Hardiman's History of Galway

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Introduction of the Online Edition
  • Foreword to the online edition
  • Biography of James Hardiman (1782 - 1855)
  • Credits

• Chapter 1: Chapter 1
  • The origin and signification of the name of Galway
  • An alphabetical list and concise accound of the ancient families of Galway
  • Description of the old Map of Galway

• Chapter 2: From the earliest accounts to the invasion of Henry II
  • Early History and Antiquities of Ireland disputed
  • Accounts of Ireland by Tacitus and Ptolemy
  • Destruction of the Town by the Danes (9th century)
  • Rebuilt by the Conacians (12th century)

• Chapter 3: From the Anglo-Norman Invasion to the year 1484
  • Arrival of Strongbow and Henry II; Unsuccessful attempt of Roderic O'Conor on Dublin
  • First hostile incursion of the Invaders into Connaught, and their defeat (1178)

• Chapter 4: From 1484 to the commencement of the Irish Rebellion in 1641
  • Wardenship of Galway instituted by the archbishop of Tuam
  • Charter of Richard III
  • Remarkable instance of inflexible justice
  • Passage from Corrib to Lough Atalia; Fortifications built; Great fire in 1500
  • Battle of Knoc-tuadh, 1504
  • Improvements to the city: 1505 - 1519
  • Disputes between Galway and Limerick
  • Prisage of wine claimed; Orders of Henry VIII
  • Lord Deputy of Ireland, Leonard Grey
  • Charter of Henry VIII and Mercantile bye-laws
  • Charters of Edward VI
  • The earl of Sussex arrives in Galway
  • Sir Henry Sidney
  • Mac-an-Earlas, 1572 - 1577
  • Charter of Elizabeth, 1579
  • Sir William Pelham arrives in Galway, 1579
  • Prisage of wines in the town established by the earl of Ormond
  • Spanish armada vessel wrecked in the bay, 1588
  • Sir William Russell, lord deputy, arrives and investigates the state of the town and province, 1595
  • The town beseiged by Hugh Ruadh O'Donnell, 1596
  • Licentiousness of the inhabitants of the country
  • The chief governor, lord Mountjoy, visits the town, 1600
  • Saint Augustine's fort built, 1603
  • Charter of James I
  • Improvements along quays...
  • Viscount Falkland arrives in Galway, 1625
  • Meyrick Square
  • Sir Thomas Wentworth (afterwards earl of Strafford)
  • Concluding observations

• Chapter 5: From 1641 to the restoration of Charles II in 1660
  • Opulence of Galway at the commencement of the Irish Rebellion, 23d October 1641
  • Revolt of the town, and siege of the fort
  • Captain Willoughby bombards the town
  • Lord Forbes arrives with a fleet in the bay
  • The fort besieged, taken and demolished
  • Grateful acknowledgements of Charles II
  • Dreadful plague in the town
  • Marquis of Ormond takes shipping in Galway, and leaves the kingdom
  • The town besieged by the parliamentary forces under Sir Charles Coote
  • Licentiousness of the soldiery
  • Plans of the government relative to Galway
  • Decay of town

• Chapter 6: From 1660 to the surrender of Galway to King William's forces, 1691
  • On the restoration of Charles II many of the new settlers disappear and the old natives and former inhabitants return.
  • New rules established, 1672
  • The corporation land, with the charter and market duties, granted to Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton
  • King grants new charter, 1676
  • Town in decline
  • Accession of James II to the throne
  • Protestant inhabitans removed
  • Battle of Aughrim, 1691
  • Seige of the town
  • Treatment of the Roman Catholics
  • Fortifications built, to secure the conquest of the town and Islands

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