A Storied History of Ireland Table of Contents

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ClanDonnell: A Storied History of Ireland

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Preface History for the Non-Historian * A Wee Overview

Part One: The Celts and ClanDonnell

Chapter 1 Ireland and the Celts The Year 1626 * Before the Celts * The Celts * The Celts in the British Isles * The Celtic Culture in Ireland * The Four Invasions Chapter 2 The McDonnell Clan of Thomond Brian Boru* The Vikings * Donnell the Shorthand * The Origination of Family Names * Donnell in Gaelic * The First McDonnells * Bards to the O'Brians * Connor's Banishment to Connaught * Picking Kings and Clan Chiefs * The McDonnells of the Dalcais * The Thomond Genealogy Chapter 3 The McDonalds of Scotland The Dal Riata Scots * Clan Donald Genealogy * The McDonald Name * Clans and Lands * Clan Donald of Scotland * Bannockburn * Angus Og and John * From Dohmnaill to Donald and John Chapter 4 The McDonnells of the Glens The McDonnell Clan of Antrim * Mad Richard * Scottish Intrigues * The Fall of Clan Donald of Scotland * The Glens of Antrim * The Redshanks and Gallowglass Chapter 5 The McDonnells of Antrim (Part 1) The English and the Protestants * Alexander McDonnell and Sons * Donald Dubh McDonald * Irish 'Middle' Names * McDonnell Brothers * Colla McDonnell, His Bride, and His Sons Chapter 6 The McDonnells of Antrim (Part 2) The Triangular Prelude to War * The O'Neill War * The McDonnell War with England Chapter 7 The Gallowglass Clan of Ulster The Sons of Alexander McDonald * The McDonnell Clan of Ulster * More on the Ulster Clan * The End of the McDonnell Clan of Ulster Chapter 8 The Gallowglass Clans of Connaught From Lord of the Isles to County Mayo * The McDonnell Clans of Mayo * The Abbot * The Mayo Septs * English Power and Irish Rebellions Chapter 9 Rebellion, Invasion, and Armada The Rebellions in County Mayo * Ballykine * The Burkes, the McDonnells, and Ashford Castle * The Antrim McDonnell's Invasion of Connaught * The Spanish Armada * The Spanish and Connaught * The End of Rebellion Chapter 10 The Gallowglass Clan of the Pale Irish Clan Warfare * In and Around the Pale * The McDonnell Clan of Leinster * The Leinster

Genealogy and Alternatives Chapter 11 Still More McDonnells Clan Kelly of Fermanagh * From Colla to Kelly * DNA Projects and More Weird Science * The McDonnells of Fermanagh * Extinction and Daughtering Out * The Freckled and the Killer Son of a Bishop

Part Two: The End of the Clans

Chapter 12 The End of the Beginning The End of the Clan Era * The Glimmer of Irish Patriotism * Francisco de Cuellar Chapter 13 Antrim McDonnells: The Next Generation The Loss of Dunnyveg * The Children of James and Alice * Colla the Pirate * The Progeny of Sorley Boy Chapter 14 Flying Earls Ineen, Agnes, and Redshanks * The O'Donnells and McDonnells * The Nine or Ten Years War * Kinsale, Spain and Flying Earls * Scorched Earth and Mere Irish * Antrim Earls * The Cost of Jilting a Bride * From James and Randal * The Leinster Clan in Rebellion Chapter 15 Lands and Wars The Wars of the British Isles * The Irish Befuddlement * Confiscations and Plantations * Fermanagh * Munster * The Changing Ulster * Leinster Chapter 16 Falcons, Mayos, and Rebellions The Falcons of County Antrim * The Landed Gentry of Mayo * The Ulster Rebellion * The English Civil War and the Scottish Invasion of Ulster Chapter 17 Mac Colla and Montrose Scotland's Covenant War * The One-Year Campaign * Philliphaugh * The Philliphaugh Camp Followers * Colla and Mac Colla * A Sonnet, a Legend and Many Songs Chapter 18 Confederates, Cromwell, and Confiscations The Confederates War * Cromwell's Invasion * Still More Confiscations Chapter 19 Jacobites and Flying Geese Jacobites and Williamites * The War of Two Kings * King William and Boyne * Athlone and Aughrim * Limerick and Flying Wild Geese * Clan Donald and Glencoe Chapter 20 Wild Geese and Other Exiles The McDonnells and the Wild Geese * The Austrian McDonnells * The American Revolution * The McDonnells of Moye * Daniel, Reynaldo, Enrique, and More * Exiles and Emigrants Chapter 21 Century of No History History, No History, and the What Ifs * The Antrim McDonnells * Alexander and the Goddess of Chess * The McDonnell Clan Remnants * The Mayo McDonnells * The Catholics * The Protestants * Jacksons, Hutchisons, and Boyds * Peerage and Status * 15, 45 and 98 * Landlords and Oligarchy Chapter 22 Independence Flirtation Revolution in Ireland and Abroad * Martial Law * The 98 * Humbert and the Year of the French * James Joseph McDonnell * The Murder of Patrick Randal McDonnell * Union with Great Britain

Chapter 23 Keeping Track of the Irish< Immigration and Emigration * Pender, Petty and Down * Census and Dispersion * Leading into the Hunger

Part Three: Hunger and Diaspora

Chapter 24 Before the Hunger Rural Ireland * The Binghams * The Middle Class * Cottier McDonnell * The Potato * Antrim and Elsewhere Chapter 25 An Gorta Mor The Blight of the Potato * Phytophera Infestans * The Great Hunger * Starvation and the Disease of Famine * Artist Daniel McDonnell Chapter 26 Responding to the Hunger The Workhouse * The Roads to Nowhere * The Bureaucracy of Relief * Doolough Pass * Indian Corn and Soup * Exports and Imports * Charity and Fatigue Chapter 27 Politics, Providence, and Economics Overpopulation of the British Isles * 'Let-'Em-Starve' Economics * The Evicted and the Homeless * The Exterminator * The Politics of Ireland * The Nine Irishmen * Us and Them * The Poor Law and the Bad Laws * Gregory and the Plight of the Landlords Chapter 28 The Diaspora Patrick and Mary McDonnell * Liverpool and Beyond * Transportation, Australia, and the Workhouse Orphans * Highland Clearances * The Dispersed Irish Chapter 29 Oh Canada The Coffin Ships * Coffin Ship Memorials * Grosse Ile * The McDonnells of Grosse Ile * Baby Hugh McDonald * Grosse Ile After Black 47 * British North America * St. Brendan and the Irish-Canadians Chapter 30 The US of A The Journey * The Arrival - Boston * The Arrival - New York * Attitudes and Platitudes * Irish as Americans * The Port of New Orleans * San Patricios

Part Four: Independence and Troubles

Chapter 31 Ireland after the Great Hunger Survival and Rejuvenation, Of Sorts * Big Joe, Mrs. Jones, Sir Anthony, and Bodkin * Land Wars and Land Reform * The Beating of Agnes McDonnell * Belfast and Ulster * Rebellious Inclinations Chapter 32 War of Independence Easter Rebellion * Andrew McDonnell and Boland's Mill * Mick and James McDonnell * Mick McDonnell and the Squad * More Hits * Auxie, Cairo, and Black and Tans * The First Bloody Sunday Chapter 33 The Flying IRA Andy and the South Dublin Brigade * William and Kathleen Keyes McDonnell * The Flying McDonnell Columns * Customs House and India * Ulster and Parliament

Chapter 34 Truce, Treaty, and More War Unionists, Marxists, and Entrepreneurs * The Truce and the Peace * The Peace Treaty * The Free State of Ireland * Andy and the IRA * The Irish Civil War * Vera the Shorthand Chapter 35 Beyond the Irish Free State McCabe and the Murder of the McDonnell Family * Sweepstakes and Old Revolutionary McDonnells * To the Republic and to the Now Chapter 36 Troubles to Good Friday The North * Northern Ireland's Troubles * Another Bloody Sunday * The Provos and the Ulster Paramilitants * Eddie McDonnell and the Bomb Factory * Joe McDonnell and Bobby Sands * Gerry McDonnell and the Great Escape * Peace Walls and Murals * Towards an Easter Peace

Part Five: Dieradh

Chapter 37 Language, Flags, and More The Language of Ireland * The Flags of Ireland * McDonnell Seals, Crests and Coats of Arms Chapter 38 Edward John McDonnell< The Three Edwards * Where Did Edward John Come From? * Edward John McDonnell of Mayo and Kildare * From the Belgae Celts to the Now Chapter 39 Deireadh A Personal Boyd Postscript * Apologies to the English

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