He Finds An Old Chain With His Metal Detector, Has No Clue What’s Waiting For Him

Published on 08/18/2019
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Even though the Anglo-Saxons, who took what is now England from the Romans in the fifth century A.D., tried, they weren’t able to successfully invade Ireland. Because of this, the Celtic tribes were able to settle there – namely, the Gaels and the Irish – to survive, and allowed their culture to flourish.

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Christianization

In 432 A.D., when Christianity arrived in Ireland with St. Patrick, a lot of Celtic traditions were incorporated into the “new” religion. In fact, it’s said by some historians that one of the main reasons Catholicism was able to take over as the dominant religion on the island after the mass killing of Druids, the religious leader of the Gaels.

Christianization

Christianization

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