Introduction
'Vain imagination': the French dimension to Geraldine intrigue, 1523-1539
Gerald Fitzgerald's sojourn in France, 1540
Irish dimensions to the Anglo-French war, 1543-1546
The French diplomatic mission to Ulster and its aftermath, 1548-1551
French conspiracy at rival courts and Shane O'Neill's triangular intrigue, 1553-1567
French reaction to Catholic Counter-Reformation campaigns in Ireland, 1570-1584
France and the fall-out from the Nine Years' War in Ireland, 1603-1610
Conclusion
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