessor give Father James a week to do?
Put his affairs in order before dying
His abuser is dead, so the confessor plans to kill a good priest instead, giving Father James a week to put his affairs in order before dying.
Q 29Which Irish animation studio made the films Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers?
Cartoon Saloon
After Disney's Mulan, Tomm Moore and his college friends set out to make an animated feature from Irish art, and Cartoon Saloon grew from that plan.
Q 30Tomm Moore's 2009 debut feature tells the story of which object's creation?
The Book of Kells
To help finish the Book of Kells, young Brendan disobeys his abbot uncle and ventures beyond the monastery walls to gather nuts for ink.