Early Christian Ireland

The people who lived in Ireland at the time when Christianity was introduced were ...

(a)  

The celts were...

• nomadic

• pagan

• friends with the Romans

• hunter-gatherers

Who is the first official source about Christianity in Ireland?

• St. Patrick

• Palladius

• Constantine

• Julius Caesar

St. Patrick most likely came from where?

• Scotland

• Wales

• England

• France

What is a monastery?

Where was the first Irish monastery founded?

• Glendalough

• Skellig Michael

• Inis Mór

• Mount Sandal

What are these huts called?

(a)  

Monks were...

• strict

• self-sufficient

• people who led simple lives

• well-educated

What is a tonsure?

• a monk's haircut

• the type of paper used to make manuscripts

• the place where monks ate their meals

• the place where monks prayed

What is filigree work?

• Farming and harvesting crops for the monastery

• the transcribing of text to make manuscripts

• the carving of high crosses

• the art of weaving and twisting gold wire