Carrickfergus history quiz
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Test your knowledge of Carrickfergus with our engaging history quiz! Discover fascinating facts about this historic town while answering questions about notable events, landmarks, and personalities from years gone by.
Whether you're a local historian or just curious about Carrickfergus, this quiz is for you! Here’s what you can expect:
- 10 intriguing multiple-choice questions
- Learn more about historical sites
- Engage with interesting facts
1. Bell’s shop c.1910. Bell’s Newsagents is still going strong on Carrickfergus High Street today. The Bells were also printers and the first publishers of the Carrickfergus Advertiser when it was established in what year?
1883
1923
1953
1983
2. The Town Hall and Museum & Civic Centre are built on the site of a Franciscan Friary established c.1232 (close up, 1567 map of Carrickfergus. Map ref: TCD, MS 1209(26)). Which of these have NOT been discovered during excavations of the site?
Viking axe
Painted window glass
Human skeletons
Monkey skeleton
3. More than two centuries after the Friary was dissolved, Carrickfergus gaol, opened on the same site in 1779. When the gaol finally closed its doors in 1850 where were the remaining prisoners sent?
Tasmania, Australia
Crumlin Road gaol, Belfast
Kilmainham gaol, Dublin
Spike Island, Cork
4. This is the old market house, built 1755. It was also the Town Hall until 1934. What business is located here today?
Ulster Bank
Wetherspoon
Lauryn James
Boots
5. Which famous author of Gulliver’s Travels attended the Mayor’s feast during his years’ stay at Kilroot in 1695?
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6. These gallows stood off the Belfast Road on the way into the town. The United Irishman William Orr, met his end here in 1797. What were the gallows known as?
The three sisters
The three brothers
The trio of death
The trio of sisters
7. Most of us don’t have a family memorial as grand as this one for Sir Arthur Chichester in St Nicholas’ Parish Church, Carrickfergus! Which of these things did Chichester NOT do?
Establish the town of Belfast
Establish the town of Carrickfergus
Build Carrickfergus town walls
Command a ship against the Spanish Armada in 1588
8. Many will recognise this view of High Street. But can you guess what year this was taken?
1932
1942
1952
1962
9. This ‘big house’ was built around 1800 and was sold at auction in 2013 – with a reserve price of £100K. Which is it?
Scoutbush
Seapark
Glynn Park
Rosganna
10. The American Revolution touched our shores when John Paul Jones, known as the father of the US Navy, defeated the British ship HMS Drake off the coast of Carrickfergus. What was Jones’s ship called – a name now associated with a famous regiment formed in Carrickfergus during WWII?
USS Providence
USS Bonhomme Richard
USS Ranger
USS Enterprise
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