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WORKS

BY

P. W. JOYCE, M.A., LL.D., T.C.D.; M.R.I.A.

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE

ANCIENT LAWS OF IRELAND;

LATE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES, IRELAND

LATE PRINCIPAL, MARLBOROUGH STREET (GOVERNMENT)

TRAINING COLLEGE, DUBLIN.


Two Splendid Volumes, richly gilt, both cover and top.

With 361 Illustrations. Price £1 1s. net.

A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND,

Treating of the Government, Military System, and Law;

Religion, Learning, and Art; Trades, Industries, and Commerce;

Manners, Customs, and Domestic Life

of the Ancient Irish People.

A Complete Survey of the Social Life and Institutions of Ancient Ireland. All the important Statements are proved home by references to authorities and by quotations from ancient documents.

Part I.—Government, Military System, and Law.—Chapter I. Laying the Foundation—II. A Preliminary Bird's-eye View—III. Monarchical Government—IV. Warfare—V. Structure of Society—VI. The Brehon Laws—VII. The Laws relating to Land—VIII. The Administration of Justice.

Part II.—Religion, Learning, and Art.—Chapter IX. Paganism—X. Christianity—XI. Learning and Education—XII. Irish Language and Literature—XIII. Ecclesiastical and Religious Writings—XIV. Annals, Histories, and Genealogies—XV. Historical and Romantic Tales—XVI. Art—XVII. Music—XVIII. Medicine and Medical Doctors.

Part III.—Social and Domestic Life.—Chapter XIX. The Family—XX. The House—XXI. Food, Fuel, and Light—XXII. Dress and Personal Adornment—XXIII. Agriculture and Pasturage—XXIV. Workers in Wood, Metal, and Stone—XXV. Corn Mills—XXVI. Trades and Industries connected with Clothing—XXVII. Measures, Weights, and Mediums of Exchange—XXVIII. Locomotion and Commerce—XXIX. Public Assemblies, Sports, and Pastimes—XXX. Various Social Customs and Observances—XXXI. Death and Burial. List of Authorities consulted and quoted or referred to throughout this Work. Index to the two volumes.


Second Edition. One Vol., Cloth gilt. 598 pages, 213 Illustrations.

Price 3s. 6d. net.

A SMALLER SOCIAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT IRELAND.

Traverses the same ground, Chapter by Chapter, as the larger work above; but most of the quotations and nearly all the references to authorities are omitted in this book.


Second Edition. Cloth gilt. 188 pages. Price 1s. 6d. net.

THE STORY OF ANCIENT IRISH CIVILISATION.