Volume II
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CONTENTS—VOL. II
BOOK VIII. (Continued from Volume I)
CHAPTER IV.—Sir Henry Sidney's Deputyship—Parliament of 1569—The Second "Geraldine League"—Sir James Fitzmaurice
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.
CHAPTER I.—James I.—Flight of the Earls—Confiscation of Ulster—Penal Laws—Parliamentary Opposition
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 Stafford'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.
CHAPTER I.—Reign of Charles II.
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 to Ireland—Irish Parliament of 1689
CHAPTER VI.—The Revolutionary War—Campaign of 1639—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.
CHAPTER I.—Accession of George I.—Swift's Leadership
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.
CHAPTER I.—After the Union—Death of Lord Clare—Robert Emmet's Emeute
CHAPTER II.—Administration of Lord Hardwick (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 1825
CHAPTER VIII.—O'Connell's Leadership—The Clare Election—Emancipation of the Catholics