Transcript Today`s lesson…

Timeline of Ancient Ireland
8000 BC
The Mesolithic era
2000BC
The Bronze
Age
First metal
users
The first people
arrive in Ireland
4000BC
The Neolithic
Era
Ireland’s first
farmers
500BC
The Iron Age
The Celts
arrive in
Ireland
Mount Sandal is a
Mesolithic site near
Coleraine, Co. Derry
Can you find it on the
map?
http://www.mountsandel.
com/mesolithic/index.asp
• The most important development of the Neolithic era
was farming
Farming spread to Ireland from Britain
Farmers grew wheat and barley and kept sheep, cattle and
pigs
• Wild pigs were native to Ireland but cattle and sheep were
introduced.
• These animals have their origins as farmed animals in the
‘fertile crescent’
TASK: What do each of these pictures tell us about Neolithic life?
A.
C.
4000 BC
E.
D.
B.
G.
F.
8000 BC
The Iron Age (Celts)
500 BC
Celtic dress
Farming
Food
How are these
Celtic people
dressed?
• The Celts ate porridge and bread
• From the cattle they had milk and meat
• They drank ale
• Roast pig was eaten on special occasions
Rotary quern
Celtic Forts (Dúns)
Celtic Artwork…The Tara Brooch
La Tene style
Jan
Feb
March
April
July
Aug
Imbolc
1st Feb
May
June
Bealtaine
1st May
Sept
Lughnasa
1st Aug
Oct
Nov
Samhain
1st Nov
Dec