Ireland and the monarchy /
Gibney, John,1976-editor.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-138).
Brian Boru: Imperator Scotorum -- Life after Brian: the high-kingship -- King John and the origins of colonial rule in Ireland -- Thomas Holand: Richard II's king of Ireland? -- The remonstrance of Irish princes, 1317 -- A Lancastrian prince in Ireland -- James IV, the O'Donnell's of Tyrconnell and road to Flodden -- Contesting the soverignty of early modern Ireland -- King Billy: a military assessment -- 'Fighting Dick' Talbot, the 'Chevalier' Wogan and Lally-Tollendal: Jacobites, jailbreakers and jailbirds -- 'Erin cordially welcomes the Empress': Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary in Ireland, 1879 and 1880 -- The chequered fate of a queen -- July 1903: Edward VII, the Gordon Bennett Cup and the Emmett centennial -- The theft of the Irish crown jewels, 19078 -- Edward VIII, Mrs Simpson and Ireland -- The queen was in the parlour -- Commemoration and the concilliation during the royal visit, 2011.
Kings and rulers.