| Edition |
4th Revised ed. |
| Description |
xiii, 724 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-722). |
| Contents |
Early Colonisations -- The Tuatha De Danann -- The Milesians -- Some Notable Milesian Royalties -- Ireland in the Lore of the Ancients -- Conor MacNessa -- Cuchullain -- Two First Century Leaders -- Conn of the Hundred Battles -- Cormac MacArt -- Tara -- The Fairs -- Fionn and the Fian -- The Break of Ulster -- Niall of the Nine Hostages -- Irish Invasions of Britain -- General Review of Pagan Ireland -- Irish Christianity beforew St. Patrick -- St. Patrick -- The Brehon Laws -- St. Bridget -- Women in Ancient Ireland -- Colm Cille -- The Poets -- The Irish Kingdom of Scotland -- The Centuries of the Saints -- Learning in Ancient Ireland -- The Irish Missionaries Abroad -- Irish Scholars Abroad -- The Vikings in Ireland -- Hospitality in ancient Ireland -- The Tribe -- Manner of Living in Ancient Ireland -- Structual Antiquities -- Various Arts of Ancient Ireland -- The English Invasion -- Norman and Gael -- Trade in Medieval Ireland -- The Geraldines -- Henry VIII's Policies -- Shane the Proud -- Elizabeth Continues the Conquest -- Red Hugh -- The Nine Years War -- Suppressing the Race -- The Ulster Plantation -- The Rising of 1641 -- The War of the Forties -- Cromwell -- The Cromwellian Settlement -- The Williamite Years -- The Later Penal Laws -- "The Wild Geese" -- The Suppression of Irish Trade -- The Volunteers -- Theobald Wolfe Tone -- The United Irishmen -- The Rising of 1798 -- The Union -- Robert Emmet -- Daniel O'Connell -- O'Connell the Idol -- Catholic Emancipation -- O'Connell's Power and Popularity -- Through the Thirties -- The Great Repeal Fight --The End of O'Connell -- Young Ireland -- The Great Famine -- The Fenians -- Charles Stuart Parnell -- The Land Struggle Begins -- The Land League -- The Ladies Land League -- Fall of Parnell and of Parliamentarianism -- The Modern Literature of Ireland -- Sinn Fein -- Easter Rising -- The Last War -- After the Treaty -- The Dawning. |
| Subject |
Ireland -- History.
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Ireland. |
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History. |
| ISBN |
1568523505 |
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