Detail from the Book of Kells
Written 1,200 years ago.
Written 1,200 years ago.
History
- 10,000 years ago the last ice age ended
- 9,000 years ago the first people came to live in Ireland
- 5,000 years ago Newgrange was built
- about 4,000 years ago bronze and some other metals were first used in Ireland
- 2,300 years ago the Celts brought iron and the Irish Language to Ireland
- 1,600 years ago Christianity and the Roman alphabet first came to Ireland
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Iron
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1798
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Preshistorical & Early Historical Sites near Bray |
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