Irish Literature

{There are plenty to share, so grab a few.}

"The Primrose Path", 19th, A cat, Derry, Doors
Drogheda, Dublin, Dubliners, Francis Ledwidge
Frank McCourt, George Bernard Shaw, George Russell
Godot, Ha Ha Ha, Heaney, John B. Keane, Jonathan Swift
June 16th, Latin, Maeve Binchy, Oscar Wilde
Padraig Pearse, Patrick McCabe, Samuel, Sean O'Casey
Trinity College, Dublin, W. B., 'Tis, WB Yeats

Remaining Answers:
A cat, Derry, Doors, Drogheda, Ha Ha Ha, Heaney, John B. Keane
June 16th, Latin, Maeve Binchy, Padraig Pearse, W. B., 'Tis, WB Yeats



** 1. Who wrote "Angela's Ashes"?

2. What followed Paddy Clarke in the title of Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize winner?

3. The Tara Road was written by which novelist?

4. What is the name of Frank McCourt's follow-up memoir to "Angela's Ashes"?

** 5. What was the title of Bram Stoker's first novel?

6. In which northern county was Nobel Poetry Laureate Seamus Heaney born?

7. Which Irish poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923?

8. When is Bloomsday? (Ulysses)

9. Who wrote the poem 'I am Ireland'?

10. Which initials did poet Yeats have?

** 11. James Joyce's first novel shares it's name with which inhabitants of an Irish city?

** 12. Who was the author of Gulliver's Travels?

13. The Book of Kells was written in what language?


** 14. Where is the Book Of Kells on display?

** 15. Who wrote the Importance Of Being Earnest?

** 16. What was the first name of the playwright Beckett?


17. Which Seamus became Ireland's fourth Nobel literary laureate in 1995?

** 18. Who wrote Juno and the Paycock?

19. Roddy Doyle wrote of the Woman Who Walked Into what?

** 20. Who was being 'Waited for' in the Samuel Beckett play?

21. Name the estate in Colleen McCullough's Thorn birds?

22. What animal was Pangur Bán in the poem of that name?

** 23. Who was the author of both 'The Butcher Boy' and 'The Dead School'?

** 24. In which city was Bram Stoker born?

** 25. In which century was the poet Yeats born?

26. "The field" was written by which Irish playwright?

** 27. Who wrote The Pygmalion that was adapted into My Fair Lady?

** 28. What was the Irish writer AE also known as?

** 29. Which Irish poet was killed at the Battle of Ypres in World War 1?

23. Patrick McCabe

27. G. B. Shaw

:StPats:

15. Oscar Wilde
20. Godot

11. Dublin

1. Frank McCourt
18. Sean O'Casey

16. Samuel

11. James Joyce's first novel shares it's name with which inhabitants of an Irish city?

The answer according to the wording is actually Dubliners
But you are close enuf

14. Trinity College I walk through the college each morning on my way to work

Treval, how awesome that must feel!

12. Jonathon Swift

Sorry Katbear, just read through fast and saw city not inhabitants. Slowly, slowly wins the race.

No Problem, fildil, I knew exactly what happened,
as I'm prone to do the self same thing

5. The Primrose Path
24. Dublin

25. It was in the 1800's, so 19th century.
28. George William Russell
29. Francis Ledwidge