Early Christian Ireland🪦🍀

Question 1

The Celts arrived in Ireland from..?

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Central Europe

Question 2

The Celts brought…..

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• Their culture, language, religion and the knowledge of ironworking

Question 3

The Celts were a ….

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Highly organised society

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The country was divided into many…

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Tuath (kingdoms)

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Each tuath was ruled by a..?

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Rí (king)

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The Celts were (religion) ?

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Pagans

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Pagans

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They worshipped various gods, often with a focus on nature or the Earth.

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Druids

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Spiritual figures similar to priests in pre - Christian Celtic Ireland .

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Celts often marked graves with….

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Ogham stones

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The first official source of Christianity in Ireland is dated AD 431 when..

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A bishop named Palladius was sent to Ireland

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The most famous bishop to travel to Ireland was…?

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St Patrick

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St Patrick began to..?

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Convert the pagan celts to Christianity

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Some Christian’s chose to live apart from the rest of society in a ….

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Monastery

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Monastery

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A closed religious community

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Monks

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Men who dedicate themselves to a religious order and to life in a monastery.

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Women devoted themselves by becoming

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Nuns

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The first Irish monastery

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Inis Mór

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Who founded Inis Mór?

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St Enda around 500 AD

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Monks spent their days …..

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Praying and working

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They prayed…

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6 - 8 times everyday

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Irish monasteries were famous as the best in the world for the teaching of

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poetry, literature and arts

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Examples of large monasteries

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Clonard
Glendalough
Kells

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Large monasteries

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Were built along important routes and had regular contact with nearby towns

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Examples of small monasteries

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Skellig Michael Co.Kerry

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Beehive hut

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-small stone hut -shaped like a beehive -where monks slept

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Oratory

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Church made of wood or stone where monks attended mass.

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Scriptorium

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A room where manuscripts were copied by hand.

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Refectory

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Where monks ate their meals.

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Round tower

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- bell tower - safe space for people and treasures if they came under attack

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Guesthouse

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For travellers

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Fields

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To grow crops and graze animals

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Cemetery

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For a monks simple grave

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Circular walls

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For protection

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Name of unique style of art the Celts brought to Ireland

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La Tène style

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Celtic Art- The celts crafted

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Intricate golden jewellery

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What were the four early Christian Ireland art stands?

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-Celtic Art (golden jewellery) -Manuscripts -Metalwork -Stone Crosses

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Manuscripts

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-Contained the gospels and psalms from the bible. -Books written by hand -Often in Latin -Written on sheepskin parchment -Decorated (illuminated) with Celtic patterns

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Example of a manuscript

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Book of Kells

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Example of Metalwork

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Ardagh Chalice

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Person who made stone crosses?

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Stonemason

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High cross

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Free - standing stone cross, usually with elaborate carvings showing biblical scenes

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Example of a stone cross

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Muiredachs Cross

Question 43

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, much of Europe went through a period of unrest and war known as the ……

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Dark Ages

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The Dark Ages were hard and savage times in Europe and later, the new threat of Viking attacks at home ….

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Led to many monks travelling abroad to found monasteries in Europe.

Question 45

The first recorded Viking attacks in Ireland took place in 795 and focused on rich monasteries. Those on Lambay Island Co. Dublin and Rathlin Island Co. Antrim were both pillaged and burned that year. By the mid- ninth century the Vikings were establishing…..

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Longphorts

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Longphorts

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Camps by the water used as a base for raids.

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Many Longphorts were temporary but other grew into important training posts and eventually into large towns like….

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Dublin Wexford Waterford Wicklow Limerick

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Vikings raided monasteries as they saw them as not sacred in any way but instead…

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Isolated places full of treasures

Question 49

Over time the Vikings who settled in Ireland intermarried with Gaelic people and adopted __________ ________ and became _______ .

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Gaelic culture and customs Gaelicised

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Eventually Vikings weren’t seen as a distinct group in Ireland but had deeply…..

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Influenced Irish culture and society

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Impacts of the Viking + their legacy

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- founded towns - introduced currency to Ireland - opened trade links - surnames (Higgins , Doyle)

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Historical significance of early Christian Ireland

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- As of 2016 84.6% of the Republic of Ireland identifies as Christian. - religious differences in Ireland - Symbols that represent Ireland today (clover) (bridgids cross) are linked to early Christian Ireland.