A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2

· 1868

BOOK VIII. (Continued from Volume I) CHAPTER IV.—Sir Henry Sidney's Deputyship—Parliament of 1569—The Second "Geraldine League"—Sir James Fitzmaurice CHAPTER V.—The "Undertakers" in Ulster and Leinster—Defeat and Death of Sir James Fitzmaurice CHAPTER VI.—Sequel of the Second Geraldine League—Plantation of Munster—Early Career of Hugh O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone—Parliament of 1585 CHAPTER VII.—Battle of Glenmalure—Sir John Perrott's Administration—The Spanish Armada—Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam—Escape of Hugh Roe O'Donnell from Dublin Castle—The Ulster Confederacy formed CHAPTER VIII.—The Ulster Confederacy—Feagh Mac Hugh O'Byrne—Campaign of 1595—Negotiations, English and Spanish—Battle of the Yellow …

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