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What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland?

Dublin. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, which is part of the UK.

The Uprising in 1916 in Ireland was on the day after which Christian holiday?

Easter Sunday. The Irish enlisted the support of England's enemy, Germany, as the uprising took place in the midst of the First World War.

Who is or was the Irish woman Mary Robinson?

first female president of Ireland. Born Mary Therese Winifred Bourke in 1944 and married to Nicholas Robinson in 1970, Mary Robinson was the first elected Irish president to not have the support of the Irish Republican Party.

Who was the Irish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923?

William Butler Yeats. George Bernard Shaw received the honor in 1925. In 1923, Yeats received the Nobel prize for "his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation" (http://nobelprize.org)

Who wrote the Book of Kells?

the monks. This is a manuscript produced by Irish monks at circa 800AD. It is ornately adorned and illustrated and its calligraphy is impeccable. Traditionally the Book is attributed to St. Columba.

Which English king established the penal code of 1695 forbidding Irish Catholics to practice their religion or law, own land, vote, or hold office?

William III. It was passed in 1695 after the Glorious Revolution was put down by the Protestant forces of King William III. Its purpose was threefold: to deprive the Catholics of all civil life, to reduce them to a condition of ignorance and to dissociate them from the soil.

What year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland?

1995. The Divorce referendum of 1995 lifted the 90 year ban on divorce in the predominantly Catholic Ireland.

What will kissing the Blarney Stone give you?

eloquence. Traditionally, this is half of the enchanted Scottish 'Stone of Scone'. It was given to Cormac McCarthy of Ireland by Robert the Bruce of Scotland for helping him in battles fought in 1314.

When you see the word quay in an address, you know it will be located where?

by a body of water. It is pronounced "key" and means wharf.

What are the colors on the flag of the Republic of Ireland?

green, white, orange. The green represents the Catholics in the south, the orange represents the Protestants in the north (supporters of William the Orange). The white in between is the peace between the two factions.