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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