A Popular History of Ireland (Vol. 1&2)

'A Popular History of Ireland' is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Volume 1: The First Inhabitants The First Ages Christianity Preached at Tara Reign of Hugh II Kings of the Seventh Century Kings of the Eighth Century The Danish Invasion Kings of the Ninth Century Kings of the Tenth Century The Contest between the North and South State of Religion and Learning among the Irish previous to the Anglo-Norman Invasion The First Expedition of the Normans into Ireland The First Campaign of Earl Richard Siege of Dublin Henry II in Ireland Events of the Thirteenth Century The Rise of 'the Red Earl' Relations of Ireland and Scotland Civil War in England Change of Dynasty in England State of Religion and Learning during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Irish Policy of Henry the Eighth during the Lifetime of Cardinal Wolsey First Attempts to Introduce the Protestant Reformation Parliament of 1541 The Crowns United... Volume 2: Parliament of 1569 The Second 'Geraldine League' Parliament of 1585 The Ulster Confederacy Essex's Campaign of 1599 The Conquest of Munster State of Religion and Learning during the Reign of Elizabeth James I The Insurrection of 1641 The Catholic Confederation The Confederate War The Cessation and its Consequences Cromwell's Campaign (1649-1650) Ireland under the Protectorate Reign of Charles II The State of Religion and Learning in Ireland during the Seventeenth Century Accession of James II Irish Parliament of 1689 The Revolutionary War Capitulation of Limerick Reign of King William Reign of Queen Anne Reign of George II Accession of George III Flood's Leadership Grattan's Leadership The Era of Independence The United Irishmen The Insurrection of 1798 Last Session of the Irish Parliament The Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland O'Connell's Leadership The Catholic Association Emancipation of the Catholics...

Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825-1868) was an Irish-Canadian politician, Catholic spokesman, journalist, poet, and a Father of Canadian Confederation. The young McGee was a Catholic Irishman who opposed British rule of Ireland, and worked for a peasant revolution to overthrow British rule and secure Irish independence. He moved to Canada in 1857 and worked hard to convince the Irish Catholics to cooperate with the Protestant British in forming a Confederation that would make for a strong Canada in close alliance with Britain. He fought the Fenians in Canada, who were Irish Catholics that opposed the British and resembled his younger self politically. McGee succeeded in helping create the Canadian Confederation in 1867, but was assassinated shortly after.