Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword XIII
3. Contents XV
4. Illustrations XVII
5. I Tudor Ireland 1
6. II Sir Henry Sidney and Shane O'neill of Tyrone 1558–1567 14
7. III The Desmond Rebellion First Stage 1567–1573 18
8. IV The First Earl of Essex in Ulster 1573–1576 28
9. V The Desmond Rebellion Second Stage 1575–1583 35
10. VI The Munster Plantation 1586–1599 49
11. VII The Second Earl of Essex and Hugh Roe O'Neill of Tyrone 1594–1599 62
12. VIII Consolidation of English Power by Mountjoy and Chichester 1599–1608 74
13. Appendix Ι Greene's Ghost in Ireland 86
14. Appendix ΙI. A Tudor Informer at Work 92
15. Appendix ΙII. Anothomy of Irelande 100
16. Bibliography 104
17. Index 109
18. Map 114