abbot-in charge
oratory-rectangular church
round towers
near lakes and rivers
works of art-filigeree
scriptorium
wednesday and fridays fasting
worked, studied, farmed, ate, prayed
centres of learning
glenalough
clonmacnoise
st brendans
inis faithleann
read and write
filigree
art work
farming
stone crosses
ogham stones
metal working
religious ornaments
manuscripts
lived in monasteries
worked,studied,ate,sleeped
day in a life of a monk
went to bed at around 7pm
woke at around 2am
matins at 2am
worked on the manuscripts
wore a casula
shaved their head into a tonsure
life was hard
filigree work on the ard chalis
book of cells
illumanated manuscripts
book of the gospels
cathach
St Columcill