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Exploring Carrickfergus: A Quiz on Scotch Quarter

Test your knowledge of Carrickfergus and its fascinating history with our engaging quiz on Scotch Quarter! From the fishermen of the 17th century to the notable events that shaped the area, discover intriguing facts and stories.

Will you be able to answer all the questions correctly? Challenge yourself and learn about:

The origins of Scotch Quarter
Historical battles and maritime heritage
Notable figures from the region

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by SailingSeagull72

1. Here is Fisherman’s quay as it looked just before the turn of the last century. Scotch Quarter began to develop as a suburb in the mid 17th century, but what was once located in this area?

A leper hospital

A lunatic asylum

A convict prison

2. Here is a view of Scotch Quarter before the Marine Highway was built in the late 1960s. The single storey building on the left is now the Gospel Hall. What was here before that?

The reading rooms

A mill

Barn Mills school

3. Here's an early view of the Fisherman’s quay area. This photo shows cottages at the back of which very much changed street?

Joymount

Albert

Agnes

Green

4. Here is Green Street, Scotch Quarter looking towards the town this time. How did this area come to be known as ‘Scotch Quarter’?

It was settled by a colony of Scottish fishermen

It was settled by a Scottish army

It was settled by a colony of Scotch whiskey makers

5. What were Scotch Quarter fishermen surprised to see in the lough in June 1681? These bathers from the 1960s were probably more surprised by the cold water!

A vast number of young whales

An enormous swarm of jellyfish

A shark

6. Which country’s brand-new navy fought a sea battle, led by John Paul Jones, just off the coast of Carrickfergus in 1778 –assisted by Scotch Quarter Fishermen!

France

Spain

Scotland

America

7. One of the Scotch Quarter men who assisted in John Paul Jones’ victory, as part of the American Revolutionary War, was called John Davison. A man with the same name is noted as helping with another attack in 1760. Who was he helping that time? (not confirmed it was the same man!)

General Schomberg’s Williamite Army

Thurot’s French invasion

Edward Bruce’s Scottish army

8. In 1711, a woman named Janet Millar from Scotch Quarter was one of eight women tried in Carrickfergus for what, in what has become one of the most famous trials in Irish history?

Infanticide

Witchcraft

Highway robbery

Smuggling

9. In the 19th century schools in Carrickfergus offered classes in navigation, as boys were encouraged to make a career at sea. Which school in the town had a special Maritime room for this purpose?

Model School

Albert Road National School

Dr Moloney’s School

Technical School

10. As well as a thriving fishing industry, Carrickfergus had a well- established ship building industry. Which well-known sailing vessel now at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum was the last to be constructed at Paul Rodgers' shipyard?

Greenisland

Mary B Mitchell

Romance

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Exploring Carrickfergus: A Quiz on Scotch Quarter

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