Introduction.
1 Ancient Ireland.
2 Early Christian Ireland.
3 The Viking Terror.
4 Ireland and the Angevin Empire.
5 Irish Princes and Norman Lords.
6 The Tudor Conquests.
7 The Flight of the Princes.
8 Obedience to the English Empire.
9 The Insurrection of 1641.
10 The Cromwellian Conquest.
11 The Williamite Conquest.
12 The Penal Laws.
13 The Insurrection of 1798.
14 Union, 1801; Insurrection, 1803; Catholic Emancipation, 1829.
15 Repeal, Starvation, and the Insurrection of 1848.
16 The Insurrection of 1867 and the Land League.
17 The Insurrection of 1916.
18 The War of Independence, 1919–1921.
19 The Civil War, 1922–1923, and the Aftermath.
20 Irish Neutrality and the Irish Republic of 1949.
21 A Protestant State and Civil Rights.
22 The Long War.
L’Envoi.
Further Reading.
Index.