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"A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics" by Thomas D'Arcy McGee is a historical account likely written in the mid-19th century. The book delves into the rich and often tumultuous history of Ireland, covering its various inhabitants, significant events, and the long struggle for national identity and autonomy against external domination. The opening of the text presents a stirring preface that establishes Ireland as a nation of enduring spirit, highlighting its legacy of pain and resilience throughout history. McGee begins with a depiction of Ireland rising from oppression while asserting the nation's rightful place among the nations of the world. He introduces themes of political philosophy, the complex relationship with England, and the rich cultural tapestry that defines Ireland, emphasizing its legendary heroes and pivotal historical episodes. The subsequent chapters will likely explore the early inhabitants of Ireland, the establishment of Christianity, and the evolution of its political institutions and conflicts, setting the stage for an in-depth exploration of Irish history and culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
The Project Gutenberg eBook ofA Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete HISTORY OF IRELAND CHAPTER II.THE FIRST AGES. CHAPTER III.CHRISTIANITY PREACHED AT TARA—THE RESULT. CHAPTER IV.THE CONSTITUTION, AND HOW THE KINGS KEPT IT. CHAPTER V.REIGN OF HUGH II.—THE IRISH COLONY IN SCOTLAND OBTAINS ITS
INDEPENDENCE. CHAPTER VI.KINGS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER VII.KINGS OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY. CHAPTER VIII.WHAT THE IRISH SCHOOLS AND SAINTS DID IN THE THREE FIRST CHRISTIAN
CENTURIES. BOOK II. CHAPTER II.KINGS OF THE NINTH CENTURY (CONTINUED)—NIAL III.—MALACHY
I.—HUGH VII. CHAPTER III.REIGN OF FLAN "OF THE SHANNON" (A.D. 879 TO 916). CHAPTER IV.KINGS OF THE TENTH CENTURY; NIAL IV.; DONOGH II.; CONGAL III.; DONALD IV. CHAPTER V.REIGN OF MALACHY II. AND RIVALRY OF BRIAN. CHAPTER VI.BRIAN, ARD-RIGH—BATTLE OF CLONTARF. CHAPTER VII.EFFECTS OF THE RIVALRY OF BRIAN AND MALACHY ON THE ANCIENT
CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER VIII.LATTER DAYS OF THE NORTHMEN IN IRELAND. BOOK III.WAR OF SUCCESSION. CHAPTER II.THE CONTEST BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH—RISE OF THE FAMILY OF
O'CONOR. CHAPTER III.THORLOGH MORE O'CONOR—MURKERTACH OF AILEACH—ACCESSION OF
RODERICK O'CONOR. CHAPTER IV.STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING AMONG THE IRISH, PREVIOUS TO THE
ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION. CHAPTER V.SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE IRISH PREVIOUS TO THE NORMAN INVASION. CHAPTER VI.FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE IRISH PREVIOUS TO THE ANGLO-NORMAN INVASION. BOOK IV.THE NORMANS IN IRELAND. CHAPTER II.THE ARMS, ARMOUR AND TACTICS OF THE NORMANS AND IRISH. CHAPTER III.THE FIRST CAMPAIGN OF EARL RICHARD—SIEGE OF DUBLIN—DEATH OF KING
DERMID McMURROGH. CHAPTER IV.SECOND CAMPAIGN OF EARL RICHARD—HENRY II. IN IRELAND. CHAPTER V.FROM THE RETURN OF HENRY II. TO ENGLAND TILL THE DEATH OF EARL RICHARD AND
HIS PRINCIPAL COMPANIONS. CHAPTER VI.THE LAST YEARS OF THE ARD-RIGH, RODERICK O'CONOR. CHAPTER VII.ASSASSINATION OF HUGH DE LACY—JOHN "LACKLAND" IN
IRELAND—VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN DE COURCY—DEATH OF CONOR
MOINMOY, AND RISE OF CATHAL, "THE RED-HANDED" O'CONOR—CLOSE OF THE CAREER
OF DE COURCY AND DE BURGH. CHAPTER VIII.EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY—THE NORMANS IN CONNAUGHT. CHAPTER IX.EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY—THE NORMANS IN MUNSTER AND
LEINSTER. CHAPTER X.EVENTS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY—THE NORMANS IN MEATH AND
ULSTER. CHAPTER XI.RETROSPECT OF THE NORMAN PERIOD IN IRELAND—A GLANCE AT THE MILITARY
TACTICS OF THE TIMES—NO CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY IN THE THIRTEENTH
CENTURY. CHAPTER XII.STATE OF SOCIETY AND LEARNING IN IRELAND DURING THE NORMAN PERIOD. BOOK V.THE ERA OF KING EDWARD BRUCE. CHAPTER II.THE NORTHERN IRISH ENTER INTO ALLIANCE WITH KING ROBERT BRUCE—ARRIVAL
AND FIRST CAMPAIGN OF EDWARD BRUCE. CHAPTER III.BRUCE'S SECOND CAMPAIGN, AND CORONATION AT DUNDALK—THE RISING IN
CONNAUGHT—BATTLE OF ATHENRY—ROBERT BRUCE IN IRELAND. CHAPTER IV.BATTLE OF FAUGHARD AND DEATH OF KING EDWARD BRUCE—CONSEQUENCES OF
HIS INVASION—EXTINCTION OF THE EARLDOM OF ULSTER—IRISH OPINION OF
EDWARD BRUCE. BOOK VI.THE NATIVE, THE NATURALIZED, AND "THE ENGLISH INTEREST." CHAPTER II.LIONEL, DUKE OF CLARENCE, LORD LIEUTENANT—THE PENAL CODE OF
RACE—"THE STATUTE OF KILKENNY," AND SOME OF ITS CONSEQUENCES. CHAPTER III.ART McMURROGH, LORD OF LEINSTER—FIRST EXPEDITION OF RICHARD II., OF
ENGLAND, TO IRELAND. CHAPTER IV.SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS OF RICHARD II.—LIEUTENANCY AND DEATH OF THE EARL
OF MARCH—SECOND EXPEDITION OF RICHARD AGAINST ART McMURROGH—CHANGE
OF DYNASTY IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER V.PARTIES WITHIN "THE PALE"—BATTLES OF KILMAINHAM AND
KILLUCAN—SIR JOHN TALBOT'S LORD LIEUTENANCY. CHAPTER I.ACTS OF THE NATIVE PRINCES—SUBDIVISION OF TRIBES AND
TERRITORIES—ANGLO-IRISH TOWNS UNDER NATIVE PROTECTION—ATTEMPT OF
THADDEUS O'BRIEN, PRINCE OF THOMOND, TO RESTORE THE MONARCHY—RELATIONS OF
THE RACES IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER VII.CONTINUED DIVISION AND DECLINE OF "THE ENGLISH INTEREST"—RICHARD,
DUKE OF YORK, LORD LIEUTENANT—CIVIL WAR AGAIN IN ENGLAND—EXECUTION
OF THE EARL OF DESMOND—ASCENDANCY OF THE KILDARE GERALDINES. CHAPTER VIII.THE AGE AND RULE OF GERALD, EIGHTH EARL OF KILDARE—THE TIDE BEGINS TO
TURN FOR THE ENGLISH INTEREST—THE YORKIST PRETENDERS, SIMNEL AND
WARBECK—POYNING'S PARLIAMENT—BATTLES OF KNOCKDOE AND
MONABRAHER. CHAPTER IX.STATE OF IRISH AND ANGLO-IRISH SOCIETY DURING THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH
CENTURIES. CHAPTER X.STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING DURING THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH
CENTURIES. BOOK VII.UNION OF THE CROWNS OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND. CHAPTER II.THE INSURRECTION OF SILKEN THOMAS—THE GERALDINE
LEAGUE—ADMINISTRATION OF LORD LEONARD GRAY. CHAPTER III.SIR ANTHONY ST. LEGER, LORD DEPUTY—NEGOTIATIONS OF THE IRISH CHIEFS
WITH JAMES THE FIFTH OF SCOTLAND—FIRST ATTEMPTS TO INTRODUCE THE
PROTESTANT REFORMATION—OPPOSITION OF THE CLERGY—PARLIAMENT OF
1541—THE PROCTORS OF THE CLERGY EXCLUDED—STATE OF THE
COUNTRY—THE CROWNS UNITED—HENRY THE EIGHTH PROCLAIMED AT LONDON AND
DUBLIN. CHAPTER IV.ADHESION OF O'NEIL, O'DONNELL AND O'BRIEN—A NEW ANGLO-IRISH
PEERAGE—NEW RELATIONS OF LORD AND TENANT—BISHOPS APPOINTED BY THE
CROWN—RETROSPECT. BOOK VIII.THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION. CHAPTER II.EVENTS OF THE REIGN OF PHILIP AND MARY. CHAPTER III.ACCESSION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH—PARLIAMENT OF 1560—THE ACT OF
UNIFORMITY—CAREER AND DEATH OF JOHN O'NEIL "THE PROUD." CHAPTER IV.SIR HENRY SIDNEY'S DEPUTYSHIP—PARLIAMENT OF 1569—THE SECOND
"GERALDINE LEAGUE"—SIR JAMES FITZ-MAURICE. CHAPTER V.THE "UNDERTAKERS" IN ULSTER AND LEINSTER—DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SIR
JAMES FITZMAURICE. CHAPTER VI.SEQUEL OF THE SECOND GERALDINE LEAGUE—PLANTATION OF
MUNSTER—EARLY CAREER OF HUGH O'NEIL, EARL OF TYRONE—PARLIAMENT OF
1585. CHAPTER VII.BATTLE OF GLENMALURE—SIR JOHN PERROTT'S ADMINISTRATION—THE
SPANISH ARMADA—LORD DEPUTY FITZWILLIAM—ESCAPE OF HUGH ROE O'DONNELL
FROM DUBLIN CASTLE—THE ULSTER CONFEDERACY FORMED. CHAPTER VIII.THE ULSTER CONFEDERACY—FEAGH MAC HUGH O'BYRNE—CAMPAIGN OF
1595—NEGOTIATIONS, ENGLISH AND SPANISH—BATTLE OF THE YELLOW
FORD—ITS CONSEQUENCES. CHAPTER IX.ESSEX'S CAMPAIGN OF 1599—BATTLE OF THE CURLIEU
MOUNTAINS—O'NEIL'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH SPAIN—MOUNTJOY, LORD
DEPUTY. CHAPTER X.MOUNTJOY'S ADMINISTRATION—OPERATIONS IN ULSTER AND
MUNSTER—CAREW'S "WIT AND CUNNING"—LANDING OF SPANIARDS IN THE
SOUTH—BATTLE OF KINSALE—DEATH OF O'DONNELL IN SPAIN. CHAPTER XI.THE CONQUEST OF MUNSTER—DEATH OF ELIZABETH, AND SUBMISSION OF
O'NEIL—"THE ARTICLES OF MELLIFONT." CHAPTER XII.STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING DURING THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH. BOOK IX.FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES I. TILL THE DEATH OF CROMWELL. CHAPTER II.LAST YEARS OF JAMES—CONFISCATION OF THE MIDLAND
COUNTIES—ACCESSION OF CHARLES I.—GRIEVANCES AND
"GRACES"—ADMINISTRATION OF LORD STRAFFORD. CHAPTER III.LORD STRAFFORD'S IMPEACHMENT AND EXECUTION—PARLIAMENT OF
1639-'41—THE INSURRECTION OF 1641—THE IRISH ABROAD. CHAPTER IV.THE INSURRECTION OF 1641. CHAPTER V.THE CATHOLIC CONFEDERATION—ITS CIVIL GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY
ESTABLISHMENT. CHAPTER VI.THE CONFEDERATE WAR—CAMPAIGN OF 1643—THE CESSATION. CHAPTER VII.THE CESSATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. CHAPTER VIII.GLAMORGAN'S TREATY—THE NEW NUNCIO RINUCCINI—O'NEIL'S
POSITION—THE BATTLE OF BENBURB. CHAPTER IX.FROM THE BATTLE OF BENBURB TILL THE LANDING OF CROMWELL AT DUBLIN. CHAPTER X.CROMWELL'S CAMPAIGN—-1649-1650. CHAPTER XI.CLOSE OF THE CONFEDERATE WAR. CHAPTER XII.IRELAND UNDER THE PROTECTORATE—ADMINISTRATION OF HENRY
CROMWELL—DEATH OF OLIVER. BOOK X.FROM THE RESTORATION OF CHARLES II. TO THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE I. CHAPTER II.REIGN OF CHARLES II. (CONCLUDED.) CHAPTER III.THE STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING IN IRELAND DURING THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY. CHAPTER IV.ACCESSION OF JAMES II.—TYRCONNELL'S ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER V.KING JAMES IN IRELAND—IRISH PARLIAMENT OF 1689. CHAPTER VI.THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR—CAMPAIGN OF 1689—SIEGES OF DERRY AND
ENNISKILLEN. CHAPTER VII.THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR—CAMPAIGN OF 1690—BATTLE OF THE
BOYNE—ITS CONSEQUENCES—THE SIEGES OF ATHLONE AND LIMERICK. CHAPTER VIII.THE WINTER OF 1690-91. CHAPTER IX.THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR—CAMPAIGN OF 1691—BATTLE OF
AUGHRIM—CAPITULATION OF LIMERICK. CHAPTER X.REIGN OF KING WILLIAM. CHAPTER XI.REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE. CHAPTER XII.THE IRISH SOLDIERS ABROAD DURING THE REIGNS OF WILLIAM AND ANNE. BOOK XI.FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE I. TO THE LEGISLATIVE UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND. CHAPTER II.REIGN OF GEORGE II.—GROWTH OF PUBLIC SPIRIT—THE "PATRIOT"
PARTY—LORD CHESTERFIELD'S ADMINISTRATION. CHAPTER III.THE LAST JACOBITE MOVEMENT—THE IRISH SOLDIERS ABROAD—FRENCH
EXPEDITION UNDER THUROT, OR O'FARRELL. CHAPTER IV.REIGN OF GEORGE II. (CONCLUDED)—MALONE'S LEADERSHIP. CHAPTER V.ACCESSION OF GEORGE III.—FLOOD'S LEADERSHIP—OCTENNIAL
PARLIAMENTS ESTABLISHED. CHAPTER VI.FLOOD'S LEADERSHIP—STATE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN 1760 AND 1776. CHAPTER VII.GRATTAN'S LEADERSHIP—"FREE TRADE," AND THE VOLUNTEERS. CHAPTER VIII.GRATTAN'S LEADERSHIP—LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
ESTABLISHED. CHAPTER IX.THE ERA OF INDEPENDENCE—FIRST PERIOD. CHAPTER X.THE ERA OF INDEPENDENCE—SECOND PERIOD. CHAPTER XI.THE ERA OF INDEPENDENCE—THIRD PERIOD—CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL OF
1793. CHAPTER XII.THE ERA OF INDEPENDENCE—EFFECTS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN
IRELAND—SECESSION OF GRATTAN, CURRAN, AND THEIR FRIENDS, FROM PARLIAMENT,
IN 1797. CHAPTER XIII.THE UNITED IRISHMEN. CHAPTER XIV.NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE AND HOLLAND—THE THREE EXPEDITIONS NEGOTIATED
BY TONE AND LEWINES. CHAPTER XV.THE INSURRECTION OF 1798. CHAPTER XVI.THE INSURRECTION OF 1798—THE WEXFORD INSURRECTION. CHAPTER XVII.THE INSURRECTION ELSEWHERE—FATE OF THE LEADING UNITED IRISHMEN. CHAPTER XVIII.ADMINISTRATION OF LORD CORNWALLIS—BEFORE THE UNION. CHAPTER XIX.LAST SESSION OF THE IRISH PARLIAMENT—THE LEGISLATIVE UNION OF GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND. BOOK XII.FROM THE UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND TO THE EMANCIPATION OF THE
CATHOLICS. CHAPTER II.ADMINISTRATION OF LORD HARDWICKE (1801 TO 1806), AND OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD
(1806 TO 1808). CHAPTER III.ADMINISTRATION OF THE DUKE OF RICHMOND (1807 TO 1813). CHAPTER IV.O'CONNELL'S LEADERSHIP—1813 TO 1821. CHAPTER V.RETROSPECT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE
III. CHAPTER VI.THE IRISH ABROAD, DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE III. CHAPTER VII.O'CONNELL'S LEADERSHIP—THE CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION—1821 TO
1826. CHAPTER VIII.O'CONNELL'S LEADERSHIP—THE CLARE ELECTION—EMANCIPATION OF THE
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