Interactive Quiz - Spreading the Words

1. The 'Brian Boru Harp' is not an appropriate name for the harp in Trinity College because

Brian Boru didn't like harp music

the instrument in Trinity College is actually a lute

Brian Boru died several centuries before that harp was made

2. Edward Bunting was

a Classically-trained collector of harp music

a famous traditional Irish harper

a character in 'The Cattle-Raid of Fróech'

3. The most reliable sources of information on what early Irish harps looked like are

high crosses and metal work

tales

symbols on coins and passports

4. Amongst the Celtic languages, Irish is most closely related to Scottish Gaelic and

Manx

Cornish

Breton

reCAPTCHA