- Where is Greystones?
- Is it by the sea or inland?
- Who were the first people to live near Greystones?
- Where did these Stone Age people live?
- How do people know that there were Stone Age people in Rathdown?
- What evidence did they find?
- Why did they settle in Rathdown?
- What kind of houses did they live in?
- Draw a picture.
- What did they eat?
- What did they hunt?
- What did they gather?
- Who helped them to hunt?
- What did they give the wild dogs in return?
- How did the wild dogs become tame?
- Why are Stone Age people called Stone Age people?
- Why did the Stone Age people start to farm?
- What animals did they keep?
- How did they stop the animals from escaping?
- What came after the Stone Age?
- What did the people use bronze for?
- Why was bronze better than stone?
- King Heremon built a ring fort at Rathdown.
- Rath is a word that means ring fort.
- What came after the Bronze Age?
- What did people use iron for?
- Why was iron better than bronze?
- Why did the Vikings come to visit Rathdown?
- Why did the Vikings come from the cold, cold lands to the North.
- How do we know there were Vikings living in Wicklow.
- What does Wicklow (Vyking Alo) mean in the Viking language?
- Windgates comes from a Viking word. Gata means r_ _ _ in Viking.
- There was a battle between the Irish and the Vikings at Delgany in 1021. Who won it?
- The O’Byrne’s and the O’Tooles were called the wild Wicklow tribes.
- What did they do to the castle at Rathdown?
- Dermot McMurrough was King of Leinster.
- He wanted to be king of all Ireland.
- Who did he invite to help him fight this battle?
- The chief Norman was called Strongbow.
- Why do you think he was called this?
- The Normans lived at the castle at Rathdown.
- They made it stronger.
- How did they do this?
- All this time who was living in Greystones?
- Why?
- Why was Greystones called The Grey Stones?
- Who gave Greystones its name?
- Greystones was a good fishing place, so who went to live there?
- ***Where did Frederick Burnaby live in Greystones?***(This is a trick question)
- Why is Frederick Burnaby famous?
- His wife was Elizabeth Whitshed. Why was she famous?
- What turned Greystones into the big town it is today?
- Do you like living in Greystones? Why?
- If you had a time machine when in history would you like to visit Greystones? Why?
- Will the Story of Greystones have a happy ending?
- What do you think Greystones is going to be like when you are a grown up?
- How can you make Greystones a better place?
Quiz
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