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KD 31674
941.57 +45.
126657
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851
BY CYRUS W. FIELD,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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MAKYARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
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PREFACE, -
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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9
A Glance at Irish History.-Aborigines of the Island.-Phoenician Colonies.-Traces of
an Asiatic Origin.-St. Patrick introduces Christianity.-Invasion of the Danes.-
Henry II. undertakes to subdue Ireland to the Pope,
CHAPTER II.
Why the Irish hate the English.-Ireland a conquered Country.-No Fusion of Races.-
Intermarriages prohibited.-Attempt of Elizabeth_to_exterminate the Natives by
Famine.-Duplicity of the Stuarts.-Cromwell in Ireland.-Massacre of Drogheda,
and Estates confiscated.-English Plantations.-Policy of Charles II. to depress Ire-
land.-Revolution of 1688.-The Irish forced to emigrate.-Scene at the Surrender
of Limerick.-Irish Brigade formed in the European Armies,
CHAPTER III.
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Difference of Religion.-Why the Reformation did not spread in Ireland as it did in
Scotland.-Henry VIII. introduces it as a Matter of Policy.-Sends over Preachers
ignorant and immoral. The Catholics persecuted.-Penal Laws against them.-
Priest-hunting, as among the Scotch Covenanters,
CHAPTER IV.
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The Struggle for Irish Independence begins.-The American War.-Danger of a French
Invasion.-The Irish Volunteers organized.-Demand for Free-trade and an Indepen-
dent Parliament.-Revolution of 1782.-Rejoicings of the People.-Political Abuses
still exist.-Demand for further Reform.-Grattan.-The French Revolution breaks
out,
CHAPTER V.
Curran.-His Boyhood passed among the Peasantry.-Attends their Weddings and
Funerals.-College Life.-Destined for the Church.-Chooses the Law.-Studies to
make himself an Orator-Powers of Conversation.-Playful Fancy.-Wit, Humor,
and Pathos.-Extreme Sensibility.-Sudden Transitions of Feeling.-Constitutional
Melancholy.-Character of his Eloquence.—He defends a Catholic Priest.-The State
Trials.-His Love of Ireland,
CHAPTER VI.
Theobald Wolfe Tone.-Early Life.-Marriage.-Studies Law.-Project of a Military
Expedition to the South Seas.-Settles in Dublin.-Friendship with Emmet and
Russell,
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Excitement caused by the French Revolution.-Tone enters into Politics.-Division of
Parties in Ireland. He endeavors to unite the Dissenters and Catholics.-Founds the
Society of United Irishmen.-Is appointed Secretary to the Catholic Committee.-
His Efforts to obtain Catholic Emancipation.-Opposed by the Protestant Ascend-
ency.-Convention in Dublin.-Petition to George III.,
CHAPTER VIII.
The Irish Volunteers disbanded.-Earl Fitzwilliam Lord Lieutenant.-The United
Irishmen changed to a Secret Society.-Rev. William Jackson arrives as an Emis-
sary from France.-Is arrested.-Anecdote of his Imprisonment.-Trial for Treason,
and Death.-Hamilton Rowan makes his Escape from Newgate.-Fidelity of Irish
Sailors.-Tone flces to America.-Meets old Comrades.-Sails for France,
CHAPTER IX.
Tone in France.-Shiel's Speech.-Acquaintance with James Monroe.-Audience of
Carnot.-Life in Paris.-Plans for invading Ireland.-General Hoche.-Tone's first
Interview.-Council of War with Hoche and Carrot,
CHAPTER X.
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Tone in Hocho's Staff.-Accompanies him to the Army.-Armament preparing at
Brest.-Ruse with a Spy.-Tone enlists Irish Prisoners.-An Emissary sent to Dub-
lin.-The Troops embark.-The Expedition sails.-Reaches Bantry Bay.-Driven off
the Coast by a Gale of Wind, -
CHAPTER XI.
Tone goes with Hoche to the Rhine.-Battle of Neuwied.-Plan of a second Expedition
from Holland.-Dutch Fleet in the Texel.-Admiral Dewinter.-Mutiny at the
Nore.-Battle of Camperdown.-Death of Hoche.-Formation of the Army of Eng-
land.-Napoleon sails for Egypt,
CHAPTER XII.
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The United Irish Society completes its Organization.-Numbers and Wealth involved
in it.-Oaths of Secrecy.-Organized into an Army.-Attempt to suppress it by
Force.-The Triumvirate, Clare, Castlereagh, and Carhampton.-Reign of Terror in
Ireland.-Men tortured to force Confessions.-The State Trials.-The Struggle ap-
proaching.-Military Preparations.-The North impatient to rise.-Fatal Reliance on
France,
CHAPTER XIII.
Lord Edward Fitzgerald.-High Birth.-Serves in the American War under Lord
Rawdon.-Wounded at the Battle of Eutaw Springs.-Travels in Spain.-Rejoins his
Regiment in Canada.-Tour to the Falls of Niagara, the Great Lakes, and the Missis-
sippi.-Returns to England.-Meets Fox and Sheridan in the Society of London.—
Visits Paris during the French Revolution.-Marries a Daughter of Madame de Gen-
lis. Enters Parliament.-Joins the United Irishmen.-Is appointed Commander-in-
Chief.-Talents for War.-Military Tactics,
CHAPTER XIV.
Thomas Addis Emmet.-The Three Brothers.-His Education.-Studies Medicine at
Edinburgh.-Travels on the Continent.-Adopts the Profession of Law.-Commences
Practice in Dublin.-State Trials. He takes the Oath of the United Irishmen in open
Court.-Intimacy with Tone.-Joins the Society.-Is chosen one of the Directors.
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