The Celts

The Celts were a people who spread from central Europe to Spain, Britain and Ireland among other places.
They had discovered how to use iron and so were able to make many advancements in farming and weaponry.
They have left us with many relics of their era including jewellery, crosses, art, stories and ring forts.

In class we have been looking at all the placenames in Ireland that start with rath or lios.
This means that there was an earthen ring fort in that area.
Names with cashel or cahir indicate that there was a stone ring fort there once upon a time.
The Celts developed an early form of writing called Ogham which was hewn into stone.
There are still examples of this in Ireland.
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This
is a link to a famous Celtic story about a cattle raid..



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