Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquest

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Gill & Macmillan, 1994 - Ireland - 390 pages
In 1500, most of Ireland lay outside the ambit of English royal power. Only a small area around Dublin was directly administered by the crown. The rest of the island was run in more or less autonomous fashion by Anglo-Norman magnates or Gaelic chieftains.

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Town and County in the English Part of Ireland c 1500
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Society and Culture in Gaelic Ireland
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The Kildares and their Critics 150020
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