Chapter 4: Early Christian Ireland

Question 1

Pagan

Answer 1

Is someone who worships various gods, often with a focus on nature or the earth

Question 2

Manuscript

Answer 2

Is a book written by hand

Question 3

Monastery

Answer 3

In a closed religious community.

Question 4

Monks

Answer 4

Men who dedicate themselves to a religoius order and to life in a monastery

Question 5

A beehive hut

Answer 5

Was a small stone hut, shaped like a beehive, where a monk slept

Question 6

Oratory

Answer 6

Church where the monks attended Mass or prayed

Question 7

Scriptorium

Answer 7

Where manuscripts were copied by hand and illustrated

Question 8

Refectory

Answer 8

Was where monks ate their meals

Question 9

Round tower

Answer 9

Was a bell tower and a safe place for people (and treasures) if the monastery came under attack

Question 10

The book of kells

Answer 10

A manuscript

Question 11

High cross

Answer 11

Is a free standing stone cross, usually with elaborate carvings bibilical scenes

Question 12

Longships

Answer 12

Boats

Question 13

Longports

Answer 13

Camps by the water used as a base for raids

Question 14

Wattle and daub

Answer 14

A woven mesh plastered with a mixture of mud, dung, sand and straw.