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Irish towns or Cities puzzel

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  • 02-04-2008 4:10pm
    #1
    elduder
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hey need help on this one please.

    Example : Tidy up hair, answer Trim

    Its a long way: answer Tipperary

    Heres the one im stuck on,

    to prepare for an argument?

    Any ideas


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    #2
    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,575 ✭✭✭deisemum


    I don't know if it's correct but The Rower in Wexford might be an option


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    #3
    totoal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭totoal


    Could be Donnybrook - which has come to mean brawl or fight.


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    #4
    Stealdo
    Registered Users Posts: 670 ✭✭✭Stealdo


    How about Roscommon? As in Row's Coming


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    #5
    mukki
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    Stealdo wrote: »
    How about Roscommon? As in Row's Coming

    +1


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    #6
    stek
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭stek


    Hey. can we get a look at the total quiz questions? looks good...


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    [Deleted User]
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    I don't have the one to which the OP refers, but here's an older Dublin one i found in my inbox.

    I'll provide answers if needed:



    1. Church Reptile - Chapelizod
    2. Sea Creature Outhouse
    3. A very dark boulder
    4. A gravelly paste
    5. Get out of the way
    6. A breed of sheep
    7. Dispose of this woman
    8. Single men don't walk *******
    9. Chimes demise
    10. Big cats ville
    11. Did professor ease off?
    12. Mr. Secombe is angry
    13. Not a warm explosive device
    14. Spheres cross over
    15. Is it falling down sounds like
    16. Honest Opinion
    17. Duel Weapons
    18. A stormy retreat
    19. A cunning beast stone
    20. Demolish Leo
    21. Assassinate leading actor
    22. Dock was in a hurry, we hear
    23. A rodent before the pits
    24. A Scandinavian monacle
    25. An elusive peer
    26. A motionless musical instrument


    ****** This is a typo and should read: "Single men don't run" imo, but i've left it in ints unadulterated form in case my answer is incorrect.

    BTW, the last one i got was number 11.

    Enjoy.


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    stek
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭stek


    Thanks shifty, but after 3 nights in the pub with no luck I now require the answers! please!!


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    EamonnKeane
    Closed Accounts Posts: 950 ✭✭✭EamonnKeane


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't have the one to which the OP refers, but here's an older Dublin one i found in my inbox.

    I'll provide answers if needed:



    1. Church Reptile - Chapelizod
    2. Sea Creature Outhouse
    3. A very dark boulder
    4. A gravelly paste
    5. Get out of the way
    6. A breed of sheep
    7. Dispose of this woman
    8. Single men don't walk *******
    9. Chimes demise
    10. Big cats ville
    11. Did professor ease off?
    12. Mr. Secombe is angry
    13. Not a warm explosive device
    14. Spheres cross over
    15. Is it falling down sounds like
    16. Honest Opinion
    17. Duel Weapons
    18. A stormy retreat
    19. A cunning beast stone Foxrock
    20. Demolish Leo Knocklyon
    21. Assassinate leading actor
    22. Dock was in a hurry, we hear
    23. A rodent before the pits
    24. A Scandinavian monacle Finglas
    25. An elusive peer
    26. A motionless musical instrument


    ****** This is a typo and should read: "Single men don't run" imo, but i've left it in ints unadulterated form in case my answer is incorrect.

    BTW, the last one i got was number 11.

    Enjoy.

    :pac:


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    Dufresne
    Registered Users Posts: 201 ✭✭Dufresne


    1. Church Reptile - Chapelizod
    2. Sea Creature Outhouse
    3. A very dark boulder - Blackrock
    4. A gravelly paste- Stoneybatter
    5. Get out of the way - Stepaside
    6. A breed of sheep - Marino
    7. Dispose of this woman - Killester???
    8. Single men don't walk ******* Bachelors Walk
    9. Chimes demise
    10. Big cats ville - Leopardstown
    11. Did professor ease off?
    12. Mr. Secombe is angry - Harolds Cross
    13. Not a warm explosive device - Coolmine
    14. Spheres cross over - Ballsbridge
    15. Is it falling down sounds like - Crumlin
    16. Honest Opinion - Fairview
    17. Duel Weapons - Swords
    18. A stormy retreat
    19. A cunning beast stone - Foxrock
    20. Demolish Leo - Knocklyon
    21. Assassinate leading actor - Killmainham
    22. Dock was in a hurry, we hear
    23. A rodent before the pits - Rathmines
    24. A Scandinavian monacle
    25. An elusive peer - Lucan
    26. A motionless musical instrument - Stillorgan


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    spurious
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    9. Chimes demise Ringsend
    11. Did professor ease off? Donabate
    22. Dock was in a hurry, we hear Portrane


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    MB74
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    Seacreatures Outhouse - Dolphins Barn
    A scandinavian Monacle - Finglas


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    #13
    [Deleted User]
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    Correct on all of them so far.

    Only one missing is:

    18. A stormy retreat


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    #14
    carolmon
    Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭carolmon


    a stormy retreat = windy arbour??


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    #15
    [Deleted User]
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    Correct.

    Now if only elduder would come back with the full list of the country-wide ones.


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    #16
    elduder
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭elduder


    Update on this!!!

    The cluse has slightly changed,

    Its to prepare for an argument without a cross beginning with S

    and the answer is an Irish City or town,

    Im still stumped!!


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    #17
    jobucks
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    stepaside possibly or maybe swords :confused:


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    #18
    elduder
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭elduder


    jobucks wrote: »
    stepaside possibly or maybe swords :confused:

    Hi All, the Answer was swords. Reasoning behind this I think, Back in the olden days before a fight they would cross swords. So without the cross its just swords.

    Thanks for all your help.


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    #19
    jobucks
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    Please don't tell me that took 6 months :rolleyes:


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