Irish History

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  1. 2. REBEL LEADER AND LATER PRESIDENT OF IRELAND
  2. 5. CROP THAT FAILED LEADING TO THE GREAT FAMINE
  3. 6. SITE OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL LANDING OF A TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT IN 1919
  4. 9. THE LAST PORT OF CALL FOR THE DOOMED TITANIC
  5. 12. SAINT WHO BANISHED THE SNAKES FROM IRELAND
  6. 15. IRISH CURRENCY BEFORE THE EURO ARRIVED IN 2002
  7. 17. IRISH NATIONALIST PARTY FOUNDED BY ARTHUR GRIFFITH
  8. 18. NORMAN LORD WHO LED THE INVASION OF IRELAND IN 1169
  9. 19. IRISH POET AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE IN 1995
  10. 20. BRITISH FORCE SENT TO IRELAND TO HELP QUELL REBELLION IN 1920
  11. 22. IRISH RIVER AND SITE OF A FAMOUS BATTLE IN 1690
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  1. 1. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND SYMBOL OF IRELAND
  2. 3. WHAT DID IRELAND JOIN IN 1973?
  3. 4. FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND IN 1990
  4. 5. AREA AROUND DUBLIN CONTROLLED BY THE ENGLISH SINCE MEDIEVAL TIMES
  5. 7. IRISH FREE STATE'S FIRST HEAD OF GOVERNMENT
  6. 8. WHAT WWII WAS KNOWN AS IN IRELAND
  7. 10. SOUTHERN PORT AND SCENE OF A FAMOUS BATTLE IN 1601
  8. 11. THE ISLAND WHERE THE TRANSATLANTIC CABLE CAME ASHORE
  9. 13. WHERE BRIAN BORU BEAT THE VIKINGS IN 1014
  10. 14. THE ACT OF ..... IN 1801 JOINED IRELAND WITH BRITAIN WITHIN THE ONE KINGDOM
  11. 16. THE ROCK OF ...... ANCIENT FORTRESS IN TIPPERARY
  12. 21. THE BOOK OF ..... FAMOUS ORNATE IRISH MANUSCRIPT IN TRINITY COLLEGE