Video Task: Early Christian Ireland

Please watch the video below and answer the following questions.

Teacher Note: The questions below replace the questions on page 23 of the Artefact (2nd edition) Skills Book

QUESTIONS

1. To which period of history do the gravestones and buildings belong?

2. Name another ecclesiastical site from the map, apart from Clonmacnoise.

3. Where is Clonmacnoise located?

4. When was Clonmacnoise founded, and by whom?

5. Name two other saints who helped spread Christianity in Ireland.

6. What is a monastery?

7. What crafts were practiced in the monastery?

8. Who were among the most important visitors to the monastery?

9. Clonmacnoise was situated on the dividing line between which two kingdoms?

10. Describe the high crosses at Clonmacnoise.

11. When was the round tower built?

12. How many beautifully carved grave slabs are there at Clonmacnoise?

13. When was the site abandoned?

14. In your opinion, why might Clonmacnoise have been important to Irish people during the 19th-century Celtic Revival?