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Irish towns and cities: interesting facts - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 24 times
- The average score is 9 of 15
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| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| This city's name comes from the Gaelic corcaigh, meaning "marsh". | Cork | 95%
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| Once known as “The City of Sieges" due to all the battles in the 1600s, this poetic city is the country's third-largest. | Limerick | 74%
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| The name of this county town comes from the Scandinavian "Waesfjord". In Gaelic, however, it is called Loch Garman. | Wexford | 74%
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| This city's O'Connell Bridge is wider than it is long, the only such road bridge in Europe. | Dublin | 68%
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| Founded by the Vikings in 914 AD, this south-eastern city is Ireland's oldest. | Waterford | 68%
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| Lying on the River Corrib, this west coast city was built under King Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair in 1124. | Galway | 63%
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| The Battle of the Boyne took place near this town in County Louth. | Drogheda | 58%
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| In the First Desmond Rebellion in 1569, Irishmen unsuccessfully besieged this inland city in the province of Munster. | Kilkenny | 58%
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| Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone was captured in this Donegal town. | Letterkenny | 58%
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| This town in Co. Cork hosted the Eurovision song contest in 1993. | Millstreet | 58%
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| 1577, Irish rebel Lord Rory Oge O'More set fire to this town, the largest in Kildare. | Naas | 58%
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| This Co. Meath town, dating back to 1172, is the ninth-largest settlement in the republic. | Navan | 53%
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| It is possible to see Snowdonia from the local hill here, on a clear day. | Wicklow | 47%
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| The Norman invasion of Ireland began in 1169, near this Wexford village. | Bannow | 42%
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| This Dublin satellite town is the 5th-largest settlement in the country. | Tallaght | 42%
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