Compléter Ireland's first Version en ligne You must have heard a lot about Ireland above all about its warming local people and incredible history, which is all around but, who were Ireland's first settlers? par magda rovira 1 Scotland hunters inland sea jewellery farm near metal settlers celts Ireland's first , the , probably came from around 8000BC . They were and fishermen who lived the and rivers . later , settlers moved further and began to the land . They learned how to make weapons , tools and . The early settlers lived in small groups of families and tribes . As they ofthen fought each other and stole each other's cattle and slaves , the need for protection was great . Some poeple protected themselves by building forts on high ground . Others lived on islands in rivers or lakes , and were defended by water . Sometimes people even built artificial islands , called crannóg s