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BOOK I
Prefatory--Territorial Divisions of 3 Ireland--Physical Features of the Country--Peculiarities of Soil, Climate, and Scenery
Further of the Characteristics and Resources of 12 the Island--Present Form of Government
The Original Inhabitants of Ireland 19
The Religion of Ancient Ireland--Many Writers say 24 it was Worship of the Sun, Moon, and Elements
Advent of St. Patrick--His Wonderful Apostolic 29 Career in Ireland--A Captive and a Swineherd for Years, he Escapes and becomes the Regenerator of the Irish Nation
Ancient Laws and Government of the Irish 35
Period of Danish Invasion 47
Battle of Clontarf, A.D. 1014--Total Overthrow of 52 the Danish Army and Power in Ireland
Desolating Civil Wars Among the Irish 58
The Norman-Welsh Invasion of Ireland--Their Landing 63 in Wexford
Superior Armament of the Normans--Arrival of Henry 72 II
Prince John "Lackland" Created "Lord" of 79 Ireland--Splendid Heroism of Sir Armoricus Tristram
Ireland Under the Earlier Edwards--The Younger 86 Bruce Elected King by the Irish--Battle of Athenry--Death of Bruce at Faughart Hill
Richard II's Invasions--Heroic Art MacMurrough 95
Ireland During the Wars of the Roses 101
BOOK II
The "Reformation"--New Cause of Discord in Ireland 111
The Reformation Period Continued--Edward VI, Mary 117 I, Elizabeth, and "John the Proud"
The Geraldine War--Hugh O'Neill and "Red Hugh" 123 O'Donnell
Confiscation of Desmond's Domains--English 130 Plantation of Munster
Conditions in Ulster Before the Revolt of O'Neill 133
O'Neill Draws the Sword--Victories of Clontibret 136 and Armagh
Ireland Still Victorious--Battles of Tyrrell's Pass 141 and Drumfluich
Irish Victory of the Yellow Ford, Called the 145 Bannockburn of Ireland
How O'Neill Baffled Essex--O'Donnell's Victory of 149 the Curlew Mountains
King Philip Sends Envoys to O'Neill--The Earl of 153 Mountjoy Lord Deputy
Ireland's Fortunes Take a Bad Turn--Defeat of 158 O'Neill and O'Donnell at Kinsale
Sad Death of O'Donnell in Spain--Heroic Defence of 166 Dunboy
Wane of Irish Resistance--O'Neill Surrenders to 170 Mountjoy at Mellifont
Treachery of James I to the Irish Chiefs--"The 174 Flight of the Earls"
Confiscations and Penal Laws--The Iron Rule of Lord 185 Strafford
Irish Military Exiles--Rory O'More Organizes a 192 Great Insurrection
Horrors of Civil War in Ulster--Battle of 200 Kilrush--Rory O'More Disappears from History
Proceedings of the Confederation of 208 Kilkenny--Arrival of Owen Roe O'Neill and Rinuccini
Treason of Ormond to the Catholic Cause--Owen Roe 218 O'Neill, Aided by the Nuncio, Prepares to Fight
The Famous Irish Victory of Benburb--Cruel Murder 221 of the Catholic Bishop of Ross
Ormond's Treacherous Surrender of Dublin--Ireland's 226 Choice of Two Evils
"The Curse of Cromwell"--Massacres of Drogheda and 230 Wexford--Death of Sir Phelim O'Neill
Sad Fate of the Vanquished--Cruel Executions and 236 Wholesale Confiscations
Ireland Further Scourged Under Charles II--Murder 240 of Archbishop Plunket--Accession of James II
Well-Meant but Imprudent Policy of King 245 James--England Invites William of Orange to Assume the Throne
Irish Soldiers Ill-Treated in England--Policy of 253 Tyrconnel--King James Chosen by the Irish Nation
BOOK IV
CHRONICLING IMPORTANT EVENTS IN IRELAND FROM THE 259 ARRIVAL OF JAMES II IN THAT COUNTRY UNTIL THE DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE OF BERWICK TO FRANCE AFTER THE FIRST SIEGE OF LIMERICK, IN 1690
King James in Ireland--Enthusiastic Reception of 261 Him by the Irish People--Military Operations
Jacobites Foiled at Londonderry--Mountcashel 264 Defeated at Newtown Butler--King James's Irish Parliament
King James's Imprudent Acts--Witty Retort of a 268 Protestant Peer--Architectural Features of Dublin
Composition of the Hostile Armies--King William 271 Arrives in Ireland--Narrowly Escapes Death on Eve of Battle
Battle of the Boyne--Death of Marshal 277 Schomberg--Valor of Irish Cavalry--Inexcusable Flight of King James
Irish Army Retires on "The Line of the 286 Shannon"--Douglas Repulsed at Athlone--King William Begins Siege of Limerick--Sarsfield's Exploit
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