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The first settlers to come to Ireland were the hunter-gatherers of
Mount Sandel, Co. Derry. They arrived along Ireland's east and north
eastern coast about 9000 years ago, and settled beside the River Bann.
They came from Britain across narrow strips of land called land bridges. (The
locations of possible land bridges are shown to the right). This was only
possible after the last Ice Age when sea levels were a lot lower than they are
now. We obviously can't see these strips of land today as the ice has melted
and sea levels have risen, covering the land.
Mount Sandel was the perfect place for these early settlers to
live as it provided them with all the things they needed in their daily lives; food,
water, defence and communications. They used water from the River Bann for
cooking and washing, as a transport route and caught fish in the river. They
got flint for their weapons in Co. Antrim. And they hunted wild pigs and deer
and gathered fruits and nuts in the forests.
Our Irish ancestry was also influenced later on by Viking
settlement, monastic settlement, the Normans and the plantations.
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