Chapter III

Aran, 14th-18th centuries--A.D. 1308. O'Brien, lord of the
isles--In consideration of twelve tuns of wine annually
engages to protect the trade of Galway--A.D. 1334.
Aran plundered by Darcy--A.D. 1400. Henry IV. gives
license to certain persons to attack rebels in Aran--A.D.
1485. Franciscan monastery built--A.D. 1537. Suppression
of religious houses--A.D. 1560. Shipwreck of
Teige O'Brien, lord of the isles--A.D. 1570. Mortgage
of the islands--A.D. 1579. Mayor of Galway appointed
admiral of Galway bay, including Aran--1586. O'Brien
expulsed from Aran by the O'Flaherties--1587. Queen
Elizabeth grants islands to Sir John Rawson--1588.
Corporation of Galway petition in favour of O'Briens--Annals,
1618, 1641, 1645, 1651--Surrender of the islands
to the Commander-in-Chief of the Parliamentary forces--Annals,
1653, 1670, 1687, 1691, 1700, 1746, case of
_Mayor of Galway_ v. _Digby_--1754, 1786. Earldom of
Aran--1857 31

CHAPTER IV.

Noble character of Aranite peasantry--Letters, 1841, by
Dr. Petrie; 1852, by Sir Francis Head, K.C.B.; 1875,
by Frank Thorpe Porter, Esq., B.L.; 1886, by Mr. R.
F. Mullery, clerk of Galway Union; by Philip Lyster,
Esq., R.M., B.L.--Rev. Fathers O'Donohoe, P.P., and
Waters, C.C.--_Sta viator_--Isle of O'Brazil--Gerald
Griffin's poem on 52

CHAPTER V.

Healthful islands--Old age in--Land Commission in Aran--Aran
fisheries--Letters, 1886, from Sir Thomas F.
Brady, fishery commissioner, on; from C.T. Redington,
J.P., D.L., on public works in islands; from Rev.
William Killride, on employment and on timber--"Many
places in the islands covered with trees" fifty
years ago--Poverty of fishermen--Baltimore fisheries--Baroness
Burdett-Coutts--Irish Reproductive Loan
Fund--Bounties given by Irish Parliament, in 1787, to
encourage deep sea fisheries--Trawling 65

CHAPTER VI.

Re-afforesting Aran--Dr. Lyons--Dermot O'Conor Donelan,
J.P.--Forest industries in Germany--Supports
300,000 families--Paper from young timber, etc. 82

CHAPTER VII.

Superstitions of the grove--Concerning the oak--The ash--The
mountain ash--The aspen--The pine--The
holly--The ivy--The hawthorn--The blackthorn--The
rose--The fern--The fairy flax--The hazel 88

APPENDIX A.

Conversant with the O'Briens--Bryan Boroimhe--His
descendants Kings of Thomond--and their descendants
Lords of Inchiquin, junior branch of Kings of
Thomond--Marshal MacMahon--Also junior branch,
O'Briens of Ballynalacken 105

APPENDIX B.

Statistics of Aran 110

THE SOUTH ISLES OF ARAN.