The Irish Music Quiz #1

We all love listening to and supporting Irish music...but how much do you really know about it? Our beautiful Emerald Isle is famous all over the globe for its traditional, folk music as well as for producing massive, international best-selling pop and rock bands. For a small country, we pack quite the musical punch! Now you can put your knowledge to the test with our Irish Music Quiz. We’ll be grilling you on old ballads, modern pop, Irish music festivals, local Galway music and much more. So give it a go!
1. Which song was voted “Ireland’s Favourite Folk Song” by RTÉ in 2019?
Raglan Road
Rocky Road to Dublin
The Galway Shawl
The Hot Asphalt
2. Which Irish band released the song “Where’s Me Jumper?” in 1991?
Sultans of Ping FC
The Sultans of Swing
FC Sultans
Dancing at the Disco
3. Which song was made famous when John Peele played it twice in a row on live radio in 1978?
Teenage Kicks
With Or Without You
The Boys Are Back in Town
Raglan Road
4. Who wrote “The Town That I Loved So Well” about their home town?
Phil Coulter
Paul Brady
Luke Kelly
Enya
5. Which artist released albums entitled “No Frontiers”, “Collected” and “Without the Fanfare” in the 1980s?
Mary Black
The Undertones
Mary Coughlin
The Saw Doctors
6. Irish singer-songwriter, Enya, was born in what county?
Donegal
Dublin
Cork
Westmeath
7. Which song was The Saw Doctors first Irish No. 1 Single?
I Useta Lover
Tommy K
Clare Island
Red Cortina
8. Which band recently became the first Irish band to have a song reach 1 Billion views on YouTube?
The Cranberries
U2
Westlife
Kodaline
9. Only 2 Irish bands have ever won a Grammy Award, U2 and which other band?
The Chieftains
Westlife
The Dubliners
Enya
10. Villagers is tied with what other artist for the most Choice Music Prize nominations?
Bell X1
Jape
Lisa Hannigan
Duke Special
11. Who is the only artist to win the Choice Music Prize twice?
Jape
Villagers
The Script
Cathy Davey
12. In what year was the Choice Music Prize established?
2001
2005
2011
2015
13. What band released the album “Dogrel” in 2019?
Fontaines D.C.
The Murder Capital
The Clockworks
Pillow Queen
14. Faye O’Rourke fronts which current Irish band, featuring former members of Little Green Cars?
Soda Blonde
The Academic
Hudson Taylor
Bitch Falcon
15. Who were the first Irish band to be signed to the Creation23 record label?
The Clockworks
Bitch Falcon
Whenyoung
Powpig
16. Junior Brother, Daithí and Paddy Hanna are all signed to which Irish record label?
Strange Brew
Sony
Citóg Records
Celtic Sounds
17. Before Wyvern Lingo released their debut album, which Irish artist did they collaborate with, performing backing vocals?
Hozier
The Coronas
Aslan
Glen Hansard
18. Niall Breslin found fame as the lead-singer of which band?
The Blizzards
Bell X1
The Frames
Delorentos
19. “Atmosfolk” duo Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty are better known as what?
Saint Sister
Pillow Queens
Clannad
Sisterz
20. What is the name of the music showcase that takes place in The Black Gate every Wednesday?
Eclectics
The Black Gate Sessions
Wine & Jazz
Cheese Boards & Choons
21. Name the Galway artist whose song “Really Gone” featured, legendary songwriter, John Martyn?
Ultan Conlon
Tracy Bruen
The Waterboys
John Conneely
22. Which international artist played a “Gentlemen of the Road” stopover in Galway?
Mumford & Sons
Ed Sheeran
Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
23. 3Arena was originally known as the O2 when it opened in 2008. But what was the name of the theatre that stood on the site from 1988 to 2007?
The Point Theatre
The Academy
The RDS
Vicar Street
24. What year was the very first Electric Picnic festival?
1995
2000
2004
2010
25. In what Irish town would you find the annual Sea Sessions festival?
Bundoran
Clifden
Dundalk
Dingle
26. The original Féile Music festival, which ran from 1990-1997 was also known as what?
The Trip to Tipp
On The Lash
The Rocky Road
Féilin Good
27. Which venue won the most recent IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year?
Coughlan’s, Cork
Róisín Dubh, Galway
Whelan’s, Dublin
Dolan’s, Limerick
28. Which Irish band has been the most successful of all time, on global music charts?
U2
The Cranberries
Westlife
Boyzone
29. Who headlined Slane 2019?
Metallica
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Guns ‘n’ Roses
30. Amhrán na bhFiann, the national anthem of Ireland, translates to what?
The Soldier’s Song
Ireland’s Call
The Green & White
God Bless Ireland

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