| 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] |