By A. M. Sullivan
CONTENTS
From the Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900)
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CHAPTER I.
How the Milesians sought and found "the Promised Isle"—and conquered it
CHAPTER II.
How Ireland fared under the Milesian dynasty
CHAPTER IV.
Bardic tales of Ancient Erinn—"The Sorrowful Fate of the Children of Usna"
CHAPTER V.
The death of King Conor Mac Nessa
CHAPTER VI.
The "Golden Age" of Pre-Christian Erinn
CHAPTER VII.
How Ireland received the Christian faith
CHAPTER VIII.
A retrospective glance at pagan Ireland
CHAPTER IX.
Christian Ireland—The Story of Columba, the "Dove of the Cell"
CHAPTER X.
The Danes in Ireland
CHAPTER XI.
How "Brian of the Tribute" became a High King of Erinn
CHAPTER XII.
How a dark thunder-cloud gathered over Ireland
CHAPTER XIII.
The glorious day of Clontarf
CHAPTER XIV.
"After the Battle"—The scene "upon Ossory's plain"—The last days of national freedom
CHAPTER XV.
How England became a compact kingdom, while Ireland was breaking into fragments
CHAPTER XVI.
How Henry the Second feigned wondrous anxiety to heal the disorders of Ireland
CHAPTER XVII.
The treason of Diarmid M'Murrogh
CHAPTER XVIII.
How the Norman adventurers got a foothold on Irish soil
CHAPTER XIX.
How Henry recalled the adventurers—How he came over himself to punish them and befriend the Irish
CHAPTER XX.
How Henry made a treaty with the Irish king—and did not keep it
CHAPTER XXI.
Death-bed scenes
CHAPTER XXII.
How the Anglo-Norman colony fared
CHAPTER XXIII.
"The bier that conquered"—The story of Godfrey of Tyrconnell
CHAPTER XXIV.
How the Irish nation awoke from its trance, and flung off its chains—The career of King Edward Bruce
CHAPTER XXVIII.
How the vainglorious English king tried another campaign against the invincible Irish Prince, and was utterly defeated as before
CHAPTER XXXI.
"Those Geraldines! those Geraldines!"
CHAPTER XXXII.
The rebellion of Silken Thomas
CHAPTER XXXIII.
How the "Reformation" was accomplished in England, and how it was resisted in Ireland
CHAPTER XXXIV.
How the Irish chiefs gave up all hope and yielded to Henry; and how the Irish clans served the chiefs for such treason
CHAPTER XXXV.
Henry's successors: Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth—The career of "John the Proud"
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
"Hugh of Dungannon"—How Queen Elizabeth brought up the young Irish chief at court, with certain crafty designs of her own
CHAPTER XL.
How Hugh of Dungannon was meantime drawing off from England and drawing near to Ireland
CHAPTER XLI.
How Red Hugh went circuit against the English in the North—How the crisis came upon O'Neill
CHAPTER XLII.
O'Neill in arms for Ireland—Clontibret and Beal-an-athabuie
CHAPTER XLIII.
How Hugh formed a great national confederacy and built up a nation once more on Irish soil
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The last days of Dunboy a tale of heroism
CHAPTER L.
The retreat to Leitrim; "the most romantic and gallant achievement of the age"
CHAPTER LII.
"The Flight of the Earls"—How the princes of Ireland went into exile, menaced by destruction at home
CHAPTER LX.
The agony of a nation
CHAPTER LXIII.
How William and James met face to face at the Boyne—A plain sketch of the battlefield and the tactics of the day
CHAPTER LXIV.
"Before the battle"
CHAPTER LXV.
The battle of the Boyne
CHAPTER LXVI.
How James abandoned the struggle; but the Irish would not give up
CHAPTER LXVII.
How William sat down before Limerick and began the siege—Sarsfield's midnight ride—The fate of William's siege train
CHAPTER LXXVI.
How Ireland began to awaken from the sleep of slavery—The dawn of legislative independence
CHAPTER LXXVIII.
What national independence accomplished for Ireland—How England once more broke faith with Ireland, and repaid generous trust with base betrayal
CHAPTER LXXXI.
How the government conspiracy now achieved its purpose—How the parliament of Ireland was extinguished
CHAPTER LXXXII.
Ireland after the Union—The story of Robert Emmet
CHAPTER LXXXIII.
How the Irish Catholics, under the leadership of O'Connell, won Catholic emancipation
CHAPTER LXXXVI.
How the Irish exodus came about, and the English press gloated over the anticipated extirpation of the Irish race
CHAPTER LXXXVIII.
The unfinished chapter of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven—How Ireland, "oft doomed to death," has shown that she is "fated not to die"
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
The Fenian rising and what followed it—The "surprise" of Chester Castle—The "Jacknell" expedition—The Manchester rescue
CHAPTER XCI.
The home rule movement—Its defects and failure—"Obstruction"—A success—The Land League
CHAPTER XCIII.
"Parnellism and Crime"—The Home Rule Bill
CHAPTER XCIV.
Coercion—The plan of campaign—Death of Mr Parnell—The Home Rule Bill passed—Retirement of Mr Gladstone
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