County Wicklow Quiz

County town of Wicklow

 

Province that Wicklow is in

 

Seaside tourist destination on the northern border

 

Female Olympic boxer born in the above

 

Singer of "Too Sweet" also born in question 3

Estate known for its waterfall that is the tallest in Ireland

 

Wicklow is known as the "... of Ireland"

 

Tallest mountain in Wicklow (and Leinster)

 

One of Ireland's most famous monastic settlements, founded by St Kevin, built beside two lakes

Stately home, from which valuable artworks were stolen several times, including a Vermeer (which was stolen and recovered twice)

 

Notorious British heiress and IRA member who was involved in the first of the above art thefts

 

Irish crime boss known as "The General", who was involved in another of the art thefts mentioned above

 

Well known reservoir and nature reserve on Blessington Lakes

River, that is also the name of a town, that flows into the Irish Sea through Arklow. Where the Avonmore and Avonbeg meet to form this river is a beauty spot known as "The Meeting of the Waters"

 

BBC drama series (1996-2001) starring Dervla Kirwan and Stephen Tompkinson, which was largely filmed in the town mentioned in the above

 

Irish poet and songwriter who immortalised the Meeting of the Waters in a song of the same name

 

Bordering counties