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Quiz: How well do you know these famous Patricks?

Test yourself.

TÁ LÁ FHÉILE Pádraig ag teacht.

It’s only four days until the country celebrates our national holiday, and for the first time since 2019, the St Patrick’s Day parades will return nationwide. 

With that, we want to see how much you know about these famous Patricks. 

Although arguably the most famous Patrick, what was St Patrick's real name?
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Maewyn Succone
Maewyn Succat

Maewyn Succuld
Maewyn Succirk
In which Star Trek series did Patrick Stewart NOT appear as Captain Jean-Luc Picard?
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Picard
What is the name of Spongebob's mate?
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Patrick Star
Patrick Tentacles

Patrick Krabs
Patrick Plankton
Which of these does NOT have the middle name Patrick?
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Eric Clapton
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Robert De Niro

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John McEnroe
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Morrissey
How tall is Croagh Patrick?
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764m
814m

943m
1,038m
What famous TV presenter is comedian Patrick Kielty married to?
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Tess Daly
Fearne Cotton

Claudia Winkleman
Cat Deeley
Patrick Hillery was Ireland's sixth President. In what county was he born?
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Co Cork
Co Clare

Co Tipperary
Co Waterford
Patrick Vieira won three Premier League titles as a player with Arsenal. What team is he now manager of?
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Leeds United
Burnley

Watford
Crystal Palace
Patrick Swayze starred opposite Demi Moore in the 1990 film Ghost. What was the name of the character he played?
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John Dalton
Sam Wheat

Carl Bruner
Johnny Castle
Finally, which of these is NOT a poem by Patrick Kavanagh?
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Blackberry Picking
On Raglan Road

Advent
In Memory Of My Mother
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    Mute GMCManning
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    Nov 9th 2019, 8:06 AM

    Cos that decisions not gonna cause any problems.

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    Mute Dean Anderson
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    Nov 9th 2019, 7:41 AM

    “A nonagenarian lawyer representing a Hindu deity “ ..well presumably the lawyer for the other side is also representing a fictitious deity?

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    Nov 9th 2019, 8:42 AM

    This is a very dangerous development.

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    Mute Gurunandan Shettigar
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    Dec 6th 2019, 3:58 AM

    @Gary Sheahan: why?

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    Nov 9th 2019, 8:40 AM

    When the gods start warring with each other it seems to go on forever .I wonder did ever hear about a Good Friday kind of thing and follow their poor mortals and come up with some sort of arrangement

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    Mute Eamon McGowan
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    Nov 9th 2019, 9:42 AM

    Hmm, what could possibly go wrong?

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    Mute Mr.Misery
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    Nov 9th 2019, 8:28 AM

    India going out of their way to piss off the muslims

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    Mute Greg Daniel
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    Nov 9th 2019, 8:58 AM

    @Mr.Misery: yep the Danes and French caused mayhem with a couple of cartoons. What are the Indians thinking??

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    Nov 9th 2019, 10:57 AM

    @Greg Daniel: PM Modi is a Hindu ethno-nationalist, he’s been whipping up anti-Muslim sentiment for ages in India as a means to get into and hold onto power-he is a dangerous individual who will end up formenting mass murder if he’s not careful

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    Mute Fifty Shades of Sé
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    Nov 9th 2019, 11:40 AM

    @Mr.Misery: What could India possibly have against the religion that killed as many as 80 million of their people?

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    Nov 9th 2019, 1:12 PM

    @DJ François: Yep, definitely. Kashmir was only the start of it. Now this. Lots more to come

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    Nov 9th 2019, 3:14 PM

    @Fifty Shades of Sé: 80 million Indians killed by Muslims? Where did you get that from?

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    Nov 9th 2019, 3:50 PM
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    Mute Cormac Ó Braonáin
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    Nov 10th 2019, 8:24 AM

    @Fifty Shades of Sé: religion killed 80 million? Hope they caught it.

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    Dec 6th 2019, 4:00 AM

    @DJ François: hate mongering at it’s worst

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    Dec 6th 2019, 4:01 AM

    @Niall Carry: I’m a Hindu. I know what we have suffered at the hands of invaders since time immemorial

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    Nov 10th 2019, 11:58 PM

    But that is what Islam does, look at all the Christian sites in Israel as they all had an Islamic site built on most of them. And Christians did the same to pagan sites and so on and so on…

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