An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800

The State of Ireland before and after the Union--Advancement of Trade before the Union--Depression after it--Lord Clare and Lord Castlereagh in the English Parliament--The Catho...

Reign of Edward I.--Social State of Ireland--English Treachery--Irish Chieftains set at Variance--The Irish are refused the Benefit of English Law--Feuds between the Cusacks and...

The Volunteers deserted by their Leaders--Agrarian Outrages and their Cause--Foundation of the United Irishmen--Cruelties of the Orangemen--Government Spies and Informers--Lord...

Glimpses of Social Life in the Seventeenth Century--Literature and Literary Men--Keating--the Four Masters--Colgan--Ward--Usher--Ware-- Lynch--Trade--Commerce depressed by the E...

FitzMaurice obtains Help from Spain and from Rome--The Martyrs of Kilmallock--Death of FitzMaurice--Drury's Cruelties and Death--Arrival of San José--His Treachery--Massacre at...

[Gothic: The Religion of Ancient Erinn]--The Druids and their Teaching--The Irish were probably Fire-worshippers--[Gothic: The Customs of Ancient Erinn]--Similarity between East...

Pestilence of the _Blefed_--The Cursing of Tara by St. Rodanus--Extent and Importance of Ancient Tara--The First Mill in Ireland--The _Lia Fail_--Cormac's House--The Rath of the...

The Reign of Henry VIII.--The Three Eras in Irish History: Military Violence, Legal Iniquity, and Religious Oppression--The Earl of Kildare--Report on the State of Ireland--The...

The Battle of Dundalk--The Danes supposed to be Christianized--Brian Boroimhé and his Brother Mahoun--The Dalcassians fight the Danes--Mahoun is assassinated--Brian revenges his...

Formation of the Irish Brigade--Violation of the Treaty of Limerick--Enactment of the Penal Laws--Restrictions on Trade--The Embargo Laws--The Sacramental Test introduced--The P...

Social life previous to the English Invasion--Domestic Habitations--Forts--Granard and Staigue--Crannoges and Log-houses--Interior of the Houses--The Hall--Food and Cooking Uten...

Accession of James II.--Position of Public Affairs--Birth of an Heir--Landing of William of Orange--Arrival of King James in Ireland--The Siege of Derry--Cruelties of the Ennisk...

Celebrated Irishmen of the Eighteenth Century--BURKE--- His School and College Life--Early Hatred of Oppression--Johnson's Estimate of Burke--_Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful...

Henry IV.--A Viceroy's Difficulties--The Houses of York and Lancaster--The Colony almost Bankrupt--Literary Ladies in Ireland--A Congress of Literati--The Duke of York is made V...

St. Patrick visits Tara--Easter Sunday--St. Patrick's Hymn--Dubtach salute him--He overthrows the Idols at Magh Slecht--The Princesses Ethnea and Fethlimia--Their Conversion--Ba...

Spenser's Castle--Sidney's Official Account of Ireland--Miserable State of the Protestant Church--The Catholic Church and its Persecuted Rulers--The Viceroy's Administration--A...

Accession of King James--Joy of the Irish Catholics--Their Disappointment--Bishops, Priests, and Laity imprisoned for the Faith--Paul V. encourages the Catholics to Constancy--P...

Creation of the Earls of Thomond and Clanrickarde--How the King procured Money--Prayers in English--Opposition of Dr. Dowdall--Accession of Queen Mary--Joy of the Irish--The Cat...

English Adventurers speculate on Irish Disaffection--Coote's Cruelties--Meeting of Irish Noblemen and Gentlemen--Discontent of the People--The Catholic Priests try to save Prote...

Distinguished Irish Scholars and Religious--Domestic Feuds--O'Brien's Illness caused by Fright--Pestilence and Severe Winters--Contentions between the Northerns and Southerns--M...

FitzAldelm appointed Viceroy--De Courcy in Ulster--Arrival of Cardinal Vivian--Henry II. confers the Title of King of Ireland on his son John--Irish Bishops at the Council of La...

Christianity improves the Social State of Ireland--A Saxon Invasion of Ireland--Domestic Wars--The English come to Ireland for Instruction--A Famine and Tempests--The First Dani...

The Age was not all Evil--Good Men in the World and in the Cloister--Religious Houses and their Founders--The Augustinians and Cistercians--Franciscans and Dominicans--Their clo...

Arrival of Henry II.--Some of the Native Princes pay him Homage--His Character--Dublin in the time of Henry II.--His Winter Palace--Norman Luxuries--King Henry holds a Court--Ad...

The Butlers--Quarrels of the Anglo-Norman Nobles--Treachery and its Consequences--The Burkes proclaim themselves Irish--Opposition Parliaments--The Statute of Kilkenny and its E...

Quarrels of the English Barons--The Interdict--John crushes and starves an Archdeacon to Death--King John's Visit to Ireland--He starves the Wife and Son of Earl de Braose to De...

The Irish transported as Slaves to Barbadoes--The Three Beasts who were to be hunted: the Wolf, the Priest, and the Tory--Origin and Causes of Agrarian Outrages--Cases of Indivi...

Landing of the Milesians--Traditions of the Tuatha Dé Dananns in St. Patrick's time--The Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny--The Milesians go back to sea "nine waves"--They conquer u...

Tighearnmas--His Death--Introduces Colours as a Distinction of Rank--Silver Shields and Chariots first used--Reign of Ugainé Môr--The Treachery of Cobhthach--Romantic Tales--Que...

The English Invasion--Dermod's Interview with Henry II.--Henry grants Letters-patent--Dermod obtains the assistance of Strongbow, Earl de Clare--He returns to Ireland--Arrival o...

Cromwell arrives in Ireland--He marches to Drogheda--Cruel Massacre of the Inhabitants after promise of Quarter--Account of an Eyewitness--Brutality of the Cromwellian Soldiers-...

St. Patrick--How Ireland was first Christianized--Pagan Rome used providentially to promote the Faith--The Mission of St. Palladius--Innocent I. claims authority to found Church...

Celtic Literature--Antiquity of our Annals--Moore--How we should estimate Tradition--The Materials for Irish History--List of the Lost Books--The Cuilmenn--The Saltair of Tara,...

Tighernach and his Annals--Erudition and Research of our Early Writers--The Chronicum Scotorum--Duald Mac Firbis--Murdered, and _his_ Murderer is protected by the Penal Laws--Th...

The Scythians Colonists--Testimony of Josephus--Magog and his Colony--Statements of our Annals confirmed by a Jewish Writer--By Herodotus--Nennius relates what is told by the "M...

First Colonists--The Landing of Ceasair, before the Flood--Landing of Partholan, after the Flood, at Inver Scene--Arrival of Nemedh--The Fomorians--Emigration of the Nemenians--...

Tuathal-Conn "of the Hundred Battles"--The Five Great Roads of Ancient Erinn--Conn's Half--Conairé II.--The Three Cairbrés--Cormac Mac Airt--His Wise Decision--Collects Laws--Hi...