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History
early ireland
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesolithic | a period when hunter gatherers used simple stone tools |
| hunter-gatherers | people who got food by hunting animals and collecting nits and berries |
| Neolithic | period when people farmed and used better stone tools |
| dolmen | a tomb made of upright stones |
| capstone | a large flat stone that lies on top of a dolmen |
| bronze | a mixture of tin and copper |
| smith | a person who made metal objects |
| tuath | the land and people ruled by a king |
| Ri | a Celtic king |
| dearbhfine | the celtic royal family |
| monastery | a place where people who devoted their lives to god lived |
| scriptorium | where monks copied manuscripts |
| druids | celtic priests |