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1. What is the capital of the Republic of Ireland? Limerick Belfast Dublin Shannon

2. The Uprising in 1916 in Ireland was on the day after which Christian holiday? Christmas Good Friday St Patrick's Day Easter Sunday

3. Who is or was the Irish woman Mary Robinson? first female president of Ireland anchorwoman on RTE singer in Cranberries Irish author

4. Who was the Irish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923? James Joyce Seamus Heany George Bernard Shaw William Butler Yeats

5. Who wrote the Book of Kells? pagan priests the Vikings the monks St. Patrick

6. Which English king established the penal code of 1695 forbidding Irish Catholics to practice their religion or law, own land, vote, or hold office? Henry VIII William III James II Charles II

7. What year did divorce become legal in the Republic of Ireland? 1915 it still isn't 1995 1975

8. What will kissing the Blarney Stone give you? luck a cold sore money eloquence

9. When you see the word quay in an address, you know it will be located where? by a body of water by a castle in the country as a post office box

10. What are the colors on the flag of the Republic of Ireland? green, orange, green green, white, green green, white, orange green