The Celts were a tribe

who originally came

from Europe about two

thousand years agoAround 500BC the Celts

settled in Ireland, Wales,

Scotland and the Isle of

Man

There were two types of houses (a round house or a crannóg )

A crannóg was a type of enclosure built on either natural or artificial islands on rivers or lakes that could only be reached by a footbridge

A round house is circular and made of either wickerwork, wood or stone with a thatched roof

The houses would have been somewhere between six to twenty feet in diameter

Clothes were made from wool and dyed with natural vegetable dyes, plants or berries

Women wore dresses or skirts that were normally floor length

Men normally wore tunics, they were a simple T shape and worn at any length from knee to ankle

Jewellery was worn a lot by the Celts, the wealthier Celts wore a lot of gold and silver

Torcs were invented by the Celts and were worn by many Celts

There were no supermarkets when the Celts lived, so they went hunting to get their food

They used quern stones to grind oats into oat flakesThe quern stone was a Celtic invention and you

could make many things using the quern stone including porridge and bread

Most Celts had a small number of animals, the more animals you had the more popularity you had

Many fights and battles were caused because of people stealing each others animals

The animals were normally kept in a pen outside but at night the owners would bring them inside

Cows were their favourite type of animal because it produces milk and it has a lot of meat on it

This picture shows where the animals sleep at night

The Celts made many great

inventions, some we still use

todaySome of their inventions

included= soap, the fiddle,

the bagpipe, the Celtic harp,

the long bow and Irish linen

The Celts also made many

great fairy tales that are still

talked about now and will

hopefully be talked about for

many more years to come

Celts often battled to extend their land and have more powerWhen the Men left to go to warrior training the Women would help with the farming and do most of the jobs that the Men would doWhen the Celts were in battle they sometimes put lime into their hair which made their hair very blondBefore long the Celts became rich and most of their enemies had either fled, been killed or joined the Celts huge armySoon there was nobody to fight except from their selves so they started to battle against each others clan

Thanks for watching

By Eoin Rooney