Front matter

M. H. GILL & SON, LTD. 50 UPPER O'CONNELL STREET, DUBLIN 1920

First Edition 1919 Second Impression 1920

CONTENTS

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Foreword vi

I. The Ancient Irish a Celtic People 1

II. The Celtic Colonisation of Ireland and Britain 31

III. The Pre-Celtic Inhabitants of Ireland 61

IV. The Five Fifths of Ireland 98

V. Greek and Latin Writers on Pre-Christian Ireland 133

VI. Introduction of Christianity and Letters 161

VII. The Irish Kingdom in Scotland 194

VIII. Ireland's Golden Age 222

IX. The Struggle with the Norsemen 249

X. Medieval Irish Institutions 274

XI. The Norman Conquest 300

XII. The Irish Rally 323

Index 357