Early Christian Ireland

Question 0

Where did the monks live?

Answer 0

Monasteries

Question 1

Who came to ireland in AD 431?

Answer 1

A bishop called palladius

Question 2

Where did the nuns live?

Answer 2

Convents

Question 3

What was a round tower for?

Answer 3

Protection if the Viking invaded

Question 4

What was the scriptorium?

Answer 4

The place where the monks copied manuscripts

Question 5

What did the monks write on?

Answer 5

Parchment(sheep skin) and vellum(calf skin).

Question 6

What was the refectory?

Answer 6

The place where monks ate.

Question 7

What kind of places were monasteries built?

Answer 7

Remote, quiet places so they could pray in peace and holiness.

Question 8

What was the round tower used for?

Answer 8

The round tower was used as a look out place, a place to hide any valuables if attackers invaded and also a meeting place

Question 9

What were monks

Answer 9

Monks were men who devoted their lives to God and lived in monasteries

Question 10

What are nuns

Answer 10

Nuns were women who devoted their lives to God and lived in convents.

Question 11

What was a scriptorium

Answer 11

The place where manuscripts were copied

Question 12

What was a refectory

Answer 12

Where the monks had their meals

Question 13

What the did monks live in and describe what they look like

Answer 13

The huts were called cells. They looked like beehives

Question 14

What is vellum made of

Answer 14

Calf skin

Question 15

What is parchment made of

Answer 15

Sheepskin

Question 16

Name four Celtic monasteries

Answer 16

Inis mór
Sceilig mhichíl
Clonmacnoise
Glendalough

Question 17

What was the golden age

Answer 17

This was when Irish monastries Had become famous throughout Europe. This period is called the golden age in Irish learning.

Question 18

What were the dark ages

Answer 18

The dark ages was when the Roman Empire collapsed and the tribes of Europe were at war. Art and learning was kept alive by the Irish and Ireland became known as the island of Saints and scholars

Question 19

When did Saint Patrick come to Ireland

Answer 19

Between 430 and 490AD

Question 20

What were the two books St Patrick wrote

Answer 20

He wrote
The confession
A letter to the soldiers of king coroticus

Question 21

Give an example of early Christian ireland metalwork

Answer 21

Ardagh chalice

Tara brooche

Question 22

Name the monk associated with Inis nór

Answer 22

St Edna

Question 23

Name the monk associated with clonmacnoise

Answer 23

St Ciarán

Question 24

Name the monk associated with sceilig mhichíl

Answer 24

St fionán

Question 25

Name the monk associated with Iona

Answer 25

St colmcille

Question 26

Name the monk associated with luxeuil

Answer 26

St columbanus

Question 27

Name the monk associated with bobbio

Answer 27

St columbanus

Question 28

Name the monk associated with glendalough

Answer 28

St Kevin