Volume 1: Part I. Ireland Before the Eighteenth Century: 1. The land war; 2. Religious grievances; 3. Rebellion of 1641; 4. The revolution; Part II. 1700–1760: 1. Laws against Catholics in Ireland; 2. Commercial legislation; 3. Emigration of the more energetic Irishmen; 4. Religious legislation; 5. Social and political effects of the confiscations; 6. Better aspects of Irish life; 7. Description of the country; 8. Irish crime; 9. Conflict between the Anglicans and Dissenters; 10. Conflict between the English and Irish interests. Volume 2: Part III. 1760–1778: 1. The Whiteboys; 2. Viceroyalty of Townshend; 3. Viceroyalty of Harcourt; 4. Viceroyalty of Buckinghamshire; 5. The Catholic question; Part IV. 1778–1782: 1. Viceroyalty of Carlisle; 2. Viceroyalty of Portland; Part V. 1782–1789: 1. Viceroyalty of Temple; 2. Viceroyalty of Northington; 3. Viceroyalty of the Duke of Rutland; 4. Viceroyalty of the Marquis of Buckingham; 5. Condition of the country. Volume 3: Part VI. 1790–1793: 1. Viceroyalty of the Earl of Westmorland; 2. Session of 1793; Part VII. Contrast Between the Sentiments of Parliament and of the Country in 1793: 1. Defenderism; 2. The Fitzwilliam episode; Part VIII. Camden Arrives March 31, 1795: 1. Maynooth; 2. Agrarian system of Ireland; 3. Rise of Orangism; 4. Parliamentary proceedings, Spring of 1796; 5. Parliamentary proceedings, Oct. and Nov. 1796; 6. Influence of foreign affairs on Ireland. Volume 4: Part IX. Superficial Character of Much Irish Disloyalty: 1. Disturbances in the North; 2. The disarming; 3. Influences that acted on the Catholic masses; 4. Negotiations at Lille; 5. Disaffection in the fleet; Part X. The Rebellion: 1. First stage of the Rebellion; 2. Wexford Rebellion; 3. State of Ulster; 4. Wexford. Volume 5: Part XI. State of the Rebellion when Cornwallis Arrived: 1. Expedition to Killala Bay; Part XII. The Union; Section 1: 1. The Union during the Commonwealth; 2. The session of 1799; Part XIII. The Union; Section 2: 1. Means by which the majority was secured; 2. Opinion outside Parliament; 3. The Irish Parliament, 1800; 4. Evils to be remedied largely non-political; 5. The Catholic question; Index.
