Introduction : Ireland on the edge
Part I. The sixteenth century. New faith, new kingdom
Tyrone's rebellion : the Nine Years War
Where historians disagree
Part II. The seventeenth century. Plantation
The wars of the three kingdoms
The Cromwellian conquest and the restoration
Where historians disagree
Part III. The eighteenth century. Ascendancy
The French disease and the Union
Where historians disagree
Part IV. The nineteenth century. The age of O'Connell
Where historians disagree
Part V. The twentieth century. Revolution
Between Boston and Berlin
Where historians disagree : an epilogue.
