Saint Patrick's day

What is the Irish common name of the national flag?

• Irish Free State

• The tricolour

• The emerald isle

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The flag was presented as a gift in 1848 to an irish nationalist and leader from a small group of French women sympathetic to the Irish cause.

• YES

• NO

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Saint Patrick first came to Ireland as a

• slave

• druid

• priest

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Who was Jack Charlton?

• He was a famous film director in Ireland and won the first Oscar for an Irish film but he was English.

• He managed the Irish football team and led them to the World Cup but he was English.

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Do you think Michael Flatey looks like Trump?

• yes

• no

The Great Famine (1845-1852) was mainly due to a potatoe blight which infected potatoe crops.

Do you know how many Irish people died during The Famine? How many fled the country?

• About 1 million died and more than 1 million fled the country.

• About 500 000 died and 1 million fled the country.

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Would You say this is only happenning in Ireland?

• yes

• no