Fleadh
Institutionalized arm of Irish music.
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Year the Good Friday Agreement was signed.
1998
Population of island of Ireland (to the closest million).
7,059,682 (2022 Census)
Town in which the novella is set.
New Ross
County where the story takes place.
Sligo
Annual festival to promote the Irish language
Oireachtas na Gaeilge
Loyalist politician and Presbyterian religious leader from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008.
Ian Paisley
Ireland has the second highest GDP per capita in the world, who is first?
Luxembourg
Year in which the last Magdalen Laundry closed.
1996
Where is Marianne's holiday home?
Trieste
Unaccompanied traditional solo singing in the Irish language.
Sean-nós
Month and year Bloody Sunday took place in Derry.
30th January 1972
Country which purchases most of Ireland's exports.
USA
“‘there’s girls out there that get in _________, that much you [Bill] do know.’ The blow was cheap”
trouble
‘Everyone likes you. And unlike most people you’re actually a nice person.’ - Character who utters these words.
Marianne
Host town of the 2025 Fleadh.
Wexford
In which county did the Omagh bombing take place?
Tyrone
Category of product which accounts for 37.3% of Ireland's exports.
Pharmaceutical
“such things had nothing to do with them, and that there was nothing they could do [. . .] If you want to get on in life, there’s things you need to ___________, so you can ______ on”
“such things had nothing to do with them, and that there was nothing they could do [. . .] If you want to get on in life, there’s things you need to ignore, so you can keep on”
Who gets 600 points in their Leaving Certificate?
Connell
Host town of the 2026 Fleadh.
Belfast
Current First Minister of Northern Ireland.
Michelle O'Neill
Category of product exported the most from Canada to Ireland.
Cereals
“[W]as there any point in being alive without _______ ___ _______?”
“[W]as there any point in being alive without helping one another?”
Which book do the two protagonists discuss?
The Communist Manifesto