Ireland under the Tudors, with a Succinct Account of the Earlier History. Vol. 1 (of 3)
CHAPTER V.
FROM THE INVASION OF THE BRUCES TO THE YEAR 1346.
Why the Bruces failed 69 Decline of the colony 70 The colonists become _Hibernis ipsis Hiberniores_ 71 Creation of the great earldoms 71 Irish corporate towns 73 Anglo-Norman families 75 Further decline of the colony under Edward III. 76 Dissensions among the colonists 77