| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| County town of Carlow | Carlow | 100%
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| Bordering counties | Kildare | 100%
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| Bordering counties | Wexford | 100%
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| Bordering counties | Wicklow | 100%
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| Ireland's second longest river, which runs through Carlow | Barrow | 67%
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| Famous playwright whose mother's family was from Carlow, and after whom the theatre in the county town is named | George Bernard Shaw | 67%
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| Bordering counties | Kilkenny | 67%
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| Bordering counties | Laois | 67%
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| Province that Carlow is in | Leinster | 67%
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| Highest mountain in Carlow | Mount Leinster | 67%
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| Monument in the county town commemorating the 640 insurgents killed in the 1798 rebellion and buried in a mass grave | The Croppies Grave | 67%
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| Nickname for Carlow, "The ... County", based on stone structures in the county | Dolmen | 33%
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| Medical student and IRA soldier, executed at the age of 18 during the Irish War of Independence, who has a statue dedicated to him in the village of Rathvilly and also has a well known song written about him | Kevin Barry | 33%
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| Roman Catholic diocese with the county town as its cathedral town, "Kildare and ..." | Leighlin | 33%
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| Acclaimed Hollywood actress (4 Oscar nominations, for Atonement, Lady Bird, Brooklyn and Little Women) who was brought up in Ardattin, County Carlow | Saoirse Ronan | 33%
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| Nickname for Carlow people, based on a well known vegetable also called the spring onion | Scallion Eaters | 33%
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| A smaller river in Carlow, more associated with County Wexford | Slaney | 33%
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| Well known factory which closed in 2005. It had sister factories in Tuam, Mallow and Thurles | Sugar Beet | 33%
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| 2nd biggest town in Carlow with a population of 5,100 | Tullow | 33%
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| The annual Festival of Writing and Ideas is held here | Borrs House | 0%
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