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Journey #026 answers
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Name an Irish surname beginning with O'.
Any Irish surname starting with O' or Ó, in English or Irish: today's, or the O' form found in older records. Mac, Mc and Fitz don't count.
Robin10 km
- O'Brien
Hedgehog25 km
- O'Sullivan
Red Fox40 km
- O'Connor
- O'Neill
Irish Hare55 km
- O'Connell
- O'Donnell
- O'Leary
- O'Reilly
- O'Shea
Red Squirrel75 km
- Ó Cadhain
- Ó Caoláin
- Ó Conaire
- Ó Criomhthain
- Ó Cuív
- Ó Direáin
- Ó Fiaich
- Ó Grianna
- Ó hAilpín
- Ó hEochagáin
- Ó Maonlaí
- Ó Riada
- Ó Searcaigh
- Ó Snodaigh
- O'Beirne
- O'Boyle
- O'Brennan
- O'Byrne
- O'Callaghan
- O'Carolan
- O'Carroll
- O'Casey
- O'Clery
- O'Collins
- O'Curry
- O'Daly
- O'Dea
- O'Dempsey
- O'Doherty
- O'Donoghue
- O'Donovan
- O'Dowd
- O'Doyle
- O'Driscoll
- O'Duffy
- O'Dwyer
- O'Faolain
- O'Farrell
- O'Flaherty
- O'Flanagan
- O'Flynn
- O'Gallagher
- O'Gara
- O'Gorman
- O'Grady
- O'Hagan
- O'Halloran
- O'Hanlon
- O'Hanrahan
- O'Hara
37 more
- O'Hare
- O'Hea
- O'Hegarty
- O'Hehir
- O'Hennessy
- O'Herlihy
- O'Higgins
- O'Hora
- O'Kane
- O'Kearney
- O'Keeffe
- O'Kelly
- O'Kennedy
- O'Loan
- O'Loughlin
- O'Lynch
- O'Mahony
- O'Malley
- O'Meara
- O'Moran
- O'More
- O'Moriarty
- O'Mullan
- O'Mullane
- O'Murphy
- O'Murry
- O'Nolan
- O'Quinn
- O'Rahilly
- O'Rawe
- O'Regan
- O'Riordan
- O'Rourke
- O'Ryan
- O'Shaughnessy
- O'Toole
- O'Twomey
Golden Eagle100 km
- Ó Beaglaoich
- Ó Brádaigh
- Ó Buachalla
- Ó Corráin
- Ó Fátharta
- Ó Héalaí
- Ó Lionáird
- Ó Muirí
- Ó Tighearnaigh
- O'Ahern
- O'Baire
- O'Baskin
- O'Beglin
- O'Beolan
- O'Bergin
- O'Bogue
- O'Bolan
- O'Boylan
- O'Branigan
- O'Breen
- O'Bric
- O'Broder
- O'Brody
- O'Brolan
- O'Brollaghan
- O'Brophy
- O'Cahalane
- O'Caharney
- O'Cahill
- O'Canannain
- O'Cannifee
- O'Canon
- O'Carry
- O'Cassidy
- O'Cloherty
- O'Coffey
- O'Colleran
- O'Comain
- O'Concannon
- O'Connelly
- O'Conrahy
- O'Cornyn
- O'Corrigan
- O'Cosgrave
- O'Coughlan
- O'Coveney
- O'Coyne
- O'Crean
- O'Cronin
- O'Crowley
153 more
- O'Cullane
- O'Cullen
- O'Cullinan
- O'Cullinane
- O'Curneen
- O'Curran
- O'Davoren
- O'Deely
- O'Deevy
- O'Delany
- O'Dennehy
- O'Devaney
- O'Dinneen
- O'Doheny
- O'Donegan
- O'Donnellan
- O'Donnelly
- O'Doonan
- O'Doran
- O'Doughan
- O'Dowling
- O'Downey
- O'Drennan
- O'Duff
- O'Duggan
- O'Duigenan
- O'Dunlea
- O'Dunne
- O'Dunphy
- O'Durack
- O'Fahy
- O'Fallon
- O'Falvey
- O'Fealy
- O'Feary
- O'Feehin
- O'Feely
- O'Finnegan
- O'Finnerty
- O'Flahiffe
- O'Flannery
- O'Fogarty
- O'Foley
- O'Friel
- O'Furey
- O'Galvin
- O'Garvey
- O'Gaughan
- O'Gleeson
- O'Gloherny
- O'Gormley
- O'Griffey
- O'Gunning
- O'Hallissy
- O'Hamill
- O'Hanly
- O'Hannigan
- O'Hanratty
- O'Hart
- O'Hartagan
- O'Hartley
- O'Haughey
- O'Heany
- O'Heffernan
- O'Henegan
- O'Heyne
- O'Hickey
- O'Holohan
- O'Horahan
- O'Horan
- O'Houlihan
- O'Hurley
- O'Hynes
- O'Irwin
- O'Kealy
- O'Kearon
- O'Keegan
- O'Keeve
- O'Kenealy
- O'Kenny
- O'Kerwick
- O'Kevane
- O'Kieran
- O'Kinneally
- O'Kirby
- O'Lawlor
- O'Leahy
- O'Lehane
- O'Leighnin
- O'Lennon
- O'Linchy
- O'Lonergan
- O'Long
- O'Longan
- O'Lunney
- O'Lynn
- O'Madden
- O'Maher
- O'Malone
- O'Mannin
- O'Manning
- O'Meehan
- O'Melaghlin
- O'Melia
- O'Melody
- O'Mingane
- O'Moledy
- O'Molloy
- O'Molony
- O'Monaghan
- O'Mooney
- O'Morchoe
- O'Moroney
- O'Mulcahy
- O'Mulconry
- O'Mulderrig
- O'Mulderry
- O'Muldony
- O'Muldoon
- O'Mullally
- O'Mullen
- O'Mulooly
- O'Mulrooney
- O'Mulryan
- O'Mulvany
- O'Mulvey
- O'Mulvihill
- O'Murtagh
- O'Naughton
- O'Neide
- O'Phelan
- O'Prey
- O'Queally
- O'Quigley
- O'Quinlan
- O'Quirke
- O'Rafferty
- O'Rogan
- O'Scanlan
- O'Scannell
- O'Scully
- O'Scurry
- O'Shanahan
- O'Sheehan
- O'Sheridan
- O'Shiel
- O'Sullahan
- O'Teige
- O'Tighe
- O'Toler
- O'Tolleran
- O'Towey
- O'Tracy
Name an Irish county with no sea coast.
The 15 counties with no open sea coast. A county whose only shore is a tidal river estuary counts as having no sea coast.
Robin10 km
- Offaly
Hedgehog25 km
- Laois
Red Fox40 km
- Cavan
- Kildare
- Kilkenny
- Longford
- Tipperary
- Westmeath
Irish Hare55 km
- Armagh
- Carlow
- Fermanagh
- Monaghan
- Roscommon
- Tyrone
Red Squirrel75 km
- Limerick
Name an Irish céilí dance.
The 30 dances in An Coimisiún's céilí handbook, plus a handful of other old staples danced at céilís. A jig, reel or polka counts too, as one answer.
Robin10 km
- A jig, reel or polka
- The Siege of Ennis
Hedgehog25 km
- The Walls of Limerick
Red Fox40 km
- Haymakers' Jig
- The Bridge of Athlone
- The Waves of Tory
Irish Hare55 km
- Military Two-Step (couple dance)
- Pride of Erin Waltz (couple dance)
- Shoe the Donkey (couple dance)
- Stack of Barley (couple dance)
- Strip the Willow
- The Siege of Carrick
Red Squirrel75 km
- An Dreoilín
- Eight-Hand Reel
- Four-Hand Reel
- Haste to the Wedding
- Lannigan's Ball
- Rince Fada
- St Patrick's Day
- The Fairy Reel
- The Gates of Derry
- The Gay Gordons (couple dance)
- The High-Cauled Cap
- The Humours of Bandon
- The Rakes of Mallow
- The Sweets of May
- Trip to the Cottage
Golden Eagle100 km
- An Rince Mór
- Antrim Reel
- Bonfire Dance
- Eight-Hand Jig
- Glencar Reel
- Harvest Time Jig
- Morris Reel
- Sixteen-Hand Reel
- The Cross Reel
- The Duke Reel
- The Three Tunes
Name a department store in Ireland, past or present.
Any big store selling lots of different goods under one roof, in any town on the island, open or long closed. Supermarkets don't count.
Robin10 km
- Clerys
Hedgehog25 km
- Arnotts
- Brown Thomas
Red Fox40 km
- Debenhams
- Dunnes Stores
Irish Hare55 km
- House of Fraser
- Marks & Spencer
- Penneys
- Roches Stores
- Switzers
Red Squirrel75 km
- Anderson & McAuley
- Avoca
- BHS
- Boyers
- Guiney's
- Harvey Nichols
- Heatons
- Hector Grey's
- Kilkenny Shop
- Littlewoods
- McElhinney's
- Robinson & Cleaver
- Shaws
- TK Maxx
- Woolworths
Golden Eagle100 km
- Anthony Ryan's
- Austins
- Bank Buildings
- Belfast Co-op
- Burgess
- Cannock's
- Cash's
- Darrers
- Frawleys
- Goods (Kilkenny)
- Grant's
- Haddens
- Hore's
- Lee's
- Lyons
- Matalan
- McBirney's
- Menarys
- Merricks (Youghal)
- Moons
- Munster Arcade
- Pims
- Queen's Old Castle
- Robb's
- Robertson, Ledlie, Ferguson
- Slevin's (Ballyshannon)
- Standún
- The Cope
- Todd Burns
- Todds
Name a country that played at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Any of the 48 teams at the 2026 men's finals in June and July, the three hosts included.
Robin10 km
- England
Hedgehog25 km
- Brazil
Red Fox40 km
- Argentina
- France
- Germany
- Spain
- United States
Irish Hare55 km
- Belgium
- Canada
- Japan
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Scotland
Red Squirrel75 km
- Algeria
- Australia
- Austria
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- DR Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Morocco
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
Golden Eagle100 km
- Cape Verde
- Curaçao
Name someone or something in a classroom, in Irish (as Gaeilge).
People and things you'd find in a classroom or a school bag, by their Irish names: furniture, books, stationery, your lunch…
Robin10 km
- Múinteoir (teacher)
Hedgehog25 km
- Leabhar (book)
- Peann (pen)
Red Fox40 km
- Cóipleabhar (copybook)
- Mála scoile (school bag)
- Peann luaidhe (pencil)
Irish Hare55 km
- Bord (table)
- Cathaoir (chair)
- Clár bán (whiteboard, blackboard)
- Dalta (pupil)
- Deasc (desk)
- Lón (lunch)
- Rialóir (ruler)
- Scriosán (rubber, eraser)
Red Squirrel75 km
- Áireamhán (calculator)
- Bioróir (sharpener)
- Bosca bruscair (bin)
- Cailc (chalk)
- Cás peann luaidhe (pencil case)
- Clog (clock, bell)
- Crián (crayon)
- Doras (door)
- Éide scoile (school uniform)
- Foclóir (dictionary)
- Fuinneog (window)
- Gliú (glue)
- Léarscáil (map)
- Obair bhaile (homework)
- Páipéar (paper)
- Póstaer (poster)
- Príomhoide (principal)
- Ríomhaire (computer)
- Scrúdú (test, exam)
- Seilf (shelf)
- Siosúr (scissors)
- Solas (light)
- Urlár (floor)
Golden Eagle100 km
- Crochadán (coat hook)
- Doirteal (sink)
- Féilire (calendar)
- Rolla (roll book, register)
- Scuab phéinteála (paintbrush)
- Trealamh spóirt (sports gear)
Name a rank in the Irish Defence Forces.
Any rank used today in the Army, Air Corps or Naval Service, commissioned or not, trainees included. Abbreviations count.
Robin10 km
- Private
Hedgehog25 km
- Captain
- Sergeant
Red Fox40 km
- Colonel
- Corporal
- General
- Lieutenant
Irish Hare55 km
- Brigadier general
- Commandant
- Lieutenant colonel
- Lieutenant general
- Major general
- Sergeant major
Red Squirrel75 km
- Able seaman
- Airman
- Chief petty officer
- Commander
- Commodore
- Ensign
- Gunner
- Leading seaman
- Lieutenant commander
- Midshipman
- Officer cadet
- Ordinary seaman
- Petty officer
- Quartermaster sergeant
- Rear admiral
- Recruit
- Second lieutenant
- Sub-lieutenant
- Trooper
- Vice admiral
- Warrant officer
Golden Eagle100 km
- Apprentice
- Company quartermaster sergeant
- Company sergeant
- Seaman recruit
- Senior chief petty officer
- Senior petty officer