Beginnings to the end of pagan Ireland (prehistory-431)
Christianity arrives and thrives (431-795)
From Viking invasions to royal confrontations (795-1169)
From the Norman invasion to the Anglo-Irish administration (1169-1534)
The planting of Protestant power (1534-1691)
Ascendancy Ireland (1691-1800)
From the Act of Union to the great famine (1800-1849)
The drive for independence (1849-1922)
Making modern Ireland (1922-1969)
Two Irish visions in collision (1969-2000)
Ireland in the twenty-first century : the pain-filled past recedes at last?