National Evidence (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Date Newgrange was built
Date Newgrange was built
c. 3200 BCE
What Newgrange is older than
What Newgrange is older than
Great Pyramid of Giza & Stonehenge
Newgrange dimensions (diameter & height)
Newgrange dimensions (diameter & height)
80m diameter, 13m height
Length of passage at Newgrange
Length of passage at Newgrange
19 metres
Winter solstice illumination duration
Winter solstice illumination duration
17 minutes
3 religious practices at Newgrange
3 religious practices at Newgrange
Solar worship, ancestor veneration, otherworld connections
Dagda & Boann myth: key event
Dagda & Boann myth: key event
Dagda stopped sun 9 months so Boann could birth Oengus Óg
How Oengus Óg gained the Brú
How Oengus Óg gained the Brú
Asked for 'a day & night' which meant forever
Winter solstice alignment reveals belief in
Winter solstice alignment reveals belief in
Solar worship & rebirth cycles
Material needed to build Newgrange
Material needed to build Newgrange
200,000 tonnes
Who led Newgrange excavation 1962-75
Who led Newgrange excavation 1962-75
Professor Michael J. O'Kelly
No. of monuments in Brú na Bóinne
No. of monuments in Brú na Bóinne
Over 90 Neolithic monuments
What animism means in pre-Christian Ireland
What animism means in pre-Christian Ireland
Natural features like rivers connected to deities
No. of chambers in Newgrange
No. of chambers in Newgrange
Three chambers