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45 Famous People from Ireland - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 328 times
34 since last reset
- The average score is 19 of 45
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Frontman of the rock band U2 | Bono | 88%
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| Actor who portrayed Tommy Shelby in the series Peaky Blinders | Cillian Murphy | 81%
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| Novelist who wrote Ulysses | James Joyce | 81%
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| Singer who performed the song Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinead O'Connor | 81%
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| Founder of the famous Dublin brewery | Arthur Guinness | 78%
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| Author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula | Bram Stoker | 72%
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| Mixed martial artist and UFC champion | Conor McGregor | 72%
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| Singer-songwriter and a member of the boy band One Direction | Niall Horan | 66%
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| Novelist who wrote The Portrait of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 66%
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| Actor who portrayed T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia | Peter O'Toole | 63%
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| Actress who played in Atonement, Brooklyn and Ladybird | Saoirse Ronan | 63%
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| Actor who played James Bond | Pierce Brosnan | 59%
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| Singer known for her Celtic and New Age stylings | Enya | 53%
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| Author of Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | 53%
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| Lead singer of The Cranberries | Dolores O'Riordan | 50%
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| Leading figure in the Irish struggle for independence | Michael Collins | 47%
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| Most capped player and the top goal scorer of Ireland | Robbie Keane | 47%
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| Playwright who wrote Pygmalion and Saint Joan | George Bernard Shaw | 44%
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| Lead singer of the rock band The Boomtown Rats | Bob Geldof | 41%
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| Actor who played in Phone Booth, The Recruit and Daredevil | Colin Farrell | 41%
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| Actor who played Dumbledore in the early Harry Potter films | Richard Harris | 41%
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| Novelist who wrote the 1953 play Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | 41%
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| Comedy chat show host | Graham Norton | 38%
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| Lead singer of boyband group Boyzone | Ronan Keating | 38%
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| Actor who played in Steve Jobs and 12 Years a Slave | Michael Fassbender | 34%
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| Actor who rose to fame in Normal People and starred in Gladiator II | Paul Mescal | 34%
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| Poet who wrote Sailing to Byzantinum | William Butler Yeats | 34%
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| Anglo-Irish explorer who led three expeditions to the Antarctic | Ernest Shackleton | 31%
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| CEO of Ryanair airline | Michael O'Leary | 31%
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| Political leader referred as 'the Liberator' | Daniel O'Connell | 28%
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| Female professional boxer and world champion | Katie Taylor | 28%
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| First female president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 | Mary Robinson | 28%
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| President of Ireland from 2011 to 2025 | Michael D. Higgins | 28%
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| Long distance runner and world champion in athletics | Sonia O'Sullivan | 28%
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| Actor who played in The Usual Suspects and Miller’s Crossing | Gabriel Byrne | 25%
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| Famous redhead who often played in westerns and adventure films | Maureen O'Hara | 25%
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| Captain of the Ireland rugby team from 2003 until 2012 | Brian O'Driscoll | 22%
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| Founder of a F1 team which operated from 1991 to 2005 | Eddie Jordan | 19%
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| Comedian and the star of sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys | Brendan O'Carroll | 16%
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| Actress who won Oscars for Best Actress for her role in Hamnet | Jessie Buckley | 16%
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| Crime reporter who was shot dead by drug lords in 1996 | Veronica Guerin | 16%
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| Female pirate and partner of Calico Jack Rackham | Anne Bonny | 13%
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| Second of only two cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories | Stephen Roche | 6%
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| Female sprinter and national record holder from the 60m up to the 400m | Rhasidat Adeleke | 0%
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| Antarctic explorer who participated in three British expeditions | Tom Crean | 0%
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