Early Christian Ireland Flashcards
Round tower
A tall building in a monastery used to sound the bell and as a defence tower during attack
Tonsure
The shaving of the top of a monks head
Crozier
A hooked staff carried by a bishop
Manuscript
A handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book
Monastery
Religious community where monks live and work
High Cross
A decorated standing stone cross, usually used to tell Bible stories
Scriptorium
A room in a monastery for writing or copying manuscripts
Filigree
Delicate, ornamental work made from twisted wire of gold or silver
Beehive hut
A corbelled stone hut/cell where monks lived
Scribe
A monk who copies manuscripts
Chalice
A cup or goblet
Druids
Celtic priests
The Celts
Group who came to Ireland from central Europe. They brought iron with them.
Pagan
Someone who believed in many gods
St Patrick
Monk who spread Christianity in Ireland, arrived in 432 AD
Palladius
A missionary sent to Ireland in 431 AD
Historically significant
Its effects are widespread and long-lasting
St Enda
Missionary who founded a monastery in the Aran Islands
Abbot
Head of a monastery
Clonmacnoise
A monastery founded by St Cíarán along the banks of the River Shannon
Vellum
Calfskin prepared as a surface for writing or painting
Book of Kells
Illuminated manuscript written in Latin containing the four Gospels of the New Testament
Book of Durrow
Illuminated manuscript from 675 AD printed on animal skins
Irish Diaspora
Irish people and their descendants who live outside Ireland
