Excerpt from Ireland Under the Normans, Vol. 2: 1169-1216 One adventurous spirit showed his discontent With Fitz Audelin's policy by organizing and carrying out a raid on his own account, which would seem to have been the act Of a madman had it not been successful, and which resulted in subjecting a large portion Of another pro vince to English domination. This was John de Courcy, whose story IS like a wild romance, and would hardly be believed were it not for many solid and enduring facts which testify to its essential truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.