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Irish Folklore Trivia

Dive into Irish myths where banshees wail and leprechauns craft shoes—think you can handle the craic?

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

Which young hero, immune to Ulster’s warriors’ curse, single-handedly held off Queen Medb’s army in the Táin Bó Cúilnge?

Cú Chulainn

According to Irish folklore, leprechauns hide a pot of what elusive treasure at the end of the rainbow?

Gold

In classic tales collected by Thomas Crofton Croker, leprechauns are renowned as crafty what?

Shoemakers

While cooking Finnegas’s Salmon of Knowledge and burning himself, which body part did young Fionn suck to gain its wisdom?

Thumb

In Irish lore, which magical fish, tied to the Well of Segais and a burned-thumb taste, granted Fionn mac Cumhaill his wisdom?

Salmon of Knowledge