The Story of the Irish Race : A Popular History of Ireland. [Tuatha De Danann; Milesians; Ireland Of the Ancients; Conor Macnessa; Cuchullain; TConn Of Hundred Battles; Cormac Macart; Tara; Faris; Fionn & Fian; Break Of Ulster; Niall Of Nine Hostages; Irish Invasions Of Britain; Pagan Ireland; Irish Christianity Before St. Patrick; Brehon Laws; St. Bridget; Women In Ancient Ireland; Colm Cille; Poets; Irish Kingdom Of Scotland; Saints; Learning In Ancient Ireland; Irish Missionaries Abroad; Irish Scholars Abroad; Vikings In Ireland; Hospitability; Tribe; Manner Of Living In Ancient Ireland; Structural Antiquities; Arts; English Invasion; Norman & Gael; Trade In Medieval Ireland; Learning; Geraldines; Henry VIII's Policies; Shane Proud, etc] by MacManus, Seumas, 1869-1960 - 1970

Old Greenwich, CT : Devin-Adair Company, 1970., 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Rev. ed., 737 pp., 24 cm. ; green and grey cloth with Celtic design, in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents : Early colonisations -- The tuatha de danann -- The milesians -- Some notable milesian royalties -- Ireland in the lore of the ancients -- Conor MacNessa -- Cuchullain -- Two first century leaders -- Conn of the hundred battles -- Cormac MacArt -- Tara -- The faris -- Fionn and the fian -- The break of Ulster -- Niall of the nine hostages -- Irish invasions of Briatin -- General review of pagan Ireland -- Irish Christianity before St. Patrick -- St. Patrick -- The brehon laws -- St. Bridget -- Women in ancient Ireland -- Colm Cille -- The poets -- The Irish kingdom of Scotland -- The centuries of the saints -- Learning in ancient Ireland -- The Irish missionaries abroad -- Irish scholars abroad -- The Vikings in Ireland -- Hospitability in ancient Ireland -- The tribe -- Manner of living in ancient Ireland -- Structural antiquities -- Various arts of ancient Ireland -- The English invasion -- Norman and Gael -- Trade in medieval Ireland -- Learning in medieval Ireland -- The Geraldines -- Henry VIII's policies -- Shane the proud -- Elizabeth continues the conquest -- Red Hugh -- The nine years' war -- Suppressing the race -- The Ulster plantation -- The rising of 1641 -- The war of the forties -- Cromwell -- The Cromwellian settlement -- The williamite wars -- The later penal laws -- "The wild geese" -- The suppression of Irish trade -- The volunteers -- Theobald Wolfe tone -- The united Irishmen -- The rising of 1798 -- The union -- Robert Emmet -- Daniel O'Connell -- O'Connell the idol -- Catholic emancipation -- O'Connell's power and popularity -- Through the thirities -- The great repeal fight -- The end of O'Connell -- Young Ireland -- The great famine -- The fenians -- Charles Steward Parnell -- The land struggle begins -- The land league -- The ladies' land league -- Fall of Parnell and of parliamentarianism -- The modern literature of Ireland -- Sinn Fein -- Easter rising -- The last war? -- The Dawning. ; "In making this compilation, the political narrative common to all Irish histories is given briefly. But, non-political phases of our race's history-often far more important than the political, and usually omitted or only hinted at-are gone into more largely: such as the ancient customs, laws, learning, literature, scholars, teachers, saints, missionaries-and in more modern times the spiritual struggles and sufferings of our people." ; bookplate ; FINE/VG.