2.
'R.M.' stand for 'Resident Magistrate'

3.
Oliver Plunkett's head is preserved in St. Peter's Church in Drogheda, Co. Louth.

4.
'Stephen Hero' by James Joyce became the novel, 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'.

5.
'bodhrán' originally meaning 'deafener', which is almost common sense,
if the person playing it is not an expert.

6.
the Children of Lir were cursed by their stepmother to become
swans with beautiful singing voices and human intelligence.

7.
The Irish name for the hedgehog, 'Gráinneog', means 'Little ugly fellow'.

8.
The Cliffs of Moher are a famously spectacular coastal feature of Co Clare.