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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