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The work traces Ireland's story from its physical features and early inhabitants through religious and legal traditions to successive invasions and political changes up to the early seventeenth century. It describes geography, resources, and territorial divisions; explores ancient religion and the missionary activity attributed to St. Patrick; reviews native laws and governance; and recounts Norse incursions, the Norman and English interventions, and key medieval conflicts including the Battle of Clontarf and later statutes restricting Gaelic culture. A second section covers the Reformation era and its consequences, detailing rebellions, plantation policies, notable campaigns led by Irish leaders, and the decline of traditional resistance after Kinsale and related defeats.

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Title: Ireland: The People's History of Ireland, Volume 1 (of 2)

Author: John F. Finerty

Release date: April 15, 2022 [eBook #67845]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Cooperative Publication Society, 1904

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The People’s History of Ireland, Volume I


DANIEL O’CONNELL


 

THE WORLD’S BEST HISTORIES
IRELAND
THE PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF IRELAND
IN TWO VOLUMES
BY
JOHN F. FINERTY
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED IRISH LEAGUE OF AMERICA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
THE CO-OPERATIVE PUBLICATION SOCIETY
NEW YORK AND LONDON

 


Copyright 1904
By P. F. COLLIER & SON
Ireland

HISTORY OF IRELAND
VOLUME ONE

Ireland—1

Vol. I