ABSTRACT

The first collection of readings designed to supplement Irish History courses, this book includes 42 religious documents, historical statutes, acts of Parliament, speeches, proclamations, poems, and other selections fundamental to understanding Ireland's rich history.

chapter |3 pages

St. Patrick: Confessio

chapter |2 pages

Pangur Ban

chapter |3 pages

Treaty of Windsor, 1175

chapter |4 pages

Statutes of Kilkenny, 1366

chapter |1 pages

Poynings' Law (1494)

chapter |2 pages

Act of Uniformity, 1560

chapter |3 pages

Tyrone's Demands (1599)

chapter |4 pages

Plantation of Ulster, 1610

chapter |6 pages

Penal Law, 1703

chapter |2 pages

Irish Parliament Act, 1719

chapter |3 pages

The United Irishmen (1791)

chapter |3 pages

Act of Union, 1800

chapter |1 pages

Fenian Oath (1859)

chapter |7 pages

The Agreement (1998)