This etext was produced by Gardner Buchanan with help from Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics by Thomas D'Arcy McGee In Two Volumes Volume II CONTENTS—VOL. II BOOK VIII. (Continued from Volume I) CHAPTER IV.—Sir Henry Sidney's Deputyship—Parliament of 1569—The Second "Geraldine League"—Sir James Fitzmaurice CHAPTER V.—The "Undertakers" in Ulster and Leinster—Defeat and Death of Sir James Fitzmaurice CHAPTER VI.—Sequel of the Second Geraldine League—Plantation of Munster—Early Career of Hugh O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone—Parliament of 1585 CHAPTER VII.—Battle of Glenmalure—Sir John Perrott's Administration—The Spanish Armada—Lord Deputy Fitzwilliam—Escape of Hugh Roe O'Donnell from Dublin Castle—The Ulster Confederacy formed CHAPTER VIII.—The Ulster Confederacy—Feagh Mac Hugh O'Byrne—Campaign of 1595—Negotiations, English and Spanish—Battle of the Yellow Ford—Its Consequences CHAPTER IX.—Essex's Campaign of 1599—Battle of the Curlieu Mountains—O'Neil's Negotiations with Spain—Mountjoy Lord Deputy CHAPTER X.—Mountjoy's Administration—Operations in Ulster and Munster—Carew's "Wit and Cunning"—Landing of Spaniards in the South—Battle of Kinsale—Death of O'Donnell in Spain CHAPTER XI.—The Conquest of Munster—Death of Elizabeth, and Submission of O'Neil—"The Articles of Mellifont" CHAPTER XII.—State of Religion and Learning during the Reign of Elizabeth BOOK IX. CHAPTER I.—James I.—Flight of the Earls—Confiscation of Ulster—Penal Laws—Parliamentary Opposition CHAPTER II.—Last years of James—Confiscation of the Midland Counties—Accession of Charles I.—Grievances and "Graces"—Administration of Lord Strafford CHAPTER III.—Lord Stafford's Impeachment and Execution—Parliament of 1639-'41—The Insurrection of 1641—The Irish Abroad CHAPTER IV.—The Insurrection of 1641 CHAPTER V.—The Catholic Confederation—Its Civil Government and Military Establishment CHAPTER VI.—The Confederate War—Campaign of 1643—The Cessation CHAPTER VII.—The Cessation and its Consequences CHAPTER VIII.—Glamorgan's Treaty—The New Nuncio Rinuccini—O'Neil's Position—The Battle of Benburb CHAPTER IX.—From the Battle of Benburb till the Landing of Cromwell at Dublin CHAPTER X.—Cromwell's Campaign—1649-1650 CHAPTER XI.—Close of the Confederate War CHAPTER XII.—Ireland under the Protectorate—Administration of Henry Cromwell—Death of Oliver