In search of Ireland's heroes : the story of the Irish from the English invasion to the present day /
McCaffrey, Carmel.
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-278) and index.
1. The incomplete conquest -- 2. The recalcitrant colony : FitzGerald power in Ireland -- 3. Princes of Ireland : O'Neill and O'Donnell -- 4. The plantation of Ulster and the erosion of Gaelic Ireland -- 5. Catholic dispossession : the new elite -- 6. Patriots and rebels : Grattan, Tone, and FitzGerald -- 7. A most distressful country : union and famine -- 8. Struggling for land rights and home rule : Charles Stewart Parnell -- 9. Murmuring name upon name : from literature to armed rebellion -- 10. A terrible beauty : the Irish war of independence -- 11. North and south : the two states of Ireland -- Chronology of Irish history