THE COURSE. OF. IRISH HISTORY. EDITED BY. T.W. MOODY. FELLOW
EMERITUS. TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN. FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF
MODERN ...
THE COURSE OF IRISH HISTORY EDITED BY
T.W. MOODY FELLOW EMERITUS TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY
AND
F.X. MARTIN EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
1 9 9 4 REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION EDITED BY F.X. MARTIN
Published in association with Radio Telefis Eireann by
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CONTENTS
PREFACE TO 1967 EDITION PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1
A GEOGRAPHERS VIEW OF IRISH HISTORY
by Dr J. H. Andrews, Associate Professor of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin 2
PREHISTORIC IRELAND
by Dr G. F. Mitchell, Fellow emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin; formerly Professor of Quaternary Studies 3
17
30
EARLY IRISH SOCIETY (1st - 9th century)
by F. J. Byrne, Professor of Early Irish History, University College, Dublin
43
4 THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY (5th and 6th centuries)
by Tomas Cardinal 0 Fiaich, Archbishop of Armagh, formerly Professor of Modern History, St Patrick's College, Maynooth 61 5
THE GOLDEN AGE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND (7th and 8th centuries)
by the late Dr Kathleen Hughes, formerly Lecturer in the Early History and Culture of the British Isles, University of Cambridge (died, 20 April 1977) 76 6
THE AGE OF THE VIKING WARS (9th and 10th centuries)
by Liam de Paor, Statutory Lecturer in History, University College, Dublin
91
7
IRELAND IN THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH CENTURIES (c. 1000-1169)
by Dr Brian 6 Cuiv, Senior Professor, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 8
THE NORMANS: ARRIVAL AND SETTLEMENT (1169-c. 1300)
by Dr F. X. Martin, O.S.A., Professor of Medieval History, University College, Dublin 9
107
123
THE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH COLONY (13th and 14th centuries)
by Dr J. F. Lydon, Lecky Professor of Modern History, Trinity College, Dublin
144
10 THE GAELIC RESURGENCE AND THE GERALDINE SUPREMACY (c. 1400-1534)
by Art Cosgrove, Statutory Lecturer in Medieval History, University College, Dublin
158
11 THE TUDOR CONQUEST (1534-1603)
by the late Dr G. A. Hayes-McCoy, formerly Professor of History, University College, Galway (died, 27 Nov. 1975)
174
12 THE COLONISATION OF ULSTER AND THE REBELLION OF 1641 (1603-60)
by Dr Aidan Clarke, Associate Professor of Modern History, Trinity College, Dublin
189
13 THE RESTORATION AND THE JACOBITE WAR (1660-91)
by the late Dr J. G. Simms, formerly Lecturer in History, Trinity College, Dublin (died, 9 April 1979)
204
14 THE AGE OF THE PENAL LAWS (1691-1778)
by the late Maureen Wall, formerly College Lecturer in Modern Irish History, University College, Dublin (died, 7 June 1972) .
217
15 THE PROTESTANT NATION (1775-1800)
by Dr R. B. McDowell, Fellow emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin; formerly Associate Professor of Modern History
232
16 THE AGE OF DANIEL O'CONNELL (1800-47)
by J. H. Whyte, Professor of Irish Politics, Queen's University, Belfast
248
17
THE GREAT FAMINE (1845-1850)
by the late Dr E. R. R. Green, formerly Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast (died, 21 Jan. 1981) 18
FENIANISM, HOME RULE, AND THE LAND WAR (1850-91)
by the late Dr T. W. Moody, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College, Dublin, formerly Professor of Modern History (died, 11 Feb. 1984) 19
294
NORTHERN IRELAND, 1921-66
by Dr J. L. McCracken, Emeritus Professor of History, The New University of Ulster 21
275
FROM PARNELLTOPEARSE (1891-1921)
by Dr Donal McCartney, Professor of Modern Irish History, University College, Dublin 20
263
313
THE IRISH FREE STATE AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, 1921-66
by Patrick Lynch, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, University College, Dublin 22
IRELAND, 1966-82
by J. H. Whyte, Professor of Irish Politics, Queen's University, Belfast 23
324
342
IRELAND, 1982-94
by Dr Richard English, Lecturer in Politics, Queen's University, Belfast
362
NOTES
383
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IRISH HISTORY
389
A CHRONOLOGY OF IRISH HISTORY
425
INDEX
483
