A Concise History of Ireland - Patrick Weston Joyce
PART I:
The Manners, Customs and Institutions of the Ancient Irish
- The Irish Language
- Irish Literature
- Ecclesiastical Writings
- Annals, Histories, Genealogies
- Historical and Romantic Tales
- The Brehon Law
- The Law of Compensation
- Grades and Groups of Society
- The Tenure of Land
- Irish Music
- Irish Art
- Dwellings, Fortresses, Ecclesiastical Buildings
- Various Customs
PART II.
- Legends of the Early Colonies
- The Kings of Pagan Ireland
- Saint Patrick
- Early Christian Ireland
- Religion and Learning
- The Danish Wars
- Brian Boru
- The Battle of Clontarf
- Preparing the Way for the Invader
PART III.
The Period of the Invasion, 1172-1547
- Dermot MacMurrogh
- The First Anglo-Norman Adventurers
- King Henry in Ireland
- Raymond le Gros
- John de Courcy
- King John in Ireland
- A Century of Turmoil
- Edward Bruce
- The Statute of Kilkenny
- Art Mac Murrogh Kavanagh
- During the War of the Roses
- Poynings' Law
- Garrett, the Great Earl of Kildare
- Garrett, Ninth Earl of Kildare
- The Rebellion of Silken Thomas
- General Submission
PART IV.
The Period of Insurrection, Confiscation and Plantation
- New Causes of Strife
- The State Religion
- Shane O'Neill
- The Geraldine Rebellion
- The Plantations
- Hugh Roe O'Donnell
- Hugh O'Neill Earl of Tyrone
- The Rebellion of Hugh O'Neill
- The Battle of the Yellow Ford
- The Earl of Essex
- Lord Mountjoy and Sir George Carew
- The Siege and Battle of Kinsale
- The Siege of Dunboy
- The Retreat of O'Sullivan Beare
- The Flight of the Earls
- The Plantation of Ulster
- The "Graces"
- The Rebellion of 1641
- The Confederation of Kilkenny
- Cromwell
- The Cromwellian Plantation
- Restoration and Compromises
- Religious Troubles after the Restoration
- James the Second
- The Siege of Derry
- The Battle of the Boyne
- The Siege of Limerick
- The Siege of Athlone and the Battle of Aughrim
- The Second Siege and Treaty of Limerick
PART V.
- The Penal Code
- Restrictions on Irish Trade and Manufacture
- "The Sixth of George I. "
- Struggles for Parliamentary Independence
- The Expedition of Thurot
- Secret Societies
- Progress towards Parliamentary Independence
- The American War and Its Effects on Ireland
- The Volunteers
- The Dawn
- Legislative Independence
- Parliamentary and Commercial Reform
- More Secret Societies
- An Instalment of Emancipation
- Disappointed Hopes
- Drifting towards Rebellion
- The Rebellion of 1798
- The Union
- Robert Emmet's Insurrection
- Daniel O'Connell
- Catholic Emancipation
- The Tithe War
PART VI.
The Modern Period
NOTE ON THE FORMATION OF COUNTIES
Fac-simile of one page of the Book of Mac Durnan