Pre-Christian Ireland Timeline 1. Place these eras in chronological order on the timeline below. The first one had been done for you. ●● Paleolithic era (Old Stone Age): pre-8000 BC Ireland and Britain were connected by a sheet of ice.
●● The Iron Age and the coming of the Celts: 500 BC–400 AD Iron replaced bronze and the Celts arrived from central Europe.
●● The Bronze Age: 2000 BC–500 BC First use of metal in Ireland. ●● Early Christian Ireland: 431 AD Palladius was sent to Ireland in 431 AD. St Patrick arrived a year later.
●● Neolithic era (New Stone Age): 3500 BC–2000 BC Ireland’s first farmers. ● ● Mesolithic era (Middle Stone Age): 8000 BC–3500 BC The first people arrived in Ireland. They used stone tools and lived as nomads.
2. Include one suitable image or drawing for each era.
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Pre-8000 BC: Paleolithic era (Old Stone Age). Ireland and Britain were connected by a sheet of ice.
