Answers and Explanations

2.
The Fureys are a famous Irish musical group, and the Furies (Erinyes),
who exacted vengeance on the unpunished guilty, were figures of Greek myth.

3.
The lexicographer and his biographer were referring to the basalt columns of
the Giant's Causeway, on the North Antrim coast.

4.
Michael Collins and Oscar Wilde were both born on the same day,
albeit 36 years apart (Wilde on 16 October 1854, Collins in 1890).

5.
'Roisin Dubh' (Black Rose), is a famous Irish love poem and song, to the Dark Rosaleen that is Ireland."

6.
Thomas Moore remarked that in Kerry 'the mountains (are) all rocks, the men all savages'.

7.
Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, died during the battle of Clontarf in 1014.

8.
Which county brings to mind a guttering candle flame? - Wicklow of course!
As the wax melts, there is less support for the wick, so the wick is low.