The Vikings were the first to live here. :P
Manuscripts.
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irish monks
Monks did not invent writing. The upper case comes from ancient Rome. Irish monks developed the lower case.
Irish monks played an important role in preserving Roman learning and passing it on to the people of Europe.
No. Monks live in Abbeys and Abbots are the head of the Abbey.
Monks live in monasteries.
Hermits usually live alone and isolated from a community. Monks live in monasteries, usually with other monks.
they wanted to
Irish monks played an important role in preserving Roman learning and passing it on to the people of Europe.
The most important point about the monks is that they were literate. They preserved culture by writing it down. Therefore there were written records of what the Irish knew of medicine and technology, as well as the law and literature, despite the best efforts of the English to destroy Irish culture.