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Which university press in Dublin prints the Journal of Irish Studies?
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What is the official Irish grid reference for the summit of Slieve Donard to four digits?
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What is the Irish traditional dance that features fast footwork?
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Which ancient tomb in County Meath is older than Stonehenge?
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Which Irish instrument is often played with a single drumstick called a tipper?
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Which Irish city is home to the Spanish Arch?
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Which Irish brewery opened in 1759 on Saint James's Gate lease?
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Which Irish band wrote 'Teenage Kicks' first released in 1978?
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The Giant's Causeway stones are primarily which rock type?
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Which Irish island recorded the nation's highest ever air temperature on June 26, 2018?
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Which Irish band released The Joshua Tree in 1987?
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The original charter for the University of Dublin dates to which year?
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Which ocean borders Ireland's west coast?
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The original Gaelic Athletic Association founders met in which Thurles building?
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What is the exact census population recorded for the Republic of Ireland in 2016?
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What Irish sport is played with a round ball and fifteen per side on a pitch with H-shaped goals?
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Which island neighbor lies east of Ireland across the sea?
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Which Irish town hosts the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival?
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Which Irish poet won the Nobel Prize in 1995?
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What is the Irish traditional stew base meat?
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Which Irish sport uses a small ball called a sliotar?
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Which Irish culinary item is a filled potato pancake?
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Which Irish language codex cataloged as TCD MS A I was once called the Book of Leinster?
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Which Irish novelist wrote 'The Country Girls' trilogy?
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Which Irish city has a Viking Triangle heritage area?
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Which Irish university is famed for the Book of Kells display?
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What is linked to the Blarney Castle legend?
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Which Irish whiskey brand runs a heritage distillery in Midleton?
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Which famous book began with the line 'Stately plump Buck Mulligan' in Dublin?
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Which Irish city is nicknamed the Marble City?
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What is the precise height of Carrauntoohil above sea level in meters?
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What is the highest peak in Ireland?
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In what year did the Republic of Ireland officially leave the British Commonwealth?
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The earliest surviving Irish harp in Trinity is known by which exact name?
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Which Irish saint is associated with a reed cross woven on February 1st?
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Which Irish author created Father Brown before moving to Dublin later in life?
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Which Irish landmark is kissed for the gift of eloquence?
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Which county features the Ring of Kerry scenic drive?
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Which Irish castle sits beside the River Nore?
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What is the national symbol depicted as a musical instrument?
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The Irish Free State Constitution came into effect on what exact date?
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Which Irish film won Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2008?
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Which leaf symbol appears on many Irish badges?
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Which Irish whiskey style must be triple distilled by tradition in Midleton pot stills?
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Which Irish sea area forecast zone lies east of Valentia?
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Which Irish painter created 'The Meeting on the Turret Stairs'?
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What popular Irish stout was first brewed in the 18th century?
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What is the capital city of Ireland?
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What is the Irish name for Gaelic football association?
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Which Irish-born actor won an Oscar for 'My Left Foot'?
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What is the Irish name for Ireland seen in many logos?
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The number of counties in the province of Ulster is what?
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What was the exact vote tally for Ireland to join the United Nations in 1955 General Assembly?
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Which Irish peninsula holds the town of Dingle?
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Which Irish city is famous for its butter museum?
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Which Irish singer topped charts with 'Nothing Compares 2 U' in 1990?
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Which river flows through the center of Dublin?
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In which exact year did Brian Boru fall at the Battle of Clontarf?
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Which Irish athlete won Olympic gold in the women's lightweight double sculls in Tokyo?
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What is the exact capacity of the Aviva Stadium after reconstruction as published in 2010?
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Which Dublin bridge is officially named the Liffey Bridge?
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Which Irish province includes Dublin?
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What was the exact attendance reported at the Bloody Sunday match in Croke Park on November 21, 1920?
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Which Irish tech company created the payments platform Stripe?
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What is the nickname of the Irish rugby team?
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Which Irish mythic hero performed deeds for King Conchobar?
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Which island monastery off Kerry was a filming site for a Star Wars episode?
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Which Irish language revival newspaper first printed in 1893?
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The definitive edition of Ulysses by Hans Walter Gabler appeared in which year?
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Which year saw the Flight of the Earls departure from Lough Swilly?
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The Irish pound decimalization introduced what exact subunit ratio to the pound?
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Which Irish county contains the Burren karst landscape?
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Which Irish composer wrote the opera 'The Bohemian Girl'?
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Which early Irish illuminated manuscript contains the earliest surviving Irish high cross depiction?
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The Irish translation of the European Union is what exact form?
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The legal Irish for President of Ireland in the Constitution is what exact phrase?
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Which Irish mathematician proved Stokes theorem generalization on manifolds in 1944?
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The exact length of the River Shannon is what in kilometers?
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The Book of Kells is mainly written in which script style?
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Which Irish scientist introduced the Kelvin scale while born in Belfast?
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Which Irish marathon begins at Fitzwilliam Square?
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Which Irish lough is famed for eel fisheries feeding the River Bann?
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Which Irish county hosts the Hill of Tara royal site?
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Which tide gauge in Ireland provides the national zero datum?
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What is the common Irish greeting meaning health?
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The Great Famine first potato blight was scientifically identified as which organism?
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The precise opening date of the Dublin Port Tunnel to traffic was when?
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Which festival celebrates James Joyce's novel with walking tours in June?
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The Good Friday Agreement was signed in what year?
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What is the number of faces on each typical Giant's Causeway column when perfect?
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Which Irish county contains the Cliffs of Moher?
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Which Irish lake is the largest by area within the island?
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Which Irish actor played James Bond in four films?
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Which precise year did the Irish Times newspaper first appear?
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Which Irish singer won Eurovision in 1970 with 'All Kinds of Everything'?
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Which Irish saint founded a famous monastery on Skellig Michael?
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Which Irish holiday occurs on March 17th?
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What year did the Easter Rising take place?
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Which Irish language TV channel launched in 1996?
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Which Irish microspecies of whitebeam unique to Killarney was formally named in 1939?
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Which Irish airline uses the harp on its logo?
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The Irish Civil War ended with the capture of which town on May 24, 1923?
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Which medieval Irish law tract is known as Senchas Mรกr in English translation?
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What is the full official title of the national police service established in 1922?
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Which County Mayo pilgrimage mountain is linked to Saint Patrick?
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The exact founding year of the Abbey Theatre in Dublin is which?
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Which Irish leader signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921?
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The Irish War of Independence officially began with the Soloheadbeg ambush in what county?
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In rugby union, what color jersey do Ireland wear at home?
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The Penal Laws were mainly aimed at which religious group in Ireland?
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Which Irish physicist discovered the Tyndall effect of scattering in 1869?
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What year did Irish women gain the right to vote on equal terms with men?
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Which color is famously associated with Saint Patrick's Day?
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The number of letters in the modern Irish alphabet excluding diacritics is what?
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What was the precise final score in the 2019 All Ireland hurling final between Tipperary and Kilkenny?
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What year did Riverdance debut as an interval act at Eurovision?
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What year did Ireland adopt the euro as book money?
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What was the registered tonnage of the Jeanie Johnston famine ship replica?
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Which Irish saint founded Clonmacnoise in the year 545?
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Which Irish dramatist penned 'The Playboy of the Western World'?
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What is Irish soda bread traditionally leavened with?
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