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THE BYRNES AND THE O'BYRNES Vol. I:
A NEW INSIGHT UPON IRISH HISTORY by Daniel Byrne-Rothwell Extent: 226pp 314gm 138 x 218mm ISBN: 978-1-904817-03-1 Price: £15.00 plus postage This volume looks at the mythological origins and rise of the clan O'Byrne, and re-assesses the importance of its best-known figure, Feagh McHugh O'Byrne. Perhaps the major figure in Irish history of his period, the time has come for him to be viewed in the proper context of the national and international scene. The volume finishes with the destruction of the Byrnes' Country in the seventeenth century. ![]()
CONTENTS OF VOLUME I Author's Introduction to Volume One CHAPTER 1: The Burning of Dinn Ríg Dinn Ríg the origin legend the rise of Uí Dúnlainge the two Leinsters CHAPTER 2: Lords of Leinster The Uí Dúnlainge confederacy the Vikings the rise of Brian Boru the rise of Uí Cheinnselaig the Normans CHAPTER 3: Mountain Wolves The end of Uí Fáeláin the O'Byrnes of the mountains the Pale the King of Leinster CHAPTER 4: The Geraldine Expansion Alliances the Kildare overlordship the divided clan gentlemen of England the Mountain Wolves CHAPTER 5: Feagh McHugh O'Byrne The Firebrand of Leinster father and son the alliances of Hugh O'Byrne the battle of Glenmalure waiting for Spain the north-south alliance the revenge of Walter Fitzgerald unkenneling the fox the battle of Avonmore the fall of Ballinacor CHAPTER 6: Dispossession The lawful dispossession the Confederacy the Cromwellian confiscation the Williamite confiscation Genealogical Tables Bibliography Follow link to read Author's Introduction to Volume I ORDER VOLUME 1 HERE [HOME] [PROSPECTUS] [VOLUME I] [VOLUME II] [VOLUME III] [VOLUME IV] [CONTACT]
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