Ireland
before the Normans came.
Before the Normans came Ireland was
separated in to eight kingdoms.
There was the kingdom of Leinster, Connacht,
Breifne, Meath, Oriel,
Ulidia and the kingdom of the North.
Dermot mc murrough was the king of
Leinster he was greedy and had many enemies.
The
Normans arriving in Ireland
The Normans arrived in Ireland at about 1169
AD.
They other Kings defeated Dermot. Dermot went to England to get help from king
Henry the second.
Henry told him to go to Richard de clare.
He was known as Strongbow so he said he would help if he could be king and marry his daughter Aoife.
Dermot agreed.
Types
of homes the Normans lived in.
When the Normans first came to Ireland
they built wooden castles.
But after a while they moved into stone
castles.
The most popular place in the castle was
the great hall.
They were
mostly built on a hill near a river.
Their
games , past times and farming methods.
The poor people played blind mans buff
and knots and crosses.
But the rich people went hawking or
hunted for deer.
Only for the Normans coming to Ireland
most animals would be killed as a baby they thought us how to make hay.
The
changes the Normans brought to Ireland.
When the Normans came to Ireland they
made new names.
Archer, Baldwin , Barret , Barry, Belton
, Bermingham , Butler, Browne , cuasack , Devereux , Dillian , Fleming ,
Fitzgerald , Fitzpatrick , Fitzmaurice , Lacy , Molyneux , Nugent , Roche ,
Tobin and Tyrrell
The Christian names the Normans brought
to Ireland are: Eileen , Eamon , Eadmund , James , Richard , Gerald and
Geraldine.
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