Ireland has been a land that has been long forgotten or at least hardly ever touched upon. Most folks forget the countless things that Ireland has given the world such as new forms of technology, science, and transportation. Majority of the people only recognize them as the immigrants that had the potato famine and those who celebrate St. Patricks day. The book In Search of Ancient Ireland by Carmel McCaffrey and Leo Eaton is based on the history of the ancient times in Ireland and how some legacies would come to shape the future country. Though the book, the authors go and explore areas where battles took place or forgotten pagan monuments were or why streets lined up the way they did. Just like every other country during its time it had
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There were specific periods/ages that were a distinct part of Ireland’s history such as the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and the Viking age. In order to get to Ireland most people came through sea or through land if it was still connected. Thousands of years ago, the sea level wasn't so high as it is today so it was a lot easier to cross through different areas because of the way everything was still close, just like how, for example “Ireland and Scotland are less than fifteen miles apart.” Things such as burned stones are common ancient monuments. The first that settled in the ancient land were said to be hunters and gathers making it a, “hunter-gatherer tribe; any larger and they exhaust the resources in their immediate territory; any smaller and their breeding group is too small to survive for many generations.” Later as time went on another group of people soon came along known as the Vikings. They understood the economic benefit from using the rivers and sea routes that the land provided and the way they could trade with other towns near and across from them. Most regions had their own type of king, that ruled that particular area usually passed down through the families generation. Ireland had yet to find a king that united the whole land together like other European countries
There were specific periods/ages that were a distinct part of Ireland’s history such as the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period and the Viking age. In order to get to Ireland most people came through sea or through land if it was still connected. Thousands of years ago, the sea level wasn't so high as it is today so it was a lot easier to cross through different areas because of the way everything was still close, just like how, for example “Ireland and Scotland are less than fifteen miles apart.” Things such as burned stones are common ancient monuments. The first that settled in the ancient land were said to be hunters and gathers making it a, “hunter-gatherer tribe; any larger and they exhaust the resources in their immediate territory; any smaller and their breeding group is too small to survive for many generations.” Later as time went on another group of people soon came along known as the Vikings. They understood the economic benefit from using the rivers and sea routes that the land provided and the way they could trade with other towns near and across from them. Most regions had their own type of king, that ruled that particular area usually passed down through the families generation. Ireland had yet to find a king that united the whole land together like other European countries