Monday, 18 February 2013

 The Normans

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.

On Tuesday last we painted our Norman Castles. We hope you like the finished product.





























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