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  • Who did the Irish national team in 1924 play their first game against?
    Bulgaria
  • In 1949 who did the Irish National Soccer team beat?
    England
  • What did Finn McCool make in the ocean when he threw rocks into the ocean?
    The Giant's Causeway
  • What does GAA stand for?
    Gaelic Athletic Association
  • Name one traditional instrument of Irish music.
    Bodhran drum, the fiddle, the harp, the tin whistle or the Uileann Pipes
  • when did the english invade
    1170-1171
  • How long have people been living in Ireland?
    8000 years
  • What year did the Easter Rising happen?
    1916
  • What year was the last year Ireland made it to the Euros?
    1988
  • What is the small ball used in Hurling?
    Sliotar
  • What does Bodhran mean in Irish?
    Dull
  • Who ran across the sea to fight Fionn McCool?
    Benandonna
  • In Hurling, if the keeper hits it out of play what does the other team get?
    A 65
  • what did the english import
    strict anti catholic laws
  • what year did vikings take over
    late 700s
  • how much men did the rebels kill
    3000
  • What year did Ireland create the FAI (Football Association Ireland)?
    1921
  • name 1 of the easter rising leaders
    Eamonn Ceannt, thomas Clarke, james Connolly, or sean macdiarmada
  • what failed to grow 1845-1849
    potatos