Our quizmaster JASON MURPHY tests your knowledge…
First published in Festive Star 2019 – answers at the end.
- During the Irish Civil War in 1922, anti-treatyites left explosives behind them in this famous Waterford building, when they fled from the oncoming pro-treaty brigade. Thankfully, they didn’t explode and the building still stands today. What is it?
- T&H Doolan’s was purchased in 2014 by the Watchorn family from Carlow but unfortunately has still not been reopened. How much did they pay for it?
- In 90s Waterford, what was ‘Saxone’?
- Where was Teddy Guilfoyle’s shop located in Waterford?
- Before there was Sinnott’s, there was Muldoon’s, before Muldoon’s there was Fat Sam’s, but what came before that?
- Where was Hanley’s Pipe Factory located?
- Today it’s called the Hub, before that it was the Wacky Apple and before that it was The Old Rogue. What was it called before that?
- In what year was Davy Mac’s demolished?
- What is the previous name of St. Martin’s Avenue, off Mayor’s Walk?
- In the 1980’s, this shop – a favourite of all Waterford children – was located between The Chuck Wagon and Burgerland. What is it?
- Where did the Royal British Legion have their premises in Waterford?
- Where was the short lived pub Trumps located?
- Where in Waterford could you pick your lobster from a tank before having him served to you for dinner?
- What Mayor of Waterford opened City Square?
- Which leader of Fine Gael was born in Waterford?
- How many full cabinet ministers has Waterford had since the foundation of the state?
- What year did Waterford Crystal move from Johnstown to Kilbarry?
- During the early 90s if I was in Olympus in Waterford where was I?
- Where was Morris Builders Providers located before their present location on the Cork Road?
- Which Waterford TD was born on Ballybricken?
- How many female TDs have been elected by the Waterford constituency since 1922?
- Where was the Radio Bar?
- Where in Waterford city was Boyce’s Draper shop?
- What celebrity opened Lisduggan Shopping Centre?
- Where in Waterford city did Jacobs open their first bakery?
- What have the tower that houses Big Ben in London and the Waterford Health Park building on Slievekeale got in common?
- Where would you find Syme’s Lane in Waterford?
- Where would you find Osborne Villas in Waterford?
- What were the names of the three screens in The Regina Cinema?
- What was the name of the German U-Boat commander who sank the Waterford steam ships SS Formby and SS Conningbeg in December 1917?
ANSWERS TO SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WATERFORD QUIZ
- Reginald’s Tower
- €520,000
- A shoe shop
- Patrick Street.
- The Coachman’s Inn
- John’s Lane
- The Commodore
- 1990
- Buttermilk Lane
- The Knick Knack Shop (later became the KK Discount Store)
- On the Mayor’s Walk next to Mordants
- Where Mason’s is today
- The Stonecourt on O’Connell Street
- Cllr Tom Browne
- Richard Mulcahy
- Four – PJ Little, Sean Ormonde, Austin Deasy and Martin Cullen.
- 1967
- Breen’s Nightclub
- The Manor, where Closegate is now
- Billy Kenneally
- Four – Caitlin Brugha, Bridget Redmond, Ciara Conway and Mary Butler
- On Barrack Street also known as Batterberry’s
- Opposite Greer’s Cake Shop
- Gay Byrne
- Bridge Street
- Both were designed by the architect Augustus Pugin
- It joins Catherine Street to the Waterside
- At the north end of Poleberry
- The Palace, The Pullman and The Mini
- Kapitänleutnant Ernst Hashagen