PHASES OF IRISH HISTORY

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

I. THE ANCIENT IRISH A CELTIC PEOPLE

II. THE CELTIC COLONISATION OF IRELAND AND BRITAIN

III. THE PRE-CELTIC INHABITANTS OF IRELAND

IV. THE FIVE FIFTHS OF IRELAND

V. GREEK AND LATIN WRITERS ON PRE-CHRISTIAN IRELAND

VI. INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY AND LETTERS

VII. THE IRISH KINGDOM IN SCOTLAND

VIII. IRELAND'S GOLDEN AGE

IX. THE STRUGGLE WITH THE NORSEMEN

X. MEDIEVAL IRISH INSTITUTIONS

XI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST

XII. THE IRISH RALLY

INDEX