Take this quiz to win yourself some wonderful Irish books (just in time for Christmas)

We’re celebrating this year’s Irish Book Awards.

This competition has ended. The winners were Josh Lernihan and Phil Murphy.

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WANT TO WIN yourself a selection of great new Irish-published books?

We are giving away this wonderful prize to celebrate The Journal’s sponsorship of the Best Irish-Published Book of the Year category at the Irish Book Awards.

To enter, simply take the quiz, copy and paste your result into an email and send it to competitions@thejournal.ie with the subject line ‘Books’.

The quiz will close at midnight, Thursday 27 November and winners will be chosen the following day.

Best of luck!

Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride are shortlisted in The Journal’s Best Irish-Published Book category for 'For and Against a United Ireland' - but what was the name of Fintan O’Toole’s last book?

A History of Us

We Don’t Know Ireland

We Don’t Know Ourselves

Ireland Through the Years

The late Manchán Magan is also shortlisted in the category - what was the name of his four-part documentary series in which he attempted to live his life (eat, travel, socialise etc) through Irish?

As Gaeilge

No Béarla

An Gaeltacht

Travelling Through Irish

Nominee Donal Skehan is now best known as a chef but which musical group was he part of?

JJ72

Streetwize

The Script

Mytown

The Bailout Babies by Adam Maguire is shortlisted for non-fiction book of the year. Between what years were this generation born?

1990-2007

1984-2000

1995-2005

1987-2004

Leo Varadkar is shortlisted for his biography - but in what year did he resign as Taoiseach?

2022

2023

2024

2025

What is the name of the sequel to Colm Tóibín’s bestseller Brooklyn?

Manhattan

Florida

New Jersey

Long Island

Andy Farrell is shortlisted for his biography ‘The Only Way I Know’. Who did Ireland play in his first game as head coach?

Scotland

New Zealand

England

Italy

Joseph O’Connor is shortlisted for his novel 'The Ghosts of Rome'. For which book did he win an Irish Book Award?

My Father's House

Shadowplay

The Thrill of it All

Ghost Light

David Gillick is shortlisted for his book 'The Race'. In what year did he win his first European Indoor gold medal?

2003

2004

2005

2006

Cecelia Ahern is up for best fiction book, who played the lead role of Rosie in the movie adaptation of her book Where Rainbows End?

Lily Collins

Jennifer Lawrence

Saoirse Ronan

Anne Hathaway

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