Q 01/05

Which Cork harbour town, then called Queenstown, was the Titanic's final port of call?

A) Kinsale

B) Cobh

C) Youghal

D) Bantry

Answer · why

B) Cobh

Cobh was known as Queenstown from 1849 until 1920, renamed during a visit by Queen Victoria. Of the 123 passengers who boarded the Titanic there, only...

Q 02/05

Which rocky island off Kerry, site of an early monastery, became Luke Skywalker's refuge in Star Wars?

A) Great Blasket

B) Valentia Island

C) Scattery Island

D) Skellig Michael

Answer · why

D) Skellig Michael

Skellig Michael doubled as the planet Ahch-To in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. Monks founded its monastery between the 6th and 8th centuries, a...

Q 03/05

Which north-coast county contains the Giant's Causeway and its roughly 40,000 basalt columns?

A) Antrim

B) Down

C) Derry

D) Donegal

Answer · why

A) Antrim

Antrim's famous columns came from an ancient volcanic eruption, though legend says the giant Fionn mac Cumhaill built them as a path to fight a Scotti...

Q 04/05

Which county on the border with Northern Ireland is the smallest on the island by area?

A) Monaghan

B) Leitrim

C) Louth

D) Cavan

Answer · why

C) Louth

Louth is known as the Wee County, and well over half of its people live in just two towns, Dundalk and Drogheda.

Q 05/05

Which county in the Republic of Ireland reaches further north than any part of Northern Ireland?

A) Monaghan

B) Donegal

C) Sligo

D) Cavan

Answer · why

B) Donegal

Donegal shares a small border with only one other county in the Republic, so the rest of its land boundary is with Northern Ireland.