Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Ireland
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 253 answers to “Name a city or town in Ireland”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Dublin
- Cork
- Galway
- Limerick
- Belfast
- Waterford
- Kilkenny
- Derry
- Killarney
- Sligo
- Drogheda
- Dundalk
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Athlone
- Wexford
- Tralee
- Ennis
- Letterkenny
- Newry
- Armagh
- Lisburn
- Bangor
- Carlow
- Navan
- Bray
- Swords
- Tullamore
- Mullingar
- Castlebar
- Clonmel
- Cobh
- Kinsale
- Dungarvan
- Naas
- Portlaoise
- Cavan
- Monaghan
- Enniskillen
- Omagh
- Coleraine
- Ballymena
- Larne
- Newtownards
- Portrush
- Dún Laoghaire
- Howth
- Malahide
- Maynooth
- Arklow
- Wicklow
- Westport
- Dingle
- Kenmare
- Donegal
- Bundoran
- Tuam
- Ballina
- Longford
- Shannon
- Carrickfergus
- Craigavon
- Newtownabbey
- Strabane
- Antrim
- Downpatrick
- Portadown
- Lurgan
- Dungannon
- Cookstown
- Limavady
- Ballycastle
- Bushmills
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsDublin · Cork · Galway
- Below the Surface59 answers · 25 ptsAthlone · Wexford · Tralee …
- The Deep93 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss88 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 93 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 88 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 253 answers in total, 5 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Athy”. Longest: “Carrick-on-Shannon”.
- C, B and D are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Londonderry” counts as Derry.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (45). Run through it first.
- Skip Dublin, Cork and Galway; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in Ireland A–Z
Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city or town in Ireland”?
- Most people start with Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city or town in Ireland”?
- 253 in all: 12 on The Tip, 59 Below the Surface, 93 in The Deep, 88 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city or town in Ireland”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Athy” and the longest is “Carrick-on-Shannon”.
- Is “Name a city or town in Ireland” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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