1541 TO THE CLOSE OF THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII.
| St. Leger Lord Deputy | [262]-[287] |
| O’Donnell abjures the Pope | [262] |
| O’Neill abjures the Pope | [264] |
| Other chiefs follow suit | [266] |
| The Munster nobles do likewise | [267] |
| O’Neill made Earl of Tyrone | [268] |
| O’Brien made Earl of Thomond | [270] |
| MacWilliam Burke made Earl of Clanricarde | [271] |
| The MacDonnells in Antrim | [271] |
| Financial dishonesty | [274] |
| An Irish contingent in Scotland | [276] |
| And in France | [277] |
| Dissensions between St. Leger and Ormonde | [278] |
| An English party in Scotland | [279] |
| The Lord of the Isles in Ireland | [280] |
| Abortive attempt to invade Scotland from Ireland | [281] |
| Intrigues of Irish officials—St. Leger and Ormonde | [282] |
| Ormonde is murdered in England | [285] |
| Permanent causes tending to weaken Irish Governments | [286] |
CHAPTER XV.
THE IRISH CHURCH UNDER HENRY VIII.
| Points at issue between King and Pope | [288] |
| See of Armagh | [289] |
| Dublin | [290] |
| Meath | [290] |
| Cashel | [291] |
| Tuam | [292] |
| Remoter sees | [292] |
| King and Pope in Leinster, Munster, and Connaught | [293] |
| Corrupt state of the Church | [294] |
| Miserable condition of four sees particularly described | [295] |
| General corruption of the clergy | [296] |
| Evils of Papal patronage | [297] |
| Many of the religious houses out of order | [298] |
| Excellent service rendered by others | [299] |
| Ecclesiastical legislation in 1536 | [300] |
| The Crown could procure the passing of Acts, but the people remained unaffected by them | [301] |
| Archbishop Browne | [302] |
| His quarrel with Bishop Staples | [303] |
| Lord Leonard Grey gave general offence | [303] |
| Images, relics, and pilgrimages | [304] |
| The Munster bishops conformed | [305] |
| But this does not prove any real conversion | [306] |
| Origin of a double succession | [306] |
| Wauchop made Primate by the Pope | [306] |
| First appearance of the Jesuits | [307] |
| The friars oppose the royal supremacy | [310] |
| The Reformation hateful to the Irish | [311] |
| Henry attacks the monasteries | [312] |
| Account of the different orders | [313] |
| Cistercian abbeys | [314] |
| Hospitallers | [315] |
| Pensions to monks | [317] |
| The monks were not really driven out | [317] |
| Property of the religious houses | [318] |
| The mendicant orders | [319] |
| Their suppression scarcely decreased the number of friars | [320] |
| The plunder of the monasteries shared by all classes | [320] |
| The educating monasteries not replaced | [321] |
| Early attempts at an Irish university | [321] |
| Archbishop Browne | [322] |
| Bishop Staples | [323] |
CHAPTER XVI.
FROM THE ACCESSION OF EDWARD VI. TO THE YEAR 1551.
| St. Leger still Deputy | [325] |
| Education of Irish nobles at Court | [326] |
| Sir Edward Bellingham Lord Deputy | [327]-[345] |
| His efforts to protect the Pale | [328] |
| Pirates on the Irish coast | [329] |
| Bellingham puts down the O’Mores | [331] |
| And the O’Connors | [332] |
| He bridles Connaught | [333] |
| A remarkable adventure | [334] |
| The Irish mint | [335] |
| Bellingham’s haughty bearing towards great men | [337] |
| He offends his own council | [339] |
| He tames Desmond | [339] |
| Ireland quiet | [340] |
| The Reformation—Browne and Staples | [341] |
| Bellingham and Dowdall | [342] |
| The royal supremacy | [343] |
| Death and character of Bellingham | [344] |
| Lord Justice Bryan | [345] |
| Lord Justice Brabazon | [346] |
| Foreign intrigues | [347] |
| St. Leger Lord Deputy | [348]-[353] |
| His conciliatory policy | [349] |
| The Reformation hangs fire | [349] |
| Causes of this | [350] |
| Want of money | [351] |
| The French discourage the Irish refugees | [352] |
| English settlers not always a civilising influence | [353] |
CHAPTER XVII.
FROM THE YEAR 1551 TO THE DEATH OF EDWARD VI.