TO THE

RT. REV. JOHN BERNARD FITZPATRICK, D.D.,

Henry VIII. of England elected King of Ireland.

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Antecedents of this

Election. The Clergy not consulted. — The Chiefs canvassed indi-
vidually. — After the Election. — Apostate Bishops. — Confiscation,
Sacrilege, and Reformation.

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CHAPTER III.

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King Edward and Queen Mary.

Reformation in Ireland..

Cranmer's Attempts to establish the
The first Catholic Insurrection.- Acces-

sion of Queen Mary.-Catholic Reaction.

Irish Bishops.- Death of Queen Mary.— State of Parties.

Restoration of the

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CHAPTER IV.

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Test

The Irish Catholic Strength at the Accession of Elizabeth.
Oaths enacted. First Catholic Confederacy. — The Insurrection of

the Desmonds.- Confiscation of Munster. - The First Martyrs. -

The Ulster Princes. - Second Catholic Confederation.— Alliance

with Spain. - Battle of Kinsale.

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CHAPTER V.

Stuarts succeed to the Throne. - Endowment of Trinity College. —

Usher and O'Daniel. Confiscation of Ulster. "Recusant" Party.

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Charles I.. A new Persecution. Strafford's Viceroyalty. -

Confiscation of Connaught. The School of Wards. The Solemn

League and Covenant.

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CHAPTER VI.

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The Presbyterians and Puritans in Ireland.-Extermination their

Policy. Ulster Rising of 1641. New Catholic Confederacy

founded by Rory O'Moore. Oath of Confederation. General

Insurrection. - Catholic Legislation. - Peters and Jerome. -- Owen

Roe O'Neil.Ormond. - Cromwell in Ireland.

Laws. Death of Cromwell.

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The Puritan Penal

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to Gallicanize the Irish Church.

Viceroyalty. The New Test Act.

- Synod of 1666. -Lord Berkeley's

"The Popish Plot." — Mar-

tyrdom of Primate Plunkett. Assassination of Count Redmond

O'Hanlon.

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CHAPTER II.

Accession of James II. - Talbot, Lord Deputy. - Irish Soldiers in

England. - Invasion of William III.-Irish Parliament of 1686.

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