CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION BY J. E. REDMOND, M.P. vii
PRELIMINARY. xi

CHAP.
I. AN EXERCISE IN HUMILITY. 1
II. HISTORY _(a) Coloured_. 17
III. HISTORY _(b) Plain_. 31
IV. THE OBVIOUSNESS OF HOME RULE. 47
V. THE RAVAGES OF UNIONISM (1). 65
VI. THE RAVAGES OF UNIONISM (2). 80
VII. THE HALLUCINATION OF "ULSTER". 98
VIII. THE MECHANICS OF HOME RULE. 120
IX. AFTER HOME RULE. 144
X. AN EPILOGUE ON "LOYALTY". 161




INTRODUCTION


The object of Mr Kettle, in writing this book, is, I take it, to reveal
to English readers what he not inaptly terms as "The Open Secret of
Ireland," in order to bring about a better understanding between the two