A Myth Buster’s Guide to Ireland. Class 1. Geography and the Ancient History of Ireland

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A Myth Buster’s Guide to Ireland. Class 1. Geography and the Ancient History of Ireland

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2. Overview of the course Class 1: Geography, the Ancient history of Ireland. Celtic gods and mythology
3. Overview of the course Class 5: Ireland in the XIXth century (Union, Famine, and Home Rule)
4. The Geography of Ireland The climate. Winter: 7 degrees C. Summer: between 15 and 20 degrees
5. 4 ancient provinces Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster (Belongs to Great Britain)
6. The Geography of Ireland Economy: agriculture Currency: the euro Religion: Roman Catholic (more than 90%) Language:
7. Ireland and its early history the Stone Age: between 7,000 and 6,000 BC Hunting, farming, fishing
8. Meabh's cairn (Knocknarea, Co. Sligo)
9. Newgrange
10. Newgrange more that 5000 years old (3,200 B.C.) The Boyne Valley, Co.Meath a World Heritage Site
11. Newgrange
12. The Hill of Tara The seat of the High King Use: ritualistic (laws, disputes, new kings)
13. The Bronze Age Introduction of bronze Tools and weapons Stone circles Crannogs (lake dwellings)
14. The Celts 500 BC Iron tools and weapons Warriors, stone forts, fighting in chariots Kings, aristocrats,
15. The Celtic Mythology The Tuatha-De-Danann Morrigan – a military Mother-Goddess Danu - Celtic Goddess of Wind,
16. The Celtic Mythology
17. Cuchulainn vs queen Maeve of Connacht
18. The Clonycavan Man The Iron Age, well-preserved Found in a swamp in 2003 (Co.Meath) A king
19. People in swamps: contemporary art
20. Extra resources http://www.newgrange.com/index.htm - Newgrange http://www.carrowkeel.com/files/main.html - Dolmens http://www.dochara.com/places-to-visit/stone-circles/ - Stone Circles http://atriptoireland.com/2013/06/26/a-brief-history-of-the-hill-of-tara/ - Tara http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/pre_norman_history/iron_age.html
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Overview of the course
Class 1: Geography, the Ancient history of Ireland.

Celtic gods and mythology
Class 2: Christianization, St.Patrick, the Book of Kells, Vikings, Brian Boru. The Conquest by the English
Class 3: Medieval Ireland. Renaissance in Ireland
Class 4: Religious issues in the XVII – XVIII centuries

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Overview of the course
Class 5: Ireland in the XIXth century (Union,

Famine, and Home Rule)
Class 6: Ireland in the XXth century: Cultural Renaissance and nationalism, W.B. Yeats, Patrick Pearse, James Connolly, the Easter Rising 1916, the Civil War, the Partition
Class 7 Ireland in the XXth century: the Troubles. The politics of modern Ireland
Class 8: students’ own presentations.

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The Geography of Ireland
The climate. Winter: 7 degrees C. Summer: between

15 and 20 degrees
Population. 4,7 mln people. Dublin city and County: 1,3 mln (0,5 mln)
Administrative division. The Republic: 26 counties, NI – 6 counties

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4 ancient provinces
Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster (Belongs to Great Britain)

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The Geography of Ireland
Economy: agriculture
Currency: the euro
Religion: Roman Catholic (more than

90%)
Language: English, Gaelic

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Ireland and its early history
the Stone Age: between 7,000 and 6,000

BC
Hunting, farming, fishing and gathering food
4,000 BC: introduction of farming
tools of stone, bone and antler
Monuments: cairns, dolmens, passage graves

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Meabh's cairn (Knocknarea, Co. Sligo)

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Newgrange

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Newgrange
more that 5000 years old (3,200 B.C.)
The Boyne Valley, Co.Meath
a World

Heritage Site protected by UNESCO
85 m in diameter, 13,5 m high
A passage tomb
Time-telling
Surrounded by 97 stones
Religious and ceremonial importance

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Newgrange

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The Hill of Tara
The seat of the High King
Use: ritualistic (laws,

disputes, new kings)

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The Bronze Age
Introduction of bronze
Tools and weapons
Stone circles
Crannogs (lake dwellings)

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The Celts
500 BC
Iron tools and weapons
Warriors, stone forts, fighting in chariots
Kings,

aristocrats, freemen (farmers), slaves
Divorce and remarriage
Polygamy
Druids (priests), religion - polytheism

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The Celtic Mythology
The Tuatha-De-Danann
Morrigan – a military Mother-Goddess
Danu - Celtic Goddess

of Wind, Wisdom and Fertility, a Mother Goddess.
Dagda - the God of Life and Death, War, Banquets and Magic (cauldron, everlasting food)
Brigit – poetry, healing, smith craft
Meabh (Maeve) – bloodthirsty; sex, drinks, death, intoxication.
Cuchulainn – a Celtic legendary hero, mortal
The Táin (The Cattle Raid of Cooley): Cuchulainn vs queen Maeve of Connacht

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The Celtic Mythology

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Cuchulainn vs queen Maeve of Connacht

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The Clonycavan Man
The Iron Age, well-preserved
Found in a swamp in 2003

(Co.Meath)
A king ritually sacrificed
In his 20-s, the hair
Swamps and their chemistry

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People in swamps: contemporary art

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Extra resources
http://www.newgrange.com/index.htm - Newgrange
http://www.carrowkeel.com/files/main.html - Dolmens
http://www.dochara.com/places-to-visit/stone-circles/ - Stone Circles
http://atriptoireland.com/2013/06/26/a-brief-history-of-the-hill-of-tara/ - Tara
http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/past/pre_norman_history/iron_age.html

- The Celts
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/celtic-mythology.php - The Gods of Celtic Mythology
The Secret of Kells (2009): http://rutracker.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3565676