2. "The Return from Fingal" celebrates Brian Boru's triumph in Aughrim.

3. If someone killed a slave, they would have to pay 21 cows - if they were to kill a farmer, they would have to pay 42 cows.

4. 'Stout' is the strong dark Irish beer - it can also mean 'fat', and 'bold'.

5. Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish statesman, attended Cambridge University in England.

6. John Hogan was a famous nineteenth century sculptor.

7. The stickleback is called Garmachán in Irish.

8. Eric Newby stood at the edge of Croghaun, Achill Island when he described it as being 'the highest sea cliffs in the British Isles'