A Limerick History Quiz
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Welcome to the Limerick’s Life quiz on local history.
How well you know what has happened in Limerick over the centuries, take our short quiz to find out.
We have 10 questions on a wide range of topic, if you don’t know the answer take a guess.
Click “View Questions” at the end of the quiz and if you answer correctly a notice will tell you about the answer in more detail.
So keep trying until you can get them all correct and will know 10 interesting things about the history of Limerick.
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Who did Olivier Cromwell’s forces allow to sleep in St. Mary’s Cathedral?
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During the 1651 Cromwellian Siege of Limerick the invading forces used St. Mary’s Cathedral as a stables for their horses.
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Over which bridge is the Bishop’s Lady supposed to have toss wayward victims to their doom?
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In the tale told by Michael Hogan “the Bard of Thomond” the Bishop’s Lady who had previously lived in the Bishop’s Palace would throw passers-by over the Thomond Bridge, when the story was set this was the old Thomond Bridge and not the one we see today.
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Who was the factory owner that clothed the American Confederate Army?
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Peter Tait ran the Limerick Clothing Factory which revolutionised clothing manufacturing around the world. During the American Civil War his ships were one of the few which were able to reach the Southern Confederate forces.
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If you were to go to Carnegie Hall today where would you be?
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In 1903 the Carnegie Free Library was built on the edge of People’s Park, where it now house the Art Gallery
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
What is the smallest street in Limerick City?
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6. Question
How many sieges were there in 17th Century Limerick?
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Limerick was under attack four times in the 1600s, in 1642, 1650-51, 1690 and 1691.
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How many times has the Treaty Stone been officially moved?
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It has been moved twice it was originally next to Jack Mondays, then on the pedestal, and finally the new location on Clancy Strand
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What is the name of the man on top of the pillar in People’s Park?
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Erected in 1829 by the Barrington family topped with a statue of Thomas Spring Rice (1791-1866) who was the MP for Limerick at the time.
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What were the names of the Murdered Mayors of 1921?
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George Clancy & Michael O’Callaghan were murdered in their homes on the 7th March 1921. Clancy Strand and O’Callaghan Strand are named after these two men.
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In 1930 a prominent statue was blown up by the IRA, where was this statue located?
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The memorial to Viscount John Charles Henry FitzGibbon stood on Sarsfield Bridge from 1857 until it was blown up by the IRA on 9th June 1930. The 1916 memorial was erected in its place.
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