Text of Mesolithic Stone Age 7000 BC ? 4000 BC Bronze Age 2000 BC ? 500 BC ? 500 AD Neolithic Stone Age Iron...
MesolithicStone Age
7000 BC?
4000 BCBronze Age
2000 BC?
500 BC?
500 ADNeolithic Stone AgeIron AgeCeltsChristianityAncient Ireland
Mesolithic HutBronze Age HouseRing Fort / Rath
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Passage TombPromontory FortDolmen
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St Patrick was taken from Roman Britain and enslaved by the Celts of IrelandI was then about sixteen years of age. I did not know the true God. I was taken into captivity to Ireland with many thousands of peopleSt Patrick
What does a monk look like?Key words?
MonksWhat did they look like?What did they do all day?Where did they live?Where did they build their monasteries?Name 3 large monasteries.Name 1 small remote monasteryWho founded them?
Write these words in homework copies and explain eachMonastery walls forRefectory was whereScriptorium was whereGuesthouses were forChurch was whereAbbots houseMonks cells were where.Round towers were whereVegetable garden.Celtic crosses and cist graves....Do you know what these words mean?Where are these things found?
Clonmacnoise
Clonmacnoise
Glendalough
Glendalough
Skellig Michael
Services Provided by MonasteriesReligious ServicesAlmsHealth care (herbs)HospitalityEducation
Early Christian ArtManuscriptsStone CrossesMetalwork
Book of KellsScribesScriptoriumScriptoriumVellumParchmentInks made from beetles, berries and plantsGospelsLatin
Cross of Muiredeach, Monasterboice, Co LouthMasonsImagesIlliterate peopleSupportTop a tiny church
MetalworkSilver & GoldChalicesCroziersRelinquiriesCeltic designs or filigreeSilver, with bronze and glass studs
Where other people live in Early Christian times
Ring forts or rathsCrannogsWattle and daub houses with thatch roofs
