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A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics

PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.
'83--'98--'48--'68.
CAMERON & FERGUSON.
CONTENTS--VOL. I.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
BOOK IV.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
BOOK V.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
BOOK VI.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
BOOK VII.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
BOOK VIII.
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
HISTORY OF IRELAND
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
THE FIRST INHABITANTS.
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST AGES.
CHAPTER III.
CHRISTIANITY PREACHED AT TARA--THE RESULT.
CHAPTER IV.
THE CONSTITUTION, AND HOW THE KINGS KEPT IT.
MURKERTACH,
(A.D. 534),
CHAPTER V.
REIGN OF HUGH II.--THE IRISH COLONY IN SCOTLAND OBTAINS
ITS INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER VI.
KINGS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY.
(A.D. 640)
(A.D. 684)
CHAPTER VII.
KINGS OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY.
CHAPTER VIII.
WHAT THE IRISH SCHOOLS AND SAINTS DID IN THE THREE FIRST
CHRISTIAN CENTURIES
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.
THE DANISH INVASION.
(A.D. 845),
(A.D. 797)
CHAPTER II.
KINGS OF THE NINTH CENTURY (CONTINUED)--NIAL III.
MALACHY I.--HUGH VII
CHAPTER III.
REIGN OF FLAN "OF THE SHANNON" (A.D. 879 TO 916).
CHAPTER IV.
KINGS OF THE TENTH CENTURY; NIAL IV.; DONOGH II.;
CONGAL III.; DONALD IV
(A.D. 956);
(A.D. 920),
CHAPTER V.
REIGN OF MALACHY II. AND RIVALRY OF BRIAN.
(A.D. 940-2),
CHAPTER VI.
BRIAN, ARD-RIGH--BATTLE OF CLONTARF.
CHAPTER VII.
EFFECTS OF THE RIVALRY OF BRIAN AND MALACHY ON THE
ANCIENT CONSTITUTION
CHAPTER VIII.
LATTER DAYS OF THE NORTHMEN IN IRELAND.
BOOK III.
WAR OF SUCCESSION.
CHAPTER I.
THE FORTUNES OF THE FAMILY OF BRIAN.
A.D. 1086,
CHAPTER II.
THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH--RISE OF THE
FAMILY OF O'CONOR
CHAPTER III.
THORLOGH MORE O'CONOR--MURKERTACH OF AILEACH--ACCESSION
OF RODERICK O'CONOR
(A.D. 1151),
CHAPTER IV.
STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING AMONG THE IRISH, PREVIOUS
TO THE ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION
A.D. 1086.
CHAPTER V.
SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE IRISH PREVIOUS TO THE NORMAN
CHAPTER VI.
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE IRISH PREVIOUS TO THE ANGLO-NORMAN
BOOK IV.
THE NORMANS IN IRELAND.
CHAPTER I.
EXPEDITION OF THE NORMANS INTO IRELAND
CHAPTER II.
THE ARMS, ARMOUR AND TACTICS OF THE NORMANS AND IRISH.
CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST CAMPAIGN OF EARL RICHARD--SIEGE OF DUBLIN--DEATH
OF KING DERMID
CHAPTER IV.
SECOND CAMPAIGN OF EARL RICHARD--HENRY II. IN IRELAND.
CHAPTER V.
FROM THE RETURN OF HENRY II. TO ENGLAND TILL THE DEATH
OF EARL RICHARD AND HIS PRINCIPAL COMPANIONS
CHAPTER VI.
THE LAST YEARS OF THE ARD-RIGH, RODERICK O'CONOR.
CHAPTER VII.
ASSASSINATION OF HUGH DE LACY--JOHN "LACKLAND" IN
IRELAND--VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN DE COURCY--DEATH
CONOR MOINMOY, AND RISE OF CATHAL, "THE
O'CONOR--CLOSE OF THE CAREER OF DE COURCY AND DE BURGH
CHAPTER VIII.
EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY--THE NORMANS IN
CHAPTER IX.
EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY--THE NORMANS IN MUNSTER
AND LEINSTER
CHAPTER X.
EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY--THE NORMANS IN MEATH
AND ULSTER
CHAPTER XI.
RETROSPECT OF THE NORMAN PERIOD IN IRELAND--A GLANCE AT
THE MILITARY TACTICS OF THE TIMES--NO CONQUEST OF
COUNTRY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER XII.
STATE OF SOCIETY AND LEARNING IN IRELAND DURING THE NORMAN
BOOK V.
THE ERA OF KING EDWARD BRUCE.
CHAPTER I.
THE RISE OF "THE RED EARL"--RELATIONS OF IRELAND AND
CHAPTER II.
THE NORTHERN IRISH ENTER INTO ALLIANCE WITH KING ROBERT
BRUCE--ARRIVAL AND FIRST CAMPAIGN OF EDWARD BRUCE
CHAPTER III.
BRUCE'S SECOND CAMPAIGN, AND CORONATION AT DUNDALK--THE
RISING IN CONNAUGHT--BATTLE OF ATHENRY-ROBERT BRUCE
CHAPTER IV.
BATTLE OF FAUGHARD AND DEATH OF KING EDWARD BRUCE
CONSEQUENCES OF HIS INVASION--EXTINCTION OF THE
OF ULSTER--IRISH OPINION OF EDWARD BRUCE
BOOK VI.
THE NATIVE, THE NATURALIZED, AND "THE ENGLISH INTEREST."
CHAPTER I.
CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND--ITS EFFECTS ON THE ANGLO-IRISH
THE KNIGHTS OF SAINT JOHN--GENERAL DESIRE OF THE
TO NATURALIZE THEMSELVES AMONG THE NATIVE
A POLICY OF NON-INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE RACES RESOLVED
IN ENGLAND
(1343-1346.)
CHAPTER II.
LIONEL, DUKE OF CLARENCE, LORD LIEUTENANT--THE PENAL CODE
OF RACE--"THE STATUTE OF KILKENNY," AND SOME OF
CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER III.
RICHARD II., OF ENGLAND, TO IRELAND
CHAPTER IV.
SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS OF RICHARD II.--LIEUTENANCY AND
DEATH OF THE EARL OF MARCH--SECOND EXPEDITION OF
AGAINST ART
(A.D. 1485),
CHAPTER V.
PARTIES WITHIN "THE PALE"--BATTLES OF KILMAINHAM AND
KILLUCAN-SIR JOHN TALBOT'S LORD LIEUTENANCY
CHAPTER VI.
ACTS OF THE NATIVE PRINCES--SUBDIVISION OF TRIBES AND
TERRITORIES--ANGLO-IRISH TOWNS UNDER
PROTECTION--ATTEMPT OF THADDEUS O'BRIEN, PRINCE OF
TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY--RELATIONS OF THE RACES IN
FIFTEENTH CENTURY
(A.D. 1399)
CHAPTER VII.
CONTINUED DIVISION AND DECLINE OF "THE ENGLISH INTEREST"
RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK, LORD LIEUTENANT--CIVIL WAR
IN ENGLAND--EXECUTION OF THE EARL OF
OF THE KILDARE GERALDINES
(1422-1447,)
CHAPTER VIII.
THE AGE AND RULE OF GERALD, EIGHTH EARL OF KILDARE--THE
TIDE BEGINS TO TURN FOR THE ENGLISH INTEREST--THE
PRETENDERS, SIMNEL AND WARBECK--POYNING'S
BATTLES OF KNOCKDOE AND MONABRAHER
CHAPTER IX.
STATE OF IRISH AND ANGLO-IRISH SOCIETY DURING THE
FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
CHAPTER X.
STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING DURING THE FOURTEENTH
AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES
BOOK VII.
UNION OF THE CROWNS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER I.
IRISH POLICY OF HENRY THE EIGHTH DURING THE LIFETIME
OF CARDINAL WOLSEY
CHAPTER II.
THE INSURRECTION OF SILKEN THOMAS--THE GERALDINE
LEAGUE--ADMINISTRATION OF LORD LEONARD GRAY
CHAPTER III.
SIR ANTHONY ST. LEGER, LORD DEPUTY--NEGOTIATIONS OF THE
IRISH CHIEFS WITH JAMES THE FIFTH OF
ATTEMPTS TO INTRODUCE THE PROTESTANT
OPPOSITION OF THE CLERGY--PARLIAMENT OF 1541--THE
OF THE CLERGY EXCLUDED--STATE OF THE COUNTRY--THE
UNITED--HENRY THE EIGHTH PROCLAIMED AT LONDON AND DUBLIN
CHAPTER IV.
ADHESION OF O'NEIL, O'DONNELL AND O'BRIEN--A NEW
ANGLO-IRISH PEERAGE--NEW RELATIONS OF LORD
TENANT--BISHOPS APPOINTED BY THE CROWN--RETROSPECT
BOOK VIII.
THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION.
CHAPTER I.
EVENTS OF THE REIGN OF EDWARD SIXTH.
CHAPTER II.
EVENTS OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP AND MARY.
CHAPTER III.
ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH--PARLIAMENT OF 1560
THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY--CAREER AND DEATH
JOHN O'NEIL "THE PROUD

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