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show A monastery is a closed, religious community usually made up of monks  
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What religion were the celts?   show
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show A pagan is someone who worships various gods, often with a focus on nature or the earth  
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show They were farmers and warriors who had come from Central Europe and their beliefs were pagan.  
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show Around the 3rd century AD  
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Who was st Patrick?   show
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show Inis Mór, is found in the Aran Islands  
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show Monks are men who dedicate themselves to a religious order and to life in a monastery.  
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show Strict, simple lives  
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show He claimed he ‘captised thousands’ and ‘Ordained clerics everywhere’  
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What designs were common on art and why?   show
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show Lots of pagan festivals overtime absorbed into Christianity. Samhain (pagan) became Hallowe’en.  
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show They were Self sufficient.  
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show Farmers worked in the fields, where they did ploughing, milking, harvesting and grinding corn  
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show They made detailed, objects made out of metal, usually made with silver and decorated with gold  
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show Eat, usually in silence  
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show Mass and Praying, 6-8 times a day  
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show A bell tower and a safe place if under attack for both people and treasure. The door and small windows were high up, only reachable by a ladder.  
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show Protection  
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show They contained the gospels and psalms  
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show Cathach of St. Columba - 6th century (oldest) Book of kells (AD 800) Book of Durrow (AD650- 700 )  
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show Gold and amber and enamel and coloured glass  
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show Ardagh chalice- 8th century Derrynaflan Chalice- 9th century  
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show Modern day Scandinavia, which is Denmark, Norway and Sweden  
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show They were farmers and fishermen with superb shipbuilding and navigation skills.  
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show The danish harbour of roskilde, and they used carbon 14 dating and dendrochronology to find the wood originated from Glendalough, felled in AD 1042.  
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show AD 795  
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show Dublin, Wexford, limerick and Waterford  
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Who were the people who lived in Ireland prior to Christianity?   show
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What was the first recorded source of Christianity in Ireland?   show
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Who founded the first monastery in Ireland and when?   show
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What did St, Patrick’s Confessio say   show
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What happened to paganism and Christianity?   show
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What were jobs monks could have to create art (artefacts now)?   show
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Where did scribes work?   show
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What did metalworkers/ craftsmen create?   show
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What were beehive huts?   show
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What were the purpose of beehive huts? Give an example.   show
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What was the circular wall for?   show
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What did manuscripts contain?   show
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High stone cross examples?   show
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Where did the vikings come from?   show
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Why did vikings attack monasteries?   show
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Viking houses?   show
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What was the golden age of irish monasteries?   show
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show Since most were illiterate, the pictures showed bible scenes and taught people. Cross of the Scriptures in Clonmacnoise, co. Offaly  
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