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The Twilight Lords: An Irish Chronicle

s/t: The fierce, doomed struggle of the last great feudal lords of Ireland against the England of Elizabeth I.

Maps & Genealogies

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Acknowledgments

Preface

The English-Whitehall, 1579

The Irish-Munster, 1565

Lord of the South-Askeaton, 1573

Resolution-Youghal, 1579

Pursuit-Kilmore, 1580

Siege-Smerwick, 1580

Ruin-Slieve Mish, 1583

The Broken Land-Kilcolman, 1588

Lord of the North-Dungannon, 1594

The Passing-Whitehall, 1599

Genealogies

Select Chapter Bibliographies

Index

Audience
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