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Introduction to Irish Studies 682344A

13 February 2015Multiple choice plus commentsircle your ans!ers or comment as appropriate

You have maximum 3 hours

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1$ %o! !ide is Ireland& '(m) *5 1*5 280 600

2$ %o! lon+ is Ireland& '(m) 186 4,0 620 800

3$ Ireland is the !estern meetin+ point o- !hich t!o +reat mountain

systems&

aledonian %ibernian .ennine

ambrian Armorican Alpine

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4$ Mar( the bo++iest part o- Ireland/ the drumlin belt/ ou+h ea+h/

the Irish rian+le and the rier Shannon

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5$ ame the 4 ancient proinces o- Ireland

6$ hat are these&

*$ ho is this/ !hat is his story and !hat is the reisionist an+le&

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8$ hat do !e hae here& hat is its -unction&

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10$ hat is the mathematical -ormula -or ;nionist thin(in+&

11$ %o! many counties are there in ;lster&

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12$ %o! many counties in the ir? @ire>rea

14$ hat is .rime Minister in Irish&

aoiseach eashop ;achtar?n ?naiste

15$ hich is the lon+est rier in Ireland&

Shamroc( Shannon iBey a+an

16$ ho is the le+endary de-ender o- ;lster&

onnemara Cohnny Fean Finn Macool D hulainn

1*$ hat !as the ?in E uailn+e&

Son+ attle raid Eattle Eombin+

18$ hat did .atric( drie out o- Ireland&

Sna(es oles Ead+ers Eears

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1,$ here are the -ollo!in+& Mar( them on the map belo!$

e!+ran+e/ rier Eoyne/ Giants ause!ay/ Hublin/ Herry/ or(/

Aran Islands/ imeric(/ e-ord/ ater-ord/ Eel-ast/ Gal!ay/ Hin+leEay/ Sli+o/ Malin %ead/ MiJen %ead/ roa+h .atric(/ Hundal(/


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20$ here can these !or(s o- art be -ound& ompare and contrast

them$

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21$ hat are these& hat do they portray&

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22$ hristianity spread -rom Ireland to northern Eritain throu+h

!hich saint&

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olin uthbert olumba >ri(

23$ # and ia !hich Scottish island&

>lba Man i+ht Iona24$ he >n+lish .ope ######$ issued a notorious ##$$ ##$$ in

####$ called ###### / !hich +ranted and donated Ireland to

the illustrious Kin+ o- >n+land$

25$ hat are these maps and !hy !ere they once so si+niLcant&

26$ hat do !e call documents li(e this&

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2*$ ame t!o -amous Irish eamples o- such documents$

28$ Gie the etymolo+y o- these place names

Wicklow

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Dublin .........................................................................

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Waterford

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34$ A certain An+loNormanNelsh bishop inented antiNIrish

propa+anda$ ho !as he and !hat !as he sayin+ about the Irish&

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35$ hat is the ima+e belo!& ho made it and !hen& omment on

it$

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36$ hat happened in 1641 and !hat are the 1641 Hepositions&

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3*$ ho are these people and !hat are they doin+&

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38$ hat is this& >plain the eent it commemorates$

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3,$ hat !as the .lantation and !hat impact has it had on the

history o- Ireland&

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40$ hat !as the 1610 .rinted Eoo(&

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41$ hat is meant by the term sie+e mentality&

42$ omplete this .lantationNrelated Ouotation From Scotlandcame many/ and -rom >n+land/ yet

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43$ An >n+lish hero P and in Ireland&

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see bo oerlea-

44$ hat is orld ar II called in Ireland&

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he uas he >mer+ency he %un+er he

aster

48$ Qhe Irish should raise a monument to amnesia and then -or+et

!here they put it$R '>dna on+ley in The Belfast Telegraph/ 1*th

February/ 1,,8) hy&

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4,$ Gie an eplanation o- the -ollo!in+ ne!spaper reports/ typical

-or the 1,*0s$

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