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Introduction: Prehistoric and Early Ireland; 1. The Geographical Elementin Irish History; 2. The Physical Environment; 3. Ireland before 3000 B.C; 4.Neolithic Ireland; 5. Bronze-Age Ireland; 6. Iron-Age Ireland; 7. Ireland,400-800; 8. The Archaeology of Early Medieval Ireland, c.400-1169: Settlementand Economy; 9. Early Irish Hermitages, Pilgrimage Sites, and theirEcclesiastical Buildings and Movements; 10. The Church in Irish Society,400-800; 11. Early Irish Law; 12. Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169; 13. 'WhatWas Best of Every Language': The Early History of the Irish Language; 14.Language and Literature to 1169; 15. Manuscripts and Palaeography; 16.Ireland c.800: Aspects of Society; 17. The Viking Age; 18. The Irish Church,800-c.1050; 19. Church and Politics, c.750-c.1100; 20. Visual Arts andSociety; 21. Ecclesiastical Architecture Before 1169; 22. Music inPrehistoric and Medieval Ireland; 23. The Archaeology of Ireland's Viking-AgeTowns; 24. Coins and Coinage in Pre-Norman Ireland; 25. Ireland Before theBattle of Clontarf; 26. Ireland and her Neighbours, c.1014-c.1072; 27.High-Kings with Opposition, 1072-1166; 28. Latin Learning and Literature inIreland, 1169-1500; Bibliography; Index