Early Irish History and Antiquities and the History of West Cork

By Rev. W. O'Halloran

1916

CONTENTS

Preface

PART I. EARLY IRISH HISTORY.

Chapter
I	The First Inhabitants of Erin—Partholan—Nemedians—Firbolgs—Dedananns—Milesians
II	Forts—Raths—Duns—Cashels
III	Cromlechs—Pillar Stones—Stone Circles
IV	Burial Customs—Cairns—Tumuli—Ogham Stones
V	Civilisation of the Pagan Irish—Dwellings—Roads—Bridges—Population
VI	Religion of the Celts before the Christian Era
VII	The Brehon Law, and Tribal System
VIII	The Red Branch Knights and the Fianna of Erin
IX	Music
X	St. Patrick
XI	Early Irish Christian Church and its Organization. Solitaries in the Thebaid. Origin of Monasticism
XII	The Danish Invasion
XIII	Brian Boru
XIV	Clontarf

PART II. THE HISTORY OF WEST CORK

Chapter
XV	The Siege and Battle of Kinsale
XVI	The Siege of Dunboy
XVII	The Flight of O'Sullivan Beare
XVIII	Bantry Bay
XIX	Lords of the Soil of West Cork—O'Driscolls—O'Sullivans—O'Mahonys—O'Donovans—McCarthys—The Cromwellian Settlers—The Whites—Puxley and the Famous Morty Oge
XX	Geological Formation of West Cork
XXI	The Fisheries
XXII	Clonakilty, Roscarbery, Skibbereen, Baltimore, Cape Clear and St. Ciaran, Bantry, Glengariffe, Adrigole, Bere Island, Castletown, Eyeries, Allihies

Appendices

Catalogue of the Orders of the Saints

Cork Genealogies

Notices of Corca Laidhe

Index