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Well done to all who entered our 32 County Quiz. As promised, we're paying out 20IEP per correct answer. In addition we are paying out 20IEP per incorrect answer, just for the sheer hell of it. If that wasn't enough, we're sending a bonus of 200IEP to MrConwayTwitty for the most outrageous answer to a question.




Antrim:
Name the Belfast shipyard where the HMS Titanic was built. – The Harland and Wolff Shipyard

Armagh:
Who founded the Armagh Observatory? Archbishop Richard Robinson in 1789

Carlow:
What famous motor race ran through Carlow in 1903? - the Gordon Bennett Cup

Cavan:
Come back, Paddy Reilly...to where? - Ballyjamesduff. A song by Percy French.

Clare:
What town in Co.Clare hosts an annual match-making festival? - Lisdoonvarna

Cork:
Why is Shandon Steeple in Cork known as "The Four Faced Liar"? - Shandon Steeple clock tower. The minute hands on the east & west faces gain on their companions on the north and south faces- but complete agreement is reached again on the hour.

Derry:
The city of Derry is built on what river? - The River Foyle


Looks legit

Donegal:
Republic of Ireland soccer player and Donegal man, Packie Bonner, played in what position? – Goalkeeper

Down:
Name the highest mountain in Co.Down. – At 2786 feet, Slieve Donard.

Dublin:
What was known to Dubliners as "The Floozie in the Jacuzzi"? – The Anna Livia monument.


Also known as The Hoo-er in the Sewer - Dublin people are such philistines...

Fermanagh:
Name the largest town in Co.Fermanagh - Enniskillen

Galway:
Where would you expect to see a Galway Hooker? - Galway Bay. It's a type of sailing boat. It turns out that it's also a variety of beer, something I wasn't aware of. The answers to this question also taught me a lot about prostitution in the West of Ireland. Thanks guys!


You people are depraved.

Kerry:
What is the name given to the dolphin which lives in Dingle Bay, Co.Kerry? - Fungi the dolphin

Kildare:
By what name was the 10th Earl of Kildare better known? - Thomas Fitzgerald aka Silken Thomas. The original natty dresser.

Kilkenny:
Kilkenny architect, James Hoban, designed which famous building? – The White House.


Famous Kilkenny man who's not a Hurler.

Laois:
What town in Co.Laois was once known as Maryborough? – Portlaoise

Leitrim:
Leitrim is the only county in the Republic of Ireland that has a border with Co. Donegal. True of False? - True

Limerick:
Limerick band, The Rubberbandits had something outside. What was it? – They had a Horse Outside


F**k your Honda Civic

Longfor😛
Who are the Longford Slashers? - a Gaelic Athletic Association Club. The Longford Slasher was also the nickname of the former RL Irish Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds.

Louth:
Which James Bond actor was born in Co.Louth? – Pierce Brosnan

Mayo:
Name the Mayo land agent who was ostracised in 1880 on account of seeking rents from tenant farmers during a rent strike, and became a worldwide cause célèbre. - Captain Boycott

Meath:
The name of which town in Co.Meath is a palindrome? - Navan

Monaghan:
Which poet wrote about the stony grey soil of Monaghan? – Patrick Kavanagh


You told me the plough was immortal!
O green-life-conquering plough!
Your mandril strained, your coulter blunted
In the smooth lea-field of my brow.

Offaly:
Who scored the winning goal for Offaly in the 1982 All-Ireland Football Final? For a bonus, why was it so significant? - Séamus Darby – It was significant for two related reasons. It deprived Kerry of five-in-a-row All-Ireland titles. It also meant that Seamus Darby never had to pay for a drink ever again..

Roscommon:
What natural resource was mined at Arigna, Co.Roscommon? – Coal

Sligo:
Name the Sligo band, who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest, and were in the news lately following their decision to cancel a tour of Israel. - Dervish

Tipperary:
“The man that was never in Mullinahone” shouldn’t do what? - say he had travelled at all, from the poem "Two Travellers"

Tyrone:
Which Tyrone playwright wrote the play “Faith Healer”? – Brian Friel


I'm going to heal you, Harry Potter

Waterfor😛
What is a Blaa? - a doughy, white bread bun or roll

Westmeath:
Westmeath was created out of the original county of Meath in what year? - 1543

Wexford :
Why are Wexford people known as Yellow Bellies? – Because of the yellow sashes they once wore at a hurling match.

Wicklow:
What is unusual about the lake on Turlough Hill, Co.Wicklow? – It is a man-made reservoir for the purpose of generating electricity.

Scotland :
In which Scottish lake might you find The Loch Ness Monster? – The Loch Ness monster is just a story. God, you're all so gullible.


I can't believe no one got this question right.

Bonus Question:
Filthy McNasty. In Cork he'd be known as
a) Not Donkey's Gudge, which is a cake baked from the remnants of the previous day's uneaten cakes and lashings of milk with a layer of pastry on top and at the bottom.
b) Not a bazzer, which is a haircut. There is a variation, "Bazz" which refers to pubic hair, as in "Hey bhoy, you know your beoir? I seen her bazz."
c) An ownshuck is a simple harmless person. Maybe a bit giddy sometimes, but harmless.
d) A langer was suggested by a few people. It means a disagreeable person, or prick. The term is derived from the Langur monkey and was brought back from India by Cork soldiers serving in the British Army who became acquainted their mischievous ways. As in, "Go 'way, ya langer!"


Who are you lookin' at? Langer.

Coming very soon - more stuff, thanks to Yddub's sober moment guilt money.

Yours,
James Keiller & Patrick O'Leary