  | CHAPTER. | | PAGE | | I. | How the Ancient Irish People were Governed by their Kings and Chiefs | 1 | | II. | How the Warlike Old Irish Conquered Foreign Lands | 8 | | III. | How Kings, Chiefs, and People Were Subject to the Brehon Laws | 17 | | IV. | How the Ancient Irish Lived As Pagans | 24 | | V. | How the Irish People Lived As Christians | 33 | | VI. | How Ireland became the Most Learned Country in Europe | 40 | | VII. | How the Irish Missionaries and Scholars Spread Religion and Learning in Foreign Countries | 51 | | VIII. | How the Ancient Irish Wrote down all their Literature, and how Books Increased and Multiplied | 60 | | IX. | How the Irish Scholars Compiled their Annals | 67 | | X. | How the Irish derived Amusement and Instruction from Historical and Romantic Tales | 74 | | XI. | How the Ancient Irish Excelled in Music | 82 | | XII. | How the Ancient Irish Excelled in Art | 92 | | XIII. | How the Ancient Irish Physicians were Skilled in Medicine | 98 | | XIV. | How the Old Irish People Built and Arranged their Houses | 106 | | XV. | How they ate, Drank, Feasted, and Entertained | 111 | | XVI. | How the People Dressed | 121 | | XVII. | How they Fenced in and Tilled their Land | 129 | | XVIII. | How Irish Handicraftsmen Excelled in their Work | 131 | | XIX. | How they Prepared and Made up Clothing Materials | 138 | | XX. | How the Irish Travelled on Land and Water | 143 | | XXI. | How the People Held Great Conventions and Fairs; and how they Amused Themselves | 148 | | XXII. | How the Character of the Old Irish People showed itself in various Circumstances and on various Occasions | 158 | | Index | 169 |
ANCIENT IRISH CIVILISATION.
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