The Great Irish Trivia Quiz

Irish Legends & Superstitions Section

#1:  Who is Ireland's patron saint? 

#2:  What plant is generally considered to be the legendary shamrock?  

#3:  Who has the claim to fame of bringing St. Patrick to Ireland? 

#4:  Who is known as Mary of the Gaels?

#5:  Who was Ireland's first canonized saint?

#6:  Who is the second patron saint of Ireland?

#7:  Who is the third patron saint of Ireland?

#8:  What is the leprechaun's legendary profession?

#9:  Whose cry heralds the death of a member of the listener's family?

#10:  What is "blarney"?  

#11:  When was Blarney Castle built'? 

#12:  What does kissing the Blarney Stone requtedly bestow?  

#13:  Which of the following did not invade Ireland? 

#14:  The Fomorii are the evil gods of Irish myth.  Where was their center?

#15:  According to the Irish saying, what should one do at a wake?

#16:  The Irish provinces today are Munster, Ulster, Leinster and Connaught.  What was the fifth province in Irish legend?

#17:  What, according to Irish tradition, should be placed next to a corpse?

#18:  According to tradition, whad day should nobody be without meat?

#19:  At what time of year was abduction by the faries most to be feared?

#20:  Who will judge the Irish on Judgement Day and allow them into the Kingdom of Heaven?

  

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