Irish in Film/TV
This 2022 film features Colin Farrell, an Irish actor, portraying the crime boss known as The Penguin.
What is 'The Batman'?
This pink sea creature lives under a rock in Bikini Bottom in a popular animated TV series
Who is Patrick Star?
This is the correct pronunciation for the common girl's name, Siobhán, which means 'gracious.'
What is 'shi-von'?
The first day of Spring this year.
What is March 20th?
This is the unofficial emblem of Ireland
What is the shamrock? (Seamrog in Irish)
A soon to be released Irish thriller film on Netflix starring Liam Neeson, portraying a retired Irish assassin who is forced out of retirement.
What is 'In the Land of Saints and Sinners'?
The real name of this Irish American model and actress best known for her roles in Bay Watch and Scary Movie is Tara Leigh Patrick
Who is Carmen Electra?
This is the correct pronunciation for the common girls name, Síle, and means 'musical'
What is 'shee-lah'?
This day has its roots in the Neolithic Celtic festival of Imbolc, which relied on animal prophesying to determine the start of spring.
What is Groundhogs Day?
Carrying a four leaf clover is considered this because it was believed in ancient times to allow people to see evil spirits and fairies and therefore avoid misfortune.
What is 'a good luck charm'?
Ruth Negga, an Ethiopian-Irish actress, played Mildred Loving in this 2016 film about the famous Civil Rights Era, Supreme Court case.
What is 'Loving'?
The real name of this Irish guitarist best known for songs like Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love is James Patrick Page.
Who is Jimmy Page?
This is the correct pronunciation for the popular boy's name, Oisín, and means 'little deer.'
What is 'osh-een'?
This is a real physical and psychological reaction when the temperature rises, blood vessels dilate so body heat can be lost quickly so we experience an energetic, euphoric feeling
What is Spring Fever?
The presence of an extra leaflet on a 3-leaf clover is usually due to a genetic mutation and occurs at this rate (1 in …)
What is 1 in 10,000?
Roma Downey, an Irish actress, played an angel in this popular 1990s TV series
What is 'Touched by an Angel'?
The real name of this famous Irish American musician from the 1970s, best known for his song Pump it Up, is Declan Patrick Aloysious McManus
Who is Elvis Costello?
This is the correct pronunciation, for a traditional girls name Meadhbh, which means 'great joy'
What is 'may-veh'?
The 13 day festival that marks the first day of Spring marks and is celebrated in Iran and other parts of Central Asia for over 3,000 years
What is Persian New Year?
Clovers are very useful in agriculture for a variety of reasons, mostly they are a soil improving cover crop, and clovers do so by taking this common element out of the atmosphere and enriching the soil through its roots.
What is nitrogen?
This 1999 action thriller film features two Irish brothers who become vigilantes bent on ridding their hometown of evil
What is 'The Boondock Saints'?
Born Patrick Mathews, he is best known for his role of Keith Charles in the HBO series Six Feet Under and for this stage name.
Who is Mathew St Patrick?
This is the correct pronunciation for Tadgh, a common boys name that means “poet” or “philosopher”.
What is 'tige'? (like tiger)
This is a period in late winter or early spring when temperatures become unusually warm, before suddenly growing cold again.
What is a 'false spring'?
While the Trifolium genus of clovers are common to Ireland, this clover genus is native to the Americas and South Africa and is the kind of clover we typically find in stores throughout the US
What is Oxalis?