Famous Irish people (Long List) - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Oskar Schindler	Liam Neeson	79%
Tax avoiding singer of mediocre rock band	Bono	77%
Tore up a photo of the Pope	Sinead O'Connor	72%
Reknowned author sentenced to 2 years hard labour for gross indecency with men	Oscar Wilde	71%
Nominated for Golden Raspberry for Mamma Mia	Pierce Brosnan	64%
Wrote novel about Leopold Bloom and his encounters in 1 day in Dublin	James Joyce	63%
19th century author who set out most of the modern conventions for vampires	Bram Stoker	56%
Seen as one of the greatest footballers ever	George Best	55%
Founder of one of the most famous beer brands in the world	Arthur Guinness	52%
Founded Band Aid who raised $24 million (USD) for famine relief in Ethiopia	Bob Geldof	52%
Won a Golden Globe for Lady Bird	Saoirse Ronan	50%
Spent an entire movie in a phone booth	Colin Farrell	48%
Ferocious footballer who made his name at Manchester United	Roy Keane	43%
Wrote about a lion who many believe to have parallels with Jesus Christ	C.S. Lewis	42%
Current host of Eurovision in UK	Graham Norton	42%
Scarecrow (Batman)	Cillian Murphy	41%
4 time Grammy Award winner for Best New Age Album	Enya	39%
Big talking martial artist	Conor McGregor	38%
Waiting for Godot playwright	Samuel Beckett	38%
Wants to have one more Moondance with you	Van Morrison	36%
For who the main thoroughfare in Dublin is named	Daniel O'Connell	31%
Westmeath-native once part of the world's biggest boy band	Niall Horan	31%
Mr Grey	Jamie Dornan	30%
Lead singer in a band with her 2 sisters and brother	Andrea Corr	29%
The Guard	Brendan Gleeson	28%
Starred in 5 movies alongside John Wayne, including The Quiet Man	Maureen O'Hara	28%
Starred in the good Steve Jobs movie	Michael Fassbender	28%
CEO of a much maligned, but very profitable, airline	Michael O'Leary	24%
"When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire..."	W. B. Yeats	24%
Bassist and singer whose band's first hit was Whiskey In The Jar	Phil Lynott	23%
3 time golf major winner	Padraig Harrington	22%
Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995	Seamus Heaney	22%
Mrs Brown	Brendan O'Carroll	18%
Ancient High King of Ireland	Brian Boru	17%
Comedian and Stargazer	Dara Ó Briain	17%
Had a massive hit singing Teenage Kicks	Feargal Sharkey	17%
Director of Thor	Kenneth Branagh	17%
The Hound of Ulster	Cú Chulainn	15%
Bernard Black in Black Books - also writer and creator	Dylan Moran	15%
Known as The Clones Cyclone	Barry McGuigan	14%
His autobiography is named Borstal Boy	Brendan Behan	14%
The most iconic voice in Irish folk music	Luke Kelly	13%
Made her name in The Commitments	Bronagh Gallagher	11%
Song "Grace" is told from the perspective of this Easter Rising leader	Joseph Plunkett	10%
Former lead singer of The Blizzards and The Voice Ireland judge	Niall Breslin	10%
Leader of the United Irishmen	Wolfe Tone	10%
First woman to have a cabinet position in Dáil Éireann and first women to be elected MP at Westminster	Countess Markievicz	7%
"We spend our lives on the run. We get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, go to work by the clock, get up again, go to work – and then we retire. And what do they ... give us? A clock."	Dave Allen	7%
Former WWE champion who as a demonic alter-ego	Fergal Devitt	7%
Hurler with the most All Ireland titles	Henry Shefflin	7%
Gaelic Footballer with most senior championship appearances (as of August 2018)	Stephen Cluxton	6%
Plays Beric Dondarrion in Game of Thrones	Richard Dormer	5%

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