Irish History

1. What people arrived in Ireland around 500 BC?

2. St. Patrick was responsible for introducing Christianity to Ireland in 5th century. When is his feast day?

3. Who defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 and ended their control of Dublin?

4. Which king declared himself King of Ireland in 1541?

5. What is Ireland's oldest university, founded in 1592?

6. Who led an uprising in Irish Rebellion of 1641 also known as the Great Ulster Rebellion?

7. Which English leader rampaged through Ireland in 1649 intending to reconquer the country?

8. What organisation was set up in 1795 to commemorate William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne?

9. How did Irish Rebellion of 1798 end?

10. What document from 1801 created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland?

11. Repeated failure of what crop led to the Great famine between 1845 and 1852?

12. What political party was founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith?

13. What was the name of armed insurrection in Ireland during in 1916 that was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland?

14. When did the War of Independence between the IRA and the British armed forces begin

15. What event triggered the War of Independence?

16. What treaty endorsed the separation of Northern and Southern Ireland?

17. Who is the founding father of Irish independence and the founder of the IRA?

18. What name was adopted to the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland in the 1937 Constitution of Ireland?

19. What is the name of the event when British forces shot dead 13 and wounded 12 unarmed civil rights protesters in Derry in 1972?

20. What have people of Ireland voted for by a huge majority in 2015?

21. Where was the Good Friday Agreement signed in 1998?

22. Troubles was the the term used to describe the violence caused by disagreements between what religious movements?

23. Who did Ireland side with in World War II?

24. In Irish place names what does Bally mean?

25. Who was the Liberator of the Nation and the first Irish Catholic to sit in the British Parliament?