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Saint Patrick's day

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the Irish common name of the national flag?

a)

Irish Free State

b)

The tricolour

c)

The emerald isle

2.

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.

a)

YES

b)

NO

3.

Saint Patrick first came to Ireland as a

a)

slave

b)

druid

c)

priest

4.

Who was Jack Charlton?

a)

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

b)

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

5.

Do you think Michael Flatey looks like Trump?

a)

yes

b)

no

6.

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?

a)

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

b)

About 500 000 died and 1 million fled the country.

7.

Would You say this is only happenning in Ireland?

a)

yes

b)

no