John Lord of Ireland[58]
King John in Ireland[59]
Leinster divided after Strongbow’s death[61]
The De Burgos in Connaught[61]
The colony declines under Henry III.[62]
Results of Edward I.’s policy[64]
The Bruces invade Ireland[65]

CHAPTER V.

FROM THE INVASION OF THE BRUCES TO THE YEAR 1346.

Why the Bruces failed[69]
Decline of the colony[70]
The colonists become Hibernis ipsis Hiberniores[71]
Creation of the great earldoms[71]
Irish corporate towns[73]
Anglo-Norman families[75]
Further decline of the colony under Edward III.[76]
Dissensions among the colonists[77]

CHAPTER VI.

FROM THE YEAR 1346 TO THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII.

Lionel, Duke of Clarence[80]
The statute of Kilkenny[81]
Its effect in dividing the rival races[83]
Richard II.’s first visit[85]
His second visit[86]
His complete failure[87]
Henry IV. and V. neglect Ireland[87]
Foreign wars fatal to Ireland[89]
Richard of York made Lord-Lieutenant[90]
A Yorkist party in Ireland[91]
The colony reduced to the utmost[93]

CHAPTER VII.

THE IRISH PARLIAMENT.

A close copy[94]
Growth of representative institutions[95]
The sphere of English law contracted under Edward III.[96]
The Parliament of Kilkenny not representative of Ireland[97]
The peerage[98]
The clergy as an estate[99]
The Viceroy[100]