Do you know all the county towns of Ireland?

Omackeral

Well, could you name them all? Have a go of the county towns of Ireland here on Sporcle Quiz. Let us know how you got on. Did any surprise you? Maybe a few in the North caught you off guard. The LondonDerry one threw me but other than that it was plain sailing. Let us know how you got on.

sbsquarepants

I don't even know what a county town is, so i doubt it very much!:D

Johnny Sausage

Omackeral wrote: »

Well, could you name them all? Have a go of the county towns of Ireland here on Sporcle Quiz. Let us know how you got on. Did any surprise you? Maybe a few in the North caught you off guard. The LondonDerry one threw me but other than that it was plain sailing. Let us know how you got on.

31/32

Down got me, but its monday morning and early so meh

Omackeral

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I don't even know what a county town is, so i doubt it very much!:D

It's essentially the 'capital' of the county. Location for administrative offices, county councils and stuff like that, most often the largest town and commonly named after the county itself.

Got everything except Down (had tried Newry, Banbridge, Kilkeel, Newcastle, Bangor, Newtownards).

19/32. I haven't been around Ireland all that much, don't follow any football or know much about that sort of thing, and haven't been in the country for a decade.

It should have been 20/32, though. I was misspelling

Port Laoise

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Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

It should have been 20/32, though. I was misspelling Port Laoise.

That's fair enough given that the county is spelled Laois with no 'e' at the end where as Portlaoise has got one.

Omackeral

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Got everything except Down

Johnny Sausage wrote: »

Down got me

Seems to be a bit of a Down syndrome on this quiz.

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

That's fair enough given that the county is spelled Laois with no 'e' at the end where as Portlaoise has got one.

Or Leix.

Ficheall

Deleted User wrote: »

I was misspelling

Maybe spoiler that one?


I missed 9 out of the 32. Congrats to all of them on their sportsball win.

Day Lewin

Yes!! Learned them all off by heart, for quizzes.

The USA, too. The States all have nicknames, always turning up in quizzes.

Do all the Irish counties have nicknames?

I know that Cork is "The Rebel county" but do they ALL have such a handle?

Who knows those?

Del.Monte

Would have done it but for the poor design of the page - very hard to read - and so the old 'life's too short' kicked in.

Day Lewin

Clare, (Ennis) The Banner County.

Next?

Omackeral

Day Lewin wrote: »

Do all the Irish counties have nicknames?

I know that Cork is "The Rebel county" but do they ALL have such a handle?

Who knows those?

Premier County - Tipperary
Banner County - Clare
The Kingdom - Kerry
the Royal County - Meath

ibarelycare

Omackeral wrote: »

Well, could you name them all?

No.

Omackeral

Day Lewin wrote: »

Do all the Irish counties have nicknames?

Here's a list County Nicknames

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

Would have done it but for the poor design of the page - very hard to read - and so the old 'life's too short' kicked in.

Yeah, it's a pity so so so many quizzes are stuck on an ancient platform.

Omackeral

Deleted User wrote: »

Yeah, it's a pity so so so many quizzes are stuck on an ancient platform.

Grand on desktop but awful on phone.

Omackeral

Omackeral wrote: »

Grand on desktop but awful on phone.

You shouldn't be able to repeatedly guess all the towns you know in a county.. Makes it a lot easier.

Huntergonzo

Got 30/32, missed Derry and Down, should have guessed Downpatrick (there is a racecourse there) but hadn't a clue Coleraine was the county town of Derry.

robbiezero

When did Lifford become the county town of Donegal?

Was Letterkenny when I was young.

Omackeral

robbiezero wrote: »

When did Lifford become the county town of Donegal?

Was Letterkenny when I was young.

Lifford (Irish: Leifear, historically anglicised as Liffer)[2] is the county town of County Donegal, Ireland. It is the administrative capital of the county and the seat of Donegal County Council, although the town of Letterkenny is often mistaken for fulfilling this role.

-From Wiki

retalivity

32/32, handy.

Being from the north, and presuming a lot of county towns are the name as the county helped

Tired Gardener

11 out of 32.

Lived in Ireland for less than 3 years, traveled to most counties. So I am happy with the result.
However the quiz is really bad on a smartphone.

Haven't an absolute notion...

In fairness there’s no counties in Northern Ireland any more, been districts for years, so we should be able to have a 100% for 26/26.

Give me my badge.

Greyfox

I got 23/31, got all the N Ireland ones wrong.. well I got Belfast right but the website is wrong and not me. Didn’t know Enniskillen and Tullamore, guessed the town name was the same as the county on a few. For Louth I had Drogheda instead of Dundalk

machaseh

I am not from ireland , I scored 56% only. I am from the Netherlands and have lived in dublin for over 2 years.

I have absolutely no idea about anything in Northern Ireland at all. I have only ever been to Belfast and that's it so.

Now as for the others:

Kildare Naas - I thought Naas was in laois or something. Never been there. I would have thought Maynooth for Kildare.
Mayo Castlebar - Never heard of it, I thought westport.
Donegal Lifford - never heard of it. Why not donegal town?
Tipperary Clonmel - Never heard of it.
Westmeath Mullingar - Could have known that one I suppose.
Londonderry Coleraine - why not uhm... derry???
Kerry Tralee - I have heard of Tralee from 'Rose of Tralee', but I thought killarney was bigger? Never had any idea where Tralee actually is though.
Laois Portlaoise - I 100% knew this one, but the problem is that I had no idea how to spel 'portlaoise'. Why an -e?
Leitrim Carrick On Shannon - Absolutely never heard of either the county or the town or where it possibly could be.

Hector Savage

10/32 I am ashamed

Insect Overlord

I managed all of Munster, Connaught and Leinster, but the Ulster ones threw me way off. Good quiz.

Mr. CooL ICE

Hector Savage wrote: »

10/32 I am ashamed

Thanks, I feel better with my 17

Never heard of Lifford

Johnny Sausage

only reason i knew lifford was because of Shay Given tbf

topper75

Lifford and Strabane are much the same place really aren't they if you disregard the border?

Day Lewin

topper75 wrote: »

Lifford and Strabane are much the same place really aren't they if you disregard the border?

Either sides of a bridge, over the Foyle. The east end is in Nth Ireland, (Strabane) the west side in Co Donegal (Lifford)

Letterkenny is much more substantial, you'd have to wonder if a sly political point is being made here.