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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 |
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