Friday, 23 October 2026 · The Ancient East
Journey #011 answers
Every answer that counted, from the commonest to the rarest. Not played it yet? Play this journey first.
Name a brand of tea sold in Ireland.
Any brand of tea sold in shops north or south, past or present, Irish or not, herbal included.
Robin10 km
- Barry's
- Lyons
Irish Hare55 km
- Bewley's
- Fallon's (Lidl's own tea)
- PG Tips
- Punjana (Thompson's, Belfast)
- Tetley
- Twinings
Red Squirrel75 km
- Lipton
- Nambarrie
- Pukka
- Supermarket own brand (Tesco, Dunnes, SuperValu, Aldi…)
- Typhoo
- Yorkshire Tea
Golden Eagle100 km
- Ahmad Tea
- Brooke Bond
- Campbell's Perfect Tea
- Celestial Seasonings
- Clipper
- Dilmah
- Heath & Heather
- Higher Living
- Jacksons of Piccadilly
- McEntee's Tea
- Ringtons
- Robert Roberts
- Solaris (Irish herbal tea)
- Teapigs
- Yogi Tea
Name a railway station on the island of Ireland.
Any passenger station open in October 2026 on Irish Rail (DART included) or NI Railways. The town's name is enough. Luas stops don't count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Dublin Heuston
Red Fox40 km
- Dublin Connolly
Irish Hare55 km
- Belfast Grand Central (NI Railways)
- Cork Kent
- Dublin Pearse
- Galway Ceannt
- Limerick Colbert
- Tara Street
Red Squirrel75 km
- Athlone
- Belfast Lanyon Place (NI Railways)
- Bray Daly
- Carlow
- Carrick-on-Shannon
- Castlebar
- Cobh
- Derry (NI Railways)
- Drogheda MacBride
- Dún Laoghaire Mallin
- Dundalk Clarke
- Ennis
- Grand Canal Dock
- Greystones
- Howth
- Kildare
- Kilkenny MacDonagh
- Killarney
- Longford
- Malahide
- Mallow
- Maynooth
- Mullingar
- Newbridge
- Newry (NI Railways)
- Portlaoise
- Portrush (NI Railways)
- Rosslare
- Sligo Mac Diarmada
- Thurles
- Tralee Casement
- Tullamore
- Waterford Plunkett
- Westport
- Wexford O'Hanrahan
Golden Eagle100 km
- Adamstown
- Adelaide (NI Railways)
- Antrim (NI Railways)
- Ardrahan
- Arklow
- Ashtown
- Athenry
- Athy
- Attymon
- Balbriggan
- Ballina
- Ballinasloe
- Ballybrophy
- Ballycarry (NI Railways)
- Ballyhaunis
- Ballymena (NI Railways)
- Ballymoney (NI Railways)
- Ballymote
- Balmoral (NI Railways)
- Bangor (NI Railways)
- Bangor West (NI Railways)
- Banteer
- Bayside
- Bellarena (NI Railways)
- Birdhill
- Blackrock
- Booterstown
- Botanic (NI Railways)
- Boyle
- Broombridge
- Cahir
- Carnalea (NI Railways)
- Carrick-on-Suir
- Carrickfergus (NI Railways)
- Carrigaloe
- Carrigtwohill
- Castleconnell
- Castleknock
- Castlerea
- Castlerock (NI Railways)
- Charleville
- City Hospital (NI Railways)
- Clara
- Claremorris
- Clipperstown (NI Railways)
- Clondalkin Fonthill
- Clongriffin
- Clonmel
- Clonsilla
- Clontarf Road
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- Cloughjordan
- Coleraine (NI Railways)
- Collooney
- Coolmine
- Craughwell
- Cullybackey (NI Railways)
- Cultra (NI Railways)
- Dalkey
- Derriaghy (NI Railways)
- Dhu Varren (NI Railways)
- Docklands
- Donabate
- Downshire (NI Railways)
- Dromod
- Drumcondra
- Dunboyne
- Dunmurry (NI Railways)
- Edgeworthstown
- Enfield
- Enniscorthy
- Farranfore
- Finaghy (NI Railways)
- Fota
- Foxford
- Glenageary
- Glounthaune
- Glynn (NI Railways)
- Gorey
- Gormanston
- Gort
- Greenisland (NI Railways)
- Hansfield
- Harmonstown
- Hazelhatch and Celbridge
- Helen's Bay (NI Railways)
- Hilden (NI Railways)
- Holywood (NI Railways)
- Howth Junction & Donaghmede
- Jordanstown (NI Railways)
- Kilbarrack
- Kilcock
- Kilcoole
- Killester
- Killiney
- Kishoge
- Lambeg (NI Railways)
- Lansdowne Road
- Larne (NI Railways)
- Laytown
- Leixlip
- Limerick Junction
- Lisburn (NI Railways)
- Little Island
- Lurgan (NI Railways)
- M3 Parkway
- Magheramorne (NI Railways)
- Manulla Junction
- Marino (NI Railways)
- Midleton
- Millstreet
- Moira (NI Railways)
- Monasterevin
- Mossley West (NI Railways)
- Muine Bheag
- Navan Road Parkway
- Nenagh
- Oranmore
- Park West and Cherry Orchard
- Pelletstown
- Portadown (NI Railways)
- Portarlington
- Portmarnock
- Poyntzpass (NI Railways)
- Raheny
- Rathdrum
- Rathmore
- Roscommon
- Roscrea
- Rush and Lusk
- Rushbrooke
- Sallins and Naas
- Salthill and Monkstown
- Sandycove and Glasthule
- Sandymount
- Scarva (NI Railways)
- Seahill (NI Railways)
- Seapoint
- Shankill
- Sixmilebridge
- Skerries
- Sutton
- Sydenham (NI Railways)
- Sydney Parade
- Templemore
- Thomastown
- Tipperary
- Titanic Quarter (NI Railways)
- Trooperslane (NI Railways)
- University (NI Railways)
- Whiteabbey (NI Railways)
- Whitehead (NI Railways)
- Wicklow
- Woodbrook
- Woodlawn
- York Street (NI Railways)
Name an Irish comedian.
Comedians and comedy acts from the island of Ireland or with Irish citizenship, past or present: stand-up, sketch, sitcom, impressions.
Hedgehog25 km
- Tommy Tiernan
Red Fox40 km
- Brendan O'Carroll
- Dara Ó Briain
Irish Hare55 km
- Ardal O'Hanlon
- Brendan Grace
- Dave Allen
- Dermot Morgan
- Des Bishop
- Dylan Moran
- Graham Norton
- Jason Byrne
- Joanne McNally
- P. J. Gallagher
- Pat Shortt
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aisling Bea
- Andrew Maxwell
- Bernard Casey
- Bernard O'Shea
- Chris O'Dowd
- D'Unbelievables
- Deirdre O'Kane
- Ed Byrne
- Foil Arms and Hog
- Frank Carson
- Frank Kelly
- Hal Roach
- Katie Boyle
- Killian Sundermann
- Kyla Cobbler
- Maeve Higgins
- Mario Rosenstock
- Neil Delamere
- Niall Tóibín
- Patrick Kielty
- Rachel Galvo
- Rory O'Hanlon
- Ryan Carrick
- Shane Daniel Byrne
- Sharon Horgan
- Spike Milligan
Golden Eagle100 km
- Abandoman
- Abie Philbin Bowman
- Al Porter
- Alison Spittle
- Amelia Crowley
- Andrew Doyle
- Andrew Stanley
- Andy Quirke
- Anne Gildea
- Aoife Dooley
- Après Match
- Barney Williams
- Barry Murphy
- Ben Keaton
- Billy Teare
- Birdy Sweeney
- Blindboy Boatclub
- Brother Stephen Russell
- Catherine Bohart
- Cecil Sheridan
- Cha and Miah
- Chris Kent
- Chris O'Neill
- Ciaran Lyons
- Colin Geddis
- Colin Murphy
- Conal Gallen
- Conor Moore
- Cullen and Carthy
- Damo and Ivor
- Dan & Becs
- Daniel Millar
- Danny Cummins
- Dave Callan
- David McSavage
- David O'Doherty
- Dead Cat Bounce
- Dermot Whelan
- Diet of Worms
- Dil Wickremasinghe
- Diona Doherty
- Edward Stanelli
- Eleanor Tiernan
- Emma Doran
- Emma Moran
- Enya Martin
- Eric Lalor
- Fiona O'Loughlin
- Francis Cronin
- Frank Joseph Fogarty
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- Frank Twomey
- Fred Cooke
- Garron Noone
- Gary Cooke
- Gavin Drea
- Gearóid Farrelly
- Gerry Mallon
- Gráinne Maguire
- Hardy Bucks
- Hole in the Wall Gang
- Ian Macpherson
- Jack Cruise
- Jack Langrishe
- Jackie Wright
- Jake O'Kane
- James Young
- Jarlath Regan
- Jennifer Zamparelli
- Jimeoin
- Jimmy Cricket
- Jimmy O'Dea
- Joe O'Gorman
- Joe Rooney
- John Dillon
- John Linehan
- John Moloney
- Jon Kenny
- June Rodgers
- Justine Stafford
- Karl Spain
- Katherine Lynch
- Keith Law
- Kevin Gildea
- Kevin McAleer
- Kevin McGahern
- Lembit Öpik
- Martin Angolo
- Martin Mor
- Martin Reid
- Marty Gleeson
- Mary Bourke
- Maureen Potter
- May Belfort
- Mel Kelly
- Michael Fry
- Michael Legge
- Michael Redmond
- Michael Smiley
- Michael Twomey
- Mike Rice
- Noel V. Ginnity
- Nuala McKeever
- Oliver Callan
- Owen Colgan
- Owen O'Neill
- Paddy Crosbie
- Paddy Raff
- Pat Condell
- Patricia Collinge
- Patrick McDonnell
- Patrick Monahan
- Paul Tylak
- Paul Woodfull
- Pauline Goldsmith
- Pauline McLynn
- Peadar de Burca
- Peter McGann
- Podge and Rodge
- Raymond Keane
- Richie Kavanagh
- Risteárd Cooper
- Robbie Bonham
- Rory O'Connor
- Roy Walker
- Sam Cree
- Sean Crummey
- Sean Hughes
- Serena Terry
- Shane Clifford
- Shane Todd
- Steve Furst
- Steven He
- Tadhg Hickey
- Tara Flynn
- The 2 Johnnies
- The Luke & Duane Show
- The Nualas
- The Rubberbandits
- Thomas Barry
- Tim McGarry
- Tommy Campbell
- Tony Cantwell
- Twink
- Ursula Burns
- Vittorio Angelone
- Wilfrid Brambell
- Yasmine Akram
- Zig and Zag
Name a famous Irish manuscript or treasure made before 1200.
A named manuscript or piece of metalwork made in Ireland before 1200: gospel books, psalters, chalices, brooches, shrines, croziers, bells and gold hoards.
Robin10 km
- Book of Kells (about 800, Trinity College Dublin)
Hedgehog25 km
- Ardagh Chalice (8th century, found in 1868)
- Tara Brooch (about 700, found at Bettystown)
Irish Hare55 km
- Book of Durrow (the oldest of the great gospel books)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Bell of St Patrick (and its shrine, about 1100)
- Book of Armagh
- Broighter Hoard (gold boat and collar, 1st century BC)
- Cathach of St Columba (the oldest Irish manuscript of the psalms, about 600)
- Cross of Cong (about 1123)
- Derrynaflan Chalice (found with its paten in 1980)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Annals of Inisfallen (written from 1092)
- Ballinderry Brooch
- Bell Shrine of St Cuileáin
- Bell Shrine of St Mura
- Book of Dimma
- Book of Glendalough
- Book of Leinster (about 1160)
- Book of Mulling
- Book of the Dun Cow (Lebor na hUidre, about 1100)
- Breac Maodhóg (the shrine of St Mogue)
- Clonmacnoise Crozier
- Codex Usserianus Primus
- Corp Naomh (bell shrine)
- Domnach Airgid (book shrine)
- Dowris Hoard
- Faddan More Psalter (found in a bog in 2006)
- Garland of Howth
- Gleninsheen Gorget (Bronze Age gold collar)
- Gold lunula (Bronze Age gold collars)
- Gold torc
- Kells Crozier
- Kilmainham Brooch
- Liber Hymnorum (the Irish book of hymns, about 1100)
- Lismore Crozier
- Loughnashade Horn (Iron Age bronze trumpet)
- MacDurnan Gospels
- Macregol Gospels
- Mooghaun Hoard (Bronze Age gold)
- Moylough Belt Shrine
- Petrie Crown
- Prosperous Crozier
- River Laune Crozier
- Roscrea Brooch
- Shrine of St Lachtin's Arm
- Shrine of St Manchan (about 1130, Boher, Co. Offaly)
- Shrine of the Miosach
- Soiscél Molaise (book shrine from Devenish)
- Southampton Psalter
- Springmount Bog Tablets (wax writing tablets, about 600)
- Stowe Missal
Name a player who scored for Ireland at a World Cup or Euros.
Goals for the Republic of Ireland men's or women's senior team at World Cup or European Championship finals. Shootout penalties don't count.
Robin10 km
- Robbie Keane
Hedgehog25 km
- Ray Houghton
Red Fox40 km
- Kevin Sheedy
- Niall Quinn
- Robbie Brady
Irish Hare55 km
- Damien Duff
- John Aldridge
- Katie McCabe
- Matt Holland
- Wes Hoolahan
Red Squirrel75 km
- Gary Breen
- Ronnie Whelan
- Sean St Ledger
Name a part of the body in Irish.
Any part of the human body in Irish, head to toe, inside or out: limbs, organs, bones, hair and nails all count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Ceann (head)
- Cos (leg, foot)
- Lámh (hand, arm)
Red Fox40 km
- Béal (mouth)
- Cluas (ear)
- Srón (nose)
- Súil (eye)
Irish Hare55 km
- Croí (heart)
- Fiacail (tooth)
- Gruaig (hair)
- Méar (finger)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aghaidh (face)
- Bolg (stomach, belly)
- Droim (back)
- Glúin (knee)
- Gualainn (shoulder)
- Inchinn (brain)
- Muineál (neck)
- Ordóg (thumb)
- Smig (chin)
- Teanga (tongue)
- Tóin (bottom)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Ae (liver)
- Aipindic (appendix)
- Alt (knuckle, joint)
- Ascaill (armpit)
- Blaosc (skull)
- Bonn (sole)
- Bos (palm)
- Caipín súile (eyelid)
- Clár éadain (forehead)
- Cnámh (bone)
- Coim (waist)
- Colpa (calf)
- Craiceann (skin)
- Croiméal (moustache)
- Cromán (hip)
- Dorn (fist)
- Dromlach (spine)
- Duán (kidney)
- Easna (rib)
- Fabhra (eyelash)
- Féasóg (beard)
- Féith (vein)
- Giall (jaw)
- Imleacán (belly button)
- Ionga (nail)
- Ladhar (toe)
- Lamhnán (bladder)
- Leiceann (cheek)
- Leis (thigh)
- Liopa (lip)
- Lorga (shin)
- Mala (eyebrow)
- Matán (muscle)
- Néaróg (nerve)
- Polláire (nostril)
- Rosta (wrist)
- Rúitín (ankle)
- Sáil (heel)
- Scamhóg (lung)
- Scornach (throat)
- Stéig (intestine)
- Ucht (chest)
- Uillinn (elbow)
Name a fish found in Irish rivers or lakes.
Wild fish living in Irish rivers and lakes, native or introduced, including those that swim up from the sea. Sea-only fish don't count.
Robin10 km
- Atlantic salmon
- Brown trout
Red Fox40 km
- European eel
- Perch
- Pike
Irish Hare55 km
- Common carp
Red Squirrel75 km
- Common bream
- European sea bass
- Minnow
- Rainbow trout
- Roach
- Rudd
- Sea lamprey
- Tench
- Three-spined stickleback
Golden Eagle100 km
- Allis shad
- Arctic char
- Brook lamprey
- Chub
- Dace
- Flounder
- Grey mullet
- Gudgeon
- Killarney shad
- Pollan
- River lamprey
- Smelt
- Stone loach
- Sturgeon
- Ten-spined stickleback
- Twaite shad