Just the Facts
Capital of Ireland
What is Dublin?
Sacred gateway between the mortal world and the other world of the fairies
What are fairy trees?
The Blarney Stone is here
What is Blarney Castle?
March 17
What is the date he died?
It's at the end of the rainbow
What is a pot of gold?
Believed to be used by St. Patrick to explain the Trinity
What is a shamrock?
St. Patrick is believed to have driven these out of Ireland
What are snakes?
Appropriate way to kiss the Blarney Stone
What is lay on your back?
Birthplace of St. Patrick
What is Britain?
Main trade of the leprechauns
What is a shoemaker?
Location of 1st St. Patrick's Day Parade
What is New York?
Shapeshifter with the power of human speech that exaggerates the truth
What is a pooka?
One believes to receive this upon kissing the Blarney Stone
What are 3 wishes?
His father's profession
What was a Christian deacon?
A human receives this if he/she captures a leprechaun
What are 3 wishes?
Dish that replace pork and potatoes among Irish-American immigrants
What is corned beef and cabbage?
A female spirit who wails outside a home to warn of the imminent death of a family member
What is an Irish Banshee?
125 steps
What one must climb to reach the Blarney stone?
Age at which St. Patrick was imprisoned by Irish raiders
What is 16?
Height of a leprechaun
What is 2-3' tall?
Event in Ireland in 1845 causing close to 1 million poor, uneducated Irish Catholics to head to America
What is the Great Potato Famine?
Most haunted castle in Dublin and in the world
What is Leap Castle, located in Dublin, is the most haunted castle in the world?
Found in gardens of Blarney Castle ad believed to hold the spirit of the Witch of Blarney
What is the witch stone?
Patrick's profession escaping Ireland and returning to Britain
What was a priest?
An instrument played by leprechauns
fiddle, harp