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Thursday, 15 October 2026

Journey #003 answers

Every answer that counted, from the commonest to the rarest. Not played it yet? Play this journey first.

Question 1 · Irish life

Name something Ireland has voted on in a referendum.

Any constitutional referendum from the 1937 vote on the Constitution to the 2024 family and care votes, passed or rejected. Repeat votes count once.

Robin10 km

  • Abortion / the Eighth Amendment (1983, 1992 ×3, 2002, 2018)
  • Marriage equality (2015)

Hedgehog25 km

  • Divorce (1986 no, 1995 & 2019 yes)

Red Fox40 km

  • Lisbon Treaty (2008 no, 2009 yes)

Irish Hare55 km

  • Blasphemy (2018)
  • Care (March 2024, rejected)
  • Children's rights (2012)
  • Family (March 2024, rejected)
  • Good Friday Agreement (1998)
  • Joining the EEC (1972)
  • Nice Treaty (2001 no, 2002 yes)
  • Seanad abolition (2013, rejected)

Red Squirrel75 km

  • Citizenship (2004)
  • Death penalty (2001)
  • Fiscal Treaty (2012)
  • Maastricht Treaty (1992)
  • Presidential age (2015, rejected)
  • Proportional representation (1959 & 1968, kept both times)

Golden Eagle100 km

  • Adoption (1979)
  • Amsterdam Treaty (1998)
  • Bail (1996)
  • Cabinet confidentiality (1997)
  • Constituency boundaries (1968, rejected)
  • Court of Appeal (2013)
  • International Criminal Court (2001)
  • Judges' pay (2011)
  • Local government (1999)
  • Oireachtas inquiries (2011, rejected)
  • Seanad university seats (1979)
  • Single European Act (1987)
  • Special position of the Catholic Church (1972)
  • The Constitution (1937)
  • Votes for non-citizens (1984)
  • Voting age (1972)

Question 2 · Geography

Name an inhabited island off the Irish coast.

Any island the CSO counted as having residents in Census 2022, plus Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island.

Robin10 km

  • Achill Island (Mayo)

Hedgehog25 km

  • Inis Mór (Galway)

Red Fox40 km

  • Valentia Island (Kerry)

Irish Hare55 km

  • Arranmore (Donegal)
  • Bere Island (Cork)
  • Cape Clear (Cork)
  • Clare Island (Mayo)
  • Inis Meáin (Galway)
  • Inis Oírr (Galway)
  • Inishbofin (Galway and Donegal)
  • Rathlin Island (Antrim)
  • Sherkin Island (Cork)
  • Tory Island (Donegal)

Red Squirrel75 km

  • Dursey Island (Cork)
  • Gola Island (Donegal)
  • Haulbowline Island (Cork)
  • Heir Island (Cork)
  • Inishturk (Mayo)
  • Lambay Island (Dublin)
  • North Bull Island (Dublin)
  • Whiddy Island (Cork)

Golden Eagle100 km

  • Achillbeg (Mayo)
  • Annaghvaan (Galway)
  • Aughinish Island (Clare)
  • Aughnish Island (Donegal)
  • Carrig Island (Kerry)
  • Clynish (Mayo)
  • Collan More (Mayo)
  • Coney Island (Sligo)
  • Croaghan Island (Donegal)
  • Cruit Island (Donegal)
  • Dernish Island (Sligo)
  • Foynes Island (Limerick)
  • Furnace Island (Galway)
  • Gorumna (Galway)
  • Hop Island (Cork)
  • Horse Island (Cork)
  • Illaunmore (Galway)
  • Inchaghaun (Galway)
  • Inchydoney Island (Cork)
  • Inishbeg (Cork)
  • Inishbiggle (Mayo)
  • Inishcottle (Mayo)
  • Inishlyre (Mayo)
  • Inishnakillew (Mayo)
  • Inishnee (Galway)
  • Island Eddy (Galway)
  • Island More (Mayo)
  • Island Roy (Donegal)
  • Lettermore (Galway)
  • Lettermullan (Galway)
  • Long Island (Cork)
  • Mannin Beg (Cork)
  • Mweenish (Galway)
  • Omey Island (Galway)
  • Ringarogy Island (Cork)
  • Rosbarnagh Island (Mayo)
  • Rossmore Island (Kerry)
  • Rossroe Island (Galway)
  • Rusheenacholla (Galway)
  • Rutland Island (Donegal)
  • Tarbert Island (Kerry)
  • Tawin Island (Galway)
  • Turbot Island (Galway)

Question 3 · Music & entertainment

Name an Irish actor nominated for an acting Oscar.

Born on the island of Ireland or an Irish citizen, and nominated in any acting category up to and including the 2026 Oscars.

Hedgehog25 km

  • Cillian Murphy
  • Saoirse Ronan

Red Fox40 km

  • Brendan Gleeson
  • Colin Farrell
  • Daniel Day-Lewis
  • Jessie Buckley
  • Liam Neeson

Irish Hare55 km

  • Barry Keoghan
  • Brenda Fricker
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Kerry Condon
  • Michael Fassbender
  • Paul Mescal
  • Peter O'Toole
  • Richard Harris

Red Squirrel75 km

  • Barry Fitzgerald
  • Ciarán Hinds
  • Ruth Negga
  • Stephen Rea

Golden Eagle100 km

  • Angela Lansbury
  • Brian Donlevy
  • Dan O'Herlihy
  • Gene Kelly
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald
  • John Huston
  • Patricia Collinge
  • Richard Todd
  • Sara Allgood

Question 4 · History

Name a person pictured on an Irish pound banknote.

The main portrait on the front of an Irish pound note, 1928–2002 (Series A, B or C). Legendary Queen Medb counts.

Robin10 km

  • James Joyce (£10, Series C)

Hedgehog25 km

  • Daniel O'Connell (£20, Series C)
  • W. B. Yeats (£20, Series B)

Red Fox40 km

  • Charles Stewart Parnell (£100, Series C)
  • Jonathan Swift (£10, Series B)
  • Lady Lavery (Series A, every note)
  • Queen Medb (£1, Series B)

Irish Hare55 km

  • Catherine McAuley (£5, Series C)
  • Douglas Hyde (£50, Series C)
  • Turlough O'Carolan (£50, Series B)

Red Squirrel75 km

  • John Scotus Eriugena (£5, Series B)

Question 5 · Sport

Name a member of Ireland's Italia 90 World Cup squad.

Any of the 22 players in the Republic of Ireland squad at the 1990 World Cup, whether or not they played. Coaching staff don't count.

Robin10 km

  • Packie Bonner

Hedgehog25 km

  • David O'Leary
  • Paul McGrath

Red Fox40 km

  • John Aldridge
  • Mick McCarthy
  • Niall Quinn
  • Ray Houghton

Irish Hare55 km

  • Andy Townsend
  • Kevin Sheedy
  • Steve Staunton
  • Tony Cascarino

Red Squirrel75 km

  • Chris Hughton
  • Chris Morris
  • Frank Stapleton
  • Kevin Moran
  • Ronnie Whelan

Golden Eagle100 km

  • Alan McLoughlin
  • Bernie Slaven
  • David Kelly
  • Gerry Peyton
  • John Byrne
  • John Sheridan

Question 6 · Culture & language

Name a play, novel or story by Oscar Wilde.

His plays, novel, fairy tales, stories and prose poems, plus The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Other poems, essays and letters don't count.

Robin10 km

  • The Importance of Being Earnest
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

Red Fox40 km

  • The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Poem, 1898)
  • The Canterville Ghost
  • The Happy Prince
  • The Selfish Giant

Irish Hare55 km

  • An Ideal Husband
  • Lady Windermere's Fan

Red Squirrel75 km

  • A Woman of No Importance
  • Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
  • Salomé
  • The Nightingale and the Rose

Golden Eagle100 km

  • A Florentine Tragedy
  • A House of Pomegranates
  • La Sainte Courtisane
  • Poems in Prose
  • The Artist
  • The Birthday of the Infanta
  • The Devoted Friend
  • The Disciple
  • The Doer of Good
  • The Duchess of Padua
  • The Fisherman and His Soul
  • The House of Judgment
  • The Master
  • The Model Millionaire
  • The Portrait of Mr. W. H.
  • The Remarkable Rocket
  • The Sphinx Without a Secret
  • The Star-Child
  • The Teacher of Wisdom
  • The Young King
  • Vera; or, The Nihilists

Question 7 · General knowledge

Name a university on the island of Ireland.

Universities based on the island of Ireland in 2026, technological universities included. Colleges within a university don't count on their own.

Robin10 km

  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Dublin

Red Fox40 km

  • Dublin City University
  • University College Cork
  • University of Galway
  • University of Limerick

Irish Hare55 km

  • Maynooth University
  • Queen's University Belfast

Red Squirrel75 km

  • Atlantic Technological University
  • Munster Technological University
  • RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
  • TU Dublin
  • Ulster University

Golden Eagle100 km

  • National University of Ireland
  • Pontifical University, Maynooth
  • South East Technological University
  • Technological University of the Shannon