Iron Age/the Celts Flashcards
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Tuath
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The land and people ruled by a king/rí
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Iron Age
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The Iron Age began around 1400 bc when Iron was discoverd
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Drebhfine
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The Celtic royal family
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Aos dána
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The skilled+respected people to the tuath
Eg doctors,Druids and judges
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Druid
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A Celtic priest who organised religios ceremony’s
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Rath
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We’re forts surrounded by ditches/piles of earth
Stone Raths were called cashels
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Crannóg
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A man-made island on a lake or a river
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Hillfort
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Were like Raths but larger
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Promontory fort
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We’re built on cliff tops
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Léine
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A knee length linen tunic
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Crois
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Was a belt
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Brat
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A woollen cloak
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An dagda
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Was the god of the after life and he was the main god
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Lugh
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The god of war
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Ogham stones
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We’re Celtic grave stones
With the earliest form of wrighting that came to Ireland
Ogham
