Irish History overview

When was Newgrange built?

• around 500 BC

• around 3200 BC

• around 1000 AD

• around 1500 AD

Fom which Celtic goddess does the name of Ireland, "Éire", come from?

• Brigid

• Morrigan

• Ériu

• Danu

Which Irish king defeated the Vikings at the battle of Clontarf in 1014?

• Niall of the Nine Hostages

• Brian Boru

• Cormac Mac Airt

• Conn Cétchathach

What was the English Crown policy that consisted in taking the land from the Irish to give it to settle Protestant farmers called?

• The Great Famine

• The plantations of Ireland

• The Irish reform

• The Norman conquest

What year did James II, a Catholic, become king of England, sparking religious tensions?

• 1688

• 1685

• 1690

• 1701

Which natural catastrophe contributed to the Irish famine of 1740-1741, which saw hundreds of thousands of Irish people die?

• an earthquale and a tsunami

• floods

• a period of serious frost followed by a period of drought

• very heavy snowstorms

What provoked the Great Famine (An Gorta Mór) of 1845, leading to more than 1 million deaths and well over 2 million people to leave Ireland?

• the potato blight

• the wheat rust

• another terrible drought

• a war

When did the Irish Free State officially ceased to be part of the British Commonwealth?

• 1921

• 1937

• 1949

• 1973