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Quiz: How much do you know about Ireland's archaeological sites?

From north to south, we go way back.
9.30pm, 21 Jul 2020
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SKELETAL REMAINS FOUND in Swords in north county Dublin are thought to date back to a Medieval plague, experts have said.

They are thought to belong to a Medieval burial site that had previously been excavated by archaeologists. How much do you know about some of Ireland’s best-known historical sites?

Which of these is NOT an archaeological site near the River Boyne?
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Newgrange
Dowth

Sowth
Knowth
In what Irish county is Clonmacnoise?
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Galway
Offaly

Westmeath
Tipperary
Skellig Michael is approximately how many kilometres off the Kerry coast?
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7km
12km

17km
22km
This 12th century church in Laragh in Wicklow is known as what?
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St. Kevin’s Kitchen
St. Kevin’s Boot Room

St. Kevin’s Hideaway
St. Kevin’s Hut
The Carrowkeel megalithic complex is located in Co Sligo, on which mountainous area?
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Maam Turks
Galtee Mountains

MacGillycuddy's Reeks
Bricklieve Mountains
Kilcooly Abbey is in which county?
Tarquin Blake
Cork
Kerry

Tipperary
Waterford
This stone circle in Cork is know as what?
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Clogagh Stone Circle
Timoleague Stone Circle

Drombeg Stone Circle
The Rebel Ring
Poulnabrone is an example of what kind of tomb?
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Passage tomb
Dolmen

Court cairn
Wedge tomb
In archeology, dark patches in ground where wooden poles were placed in the past are known as what?
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Past holes
Post holes

Host holes
Lost holes
When is it estimated that Newgrange was built?
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9500 BC
5000 BC

3200 BC
1000 BC
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