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Test your IQ on Gaelic history

A short set of questions drawn at random from TraVision’s Gaelic history, Traveller history, language and law question bank. Choose one answer for each question, then see the evidence and explanations at the end.

10 random questions · one answer each · explanations at the end

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Test your IQ on Gaelic history

On which date did the Irish State officially grant formal state recognition to Irish Travellers as a distinct ethnic group?

Linguist R.A. Stewart Macalister analyzed Cant in his seminal 1937 work titled what?

What was 'Honor-Price' (Lóg nEnech) under Brehon legal theory?

What was the legal term for a professional judge and legal expert in early medieval Gaelic Ireland?

In Cant/Shelta lexical terminology, what is the word used to refer to a non-Traveller or settled person?

Under early Irish Brehon Law (Feenechas), what was the term for the blood-money fine or compensation paid for injury or homicide?

Which legislative measure, commonly known as 'Section 24,' effectively criminalised traditional roadside encampments and nomadism in Ireland?

What mid-20th-century Irish State report laid the foundation for forced assimilation policies by treating nomadism as a social pathology?

How was a successor chosen under the Gaelic political system of Tanistry?

Which ancient archaeological features found throughout Ireland are historically associated with seasonal boiling/cooking sites near water sources?