Why the Bruces failed 69 Decline of the colony 70 The colonists become _Hibernis ipsis Hiberniores_ 71 Creation of the great earldoms 71 Irish corporate towns 73 Anglo-Norman families 75 Further decline of the colony under Edward III. 76 Dissensions among the colonists 77 CHAPTER VI. FROM THE YEAR 1346 TO THE ACCESSION OF HENRY VII. Lionel, Duke of Clarence 80 The statute of Kilkenny 81 Its effect in dividing the rival races 83 Richard II.'s first visit 85 His second visit 86 His complete failure 87 Henry IV. and V. neglect Ireland 87 Foreign wars fatal to Ireland 89 Richard of York made Lord-Lieutenant 90 A Yorkist party in Ireland 91 The colony reduced to the utmost 93 CHAPTER VII. THE IRISH PARLIAMENT. A close copy 94 Growth of representative institutions 95 The sphere of English law contracted under Edward III. 96 The Parliament of Kilkenny not representative of Ireland 97 The peerage 98 The clergy as an estate 99 The Viceroy 100 CHAPTER VIII. THE REIGN OF HENRY VII.