Tuesday, 27 October 2026 · The Wild Atlantic Way
Journey #015 answers
Every answer that counted, from the commonest to the rarest. Not played it yet? Play this journey first.
Name a Jacob's biscuit.
Anything sold under the Jacob's name, past or present, plus its Irish sister brand.
Robin10 km
- Kimberley
Hedgehog25 km
- Cream Crackers
- Fig Rolls
- Mikado
Red Fox40 km
- Club (milk, orange, mint and the rest)
- Coconut Creams
Irish Hare55 km
- Custard Creams (Boland's)
- Jaffa Cakes
Red Squirrel75 km
- Afternoon Tea (the assortment)
- Bourbon Creams (Boland's)
- Chocolate Kimberley
- Digestives
- Ginger Nuts
- Goldgrain
- Lemon Puffs
- Marietta
- Polo (the biscuit)
- Rich Tea
- USA Biscuits (the assortment)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Apple Rolls
- Biscuits for Cheese
- Busker (a bar)
- Butter Puffs
- Caffè di Milano
- Camelot (a square Mikado)
- Carnival (1930s)
- Cheeselets
- Chocolate Bites (Boland's)
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Chocolate Fig Rolls
- Chocolate Mallows
- Choice Grain
- Cornish Wafers
- Crinklys
- Crunchers
- Elite
- Fruity Bites
- Holiday (1930s)
- Jersey Creams (Boland's)
- Krackawheat
- Liga (for babies)
- Lincoln
- Mini Cheddars
- Nice
- Oat Crumbles
- Raspberry Creams (Boland's)
- Rings
- Riviera (1930s)
- Savours
- Shortbread
- Shortcake
- Teatime
- Telex (a bar)
- Trio (a bar)
- TUC
- Twiglets
- Wafers
- Wave Crest Crackers
- Windmill
- X's & O's
Name a national park on the island of Ireland.
Any of the Republic's eight national parks. Northern Ireland has none, so its eight Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty count too.
Robin10 km
- Killarney National Park (Kerry, the first, in 1932)
Hedgehog25 km
- Connemara National Park (Galway)
- Glenveagh National Park (Donegal)
- Wicklow Mountains National Park (Wicklow)
Red Fox40 km
- Burren National Park (Clare)
Irish Hare55 km
- Causeway Coast (Antrim, AONB)
- Mourne (Down, AONB)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Antrim Coast and Glens (Antrim, AONB)
- Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara, Ciarraí (Kerry, the marine park, 2024)
- Wild Nephin National Park (Mayo)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Binevenagh (Derry, AONB)
- Brú na Bóinne National Park (Meath, at Dowth, 2023)
- Lagan Valley (Antrim and Down, AONB)
- Ring of Gullion (Armagh, AONB)
- Sperrin (Tyrone and Derry, AONB)
- Strangford and Lecale (Down, AONB)
Name a member of Thin Lizzy, The Pogues, Boomtown Rats or Undertones.
Anyone who has been a member of one of these four bands, touring members included, up to 2026. Guests on single records don't count.
Robin10 km
- Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats)
- Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
Hedgehog25 km
- Shane MacGowan (The Pogues)
Irish Hare55 km
- Feargal Sharkey (Undertones)
- Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Brian Downey (Thin Lizzy)
- Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy)
- Cait O'Riordan (The Pogues)
- Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy)
- Jem Finer (The Pogues)
- Joe Strummer (The Pogues)
- Johnnie Fingers (Boomtown Rats)
- Midge Ure (Thin Lizzy)
- Philip Chevron (The Pogues)
- Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy)
- Spider Stacy (The Pogues)
- Terry Woods (The Pogues)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Alan Dunn (Boomtown Rats)
- Andrew Ranken (The Pogues)
- Andy Gee (Thin Lizzy, touring)
- Billy Doherty (Undertones)
- Damian O'Neill (Undertones)
- Damon Johnson (Thin Lizzy)
- Dan Hayes (The Pogues, touring)
- Daragh Lynch (The Pogues, touring)
- Darren Beale (Boomtown Rats)
- Darren Wharton (Thin Lizzy)
- Darryl Hunt (The Pogues)
- Dave Coulter (The Pogues)
- Dave Flett (Thin Lizzy, touring)
- Eric Wrixon (Thin Lizzy)
- Fiachra Meek (The Pogues, touring)
- Francesco DiCosmo (Thin Lizzy)
- Garry Roberts (Boomtown Rats)
- Gerry Cott (Boomtown Rats)
- Guy Pratt (Thin Lizzy)
- Holly Mullineaux (The Pogues, touring)
- Ian Haugland (Thin Lizzy)
- Ian Williamson (The Pogues, touring)
- Iona Zajac (The Pogues, touring)
- James Fearnley (The Pogues)
- James McNally (The Pogues)
- James Walbourne (The Pogues, touring)
- Jamie Clarke (The Pogues)
- Jim Sclavunos (The Pogues, touring)
- John Du Cann (Thin Lizzy, touring)
- John Francis Flynn (The Pogues, touring)
- John Hasler (The Pogues)
- John O'Neill (Undertones)
- John Sykes (Thin Lizzy)
- Jordan O'Leary (The Pogues, touring)
- Lisa O'Neill (The Pogues, touring)
- Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy)
- Mark Nauseef (Thin Lizzy, touring)
- Michael Bradley (Undertones)
- Michael Lee (Thin Lizzy)
- Nadine Shah (The Pogues, touring)
- Paul Cuddeford (Boomtown Rats)
- Paul McLoone (Undertones)
- Pete Briquette (Boomtown Rats)
- Pete Fraser (The Pogues, touring)
- Randy Gregg (Thin Lizzy)
- Richard Fortus (Thin Lizzy)
- Ricky Warwick (Thin Lizzy)
- Scott Travis (Thin Lizzy)
- Simon Crowe (Boomtown Rats)
- Snowy White (Thin Lizzy)
- Steve Barnard (Boomtown Rats)
- Tom Coll (The Pogues, touring)
- Tom Hamilton (Thin Lizzy)
- Tommy Aldridge (Thin Lizzy)
- Troy Sanders (Thin Lizzy)
- Vincent O'Neill (Undertones)
- Vivian Campbell (Thin Lizzy)
Name an old, poetic or legendary name for Ireland.
Any name the island or state has gone by, in the past, in legend, in Latin or Greek, or in poetry and song.
Robin10 km
- Erin (the poetic English form of Éire)
- The Emerald Isle (from William Drennan's 1795 poem When Erin First Rose)
Hedgehog25 km
- Éire (the Irish name, from the goddess Ériu)
- Hibernia (the Romans' name)
Irish Hare55 km
- Banba (one of the three queens of the Tuatha Dé Danann)
- Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann, the state's name from 1922 to 1937)
- Island of Saints and Scholars (Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Dark Rosaleen (James Clarence Mangan's poem)
- Ériu (the goddess, and the Old Irish name)
- Fódla (another of the three queens)
- Granuaile (Grace O'Malley became a stand-in for Ireland in 18th- and 19th-century songs)
- Inis Fáil (the 'island of destiny', after the Lia Fáil at Tara)
- Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, Ireland as a woman)
- Mother Ireland
- Róisín Dubh (the song Ireland hides behind)
- Scotia (Latin for the land of the Scoti, the Irish; Scotia Major)
- Shan Van Vocht (An tSean-bhean Bhocht, 'the poor old woman')
- The Green Isle
- The Old Sod (the emigrants' name for home)
Golden Eagle100 km
- An Droimeann Donn Dílis ('the dear white-backed brown cow')
- Crioch Fuinidh ('the far-off land')
- Fiodh-Inis ('the wooded island')
- Ierne (the Greeks' name)
- Inis Ealga ('the noble island')
- Iouernia (Ptolemy's spelling)
- Irish Republic (the republic declared in 1916 and 1919)
- Juverna
- Kingdom of Ireland (1542 to 1800)
- Lordship of Ireland (1171 to 1541)
- Muicinis ('pig island': to the Milesians it looked like a hog's back)
- Ogygia ('the most ancient land', perhaps in Plutarch)
- Síle Ní Ghadhra
- Southern Ireland (the Home Rule state of 1921–22 that never really worked)
Name an Irish boxer who won a professional world title.
Boxers born or raised on the island who won a WBA, WBC, IBF or WBO title, a women's WIBF title, or a recognised world title before 1962.
Robin10 km
- Katie Taylor
Hedgehog25 km
- Barry McGuigan
Red Fox40 km
- Carl Frampton
- Steve Collins
Irish Hare55 km
- Andy Lee
- Bernard Dunne
- Wayne McCullough
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aaron McKenna
- Anthony Cacace
- Dave McAuley
- Deirdre Gogarty
- Lewis Crocker
- Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
- Rinty Monaghan
- Ryan Burnett
- TJ Doheny
Golden Eagle100 km
- Brian Magee
- Dave Sullivan
- Eamonn Loughran
- George Gardner
- Ike Weir
- Jack McAuliffe
- Jimmy McLarnin
- John Caldwell
- Mike McTigue
- Peter Maher
- Tom Sharkey
Name a kind of weather in Irish.
Any Irish word for a kind of weather, as a noun or as in 'Tá sé…'. Rainbows and floods count; seasons and the sky don't.
Robin10 km
- Báisteach (rain)
Hedgehog25 km
- Grian (sun)
- Sneachta (snow)
Red Fox40 km
- Fuar (cold)
- Gaoth (wind)
Irish Hare55 km
- Ceo (fog, mist)
- Fliuch (wet)
- Scamall (cloud)
- Stoirm (storm)
- Te (hot, warm)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aiteall (a dry spell between showers)
- Breá (fine)
- Cith (shower)
- Clocha sneachta (hail)
- Gála (gale)
- Hairicín (hurricane)
- Leac oighir (ice)
- Sioc (frost)
- Tintreach (lightning)
- Tirim (dry)
- Toirneach (thunder)
- Tornádó (tornado)
- Tuar ceatha (rainbow)
- Tuile (flood)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Bailc (downpour)
- Bog (soft, mild)
- Brothall (close, sultry heat)
- Ceobhrán (drizzle)
- Doineann (foul weather)
- Drúcht (dew)
- Fionnuar (cool)
- Flichshneachta (sleet)
- Leoithne (breeze)
- Modartha (overcast)
- Salach (wet and windy, drizzly)
- Soineann (fair weather)
- Tonn teasa (heatwave)
- Triomach (drought)
Name a dog breed recognised by the Irish Kennel Club.
Any breed on the Irish Kennel Club's breed list. Sizes and coat types of one breed count as that breed; crossbreeds don't count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Labrador retriever
Red Fox40 km
- German shepherd
- Golden retriever
Irish Hare55 km
- Beagle
- Border collie
- Chihuahua
- Cocker spaniel
- Dachshund
- Dalmatian
- French bulldog
- Irish setter
- Irish wolfhound
- Jack Russell terrier
- Poodle
- Pug
- Rottweiler
- Siberian husky
Red Squirrel75 km
- Afghan hound
- Akita
- Basset hound
- Bernese mountain dog
- Bichon frise
- Bloodhound
- Boxer
- Bull terrier
- Bulldog
- Cavalier King Charles spaniel
- Chow Chow
- Dobermann
- English springer spaniel
- Glen of Imaal terrier
- Great Dane
- Greyhound
- Irish red and white setter
- Irish terrier
- Irish water spaniel
- Kerry beagle
- Kerry blue terrier
- Maltese
- Newfoundland
- Old English sheepdog
- Pembroke Welsh corgi
- Pomeranian
- Rough collie
- Samoyed
- Schnauzer
- Shar Pei
- Shih Tzu
- Soft-coated wheaten terrier
- St Bernard
- Staffordshire bull terrier
- Weimaraner
- West Highland white terrier
- Whippet
- Yorkshire terrier
Golden Eagle100 km
- Affenpinscher
- Airedale terrier
- Alaskan malamute
- American Akita
- American cocker spaniel
- American Staffordshire terrier
- Anatolian shepherd dog
- Appenzeller cattle dog
- Australian cattle dog
- Australian Kelpie
- Australian shepherd
- Australian silky terrier
- Australian terrier
- Azawakh
- Barbet
- Basenji
- Basset artésien normand
- Basset bleu de Gascogne
- Basset fauve de Bretagne
- Bavarian mountain scenthound
- Bearded collie
- Beauceron
- Bedlington terrier
- Belgian shepherd
- Bergamasco
- Berger Picard
- Black and tan coonhound
- Black Russian terrier
- Bolognese
- Border terrier
- Borzoi
- Boston terrier
- Bouvier des Flandres
- Bracco Italiano
- Briard
- Briquet griffon Vendeen
- Brittany
- Bullmastiff
- Cairn terrier
- Canaan dog
- Canadian Eskimo dog
- Cane corso
- Cardigan Welsh corgi
- Catalan sheepdog
- Caucasian shepherd dog
- Central Asian shepherd dog
- Cesky terrier
- Chesapeake Bay retriever
- Chinese crested
- Cirneco dell'Etna
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- Clumber spaniel
- Coton de Tulear
- Curly-coated retriever
- Czechoslovakian wolfdog
- Dandie Dinmont terrier
- Deerhound
- Dogo Argentino
- Dogo Canario
- Dogue de Bordeaux
- Dutch shepherd
- English setter
- English toy terrier
- Estrela mountain dog
- Eurasier
- Field spaniel
- Finnish Lapphund
- Finnish spitz
- Flat-coated retriever
- Foxhound
- Frisian pointing dog
- German long-haired pointer
- German pinscher
- German shorthaired pointer
- German spitz
- German wirehaired pointer
- Giant schnauzer
- Gordon setter
- Grand basset griffon Vendéen
- Grand bleu de Gascogne
- Grand griffon Vendeen
- Great Swiss mountain dog
- Griffon Belge
- Griffon Bruxellois
- Griffon fauve de Bretagne
- Halden hound
- Hamiltonstövare
- Hanoverian scenthound
- Harrier
- Havanese
- Hovawart
- Ibizan hound
- Italian greyhound
- Japanese Chin
- Japanese spitz
- Karelian bear dog
- Keeshond
- King Charles spaniel
- Komondor
- Kooikerhondje
- Korthals griffon
- Kuvasz
- Lagotto Romagnolo
- Lakeland terrier
- Lancashire heeler
- Landseer
- Lapponian herder
- Large Munsterlander
- Leonberger
- Lhasa Apso
- Löwchen
- Magyar agár
- Mallorca mastiff
- Manchester terrier
- Maremma sheepdog
- Mastiff
- Mexican hairless dog
- Miniature bull terrier
- Miniature pinscher
- Miniature schnauzer
- Mudi
- Neapolitan mastiff
- Norfolk terrier
- Norrbottenspets
- Norwegian Buhund
- Norwegian elkhound
- Norwich terrier
- Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever
- Otterhound
- Papillon
- Parson Russell terrier
- Pekingese
- Peruvian hairless dog
- Petit basset griffon Vendéen
- Petit Brabançon
- Phalène
- Pharaoh hound
- Picardy spaniel
- Pinscher
- Pointer
- Polish lowland sheepdog
- Portuguese podengo
- Portuguese pointing dog
- Portuguese water dog
- Puli
- Pumi
- Pyrenean mastiff
- Pyrenean mountain dog
- Pyrenean sheepdog
- Rhodesian ridgeback
- Romanian Mioritic
- Russian toy
- Saluki
- Šarplaninac
- Schapendoes
- Schipperke
- Scottish terrier
- Sealyham terrier
- Segugio Italiano
- Shetland sheepdog
- Shiba inu
- Skye terrier
- Sloughi
- Slovakian wire-haired pointer
- Small Munsterlander
- Smooth collie
- Smooth fox terrier
- Spanish greyhound
- Spanish mastiff
- Spanish water dog
- Spinone Italiano
- Sussex spaniel
- Swedish Lapphund
- Swedish Vallhund
- Tatra shepherd dog
- Thai ridgeback
- Tibetan mastiff
- Tibetan spaniel
- Tibetan terrier
- Treeing Walker coonhound
- Vizsla
- Volpino Italiano
- Welsh springer spaniel
- Welsh terrier
- White Swiss shepherd dog
- Wire fox terrier
- Wire-haired vizsla