Geography
T/F Ireland is an island off the coast of Great Britain.
True
T/F Irish people do not like stories.
T/F St. Patrick's University is Ireland's oldest university.
False. It's Trinity College.
T/F St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
True
This is the capital city of Ireland.
What is Dublin?
According to archaeologists, people started arriving on the island in:
a. 10.000 B.C.
b. 6.500 B.C.
c. 1920 A.D.
B
This is the nickname of Ireland.
What is the Emerald Isle?
On St. Patrick's Day, people traditionally wear this color.
What is green?
Name one river in Ireland.
What is Shannon/ Liffey/ Boyne/ Moy/ Barrow?
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Name an Irish instrument.
fiddle, bodhrán, or penny whistle
According to legend, St. Patrick expelled all of these from the island.
What are snakes?
These cliffs off the coast of Ireland are 120 meters tall and provide dramatic views of the coastline and sea.
What are the cliffs of Moher?
This prehistoric monument, built around 3100 BC, is older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.
What is Newgrange?
Draw the Irish flag.
L-R [green vertical stripe, white vertical stripe, orange vertical stripe]
This date in March is called St. Patrick's day.
What is March 17th?
This is the name of the small chunk of the island that is a part of the United Kingdom.
What is Northern Ireland?
The head of the Irish government is called this.
What is Taoiseach?
(tee-shack)
These are the two official languages of Ireland
What are Gaelic and English?
Saint Patrick was originally from this place, before he was kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Britain (he was a Romano-Britain citizen)