Early Christain Ireland

Question 0

Where was St Patrick from

Answer 0

Wales

Question 1

What century did the celts and the Romans stop believing in pagan gods?

Answer 1

4th century

Question 2

What age was St Patrick when he was taken

Answer 2

16

Question 3

How many years until St Patrick escaped

Answer 3

6 long years

Question 4

What was the name of the first Roman Christian Emperor

Answer 4

Constantine

Question 5

How did he spread Christianity throughout Europe

Answer 5

Missionaries

Question 6

Who was the bishop and when was he sent to Ireland

Answer 6

Palladius and in 431 AD

Question 7

When were monestrys first founded

Answer 7

59 years after St Patrick’s death

Question 8

What took place in monastery’s

Answer 8

Monks 
➡️ worked there 
➡ prayed there
➡️ lived there
(They lived a simple life)

Question 9

Where was the 1st monastery set up

Answer 9

Inis mór on the Aran Islands

By St Enda

Question 10

Name a famous irish monastery

Answer 10

Skellig Michael

Coast of Kerry

Question 11

How did the monastery’s develop over time

Answer 11

They became larger and attracted large amounts of people to study and eventually small towns developed around the monastery’s

EG. monasterevin

Question 12

Name a monastery and the St. Accosted with it

Answer 12

Glealough and St Kevin

Question 13

Describe the places in a monastery and their use

Answer 13

➡️ walled - stone walls
️➡️ refectory - ate meals
➡️ oratory - a church where they prayed
➡️ beehive hut - slept, paryed, studied gospels
➡️ round tower - stored valuables, protection

Question 14

Name two famous round towers

Answer 14

Glenadlough

Clonmacnoise

Question 15

What was the name given to monks who wrote the religious scripts/books

Answer 15

Scribes

Question 16

Name and describe the most famous manuscript written

Answer 16

Book of Kells 
Kept in trinity
Contains the 4 gospels 
Dated 8th or 9th century 
Discovered in Kells Co. Meath

Question 17

What is high cross

Answer 17

• Stone cross
• Used to mark graves or placed in the middle of a monastic settlement
• The cross shows scenes from the bible

Question 18

What other art was from that time

Answer 18

➡️ silver chalices
(ardagh chalice)
➡️ stone crosses

Question 19

What is filigree work

Answer 19

The art of twisting and weaving gold wire

As seen on the ardagh chalice