BOOK I

Dealing with the Story of the Irish People from the Earliest Period to the Advent of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century[a]1]

CHAPTER I

Prefatory—Territorial Divisions of Ireland—Physical Features of the Country—Peculiarities of Soil, Climate, and Scenery[3]

CHAPTER II

Further of the Characteristics and Resources of the Island—Present Form of Government[12]

CHAPTER III

The Original Inhabitants of Ireland[19]

CHAPTER IV

The Religion of Ancient Ireland—Many Writers say it was Worship of the Sun, Moon, and Elements[24]