Thursday, 29 October 2026 · Coast to Coast
Journey #017 answers
Every answer that counted, from the commonest to the rarest. Not played it yet? Play this journey first.
Name a traditional Irish dish.
Traditional Irish food: dinners, breads, cakes, puddings and regional specialities.
Hedgehog25 km
- Irish stew
Red Fox40 km
- Bacon and cabbage
- Boxty (potato pancake)
- Coddle (sausage, rasher and spud, Dublin's own)
- Colcannon (mash with cabbage or kale)
- Full Irish breakfast (or an Ulster fry)
Irish Hare55 km
- Barmbrack
- Black pudding
- Champ (mash with scallions)
- Potato bread (fadge or potato cakes)
- Soda bread
Red Squirrel75 km
- Apple tart
- Beef and Guinness stew
- Blaa (Waterford's floury roll)
- Brown bread (or wheaten)
- Carrageen pudding (seaweed set with milk)
- Crubeens (pigs' trotters)
- Drisheen (Cork's blood pudding)
- Dulse (dried seaweed)
- Fifteens (Ulster traybake)
- Fish and chips (a one and one)
- Fried bread
- Gur cake (Dublin's pastry slab)
- Limerick ham (Limerick's cured ham)
- Mashed potato
- Oysters
- Packet and tripe
- Pastie (Ulster's battered pie)
- Porridge
- Porter cake
- Scones
- Seafood chowder
- Shepherd's pie
- Smoked salmon
- Spiced beef (Cork at Christmas)
- Tripe
- White pudding
- Yellowman (Ballycastle's honeycomb toffee)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Bodice (Cork's salted pork ribs)
- Dublin lawyer (lobster in whiskey and cream)
- Goody (bread boiled in milk and sugar)
- Nettle soup
- Skirts and kidneys (Cork pork stew)
- Veda bread (Ulster's malted loaf)
- Wexford rissole
Name a town or village on the River Shannon.
Any city, town or village on the river, the shores of its lakes or its estuary, from the source down to Loop Head.
Hedgehog25 km
- Athlone (Westmeath and Roscommon)
- Carrick-on-Shannon (Leitrim)
- Limerick (Limerick)
Red Fox40 km
- Killaloe (Clare)
- Shannon (Clare, on the estuary)
Irish Hare55 km
- Ballina (Tipperary, across from Killaloe)
- Banagher (Offaly)
- Clonmacnoise (Offaly)
- Lanesborough (Longford, Lough Ree)
- Portumna (Galway, Lough Derg)
- Shannonbridge (Offaly and Roscommon)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Ardnacrusha
- Askeaton (Limerick, by the estuary)
- Ballykeeran (Westmeath, Lough Ree)
- Ballyleague (Roscommon, Lough Ree)
- Castleconnell (Limerick)
- Castletroy (Limerick)
- Clondra (Longford)
- Clonlara (Clare)
- Dowra (Cavan)
- Dromineer (Tipperary, Lough Derg)
- Dromod (Leitrim)
- Drumshanbo (Leitrim, Lough Allen)
- Drumsna (Leitrim)
- Foynes (Limerick, on the estuary)
- Garrykennedy (Tipperary, Lough Derg)
- Glasson (Westmeath, near Lough Ree)
- Glin (Limerick, on the estuary)
- Hodson Bay (Roscommon, Lough Ree)
- Jamestown (Leitrim)
- Kilrush (Clare, on the estuary)
- Knockcroghery (Roscommon, near Lough Ree)
- Lecarrow (Roscommon, Lough Ree)
- Leitrim (Leitrim)
- Meelick (Galway)
- Mountshannon (Clare, Lough Derg)
- O'Briensbridge (Clare)
- Puckane (Tipperary, near Lough Derg)
- Rooskey (Roscommon and Leitrim)
- Scarriff (Clare, Lough Derg)
- Shannon Harbour (Offaly)
- Tarbert (Kerry, on the estuary)
- Tarmonbarry (Roscommon)
- Terryglass (Tipperary, Lough Derg)
- Tuamgraney (Clare, Lough Derg)
- Whitegate (Clare, Lough Derg)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Ballinagleragh (Leitrim, Lough Allen)
- Ballinderry (Tipperary, Lough Derg)
- Ballylongford (Kerry, by the estuary)
- Barley Harbour (Longford, Lough Ree)
- Battlebridge (Leitrim)
- Bunratty (Clare, by the estuary)
- Carrigaholt (Clare, at the mouth)
- Coosan (Westmeath, Lough Ree)
- Cortober (Roscommon, across from Carrick)
- Dromaan (Clare, Lough Derg)
- Kilbaha (Clare, at the mouth)
- Kildysart (Clare, on the estuary)
- Kilgarvan Quay (Tipperary, Lough Derg)
- Killimer (Clare, on the estuary)
- Labasheeda (Clare, on the estuary)
- Loghill (Limerick, on the estuary)
- Montpelier (Limerick)
- Ogonnelloe (Clare, Lough Derg)
- Pallaskenry (Limerick, by the estuary)
- Parteen
- Portrunny (Roscommon, Lough Ree)
Name an instrument you'd find at a trad session.
Any instrument regularly played at an Irish traditional music session, melody or accompaniment.
Hedgehog25 km
- Bodhrán
- Fiddle
- Tin whistle
Red Fox40 km
- Button accordion
- Guitar
- Uilleann pipes
Irish Hare55 km
- Banjo
- Concertina
- Flute
- Harp
Red Squirrel75 km
- Bones
- Bouzouki
- Cajón
- Low whistle
- Mandolin
- Mouth organ
- Piano
- Piano accordion
- Spoons
Golden Eagle100 km
- Céilí band drums
- Melodeon
- Shruti box
Name one of Ireland's top 50 boys' or girls' names in 1964.
The 50 most common boys' names and 50 most common girls' names registered in 1964 (CSO). Other spellings and pet names count too.
Red Fox40 km
- John (no. 1 for boys, 3,696 babies)
- Mary (no. 1 for girls, 3,471 babies)
- Patrick (no. 2 for boys, 2,235 babies)
Irish Hare55 km
- Margaret (no. 3 for girls, 1,392 babies)
- Michael (no. 3 for boys, 2,157 babies)
- Seán (no. 38 for boys, 171 babies)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aidan (no. 37 for boys, 182 babies)
- Alan (no. 29 for boys, 245 babies)
- Andrew (joint no. 34 for boys, 195 babies)
- Angela (no. 24 for girls, 291 babies)
- Ann (no. 4 for girls, 866 babies)
- Anna (no. 34 for girls, 214 babies)
- Anne (no. 5 for girls, 834 babies)
- Anthony (no. 12 for boys, 613 babies)
- Barbara (no. 43 for girls, 156 babies)
- Bernadette (no. 15 for girls, 392 babies)
- Bernard (no. 33 for boys, 201 babies)
- Brendan (no. 17 for boys, 426 babies)
- Brian (no. 14 for boys, 464 babies)
- Bridget (no. 8 for girls, 595 babies)
- Brigid (no. 29 for girls, 272 babies)
- Carmel (no. 21 for girls, 304 babies)
- Carol (no. 36 for girls, 185 babies)
- Caroline (no. 7 for girls, 617 babies)
- Catherine (no. 2 for girls, 1,412 babies)
- Christina (no. 40 for girls, 169 babies)
- Christopher (no. 27 for boys, 289 babies)
- Ciarán (no. 49 for boys, 124 babies)
- Colette (joint no. 47 for girls, 135 babies)
- Colm (joint no. 45 for boys, 144 babies)
- Cornelius (joint no. 39 for boys, 161 babies)
- Daniel (no. 19 for boys, 395 babies)
- David (no. 7 for boys, 936 babies)
- Declan (no. 23 for boys, 321 babies)
- Deirdre (no. 14 for girls, 408 babies)
- Denis (no. 21 for boys, 347 babies)
- Derek (joint no. 30 for boys, 237 babies)
- Dermot (joint no. 34 for boys, 195 babies)
- Desmond (joint no. 43 for boys, 145 babies)
- Donal (joint no. 45 for boys, 144 babies)
- Edward (no. 18 for boys, 425 babies)
- Eileen (no. 17 for girls, 344 babies)
- Elizabeth (no. 6 for girls, 722 babies)
- Ellen (no. 27 for girls, 282 babies)
- Eugene (no. 50 for boys, 123 babies)
- Fiona (no. 32 for girls, 249 babies)
- Frances (no. 38 for girls, 173 babies)
- Francis (no. 16 for boys, 429 babies)
- Geraldine (no. 9 for girls, 579 babies)
- Gerard (no. 10 for boys, 815 babies)
- Helen (no. 13 for girls, 437 babies)
- Jacqueline (no. 11 for girls, 529 babies)
- James (no. 5 for boys, 1,554 babies)
- Jeremiah (joint no. 39 for boys, 161 babies)
- Joan (no. 31 for girls, 262 babies)
- Joseph (no. 11 for boys, 737 babies)
38 more
- Josephine (no. 25 for girls, 287 babies)
- Julia (no. 42 for girls, 157 babies)
- Karen (no. 41 for girls, 165 babies)
- Kathleen (no. 23 for girls, 301 babies)
- Kenneth (no. 41 for boys, 150 babies)
- Kevin (no. 15 for boys, 452 babies)
- Kieran (no. 32 for boys, 224 babies)
- Linda (no. 28 for girls, 279 babies)
- Maria (no. 33 for girls, 236 babies)
- Marie (no. 26 for girls, 284 babies)
- Mark (no. 28 for boys, 279 babies)
- Martin (no. 9 for boys, 849 babies)
- Martina (no. 18 for girls, 339 babies)
- Niall (no. 47 for boys, 142 babies)
- Noel (no. 20 for boys, 394 babies)
- Nora (no. 30 for girls, 264 babies)
- Patricia (no. 10 for girls, 536 babies)
- Paul (no. 4 for boys, 1,814 babies)
- Paula (no. 20 for girls, 311 babies)
- Pauline (no. 12 for girls, 460 babies)
- Peter (no. 13 for boys, 527 babies)
- Philip (no. 36 for boys, 187 babies)
- Raymond (joint no. 30 for boys, 237 babies)
- Richard (no. 24 for boys, 301 babies)
- Robert (no. 22 for boys, 342 babies)
- Rose (no. 49 for girls, 130 babies)
- Sandra (no. 16 for girls, 358 babies)
- Sarah (no. 46 for girls, 137 babies)
- Sharon (no. 39 for girls, 172 babies)
- Sheila (no. 37 for girls, 176 babies)
- Siobhán (no. 35 for girls, 207 babies)
- Stephen (no. 25 for boys, 296 babies)
- Susan (no. 22 for girls, 303 babies)
- Teresa (no. 19 for girls, 328 babies)
- Thomas (no. 6 for boys, 1,349 babies)
- Timothy (no. 26 for boys, 295 babies)
- Vincent (no. 42 for boys, 148 babies)
- William (no. 8 for boys, 875 babies)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Charles (joint no. 43 for boys, 145 babies)
- Johanna (no. 44 for girls, 146 babies)
- Laurence (no. 48 for boys, 141 babies)
- Lorraine (joint no. 47 for girls, 135 babies)
- Valerie (no. 50 for girls, 129 babies)
- Yvonne (no. 45 for girls, 139 babies)
Name an event in athletics.
Any event a major athletics championship has held, past or present, men's or women's, indoors or out.
Hedgehog25 km
- 100 metres
Red Fox40 km
- High jump
- Long jump
- Marathon
Irish Hare55 km
- 200 metres
- 400 metres
- 800 metres
- 1500 metres
- 5000 metres
- Discus
- Hammer throw
- Hurdles
- Javelin
- Pole vault
- Relay
- Shot put
- Triple jump
Red Squirrel75 km
- 4 x 100 metres relay
- 4 x 400 metres relay
- 10,000 metres
- 60 metres
- 60 metres hurdles
- 100 metres hurdles
- 110 metres hurdles
- 400 metres hurdles
- 3000 metres
- Cross country
- Decathlon
- Half marathon
- Heptathlon
- Mile
- Mixed relay
- Mountain running
- Pentathlon
- Race walk
- Steeplechase
- Tug of war
- Ultramarathon
Golden Eagle100 km
- 56lb weight throw
- Standing long or high jump
Name a family member in Irish (as Gaeilge).
The Irish for mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, niece, nephew, husband or wife.
Robin10 km
- Máthair (mother)
Hedgehog25 km
- Athair (father)
- Deartháir (brother)
Red Fox40 km
- Deirfiúr (sister)
- Seanmháthair (grandmother)
Irish Hare55 km
- Aintín (aunt)
- Iníon (daughter)
- Mac (son)
- Seanathair (grandfather)
- Uncail (uncle)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Bean chéile (wife)
- Céile (spouse: husband or wife)
- Col ceathrair (cousin)
- Fear céile (husband)
- Neacht (niece)
- Nia (nephew)
Name something you'd find in the hot press.
Anything an Irish home keeps, airs or hides in the hot press, plus the fittings that keep it warm.
Hedgehog25 km
- Sheets
- Towels
Irish Hare55 km
- Bed linen
- Blankets
- Clean clothes
- Duvet covers
- Duvets
- Pillowcases
- Socks
- The hot water tank
- The immersion
Red Squirrel75 km
- Baby clothes
- Bath mats
- Bread dough
- Christmas decorations
- Clothes horse
- Curtains
- Cushion covers
- Dressing gown
- Electric blanket
- Face cloths
- Hats, scarves and gloves
- Hidden presents
- Hot pipes
- Hot water bottles
- Ironing board
- Jumpers
- Medicines
- Nappies
- Pillows
- Pyjamas
- School uniforms
- Shirts
- Slatted shelves
- Sleeping bags
- Slippers
- Spiders
- Tablecloths
- Tea towels
- The boiler
- The cat
- The lagging jacket
- The shower pump
- Tights
- Toilet roll
- Toiletries
- Underwear
- Vests
- Wet shoes
Golden Eagle100 km
- Conkers
- Handkerchiefs