Table of Contents
Maps, Introduction, Preface, 1 From the origins to a.d. 800, 2 The Norse tyranny, 800–1014, 3 The end of Gaelic independence, 1014–1166, 4 The Norman invasion, 1166–1172, 5 The organization of the Conquest, 1172–1216, 6 The expansion of the colony, 1216–1272, 7 English Lordship at its height, 1272–1327, 8 The decline of the colony and the Statutes of Kilkenny, 1327–1366, 9 Last efforts of the English Lordship, 1366–1399, 10 The Gaelic recovery and aristocratic Home Rule, 1399–1477, 11 The Kildare supremacy and the Reformation, 1477–1540, 12 The Tudor monarchy and the second conquest of Ireland, 1540–1603, 13 The early Stuart monarchy and Cromwellian period, 1603–1660, 14 The later Stuart monarchy, 1660–1691, 15 The monarchy of William and Anne, 1691–1714, 16 Hanoverian rule, 1714–1782, 17 The rise and fall of the Protestant nation, 1782–1800, 18 From the Union to 1848, 19 From the Famine to Parnell, 1848–1891, 20 From Parnell to the Treaty of 1922, Recommended for further reading, Pronunciation of Irish names, Key dates of Irish history, Index