| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I.—Early Recollections—"Coming Over" from Ireland | [1] |
| II.—Distinguished Irishmen—"The Nation" News-paper—"The Hibernians" | [10] |
| III.—Ireland Revisited | [27] |
| IV.—O'Connell in Liverpool—Terence Bellew MacManus and the |
| Repeal Hall—The Great Irish Famine | [48] |
| V.—The "No-Popery" Mania—The Tenant League—The Curragh Camp | [58] |
| VI.—The Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood—Escape of James Stephens— |
| Projected Raid on Chester Castle—Corydon the Informer | [73] |
| VII.—The Rising of 1867—Arrest and Rescue of Kelly and Deasy— |
| The Manchester Martyrdom | [89] |
| VIII.—A Digression—T.D. Sullivan—A National Anthem— |
| The Emerald Minstrels—"The Spirit of the Nation" | [113] |
| IX.—A Fenian Conference at Paris—The Revolvers for the |
| ManchesterRescue—Michael Davitt sent to Penal Servitude | [123] |
| X.—Rescue of the Military Fenians | [139] |
| XI.—The Home Rule Movement | [148] |
| XII.—The Franco-Prussian War—An Irish Ambulance Corps— |
| The French Foreign Legion | [160] |
| XIII.—The Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain | [170] |
| XIV.—Biggar and Parnell—The "United Irishman"— |
| The O'Connell Centenary | [179] |
| XV.—Home Rule in Local Elections—Parnell succeeds Butt as President |
| of the Irish Organisation in Great Britain | [185] |
| XVI.—Michael Davitt's Return from Penal Servitude—Parnell and the |
| "Advanced" Organisation | [199] |
| XVII.—Blockade Running—Attempted Suppression of |
| "United Ireland"—William O'Brien and his Staff in Jail—How Pat Egan |
| kept the flag flying | [209] |
| XVIII.—Patrick Egan | [219] |
| XIX.—General Election of 1885—Parnell a Candidate for Exchange |
| Division—Retires in favour of O'Shea—T.P. O'Connor elected for |
| Scotland Division of Liverpool | [227] |
| XX.—Gladstone's "Flowing Tide" | [233] |
| XXI.—The "Times" Forgeries Commission | [246] |
| XXII.—Disruption of the Irish Party—Home Rule carried in the |
| Commons—Unity of Parliamentary Party Restored— |
| Mr. John Redmond becomes Leader | [252] |
| XXIII.—The Gaelic Revival—Thomas Davis—Charles Gavan |
| Duffy—Anglo-Irish Literature—The Irish Drama, Dramatists, |
| and Actors | [256] |
| XXIV.—"How is Old Ireland and how does She Stand?" | [268] |
