Introduction: Prehistoric and Early Ireland, T. M. Charles-Edwards
1. The Geographical Element in Irish History, J. H. Andrews
2. The Physical Environment, J. P. Haughton
3. Ireland before 3000 B.C., M. J. O'Kelly
4. Neolithic Ireland, M. J. O'Kelly
5. Bronze-Age Ireland, M. J. O'Kelly
6. Iron-Age Ireland, Barry Raftery
7. Ireland, 400-800, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
8. The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, c.400-1169: Settlement and Economy, Nancy Edwards
9. Early Irish Hermitages, Pilgrimage Sites, and their Ecclesiastical Buildings and Movements, Michael Herity
10. The Church in Irish Society, 400-800, Kathleen Hughes
11. Early Irish Law, T. M. Charles-Edwards
12. Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169, Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
13. 'What Was Best of Every Language': The Early History of the Irish Language, Paul Russell
14. Language and Literature to 1169, James Carney
15. Manuscripts and Palaeography, William O'Sullivan
16. Ireland c.800: Aspects of Society, Donnchadh Ó Corráin
17. The Viking Age, F. J. Byrne
18. The Irish Church, 800-c.1050, Kathleen Hughes
19. Church and Politics, c.750-c.1100, F. J. Byrne
20. Visual Arts and Society, Hilary Richardson
21. Ecclesiastical Architecture Before 1169, Roger Stalley
22. Music in Prehistoric and Medieval Ireland, Ann Buckley
23. The Archaeology of Ireland's Viking-Age Towns, Patrick F. Wallace
24. Coins and Coinage in Pre-Norman Ireland, Michael Kenny
25. Ireland Before the Battle of Clontarf, F. J. Byrne
26. Ireland and her Neighbours, c.1014-c.1072, F. J. Byrne
27. High-Kings with Opposition, 1072-1166, Marie Therese Flanagan
28. Latin Learning and Literature in Ireland, 1169-1500, A. B. Scott
Bibliography, F. J. Byrne, Peter Harbison, and Dáibhí Ó Cróinín
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