2. The 'Hag of the Finger' was a mythical figure, vulnerable only to a silver arrow, which Finn used to kill her.

3. The treasured Book of Kells contains 680 pages, the vast majority of them beautifully illustrated.

4. There are 12 peaks in the Mourne Mountains, not all of which 'sweep down to the sea'.

5. The James Connolly Column took part in the Spanish Civil War, on the 'loyalist' side.

6. Lasserian was a student of Saint Finian at Clonard, and was known as one of the 'Twelve Apostles of Erin'.

7. The University of Ulster was founded in the late 1960s at Coleraine, Co. Derry.

8. St Brigid's Crosses are traditionally made to commemorate the Saint's feast on February 1st.