2. The Silver Tassie, a Sean O'Casey play, was turned into an opera in 1997 by Mark Anthony Turbage and Amanda Holden.

3. Bunratty, Co. Clare is sometimes called the 'Jewel in the West of Ireland'.

4. The 'far darrig' is the "Red Man" ('fear' means 'man', 'dearg' means 'red') is an Irish trickster spirit".

5. Cully Castle is found in Co. Tipperary.

6. Sean O'Casey and W. B. Yeats were met by the character 'Indiana Jones' in the series, when he was supposed to have visited Ireland prior to the 1916 Rising.

7. Corporal Edward Thomas, from Tipperary fired the first shot in the First World War, 1914-1918.

8. Three gold crowns form the main body of the crest of the province of Munster.

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