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What does An Gorta Mor mean?
The great hunger
This river separates the "posh" and "gritty" sides of Dublin
What is the Liffy.
How long can you hold a ball in your hand in hurling?
4ish seconds or steps
What do the different colors on Ireland's flag represent.
Green - catholic
Orange - protestant
White - peace
What was the most popular deasise to die from on a coffin ship.
Cholera
What does it mean if someone is described as being "scarlet"?
embarrassed
What was the only American city with a jersey displaced at Croak Park?
New York City
How many American football feilds can fit in the pitch at Croak Park?
2
Women also play hurling, but it is called this instead
Camogie
What was Joseph Plunkett granted permission to do before being executed in 1916?
marry
What word is derived from painters sneaking alcohol ment to be used for their job?
plastered
What cardinal direction are the Cliffs of Mohr from Dublin?
West
How many ghosts haunt Malihide Castle? Name one.
2: the lady in white and Puk (the jester)
This famous marble is thought to get its green coloring from grass that was taken underground.
Connemara Marble
Charlie Chaplin was a member of this group.
Roma
What does it mean to "lose face"?
Your make-up melting off.
What city is known as the city of the tribes?
Galway
Prior to the potato blight, on average how many potatoes is Irish people eat a day?
25
What particularly Dublin holiday is celebrated on June 16th? What does it celebrate?
Blooms day. The legacy of James Joyce and his most famous work, Ulysses.
(The day is named after Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses, the events of which take place on Thursday, 16 June 1904.)
What famous dead fish monger / lady of the night is thought to still roam the streets of Dublin with her cart?
Molly Malone
What word is derived from the Viking language for "dirty pool of water"?
Dublin
What famous Irish band filmed a music video in the East Wing Kilmainham Goal.
U2
UCD started as an alternative university for Catholics with how many students ?
17
There are 40,000 people of this group, descend from the Kelts, living in Ireland.
Travelers
On the Late Show with Jimmy Falon, Lilly Collin (Phil Collin's daughter) related the story of this ghost of a 7-year old girl who haunts the Shelbourne Hotel.
Mary Masters