Celts and Mythology
Ice-age geography
Ice-age geography What happened to Ireland in the last ice-age?
Ice-age geography What happened to Ireland in the last ice-age? c. 125,000-15,000 years ago
Ice-age geography What happened to Ireland in the last ice-age? c. 125,000-15,000 years ago c. 6000 years ago Ireland becomes island again (England still part of mainland Europe)
Ice-age geography What happened to Ireland in the last ice-age? c. 125,000-15,000 years ago c. 6000 years ago Ireland becomes island again (England still part of mainland Europe) Mesolithic house
Stone-Age Irish
Stone-Age Irish Mesolithic peoples: hunters, c. 6000 BCE
Stone-Age Irish Mesolithic peoples: hunters, c. 6000 BCE Neolithic peoples: agriculture, c. 3000 BCE
Stone-Age Irish Mesolithic peoples: hunters, c. 6000 BCE Neolithic peoples: agriculture, c. 3000 BCE Neolithic house
Neolithic archeology
Neolithic archeology Cairns
Neolithic archeology Cairns
Neolithic archeology Cairns Knocknarea
Neolithic archeology Cairns Dolmen (passage tombs) Knocknarea
Neolithic archeology Cairns Dolmen (passage tombs) Knocknarea
Neolithic archeology Cairns Dolmen (passage tombs) Knocknarea The Burren
The Bronze Age
The Bronze Age Begins in Ireland c. 2000 BCE
The Bronze Age Begins in Ireland c. 2000 BCE New bronze-age culture came to Ireland c. 800 BCE
The Bronze Age Begins in Ireland c. 2000 BCE New bronze-age culture came to Ireland c. 800 BCE In Greece, this is time of the Iliad (c. 1200s BCE)
The Bronze Age Begins in Ireland c. 2000 BCE New bronze-age culture came to Ireland c. 800 BCE In Greece, this is time of the Iliad (c. 1200s BCE) Crannog: Bronze Age house
Celtic expansion
Celtic expansion Iron-age civilization
Celtic expansion Iron-age civilization Come to Ireland as early as 600 B.C.E.
Celtic expansion Iron-age civilization Come to Ireland as early as 600 B.C.E. Invade from Southwest (via Brittany) and Northeast (via Britain)
Celtic expansion Iron-age civilization Come to Ireland as early as 600 B.C.E. Invade from Southwest (via Brittany) and Northeast (via Britain) Dominate the island by 150 A. D.
Celtic expansion Iron-age civilization Come to Ireland as early as 600 B.C.E. Invade from Southwest (via Brittany) and Northeast (via Britain) Dominate the island by 150 A. D.
Book of Invasions
Book of Invasions Preserved in Book of Leinster (1150), Book of Fermoy (1373), Great book of Lecan (1418), et al.
Book of Invasions Preserved in Book of Leinster (1150), Book of Fermoy (1373), Great book of Lecan (1418), et al. 1. Cessair (granddaughter of Noah), circa the Flood (only Fintan survives)
Book of Invasions Preserved in Book of Leinster (1150), Book of Fermoy (1373), Great book of Lecan (1418), et al. 1. Cessair (granddaughter of Noah), circa the Flood (only Fintan survives) 2. Partholon, greatgrandson of Noah, 300 years post-flood; Fomorians attack; plague kills them
Book of Invasions Preserved in Book of Leinster (1150), Book of Fermoy (1373), Great book of Lecan (1418), et al. 1. Cessair (granddaughter of Noah), circa the Flood (only Fintan survives) 2. Partholon, greatgrandson of Noah, 300 years post-flood; Fomorians attack; plague kills them 3. Nemed, great-grandson of Partholon s brother; flood and Fomorians destroy them
4. Fir Bolg; descendents of the Nemedians (who were enslaved in Greece for 250 years) 5. Tuatha de Danaan; also Nemedian descendents, invade 37 years later and defeat Fir Bolgs; Fomorian Bres is king for 7 oppressive years till defeated by Lug; these are Yeats s faeries 6. Milesians (humans): 150 years later
Real Heroic Age
Real Heroic Age Ends probably around 450, with Ui Neill s destruction of Emain Macha (Navan Fort)
Real Heroic Age Ends probably around 450, with Ui Neill s destruction of Emain Macha (Navan Fort) Oral tradition up to the 700s
Real Heroic Age Ends probably around 450, with Ui Neill s destruction of Emain Macha (Navan Fort) Oral tradition up to the 700s Emain Macha
Origins of the Mythology Book of the Dun Cow
Origins of the Mythology Ulster Cycle: set in 1st Cen. A. D. Book of the Dun Cow
Origins of the Mythology Ulster Cycle: set in 1st Cen. A. D. Fenian Cycle: set in 3rd Cen. A. D. Book of the Dun Cow
Origins of the Mythology Ulster Cycle: set in 1st Cen. A. D. Fenian Cycle: set in 3rd Cen. A. D. Oral traditions first recorded in 700s Book of the Dun Cow
Origins of the Mythology Ulster Cycle: set in 1st Cen. A. D. Fenian Cycle: set in 3rd Cen. A. D. Oral traditions first recorded in 700s Manuscripts survive from 1100s Book of the Dun Cow
600 or so Existing Tales
600 or so Existing Tales
600 or so Existing Tales The Book of the Dun Cow, written at Clonmacnoise ca. 1100 A. D.
600 or so Existing Tales The Book of the Dun Cow, written at Clonmacnoise ca. 1100 A. D. The Leinster Book, compiled around 1150 at Terryglass in Tipperary
600 or so Existing Tales The Book of the Dun Cow, written at Clonmacnoise ca. 1100 A. D. The Leinster Book, compiled around 1150 at Terryglass in Tipperary Rawlinson Manuscript, compiled 1150 at Clonmacnoise
600 or so Existing Tales The Book of the Dun Cow, written at Clonmacnoise ca. 1100 A. D. The Leinster Book, compiled around 1150 at Terryglass in Tipperary Rawlinson Manuscript, compiled 1150 at Clonmacnoise Yellow Book of Lecan (c. 1390s)