Author: ARGYLL, (Duke of).
London: Murray, 1893. vii, 267, [32] pages. Hardback.
In this book the Duke of Argyll launches a scathing attack on the concept of Irish Nationalism and argues that dominion by England had been beneficial to Ireland.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
IRISH HISTORY BEFORE THE EXPEDITION OF HENRY II., IN A.D. 1172.
An example–The accusation against England–Alleged conquest of Ireland–Suzerainty not government–Evidence of Irish writers–The English invited–An erroneous assertion –Early Irish culture–A momentary monarchy–Who destroyed it–Early Irish annals–Deepening barbarism–The Irish Celtic Church–Irish authorities–English barbarism compared–Ireland’s golden age–Cause of Irish anarchy–Irish apologies for Ireland–The Irish made themselves
CHAPTER II.
EFFECTS OF SUZERAINTY OF ENGLAND OVER IRELAND.
English Colonists degraded–Contrast with Scotland–Same danger in Scotland–Anglo-Normans in Scotland–Irish dread of government–English government powerless–Daniel O’Connell’s speech–O’Connell’s erroneous assertion–Irish hatred of law–The English barons Ersefied–Adoption of Irish customs–Irish intertribal wars–Ireland made the Anglo-Irish–The Latin Church
CHAPTER III.
EFFECT OF NATIVE IRISH LAWS AND USAGES.
Contradictory charges–Irish tribalism–Septs intensely aristocratic–Clans were not tribes–Intensified inequalities–Irish feudalism–Evidence of Professor Sullivan–Irish gradations of rank–Irish form of wealth–Irish property in land–Evidence of ancient books–Alleged communal ownership–Dr. Sullivan on ownership–Irremovability was bondage–Bondage to the soil–Removability was personal freedom–Laws of succession–Interest of poorer classes–Evils of native customs–Irish inconsistency
CHAPTER IV.
HISTORY CONTINUED FROM A.D. 1172 TO THE END OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Right of England–Irish analogy in Scotland–Scots’ invasion of Ireland–Devastation of Ireland–Lasting ruin–English law in Ireland–Statutes of Kilkenny–English action diverted–Expedition of Richard II.–Supremacy of the Irish–Irish support House of York–Poyning’s law–Necessity of Poyning’s law–Condition of Ireland
CHAPTER V.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS DOWN TO THE DEATH OF HENRY VIII.
The Geraldine rebellion–Results of Irish Home Rule–Testimony of native annals–Dr. Richey’s confessions–Results of native institutions–Ersefied Englishmen–Irish intrigues with foreigners–Policy of Henry VIII.–Some law a necessity–Military weakness of England–A demand for England–Religion not yet concerned–Irish not Papal–Barbarism of native clergy
CHAPTER VI.
THE EPOCH OF CONQUEST AND COLONISATION.
Irish land rents–Condition of tenants–Irish confiscations–The Catholic queen–Queen Mary’s plantations–Queen Elizabeth–Shane O’Neill’s rebellion–The Catholic conspiracy–Tyrone’s rebellion–England’s case stated
CHAPTER VII.
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Inevitable antagonisms–Philosophy in history–Ireland not governed by England–Comparative intolerance–Short period of English rule–Physical condition of Ireland–Instincts of dominion wholesome–England in permanent danger–The penal laws–Reality of danger–Two motives balanced
CHAPTER VIII.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY–ECONOMIC CAUSES.
Economic effects of penal laws–The commercial system–Irish protectionism–An Irish folly–Ruinous effects–Those effects traced–Continuity of vicious policy–Irish inconsistency–An Irishman’s evidence–Hereditary survivals–Penal effects of an Irish custom–Survival not degradation–The potato–Irish famines–Combination of causes
CHAPTER IX.
CONCLUSIONS.
Geographical position–Barbarous agriculture–Irish subletting–Irish education–Rebels of 1798–Position of government–Dates in the rebellion–Catholic emancipation–Abstract principle not admitted–Irish history re-read–Sentence of Edmund Burke
Related titles: Nationalism
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