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It’s a fact: castles have fun names. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we thought we’d challenge you figure out which of these Irish castle names are the real deals. Bonus points if you know where the made-up words are from. OK, you don’t really get any bonus points, but you should feel good about yourself. Erin Go Bragh!
Try the Wee Irish Castle Quiz and see how much you know!
i got half right! not too bad? aye?
posted by Rainy on 3-16-2008 at 10:04 pm
70% Admittedly, most of my answers were guesses based on which word I would have made up if it were up to me.
posted by Bill T. on 3-17-2008 at 6:51 am
80% woop woop, pure guessing on which words were the coolest
posted by Brittany on 3-17-2008 at 11:31 am
The directions aren’t clear: Are we picking the real Irish names or the words that are made up?
posted by Lindsey on 3-17-2008 at 11:59 am