Early Christian Ireland

What is a pagan?

• The head of a monastery

• Someone who believed in many gods, often with a focus on nature

• Group who came to Ireland from Central Europe

• A manuscript writer

Who was Palladius?

• A monastery founded by St. Ciaran

• A missionary sent to Ireland in 431 AD

• A missionary who founded a monastery in Iona

• A monk who spread Christianity in Ireland

Who was St. Patrick?

• A monk who came to spread Christianity in Ireland around 432AD

• A missionary from the Aran Islands

• A monastery founded by St. Ciaran

What is a monastery?

• A small kingdom

• A closed religious community

• A church

• A base for raids

Which of these is NOT an Early Christian monastery in Ireland?

• Kells

• Clonmacnoise

• Swords

• Glendalough

What is a beehive hut?

• A corbelled stone hut where monks slept

• Illuminated manuscript printed on animal skins

• A hut where monks would keep their beehives

• A monastery founded by St. Ciaran

What was the purpose of a round tower

• Books/websites etc that contain useful information

• A religious community where monks live and work

• A tall building in a monastery used for defence.

• A corbelled stone hut where monks lived

Where did monks eat their meals?

• Oratory

• Scriptorium

• Beehive Hut

• Refectory

Where did monks go to pray?

• Oratory

• Scriptorium

• Beehive Hut

• Refectory

What is the purpose of a scriptorium?

• Religious community where monks lived and worked

• The shaving of the top of a monks head

• A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts

• A handwritten or typed piece of work