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Early Ireland
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mesolithic | a period when hunter-gatherers used simple stone tools |
| Hunter-gatherers | people who get their food by hunting animals and gathering nuts and berries |
| Flint | a very hard rock that splits into sharp pieces when it is broken |
| 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 age | when people started adding tin to copper to make a harder metal called bronze |
| Smith | a person who made metal objects |
| Iron age | when a new metal called iron was discovered that eventually replaced bronze |
| Tuath | the land and the people ruled by the king |
| Rí | a Celtic king |
| Derbhine | the Celtic royal family |