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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: PREHISTORY AND MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT IRELAND
1. The Earliest Inhabitants
2. Mesolithic Age and the First Farmers
3. Legends and Archaeology
4. The Bronze Age
5. Iron Comes to Ireland
6. Who Were The Celts and Kings
7. Gaelic and Indo-European Languages
8. Celtic Ireland
9. Wild and Crazy Heroes
10. The Seat of Ancient Kings?
11. Brehon Laws
12. The Celtic Class System
13. The Learned: Druids
14. Celtic Art and Poetry
15. Celtic to the End: The Never Conquered Nation
16. The Celtic Pantheon
17. The Otherworld
18. Celtic Festivals
19. Creation Myths
20. The Battles of Magh Tuiredh and the Invasions of Milesians
21. The Tain
22. Heroic Deeds of Cuchulain
23. Conchobar and Deirdre
24. Finn MacCool
PART TWO: THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIANITY (AND THE BRITISH TOO!)
25. Christianity Arrives
26. Who Was St. Patrick?
27. St. Brigid the Generous
28. St. Columcille, Felonious Monk
29. St. Columbanus, Missionary to Europe
30. Wild and Crazy Irish Saints
31. Irish Blend: Christian Traditions
32. Monasteries in Ireland
33. Schools and Universities
34. The Pre-Xerox Age: A Life of Copying
35. The Book of Kells
36. The Rise and Fall of Irish Dynasties
37. Anglo-Saxons in Britain
38. Bring On the Vikings
39. Dublin Is Founded
40. Life with Vikings
41. What Would Brian Boru Do?
42. An Ireland Unified
43. The Normans Are Here!
44. The Irish Strike Back
45. I’m Henry VIII, I Am: Tudor Colonization
46. The Protestant Reformation
47. Elizabeth I’s Reign
48. The 1641 Rebellion and Oliver Cromwell
49. The Williamite War
50. Protestants Take Hold
51. Catholic Life
52. The Second City of the British Empire
53. Protestant Irish Nationalism
54. Wolfe Tone’s Rebellion
55. Hasta La Vista, Baby: Daniel O’ Connell, the Liberator
56. Catholic Emancipation
PART THREE: PRESERVING IRISH CULTURE AND HISTORY
57. Before the Reformation
58. Ireland’s Counter-Reformation
59. Religious Tensions in the North
60. Modern Catholicism
61. Scandals in the Church
62. Traditional Irish Life
63. Irish Language
64. Irish Music
65. Before There Was Riverdance . . .
66. Death and the Supernatural
67. Irish Sports
68. Rich Folklore and Heritage
69. Potatoes, for Better or Worse
70. Life During the Famine
71. Help! Responses to the Famine
72. Results of the Famine
PART FOUR: EMIGRATION TO MODERN LIFE
73. Why the Irish Left—and Where They Went
74. The Hardships of Emigration
75. The Immigrant Experience in the United States
76. Irish Communities in Other Lands
77. The Rebirth of Nationalism
78. The Home Rule Party
79. A Celtic Revival
80. An Ireland Divided
81. World War I and the Easter Rebellion
82. War of Independence
83. Irish Civil War
84. Irish Free State
85. De Valera and the Fianna Fáil Path
86. World War II
87. A New Republic
88. Trouble in the North
89. Sunday, Bloody Sunday
90. The Peace Process
91. The Good Friday Agreement
92. Ireland’s Celtic Tiger
93. Ireland and the European Union
94. Modern Irish Politics
95. The Liberalization of Ireland
96. Women’s Rights
97. Family Life
98. Irish Food: Potatoes, Beef, and More Potatoes—and a Cuppa!
99. For the Love of Irish Beer and Whiskey
100. Irish Contributions to Literature and Art
101. Tracing Your Roots
APPENDIX A: A PRIMER OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE
APPENDIX B: IRISH PROVERBS AND BLESSINGS
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