Early Christain Ireland

Question 1

Where did monks live

Answer 1

Monasteries

Question 2

What were monasteries similar to?

Answer 2

Raths or ringforts

Question 3

What were early monasteries made of?

Answer 3

Wood

Question 4

What were monasteries later on made of?

Answer 4

Stone

Question 5

What is the name of the first monastery set up

Answer 5

Inis mor

Question 6

When was the first monetary set up

Answer 6

500 ad

Question 7

What is a beehive hut

Answer 7

Where monks slept

Question 8

What is a oratory

Answer 8

Small church

Question 9

What is a scriptorium

Answer 9

A room where manuscripts were copied by hand

Question 10

What is a refectory

Answer 10

Dining room where monks ate

Question 11

What is a guest house

Answer 11

For travelers or visiting tradespeople

Question 12

What is a round tower

Answer 12

A bell tower and safe place for people and treasure if the monastery come under attack

Question 13

How was things passed down in early Christian Ireland

Answer 13

By mouth or written

Question 14

Name 3 types of art produced by Irish monks

Answer 14

Manuscripts, metal work and high crosses

Question 15

What is the La tene style

Answer 15

It featured spirals, florals and fantasy animals and curved lines

Question 16

Name 2 examples of metal work from early Christian Ireland

Answer 16

The Ardagh chalice and the bell of st Patrick

Question 17

What are the kinds of decorations used on metal work pieces

Answer 17

Silver, gold, amber, enamel and coloured glass

Question 18

What does the term long port mean

Answer 18

Camps by the water used as base for raids

Question 19

When did the first ever Viking arrive?

Answer 19

795

Question 20

What are 2 Viking sites?

Answer 20

Dublin and Waterford

Question 21

What did the Vikings introduce

Answer 21

Currency, words into the Irish language, and founding towns

Question 22

What is a pagan

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What is a Druid

Answer 23

a spiritual figure similar to a priest in pre-Christian Celtic Ireland

Question 24

What is a monastery

Answer 24

A closed religious community living by the rules of an order

Question 25

What is a monk

Answer 25

A man dedicated to a religious order and to life in a monastery

Question 26

What is a manuscript

Answer 26

book written by hand, often in Latin, on sheepskin parchment or vellum (calfskin)

Question 27

What is a high cross

Answer 27

free-standing stone cross, usually with elaborate carvings showing biblical scenes