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(The Celtic Kingdoms (Ireland (5 kingdoms grew up (ulster in the north,…

- - - - called Welsh by the Anglo-Saxons
    - - in each group a strong leader made himself king
    - - he was killed by a cymry while defending Wales against the Saxons
  - - - ulster in the north
      - Munster in the Southwest
      - Leinster in the Southeast
      - Connaught in the west
      - Meath (the Kingdom of Mide) was known as the kingdom of Kingship. It contained the Hill of Tara
    - - it was spread by Patrik: the patron saint of Ireland
      - Golden age
        
        hunters were unknown and culture flowered
        
        it suddenly ended with the arrival of Viking raiders, who stole all the monasteries they had
        
        the Viking brought fresh economic and political action into Irish life
  - - - the Picts, lived mostly in the north and northeast. They spoke Celtic as well as another language completely unconnected with any known language today
      - the non-pictish inhabitants were mainly scots. The Scots were Celtic settlers who had started to move into the Western highlands from Ireland in the 4th century
      - the Britons, who inhabited the lowlands and had been part of the Romano-British world
      - Angles from Northumbria who had pushed northwards into the Scottish Lowlands