Irish History and Politics
Irish History, Government and Politics
36 practice questions, each with the answer and an explanation.
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- What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?
- What is the name of the lower house of the Irish parliament?
- What is the title of the head of the Irish government?
- Who is the head of state of Ireland?
- Which voting system is used in elections to the Dáil?
- In what year did the Easter Rising take place?
- What is the name of the Irish constitution adopted in 1937?
- Which language is the first official language of the Republic of Ireland?
- What is the name of the area in which the Irish language is the main community language?
- Who was the first woman to be elected President of Ireland?
- Which event took place first?
- What was the main cause of the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s?
- Who led the campaign for Catholic Emancipation, achieved in 1829?
- What did the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921 create?
- Which two sides fought the Irish Civil War of 1922 and 1923?
- When did Ireland join the European Economic Community (the forerunner of the EU)?
- What did the Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement of 1998 establish?
- How is the Irish Constitution amended?
- Which referendum in 2015 made Ireland the first country to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote?
- How long is the term of the President of Ireland, and how many times may a person be elected?
- What are the two houses of the Oireachtas?
- Who was the first President of Ireland, inaugurated in 1938?
- What name was given to Ireland's policy during the Second World War?
- Which year did the Republic of Ireland Act take effect, declaring the state a republic?
- Who became Ireland's second woman President, in 1997?
- Which body is responsible for deciding whether a law is repugnant to the Constitution?
- How many years passed between Ireland joining the EEC and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement?
- The Easter Rising and the Anglo-Irish Treaty were separated by how many years?
- Which of the following lists the events in the correct chronological order?
- Which statement about the 1937 Constitution is correct?
- Which pair correctly matches a leader with a historical movement?
- A referendum is needed to change the Constitution. Which of these needs only an ordinary Act of the Oireachtas?
- Which treaty did Irish voters reject in 2008 and approve in a second referendum in 2009?
- What was the name of the first revolutionary parliament, which met in the Mansion House in January 1919?
- Which river flows through the centre of Dublin and into Dublin Bay?
- Who founded the Land League in 1879 to campaign for fairer treatment of tenant farmers?