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Can you guess how these celebrities have ties to Ireland?

Who was told they have a ‘face like the map of Ireland?’ (Is that a thing?)

1. Who spent nearly every summer of their childhood in Bantry, Co.Cork?
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Jonathan Ross
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Emily Ratajkowski

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Amy Adams
2. Whose father was born in Galway?
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Mary Berry
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Lindsey Lohan

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Andy Murray
3. Which American during his youth worked in a bar in Tubercurry co. Sligo, the hometown of his Grandfather, and when he told an old woman that he was related to the owners, she said, ‘You don’t have to tell me son, you’ve got a face like the map of Ireland’?
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Mike Pence
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Tom Hanks

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Sir Alex Ferguson
4. Who said, "We spent virtually every childhood summer holiday, up to when the troubles really took hold, in Ireland, usually at Rossnowlagh (Donegal) in the Sandhouse Hotel.
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Tony Blair
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Kate Winslet

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Hugh Grant
5. Whose parents are both from Limerick?
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Jimmy Carr
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Julianne Moore

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Courtney Cox
6. Who spent summers at the their Grandfather's in Ardmore (Waterford), and went to the Gaiety School of Acting?
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Olivia Wilde
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Cate Blanchett

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Matt Damon
7. Whose mother is from Newry, Co. Down?
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Zooey Deschanel
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Mischa Barton

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JK Rowling
8. Who said, "I'm half Irish. My mother's people came from Kenmare in Co Kerry and I've been down there to research where they lived. We're related to Burkes and Murphys on her side."
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Gal Gadot
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John Travolta

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Kris Jenner
9. Who said - "My mother's white, she's so Irish, she loves Ireland, she's like, yay, Ireland! Waving the flag and singing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. And that's great. I appreciate that and respect it."
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Mariah Carey
Nicole Scherzinger

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Cardi B
10. Whose father was from County Offaly and was born with the surname O'Meara before changing it as a teenager?
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Piers Morgan
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Emma Thompson

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Tina Fey
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