Silver Salmon Region 1 - ANSWERS
Here are my answers. Over to you to give yourself a mark for days 1-9 out of 90 points!
I welcome any feedback or corrections on alan@requestfoundation.org.uk
Or please just drop me an email and let me know how you got on in this region or any fun facts you found!
Day# |
Region | Location [1] | Main Picture [2] |
| 1 | Leinster | Dublin | Edward Rutherford / Dublin |
| 2 | Leinster | Drogheda | Francis Ledwidge / Poet / Ghost appeared to friend the moment he died at war |
| 3 | Leinster | Dundalk | The builder, John Coffee, went bankrupt, and became the first inmate |
| 4 | Leinster | Wexford | Guinness Book of World Records invented in Castlebridge |
| 5 | Leinster | Kilkenny | Kilkenny Castle recorded Ireland's highest-ever official air temperature of 33.3°C in 1887. |
| 6 | Leinster | Carlingford | European Destination of Excellence |
| 7 | Leinster | Wicklow | Vikings TV Series / Many scenes filmed in Wicklow |
| 8 | Leinster | Kells | Book of Kells / Father, Son & Holy Ghost / Book is at Trinity College in Dublin. |
| 9 | Leinster | Athlone | The Athlone IT International Arena |
Day# |
Region | Location [1] | Secondary Picture [1] |
| 1 | Leinster | Dublin | Guinness trademarked the harp first, so the Irish government had to reverse theirs! |
| 2 | Leinster | Drogheda | Walther P99 / Pierce Brosnan's Bond Gun (He was born in Drogheda). |
| 3 | Leinster | Dundalk | Nickname due to association with smuggling and its position as a frontier town. |
| 4 | Leinster | Wexford | Selskar Abbey built on the spot where first Anglo-Irish peace treaty was signed in 1169. |
| 5 | Leinster | Kilkenny | Smithwick's brewery |
| 6 | Leinster | Carlingford | Carlichauns - Dara, Zara, Hazel, Big Green, and Riley |
| 7 | Leinster | Wicklow | "Huron 'Beltane' Fire Dance" / Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival. Held at Uisneach. |
| 8 | Leinster | Kells | St. Columb's (Colmcille's) House/Cell |
| 9 | Leinster | Athlone | Sean's Bar. Ireland's oldest pub, serving since 900 AD. |
Day# |
Region | Location [1] | Riddle / Rhyme [2] |
| 1 | Leinster | Dublin | James Joyce / Ulysses |
| 2 | Leinster | Drogheda | River Boyne / Brú na Bóinne archaeological complex (Ancient Mounds) / Battle of the Boyne |
| 3 | Leinster | Dundalk | Lady Rohesia de Verdun. promised her hand in marriage to the architect who built it, only to push him out of the top window after its completion. |
| 4 | Leinster | Wexford | The real Zorro - William Lamport – Irish Catholic adventurer born in Wexford Town during 1600s |
| 5 | Leinster | Kilkenny | One of Ireland's first witchcraft accusations against Dame Alice Kyteler |
| 6 | Leinster | Carlingford | The remains of King Johns Castle |
| 7 | Leinster | Wicklow | The Wicklow Way (Walking Trail) |
| 8 | Leinster | Kells | Evidence Kells and Iona were always closely connected. |
| 9 | Leinster | Athlone | Collapsed Tower: The stone castle built in 1210 collapsed after just one year, killing its builder. |
Day# |
Region | Location [1] | First Anagram [2] |
| 1 | Leinster | Dublin | leo the mgm lion (Born in Dublin Zoo) |
| 2 | Leinster | Drogheda | millmount fort |
| 3 | Leinster | Dundalk | the dying stone (The Clochafarmore "Stone of the Big Man") |
| 4 | Leinster | Wexford | vinegar hill |
| 5 | Leinster | Kilkenny | gulliver's travels (Jonathan Swift attended Kilkenny College) |
| 6 | Leinster | Carlingford | gravity hill |
| 7 | Leinster | Wicklow | saint kevin (of Glendalough & a blackbird nested in his hand) |
| 8 | Leinster | Kells | four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John) |
| 9 | Leinster | Athlone | ford of the loins |
Day# |
Region | Location [1] | Second Anagram [2] |
| 1 | Leinster | Dublin | floozie in the jacuzzi (O'Connell Street to Croppies Memorial Park) |
| 2 | Leinster | Drogheda | hill of tara (Niall of the Nine Hostages & Stone of Fal) |
| 3 | Leinster | Dundalk | blackrock sundial |
| 4 | Leinster | Wexford | hook lighthouse (Oldest operating) |
| 5 | Leinster | Kilkenny | praxinoscope |
| 6 | Leinster | Carlingford | finding you (2021 American Rom Com set in Carlingford) |
| 7 | Leinster | Wicklow | Sally Gap - east-to-west pass across the Wicklow Mountains |
| 8 | Leinster | Kells | the secret of kells (Animated movie, 2009) |
| 9 | Leinster | Athlone | old rail trail (greenway) |