Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 From Tara to Saint Patrick 1
Chapter 2 Early Christian Ireland, 500-195 14
Chapter 3 The Coming of the Vikings, 795-950 28
Chapter 4 From Brian Boru to Strongbow, 951-1169 35
Chapter 5 The Norman Invasion, 1169-1300 48
Chapter 6 The Anglo-Scots War and the Statutes of Kilkenny, 1300-1366 63
Chapter 7 The Gaelic Revival and The Wars of the Roses, 1366-1513 74
Chapter 8 The Tudor Conquest, 1513-1601 84
Chapter 9 From Rathmullan to the Boyne, 1601-1690 98
Chapter 10 The Protestant Ascendancy, 1690-1800 116
Chapter 11 The Rise of Catholic Nationalism and the Famine, 1800-1868 131
Chapter 12 Parnell and Home Rule, 1868-1891 149
Chapter 13 Orange Revolt and Republican Sacrifice, 1891-1916 163
Chapter 14 Independence and Civil War, 1916-1923 173
Chapter 15 A Protestant State for a Protestant People, 1920-1973 191
Chapter 16 From Free State to Republic, 1922-1949 203
Chapter 17 Towards Europe, 1949-1973 215
Chapter 18 Contemporary Ireland 224
Rulers and Monarchs 245
Chronology of Major Events 249
Further Reading 257
Historical Gazetteer 258
Index 276
Maps Relief map of Ireland 2
Ulster, c. 1300 55
The Pale 1494 and 1537 76
Late Fifteenth Century Ireland with Lordship Boundaries 80
1798 Uprising: Western Front, September 126
Population Growth 137
Contemporary Ireland 233
