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  1. Complete the sentence about Hiberno-English with the correct year: A German traveller, Ludolf von Münchhausen, visited the Pale in Dublin in ______.
  2. Complete the sentence about Gaeltacht with the correct year: In ______, the official Gaeltacht was designated as a result of the report of the first Gaeltacht Commission, Coimisiún na Gaeltachta.
  3. Complete the sentence about Gaeltacht with the correct year: Gaeltacht areas were recognised in six of the state's 26 counties: Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Cork, and Waterford, with County Clare, in…
  4. Complete the sentence about Gaeltacht with the correct year: Two areas of County Meath, settled with Irish speakers in the 1930s, were added in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Soda bread with the correct year: By ______, The Virginia Housewife by Mary Randolph was published containing a recipe for Soda Cake.
  6. Complete the sentence about Irish whiskey with the correct year: The monopoly situation was ended by an academically conceived launch of the first new distillery in decades, Cooley Distillery, in ____…
  7. Complete the sentence about Irish whiskey with the correct year: Since ______, Irish whiskey has seen a resurgence in popularity and has been the fastest-growing spirit in the world every year since.
  8. Complete the sentence about Irish whiskey with the correct year: Irish Mist, a whiskey liqueur launched in ______, is purportedly based on such a recipe.
  9. Complete the sentence about Irish whiskey with the correct year: In ______, King James I granted a licence to Sir Thomas Phillips, a landowner in County Antrim.
  10. Complete the sentence about Jameson Irish Whiskey with the correct year: In ______, the Company was formally incorporated as John Jameson and Son Ltd.
  11. Complete the sentence about Bushmills Distillery with the correct year: The Old Bushmills Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, established in ______…
  12. Complete the sentence about Bushmills Distillery with the correct year: In ______, a licence was granted to Sir Thomas Phillips by King James I to distil whiskey.
  13. Complete the sentence about Bushmills Distillery with the correct year: The Bushmills Old Distillery Company itself was not established until ______ by Hugh Anderson.
  14. Complete the sentence about Bushmills Distillery with the correct year: In ______, the original Bushmills buildings were destroyed by fire but the distillery was swiftly rebuilt.
  15. Complete the sentence about Guinness with the correct year: Guinness moved its headquarters to London at the beginning of the Anglo-Irish trade war in ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Murphy's Irish Stout with the correct year: In ______, Whitbread acquired the distribution and brewing rights for Murphy's in the UK, where it was brewed in the Magor brewe…
  17. Complete the sentence about Murphy's Irish Stout with the correct year: Murphy's was launched on draught in the United Kingdom in ______.
  18. Complete the sentence about Smithwick's with the correct year: Shortly after his arrival, Smithwick went into the brewing business with Richard Cole on a piece of land that Cole had leased from the Du…
  19. Complete the sentence about Baileys Irish Cream with the correct year: Baileys was introduced in ______ as the first Irish cream on the market.
  20. Complete the sentence about Baileys Irish Cream with the correct year: In ______, Bailey & Co. launched Baileys Glide, aimed at the alcopop market.
  21. Complete the sentence about Poitín with the correct year: At the parliament at Drogheda in ______, a requirement for a licence to distill spirits was introduced.
  22. Complete the sentence about Poitín with the correct year: The ______ film Darby O'Gill and the Little People features Darby splitting a jug of poitín with the King of the leprechauns as the two engage…
  23. Complete the sentence about Irish coffee with the correct year: In ______, the National Standards Authority of Ireland published Irish Standard I.S. 417: Irish Coffee.
  24. Complete the sentence about Irish traditional music with the correct year: Following the success of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the US in ______, Irish folk music became fashionable again.
  25. Complete the sentence about Tin whistle with the correct year: The company showed the whistles in The Great Exhibition of ______.
  26. Complete the sentence about Céilí with the correct year: Evans, The Fairy-faith in Celtic countries, Oxford University Press, ______, p. 32.
  27. Complete the sentence about Céilí with the correct year: In Ireland, the first céilí band was put together in ______ by Séamus Clandillon, Radio Éireann's director of music, to have dance music for hi…
  28. Complete the sentence about Riverdance with the correct year: Shortly afterwards, husband and wife production team John McColgan and Moya Doherty expanded it into a stage show, which opened in Dublin…
  29. Complete the sentence about Riverdance with the correct year: For the ______ performance, Bill Whelan and Dónal Lunny composed the music alongside Irish folk band Planxty, with accompanying dancers fr…
  30. Complete the sentence about Riverdance with the correct year: The original seven-minute version was invited to perform at Dominion Theatre in London at the Royal Variety Performance in the presence of…
  31. Complete the sentence about The Chieftains with the correct year: The Chieftains were an Irish folk rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in ______, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy.
  32. Complete the sentence about The Chieftains with the correct year: In ______, their popularity began to spread to the United States when their previous albums were released there by Island Records.
  33. Complete the sentence about The Dubliners with the correct year: The group's success remained steady through the 1970s, and a number of collaborations with The Pogues in ______ saw them enter the UK S…
  34. Complete the sentence about The Dubliners with the correct year: The Dubliners announced their retirement in the autumn of ______, after 50 years of performing, following the death of the last living…
  35. Complete the sentence about Clannad with the correct year: By ______ they had released three albums and toured Europe and the US.
  36. Complete the sentence about Clannad with the correct year: In ______, they gained international attention with their single "Theme from Harry's Game".
  37. Complete the sentence about Clannad with the correct year: In ______, the Brennan and Duggan fathers bought and restored a dilapidated old tavern in nearby Meenaleck and ran it as a music bar called L…
  38. Complete the sentence about Enya with the correct year: Raised in the Irish-speaking region of Gweedore, Enya began her musical career in ______, playing alongside her family's Irish folk band, Clanna…
  39. Complete the sentence about Enya with the correct year: Sales of the ______ album and its lead single, "Only Time", surged in the United States, following its use in media coverage of the September 11…
  40. Complete the sentence about U2 with the correct year: By the mid-1980s, U2 had become renowned globally for their live act, highlighted by their performance at Live Aid in ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about Van Morrison with the correct year: In ______ he was knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.
  42. Complete the sentence about Thin Lizzy with the correct year: Thin Lizzy were an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in ______.
  43. Complete the sentence about Thin Lizzy with the correct year: The line-up was augmented by keyboardist Darren Wharton in ______.
  44. Complete the sentence about Phil Lynott with the correct year: Philip Parris Lynott was born at Hallam Hospital in West Bromwich on 20 August ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Phil Lynott with the correct year: The two met in Birmingham in ______ after Cecil had moved to England for work, beginning a relationship for a few months until Cecil was…
  46. Complete the sentence about The Cranberries with the correct year: The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in ______.
  47. Complete the sentence about The Cranberries with the correct year: The Cranberries were one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide as of ____…
  48. Complete the sentence about Sinéad O'Connor with the correct year: O'Connor's debut studio album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released in ______ and achieved international chart success.
  49. Complete the sentence about Sinéad O'Connor with the correct year: During a performance on Saturday Night Live in ______, O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II which sparked criticism.
  50. Complete the sentence about Sinéad O'Connor with the correct year: Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor was born on 8 December ______ at the Cascia House Nursing Home on Baggot Street in Dublin.
  51. Complete the sentence about Hozier with the correct year: Hozier was born near Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland on 17 March ______, the son of Raine Hozier and John Byrne.
  52. Complete the sentence about Hozier with the correct year: Hozier wrote the song "Take Me to Church" in ______ in between playing open mic nights in Dublin; the rough demo resulted in him signing with…
  53. Complete the sentence about The Corrs with the correct year: The Corrs have received two Grammy Award nominations, one BRIT Award, and were awarded honorary MBEs in ______ for their contributions to m…
  54. Complete the sentence about The Corrs with the correct year: While their younger sisters Caroline and Andrea were still attending school, Jim and Sharon added them in ______ to form a quartet.
  55. Complete the sentence about Westlife with the correct year: The sextet formed a pop vocal group called Six as One in ______, later renamed IOYOU.
  56. Complete the sentence about Boyzone with the correct year: Boyzone are an Irish boy band created in ______ by the talent manager Louis Walsh.
  57. Complete the sentence about Boyzone with the correct year: Gately died on 10 October ______ of a congenital heart defect while on holiday in the Spanish island of Mallorca.
  58. Complete the sentence about Ronan Keating with the correct year: Ronan Patrick John Keating was born on 3 March ______ in Dublin, the youngest of five children.
  59. Complete the sentence about Ronan Keating with the correct year: In ______, then 16-year-old Ronan Keating was the youngest member to join Boyzone.
  60. Complete the sentence about Ronan Keating with the correct year: The group performed in various clubs and pubs before being signed by PolyGram in ______ and released a cover version of "Working My Way…
  61. Complete the sentence about Eurovision Song Contest 1993 with the correct year: Entitled Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, the qualifying round took place on 3 April ______ in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  62. Complete the sentence about Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: All of Ireland's entries have been performed in English with the exception of the ______ entry, "Ceol an Ghrá"…
  63. Complete the sentence about Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest with the correct year: Since the introduction of the qualifying round in ______, Ireland has won the contest twice.
  64. Complete the sentence about Niall Horan with the correct year: After the band declared a hiatus in ______, Horan signed a recording deal as a solo artist with Capitol Records.
  65. Complete the sentence about Niall Horan with the correct year: Horan released his third studio album, The Show, in June ______, which reached number one in Ireland and the UK, and spawned two singles…
  66. Complete the sentence about Niall Horan with the correct year: Niall James Horan was born on 13 September ______ in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland.
  67. Complete the sentence about Rory Gallagher with the correct year: Since ______, the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival has been held annually in Ballyshannon.
  68. Complete the sentence about The Pogues with the correct year: The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in ______, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer.
  69. Complete the sentence about The Pogues with the correct year: In ______, the Pogues released their debut studio album, Red Roses for Me, featuring a mix of traditional Irish songs and original composi…
  70. Complete the sentence about The Pogues with the correct year: The band re-formed in late ______, again featuring MacGowan as frontman, and toured regularly in the UK, Ireland, mainland Europe, and the…
  71. Complete the sentence about The Pogues with the correct year: MacGowan was already with the Nips, though when they broke up in ______ he concentrated more on Stacy's Millwall Chainsaws, who changed th…
  72. Complete the sentence about Shane MacGowan with the correct year: In ______, with then-girlfriend Shanne Bradley, he co-founded his first band, the Nips.
  73. Complete the sentence about Shane MacGowan with the correct year: In ______, with Spider Stacy and Jem Finer, he co-founded the Pogues, who fused punk influences with traditional Irish music.
  74. Complete the sentence about Shane MacGowan with the correct year: The Pogues dismissed MacGowan during a ______ tour of Japan, as his drug and alcohol dependency increasingly affected their live shows…
  75. Complete the sentence about Shane MacGowan with the correct year: Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was born on Christmas Day ______ in Pembury, Kent, the son of Irish parents who were visiting relatives…
  76. Complete the sentence about Gaelic Athletic Association with the correct year: In ______ it turned over the job of promoting athletics to the National Athletic and Cycling Association.
  77. Complete the sentence about Gaelic Athletic Association with the correct year: Croke Park is named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, who was elected as a patron of the GAA during the formation of the GAA…
  78. Complete the sentence about Hurling with the correct year: The first written rules for hurling were published in January ______ by the Dublin Hurling Club.
  79. Complete the sentence about Camogie with the correct year: When the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in ______ the English-origin name "hurling" was given to the men's game.
  80. Complete the sentence about Camogie with the correct year: When an organisation for women was set up in ______, it was decided to anglicise the Irish name camógaíocht to camogie.
  81. Complete the sentence about All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the correct year: In ______, inter-county teams were introduced to the All-Ireland Championship.
  82. Complete the sentence about All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the correct year: The ______ Championship brought Kerry's first All-Ireland title.
  83. Complete the sentence about All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with the correct year: In ______, the All-Ireland Championship was disrupted by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease but the postp…
  84. Complete the sentence about All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with the correct year: Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in ______, new rules for Gaelic football and hurl…
  85. Complete the sentence about All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with the correct year: The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in ______.
  86. Complete the sentence about Ireland national rugby union team with the correct year: The Ireland national team dates to ______, when they played their first international match against England.
  87. Complete the sentence about Ireland national rugby union team with the correct year: Dublin University was the first organised rugby football club in Ireland, having been founded in ______.
  88. Complete the sentence about Aviva Stadium with the correct year: The stadium, located beside Lansdowne Road railway station, officially opened on 14 May ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Aviva Stadium with the correct year: The stadium was officially opened on 14 May ______ by then Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
  90. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: Since the Six Nations era started in ______, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title.
  91. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: The women's tournament started as the Women's Home Nations in the ______ season.
  92. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: The men's Six Nations Under 20s Championship is the successor to the Under 21s tournament which began in ______.
  93. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: The tournament was first played in ______ as the Home Nations Championship among the then four Home Nations of the United Ki…
  94. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: The tournament then became the Five Nations Championship in ______ with the addition of France.
  95. Complete the sentence about Six Nations Championship with the correct year: The tournament was expanded in ______ to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy.
  96. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The team made their debut at the ______ Summer Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals.
  97. Complete the sentence about Republic of Ireland national football team with the correct year: The Republic of Ireland was the first nation from outside the United Kingdom to defeat England at home, in…
  98. Complete the sentence about Republic of Ireland national football team with the correct year: The team reached the quarter-final stage of the ______ European Nations' Cup, where they lost to the event…
  99. Complete the sentence about Republic of Ireland national football team with the correct year: In ______, Ireland was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.
  100. Complete the sentence about Republic of Ireland national football team with the correct year: In ______, the FAIFS was recognised by FIFA as the governing body of football in the Irish Free State.

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