Dublin - The Dubs County Trivia Quiz

Answer: O'Connell Street

O'Connell Street is the main thoroughfare in Dublin City and one of the widest in Europe. The street measures between 46m-49m in width and is 500m in length.

Answer: Glasnevin

The Botanic Gardens are located in the northern part of Dublin city. The gardens have about 20,000 species of trees, shrubs and plants, including some beautiful herbaceous displays, rose gardens, rockery, vegetable gardens, arboretums, shrub borders and wall plants.

Answer: Dublin City

Oscar Wilde was born in October 1854 at 21 Westland Row in the city centre. He was christened Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde and is known for his numerous short stories and plays, especially "The Importance of Being Earnest".

Answer: Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Matt Talbot's remains were removed from Glasnevin Cemetery in 1972 and taken to Our Lady of Lourdes church on Seán McDermott Street, where the coffin can be seen through a glass panel. He was born in 1856 and died 7 June 1925. When he was taken to Jervis Street Hospital and undressed, the extent of his austerities was revealed.

A heavy chain had been wound around his waist and more chains around an arm and a leg, and cords around the other arm and leg.

Answer: Phoenix Park

The large cross is located in the Phoenix Park. It was erected for the visit of Pope John Paul II in September 1979. During his visit, the Pope held Mass for over a million people at this cross.

Answer: Glasnevin Cemetery

The cemetery was opened in 1832 as a burial place for Catholics. A lot of famous men and women are buried there and it has an area of over one hundred and twenty acres. The graves and tombs of Daniel O'Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell, Éamon de Valera, Brendan Behan and Gerard Manley Hopkins are among the many famous people's graves that can be seen here.

Answer: Sandycove

The Tower is one of a series of Martello towers that were built for defence against an invasion by Napoleon. James Joyce made the tower the setting for the first chapter of his novel "Ulysses". The Tower later became a museum dedicated to the man himself.

Answer: Inchicore

The Irish National War Memorial Park is an Irish war memorial dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914-1918". The park was opened in 1939. Its layout includes a central sunken rose garden, various terraces, pergolas, lawns and avenues lined with impressive parkland trees, and two pairs of Bookrooms in granite representing the four provinces of Ireland.

Answer: Island

Ireland's Eye is a small island off the coast of County Dublin, north of Howth Harbour. The island is uninhabited, but the ruins of a Martello Tower and an 8th-century church can be found there. The island is a haven for wildlife, such as guillemots, razorbills, fulmars, gulls, puffins and grey seals.

Answer: Trinity College

Jonathan Swift, Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett are among those who graduated from Trinity College. The 9th century manuscript of the gospels, known as the "Book of Kells", can be found in the Old Library in the college.