Friday, 30 October 2026 · The Ancient East
Journey #018 answers
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Name a host of an RTÉ TV chat show.
Anyone who has hosted an RTÉ talk show in Wikipedia's Irish TV talk shows list, the Late Late (stand-ins too) and Today included.
Hedgehog25 km
- Gay Byrne (The Late Late Show, 1962–1999)
- Ryan Tubridy (The Late Late Show, Tubridy Tonight)
Red Fox40 km
- Pat Kenny (The Late Late Show, Kenny Live)
- Patrick Kielty (The Late Late Show, 2023–)
- Tommy Tiernan (The Tommy Tiernan Show)
Irish Hare55 km
- Brendan O'Connor (The Saturday Night Show)
- Dáithí Ó Sé (Today, The Daily Show)
- Miriam O'Callaghan (Saturday Night with Miriam)
- Ray D'Arcy (The Ray D'Arcy Show)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Aidan Power (The Cafe)
- Alf McCarthy (PM Live)
- Anna Nolan (The Afternoon Show)
- Bibi Baskin
- Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh (The Afternoon Show)
- Caroline Morahan (The Podge and Rodge Show)
- Charlie Bird (The Panel guest host)
- Ciana Campbell (PM Live)
- Claire Byrne (The Daily Show)
- Clare McKeon (Later On 2)
- Colin Murphy (The Panel)
- Craig Doyle (Tonight with Craig Doyle)
- Dara Ó Briain (The Panel, Buried Alive)
- David McWilliams (The Panel)
- Derek Davis (Live at 3)
- Doireann Garrihy (The Podge and Rodge Show)
- Fergus Finlay (Later On 2)
- Frank Dunlop (Later On 2)
- Frank Hall (Late Late stand-in)
- Gerry Ryan (Gerry Ryan Tonight)
- Gráinne Seoige (Seoige)
- Joe Duffy
- John Kelly (Later On 2)
- John Kennedy (The Lucy Kennedy Show)
- Laura Woods (The Cafe)
- Liam McCormack (The Cafe)
- Liam Ó Murchú (Lifelines)
- Lucy Kennedy (The Podge and Rodge Show)
- Marty Whelan (Open House, PM Live)
- Mary Kennedy (Open House, Kennedy)
- Maura Derrane (Today, Four Live)
- Mike Murphy (The Big Interview)
- Neil Delamere (The Panel)
- Norah Casey (Today)
- Olivia O'Leary (Later On 2)
- Podge and Rodge (The Podge and Rodge Show)
- Seán Moncrieff (Good Grief Moncrieff!)
- Shauna Lowry (Jo Maxi)
- Sheana Keane (Open House, The Afternoon Show)
- Síle Seoige (Seoige)
- Sinéad Kennedy (Today)
- Thelma Mansfield (Live at 3)
- Trevor Keegan (The Afternoon Show)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Antoinette Dawson (Jo Maxi)
- Bláthnaid Treacy
- Brian Graham (Jo Maxi)
- Brian Reddin (Jo Maxi)
- Celine Whelan (Jo Maxi)
- Clíona Ní Bhuachalla (Jo Maxi)
- Colin Murnane (Jo Maxi)
- Gemma Hill (Jo Maxi)
- Geri Lalor (Jo Maxi)
- Margaret O'Donoghue (Jo Maxi)
- Michael Sheridan (Jo Maxi)
- Niamh Walsh (Jo Maxi)
- Susan Kavanagh (Jo Maxi)
Name a peninsula on the island of Ireland.
Any named peninsula, big or small, north or south. A headland at the tip of a bigger peninsula with its own name doesn't count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Dingle Peninsula (Kerry)
Red Fox40 km
- Ards Peninsula (Down)
- Beara Peninsula (Cork and Kerry)
- Howth (Dublin)
- Inishowen (Donegal)
- Iveragh Peninsula (Kerry)
Irish Hare55 km
- Cooley Peninsula (Louth)
- Fanad (Donegal)
- Hook Peninsula (Wexford)
- Loop Head (Clare)
- Mizen Peninsula (Cork)
- Sheep's Head (Cork)
Red Squirrel75 km
- An Rinn (Waterford)
- Coolera Peninsula (Sligo)
- Corraun Peninsula (Mayo)
- Horn Head (Donegal)
- Iorras Aithneach (Galway)
- Islandmagee (Antrim)
- Isle of Doagh (Donegal)
- Kerry Head (Kerry)
- Lecale (Down)
- Magharees (Kerry)
- Magilligan Point (Derry)
- Muckross Head (Donegal)
- Mullaghmore (Sligo)
- Mullet Peninsula (Mayo)
- Old Head of Kinsale (Cork)
- Poolbeg (Dublin)
- Portrane (Dublin)
- Renvyle Peninsula (Galway)
- Rosguill (Donegal)
- Rosses Point (Sligo)
- Seven Heads (Cork)
- St John's Point (Donegal, and another in Down)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Doorin Peninsula (Donegal)
- Errislannan (Galway)
- Errismore (Galway)
- Finavarra (Clare)
- Maugherow Peninsula (Sligo)
- Raghly (Sligo)
Name an act that has headlined a concert at Croke Park.
Headline acts at Croke Park concerts from the first in 1984 to August 2026. Support acts and cancelled shows don't count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Garth Brooks
- U2
Red Fox40 km
- Coldplay
- Ed Sheeran
- Taylor Swift
- Westlife
Irish Hare55 km
- Beyoncé
- Bruce Springsteen
- Oasis
- One Direction
- Take That
- The Rolling Stones
Red Squirrel75 km
- AC/DC
- Billy Joel
- Bon Jovi
- Celine Dion
- Elton John
- Michael Bublé
- Neil Diamond
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Robbie Williams
- Simple Minds
- Spice Girls
- The Police
- The Script
- The Weeknd
- Tina Turner
Name a coin or note Ireland used before the euro.
Any coin or banknote in use in Ireland from 1800 until the euro arrived in 2002, by its name, value or nickname.
Hedgehog25 km
- Pound (the punt, note or coin)
- Shilling
Red Fox40 km
- Farthing
- Half crown
- Penny (old or new)
- Sixpence
Irish Hare55 km
- Crown (five shillings)
- Fifty pence
- Five pounds (the fiver)
- Florin (two shillings)
- Halfpenny (old or new)
- Ten shillings (the note, and the 1966 coin)
- Threepence
Red Squirrel75 km
- Double florin (four shillings, 1887–1890)
- Fifty pounds
- Five pence
- Groat (fourpence)
- Guinea (gold, until 1817)
- Half sovereign
- Hundred pounds
- Sovereign (the gold pound)
- Ten pence
- Ten pounds (the tenner)
- Twenty pence (from 1986)
- Twenty pounds
- Two pence
Golden Eagle100 km
- Half farthing
- Half guinea
- Six shillings (Bank of Ireland token, 1804)
- Thirty pence (Bank of Ireland token, 1808)
Name a Wimbledon singles champion from 1968 on.
Any winner of the men's or women's singles at Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1968 to 2026. Doubles, mixed and junior titles don't count.
Hedgehog25 km
- Roger Federer
Red Fox40 km
- Andy Murray
- Novak Djokovic
- Rafael Nadal
- Serena Williams
Irish Hare55 km
- Björn Borg
- Boris Becker
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Jannik Sinner
- John McEnroe
- Martina Navratilova
- Pete Sampras
- Steffi Graf
- Venus Williams
Red Squirrel75 km
- Amélie Mauresmo
- Andre Agassi
- Angelique Kerber
- Arthur Ashe
- Ashleigh Barty
- Billie Jean King
- Chris Evert
- Conchita Martínez
- Elena Rybakina
- Evonne Goolagong
- Garbiñe Muguruza
- Goran Ivanišević
- Iga Świątek
- Jana Novotná
- Jimmy Connors
- John Newcombe
- Linda Nosková
- Lindsay Davenport
- Lleyton Hewitt
- Margaret Court
- Maria Sharapova
- Marion Bartoli
- Martina Hingis
- Michael Stich
- Pat Cash
- Petra Kvitová
- Richard Krajicek
- Rod Laver
- Simona Halep
- Stan Smith
- Stefan Edberg
- Virginia Wade
Golden Eagle100 km
- Ann Jones
- Barbora Krejčíková
- Jan Kodeš
- Markéta Vondroušová
Name an Irish writer who was alive in the 20th century.
Any Irish novelist, poet, playwright, or writer of stories, memoirs or children's books, alive at some point from 1900 to 2000, in English or Irish.
Hedgehog25 km
- James Joyce (Ulysses, 1922)
- W. B. Yeats (poet, Nobel 1923)
Red Fox40 km
- Oscar Wilde (Earnest; died November 1900)
- Seamus Heaney (poet, Nobel 1995)
Irish Hare55 km
- Brendan Behan (Borstal Boy)
- George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion, Nobel 1925)
- Maeve Binchy (Circle of Friends)
- Patrick Kavanagh (Raglan Road, The Great Hunger)
- Samuel Beckett (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Alice Taylor (To School Through the Fields)
- Anna Burns (Milkman, Booker 2018)
- Anne Enright (The Gathering)
- Bernard MacLaverty (Cal)
- Blindboy Boatclub (The Gospel According to Blindboy)
- Bram Stoker (Dracula; died 1912)
- Brendan Kennelly (poet, The Book of Judas)
- Brendan O'Carroll (The Mammy, 1994)
- Brian Friel (Dancing at Lughnasa)
- Brian Moore (Judith Hearne)
- C. S. Lewis (Narnia; born in Belfast)
- Cathy Kelly (Woman to Woman)
- Cecelia Ahern (P.S. I Love You)
- Christy Brown (My Left Foot)
- Claire Keegan (Small Things Like These)
- Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn)
- Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin)
- Conor McPherson (The Weir)
- Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak)
- Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Derek Mahon (poet, A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford)
- Dermot Bolger (The Journey Home)
- Dervla Murphy (travel writer, Full Tilt)
- Donal Ryan (The Spinning Heart)
- Douglas Hyde (Love Songs of Connacht; first President)
- Eavan Boland (poet, Outside History)
- Edna O'Brien (The Country Girls)
- Elizabeth Bowen (The Last September)
- Emma Donoghue (Room)
- Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl)
- Flann O'Brien (The Third Policeman)
- Francis Ledwidge (poet, killed in 1917)
- Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes)
- Frank McGuinness (Observe the Sons of Ulster)
- Frank O'Connor (Guests of the Nation)
- George Moore (The Untilled Field)
- Graham Norton (Holding, 2016)
- Hugh Leonard (Da)
- Iris Murdoch (The Sea, the Sea; born in Dublin)
- J. M. Synge (The Playboy of the Western World)
- Jennifer Johnston (How Many Miles to Babylon?)
- John B. Keane (The Field)
- John Banville (The Sea; also Benjamin Black)
- John Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas)
- John McGahern (Amongst Women)
- John Montague (poet, The Rough Field)
- John O'Donohue (Anam Cara)
- Joseph Mary Plunkett (poet, 1916)
- Joseph O'Connor (Star of the Sea)
- Kate O'Brien (The Land of Spices)
48 more
- Kevin Barry (Night Boat to Tangier)
- Lady Gregory (co-founder of the Abbey)
- Liam O'Flaherty (The Informer)
- Lisa McGee (playwright, Derry Girls)
- Liz Nugent (Unravelling Oliver)
- Louis MacNeice (poet, born in Belfast)
- Louise O'Neill (Asking for It)
- Maggie O'Farrell (Hamnet; born in Coleraine)
- Máirtín Ó Cadhain (Cré na Cille)
- Máirtín Ó Direáin (poet in Irish, from Inis Mór)
- Marian Keyes (Rachel's Holiday)
- Marina Carr (By the Bog of Cats)
- Marita Conlon-McKenna (Under the Hawthorn Tree)
- Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
- Mary Lavin (Tales from Bective Bridge)
- Michael D. Higgins (President and poet)
- Michael Longley (poet, Ceasefire)
- Molly Keane (Good Behaviour)
- Muiris Ó Súilleabháin (Fiche Bliain ag Fás)
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (poet in Irish)
- Nuala O'Faolain (Are You Somebody?)
- Pádraic Ó Conaire (M'asal Beag Dubh)
- Pat Ingoldsby (poet, Pat's Pals)
- Patricia Scanlan (City Girl)
- Patrick McCabe (The Butcher Boy)
- Patrick Pearse (poems, plays and stories)
- Paul Durcan (poet, Daddy, Daddy)
- Paul Howard (Ross O'Carroll-Kelly)
- Paul Lynch (Prophet Song, Booker 2023)
- Paul Muldoon (poet, Pulitzer 2003)
- Peig Sayers (Peig, 1936)
- Percy French (songs and comic verse)
- Roddy Doyle (The Commitments)
- Sally Rooney (Normal People)
- Seán Ó Faoláin (short stories, The Bell)
- Seán Ó Ríordáin (poet in Irish, Eireaball Spideoige)
- Seán O'Casey (Juno and the Paycock)
- Sebastian Barry (The Secret Scripture)
- Sheila O'Flanagan (Dreaming of a Stranger)
- Somerville and Ross (The Irish R.M.)
- Spike Milligan (Puckoon; an Irish citizen)
- Tana French (In the Woods)
- Thomas Kinsella (poet, translated the Táin)
- Thomas MacDonagh (poet, 1916)
- Tom Murphy (playwright, Bailegangaire)
- Tomás Ó Criomhthain (An tOileánach (The Islandman))
- Walter Macken (Flight of the Doves)
- William Trevor (Felicia's Journey)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Adrian McKinty (The Chain)
- Amanda McKittrick Ros
- An Seabhac (Jimín Mháire Thaidhg)
- Austin Clarke (poet)
- Benedict Kiely (Nothing Happens in Carmincross)
- Billy Roche (The Wexford Trilogy)
- Brian Keenan (An Evil Cradling)
- Bryan MacMahon (The Honey Spike)
- Caitlín Maude (poet in Irish)
- Canon Sheehan (My New Curate)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (Poet Laureate, born in Co. Laois)
- Ciaran Carson (poet, Belfast Confetti)
- Deirdre Purcell
- Denis Johnston (The Old Lady Says 'No!')
- Dermot Healy (A Goat's Song)
- Doireann Ní Ghríofa (A Ghost in the Throat)
- Dominic Behan (Teems of Times and Happy Returns)
- Don Conroy
- Eddie Lenihan
- Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (poet)
- Eilís Dillon (The Island of Horses)
- Eimear McBride (A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing)
- Emily Lawless (Grania; died 1913)
- Enda Walsh (Disco Pigs)
- Erskine Childers (The Riddle of the Sands)
- Eugene McCabe
- Eva Gore-Booth (poet)
- Fintan O'Toole (critic and author)
- Frank Delaney (Ireland, a novel)
- Gabriel Rosenstock (poet in Irish)
- George Russell (AE, poet)
- Hugo Hamilton (The Speckled People)
- J. P. Donleavy (The Ginger Man)
- James Plunkett (Strumpet City)
- James Stephens (The Crock of Gold)
- John Connolly (Every Dead Thing)
- John Hewitt (poet)
- Joyce Cary (Mister Johnson; born in Derry)
- Judi Curtin (Alice and Megan)
- Katharine Tynan (poet)
- Ken Bruen (the Jack Taylor novels)
- Lennox Robinson (The Whiteheaded Boy)
- Lord Dunsany (The King of Elfland's Daughter)
- Louise Kennedy
- Maeve Brennan (The Long-Winded Lady)
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi (poet in Irish)
- Malachy McCourt (A Monk Swimming)
- Manchán Magan
- Marie Jones (Stones in His Pockets)
- Martin Waddell (Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?)
32 more
- Martina Evans
- Maurice Walsh (The Quiet Man, the story)
- Medbh McGuckian (poet)
- Michael Hartnett (poet, A Farewell to English)
- Morgan Llywelyn (Lion of Ireland)
- Naoise Dolan (Exciting Times)
- Neil Jordan (Night in Tunisia, stories)
- Nell McCafferty
- Niall Williams (Four Letters of Love)
- Oliver Jeffers (Lost and Found)
- Oliver St John Gogarty (As I Was Going Down Sackville Street)
- Padraic Colum (She Moved Through the Fair)
- Patricia Lynch (The Turf-Cutter's Donkey)
- Patrick Boyle
- Patrick MacGill (the navvy poet)
- Paul Murray (Skippy Dies)
- Paula Meehan (poet)
- Peadar O'Donnell (Islanders)
- Peadar Ua Laoghaire (Séadna; died 1920)
- Richard Murphy (poet, Sailing to an Island)
- Rita Ann Higgins (poet)
- Robert Tressell (The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists)
- Sara Baume
- Seamus Deane (Reading in the Dark)
- Séamus Ó Grianna ('Máire', Caisleáin Óir)
- Seosamh Mac Grianna (Mo Bhealach Féin)
- Siobhán Parkinson (first Laureate na nÓg)
- Stewart Parker (Pentecost)
- Teresa Deevy (Katie Roche)
- Thomas Kilroy (playwright)
- Tom McCaughren (Run with the Wind)
- Ulick O'Connor (biographer and playwright)
Name a brand of Irish whiskey.
Any brand of Irish whiskey, past or present, north or south, including the distilleries' own names. A particular bottle counts as its brand.
Robin10 km
- Jameson (Midleton, Cork; since 1780)
Hedgehog25 km
- Bushmills (Bushmills, Antrim)
- Powers (Midleton, Cork; once John's Lane, Dublin)
Red Fox40 km
- Paddy (Midleton, Cork)
- Tullamore D.E.W. (Tullamore, Offaly)
Irish Hare55 km
- Green Spot (or Yellow, Red or Blue Spot)
- Kilbeggan (Kilbeggan, Westmeath; since 1757)
- Midleton Very Rare (Midleton, Cork)
- Proper No. Twelve (Conor McGregor's)
- Redbreast (Midleton, Cork)
- Teeling (the Liberties, Dublin)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Blacks of Kinsale
- Clonakilty (Clonakilty, Cork)
- Clontarf (named for 1014)
- Connemara (peated, from Cooley, Louth)
- Crolly
- Dingle (Dingle, Kerry)
- Dunville's (Echlinville, Down)
- Feckin (the cheeky one)
- Glendalough (Wicklow)
- Hinch (Ballynahinch, Down)
- Hyde (Hibernia Distillers, Cork)
- Jack Ryan (Beggars Bush pub, Dublin)
- Killowen (the Mournes, Down)
- Kinahan's (an old Dublin name, revived)
- Knappogue Castle (named for the Clare castle)
- Lambay (Lambay Island, Dublin)
- McConnell's (Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast)
- Muff
- Natterjack (Gortinore, Waterford)
- Pearse (Pearse Lyons, Dublin)
- Roe & Co (the Liberties, Dublin)
- Sexton (the black hexagonal bottle)
- Shortcross (Rademon Estate, Down)
- Silkie (Sliabh Liag, Donegal)
- Slane (Slane Castle, Meath)
- The Busker (Royal Oak, Carlow)
- The Dubliner (Dublin Liberties Distillery)
- The Irishman (Walsh Whiskey, Carlow)
- Titanic (Thompson Dock, Belfast)
- Tyrconnell (Cooley, Louth)
- Waterford (Waterford)
- West Cork (Skibbereen, Cork)
- Writers' Tears (Walsh Whiskey, Carlow)
Golden Eagle100 km
- 2 Gingers (made for America)
- Ahascragh (Galway)
- Athrú (Lough Gill, Sligo)
- Ballykeefe (Kilkenny)
- Blackwater (Cappoquin, Waterford)
- Burren (Ballyvaughan, Clare)
- Coleraine (an old Derry blend)
- Comber (Comber, Down; closed 1953)
- Cooley (Riverstown, Louth, with its old Greenore, Inishowen and Millars)
- Copeland (Donaghadee, Down)
- Dead Rabbit (named for the New York bar)
- Drumshanbo (the Shed, Leitrim)
- Dundalgan
- Egan's (a Tullamore family name, revived)
- Fercullen (Powerscourt, Wicklow)
- Foxes Bow
- Grace O'Malley
- Great Northern (Dundalk, Louth)
- Hewitt's (an old Cork blend)
- Irish American (Achill Island, Mayo)
- J.J. Corry (Chapel Gate, Clare)
- Killarney
- Limavady
- Lough Mask
- Lough Ree (Lanesborough, Longford)
- Matt D'Arcy
- Michael Collins (an old Cooley-made brand, now gone)
- Micil (Galway)
- Portmagee
- Proclamation
- Scott's
- Spade & Bushel (Connacht Whiskey, Ballina)
- The Pogues (named for the band, from West Cork)
- The Quiet Man
- The Whistler (Boann, Meath)
- Thomond Gate
- Tipperary (Tipperary Boutique Distillery)
- Two Stacks
- Wild Atlantic
- Wild Geese (named for the Irish soldiers abroad)