Table of Contents

Contributors 7

Preface 11

1 A Geographer's View of Irish History John. H.Andrews 15

2 Prehistoric Ireland G. F. Mitchell 27

3 Early Irish Society: lst-9th century F. J. Byrne 38

4 The Beginnings of Christianity: 5th and 6th centuries Tomás, Cardinal O Fiaich 53

5 The Golden Age of Early Christian Ireland: 7th and 8th centuries Kathleen Hughes 66

6 The Age of the Viking Wars: 9th and 10th centuries Liam de Paor 73

7 Ireland in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries: c. 1000-1169 Brian 0 Cuív 91

8 The Normans - Arrival and Settlement: 1169-c. 1300 F. X. Martin 104

9 The Medieval English Colony: 13th and 14th centuries J. F. Lydon 123

10 The Gaelic Resurgence and the Geraldine Supremacy: c. 1400-1534 Art Cosgrove 136

11 The Tudor Conquest: 1534-1603 G. A. Hayes-McCoy 151

12 The Colonisation of Ulster and the Rebellion of 1641:1603-60 Aidan Clarke 163

13 The Restoration and the Jacobite War: 1660-91 J. G. Simms 176

14 The Age of the Penal Laws: 1691-1778 Maureen Wall 187

15 The Protestant Nation: 1775-1800 R. B. McDowell 201

16 The Age of Daniel O'Connell: 1800-47 J. H. Whyte 216

17 The Great Famine: 1845-50 E. R. R. Green 230

18 Fenianism, Home Rule and the Land War: 1850-91 T. W. Moody 240

19 From Parnell to Pearse: 1891-1921 Donal McCartney 257

20 Northern Ireland: 1921-66 J. L McCracken 273

21 The Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland: 1921-66 Patrick Lynch 283

22 Ireland: 1966-82 J. H. Whyte 299

23 Ireland: 1982-94 Richard English 317

24 Ireland at the Turn of the Century: 1994-2001 Dermot Keogh 333

25 Turning Corners: Ireland 2002-11 Patrick Kiely Dermot Keogh 358

Notes 398

A Chronology of Irish History 411

A Bibliography of Irish History 469

Index 531