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QUIZ: You've driven past them, but where are these roadside monuments?

Ah, Celtic Tiger road art.
6.30pm, 18 Jan 2015
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Photocall - Fog in Naas 00157975 Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland Mark Stedman / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

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Kildare
Dublin

Meath
Wicklow
Capall Mor
Google Maps
Limerick
Cork

Clare
Kerry
The Player
Wikimedia Commons
Mayo
Galway

Sligo
Donegal
Polestar
Greg Clarke/CC
Sligo
Donegal

Monaghan
Cork
Enclosure
Google Maps
Meath
Offaly

Laois
Kildare
The Pikemen
Google Maps
Waterford
Wexford

Wicklow
Kilkenny
Saints and Scholars
Finn MacGinty/CC
Westmeath
Laois

Offaly
Tipperary
St Maeldoid's Pig (picture courtesy of Northern Sound)
Northern Sound
Monaghan
Cavan

Roscommon
Longford
Healy Pass
Google Maps
Cork
Kerry

Galway
Clare
The Violin
Kevin Foley
Roscommon
Cavan

Longford
Westmeath
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You've been lost a couple of times
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You're stuck in the 1980s
As someone living in pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, you have no time for these bronzed pieces of modern art. We didn't *really* need to build so many, did we?
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Photocall Ireland
You scored out of !
You're Paschal Donohoe
As Minister for Transport we're sure you know each and every one of these in detail.
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Photocall Ireland
You scored out of !
You're Paschal Donohoe
As Minister for Transport we're sure you know each and every one of these in detail.
Share your result:
Shutterstock
You scored out of !
You're a delivery driver
You've had to call on these landmarks a few times in your day-to-day work, but you can hardly know them all, can you?
Share your result:
Shutterstock
You scored out of !
You're a delivery driver
You've had to call on these landmarks a few times in your day-to-day work, but you can hardly know them all, can you?
Share your result:
Shutterstock
You scored out of !
You've been lost a couple of times.
You're not that experienced of a driver, but you remember a couple of these from times you've been lost in the wilderness, looking out for some kind of recognisable landmark. "Yeah, I've just passed the flying pig, is it the next turn?"
Share your result:
Shutterstock
You scored out of !
You've been lost a couple of times.
You're not that experienced of a driver, but you remember a couple of these from times you've been lost in the wilderness, looking out for some kind of recognisable landmark. "Yeah, I've just passed the flying pig, is it the next turn?"
Share your result:
Shutterstock
You scored out of !
You're stuck in the 1980s
As someone living in pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, you have no time for these bronzed pieces of modern art. We didn't *really* need to build so many, did we?
Share your result:

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