Chapter XXIII The First Plantations
Mary becomes queen—Religious struggle postponed—Fercal Leix and Offaly colonized—Sense of insecurity awakened—No Irish Protestant martyrs—Commission of Dean Cole—Its failure—Death of Mary.
Chapter XXIV Wars Against Shane O’Neill
Elizabeth becomes queen,—Effect of change on Ireland—Shane O’Neill—His description, habits, qualities—His campaign against Sussex—Defeats Sussex—His visit to Court—Returns to Ireland—Supreme in the North—His attack on the Scots—Sir Henry Sidney marches into Ulster—The disaster at Derry—Shane encounters the O’Donnells—Is defeated—Applies to the Scots—Is slain.