Chapter IX From Brian to Strongbow
Result of Brian Boru’s death—Chaos returns—Struggle for the succession—Roderick O’Connor, last native king of Ireland.
Chapter X The Anglo-Norman Invasion
First group of knightly invaders—Their relationship—Giraldus Cambrensis—Motives for invasion—Papal sanction—Dermot McMurrough—He enlists recruits—Arrival of Robert FitzStephen—Wexford, Ossory, and Kilkenny captured—Arrival of Strongbow—Struggle with Hasculph the Dane and John the Mad—Danes defeated—Dublin besieged—Strongbow defeats Roderick O’Connor, goes to Wexford, and embarks at Waterford—Meets the king—Arrival of Henry II.