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History
History(Ancient Ireland)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who were the first settlers in Ireland and when did they arrive? | Middle Stone Age(Mesolithic) people. 8000BC |
| Give two characteristics for the 1st settlers in Ireland | They were hunters and gathers. They hunted animals and gathered nuts and berrries |
| Where did the 1st settlers settle? | Mount Sandel, Northern Ireland |
| When did the 1st farmers arrive in Ireland and what were they called? | 4000BC,New Stone Age(Neolithic) people |
| Give 2 characteristics for the 1st farmers | They built large megalithic tombs, they grew wheat and barley and kept cattle,sheep and pigs |
| What is meant by the word megalithic? | Great stone |
| Name two type of tombs Neolithic people built | Court cairns, portal dolmens, passage graves |
| What is a portal dolmen? | A type of tomb built by Neolithic people. It consisted of a capstone(top piece) and two upright stones called portals |
| What is a passage grave? | A passage that leads to a chamber |
| Give an example of a passage grave and talk about it | Newgrange,Co.Meath.Newgrange is about 4500 years old.A long passage leads from the tomb entrance to a chamber deep inside the tomb where people such as kings are were burried. |
| Give an interesting fact about the passage grave you have mentioned | Over the entrance the is a hole called a light hole. The hole is positioned that,precisely at the sunrise on 21 December sunlight can pass through the hole , down the passage and light up the chamber |
| What is wattle? | Woven wooden poles to form a frame/wall for the house |
| What is daub? | Mud witch was plastered onto the walls |
| What were rotary querns? | Circular grinding stones that rubbed off each other |
| What was the Bronze age? | Around 2000BC when people who came to Ireland discovered how to make sharp weapons and tools out of bronze |
| What is bronze? | Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin |
| What were Torcs? | Necklaces or bracelets that resembled ropes |
| What were Lunulas? | Gold necklaces that looked like the crescent moon |
| What was a Fulachtaí Fia? | An ancient cooking place |
| Name two types of tombs bronze age people built | Cist graves, wedge tombs,standing stones |
| What was a cist grave? | A small rectangular pit lined with stone slabs |
| What was wedge tomb? | They looked like portal dolmens but they were high at one end and low and narrow at the other |
| What was the iron age? | When Celts arrived to Ireland from Europe and brought knowledge of iron with them |
| When did the Celts arrive? | 500BC |
| Name two pieces of clothing Celts wore? | Tunics, woolen cloaks |
| What are stone forts? | Circular forts called Dúns |
| What was the job of smiths? | To make tools and weapons out of iron |
| What was the job of stonemasons? | To make objects such as ogham stones. Stone pillars with names carved into them |
| What was the job of carpenters? | To help build houses,fences and boats |
| What was a Druid? | A priest |
| Name two Celtic festivals | Samhain,1 Nov,Celtic New year. Bealtine,1 May, The beginning of summer |
| What was a tuatha? | A small kingdon |
| What was a rí? | A king |
| What was a tániste? | The kings successor |
| What was the derbhfine? | The royal family |
| What was a brehon? | A judge |
| What was a Filí? | A poet |
| What was a bard? | People who recited or sang poetry |
| Who were the Aos Dána? | Important people due to their special skills |
| Name 2 members of the Aos Dána? | Druids and Filí |
| What was fosterage? | When children of nobles were sent to other nobles to be educated |
| Celtic societies was organised in a certain way. Name the catorgaries people were organised in, in order from wealthy to poor | The royal family, the nobles, the Aos Dána, the commoners and the slaves |
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