Type: Article
Sherry, T.F. ‘The Present Horrid Conspiracy: Dublin Press Coverage of Two Political Trials in the Early 1720s.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 143-157.
This article examines how the Dublin newspapers reported two political trials in London in the early 1720s, the treason trial of Christopher Layer and Continue reading Vol. 4: Sherry, T.F.
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McCormack, W. J. ‘Eighteenth-Century Ascendancy: Yeats and the Historians’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 159-181.
This article looks at present and historical usages of the terms Anglo-Irish and Protestant ascendancy, attempting to determine their first appearance in the English language. According to McCormack, this poses a Continue reading Vol. 4: McCormack, W. J.
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Hick, Vivien. ‘The Palatine Settlement in Ireland: The Early Years’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 113-131.
In April 1708, forty-one Lutherans and Calvinists, led by Lutheran Minister Joshua de Kocherthal, arrived in London from the Rhinepfaltz, seeking refuge from the ravages of the French invasion in the Continue reading Vol. 4: Hick, Vivien.
Type: Article
Fagan, Patrick. ‘The Dublin Catholic mob (1700-1750)’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 133-142.
This article discusses the frequent riots on Dublins city streets in the first three decades of the eighteenth-century. According to Fagan, these incidents went virtually undocumented by the major Irish newspapers, which had Continue reading Vol. 4: Fagan, Patrick.
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Kelly, James. ‘The Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786: The Irish Dimension’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 93-111.
This article discusses the constitutional, political and commercial significance of the 1786 Anglo-French treaty in Ireland. Kelly analyses the correspondence between Dublin and London during treaty negotiations and examines Continue reading Vol. 4: Kelly, James.
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Hayton, David ‘Two Ballads on the County Westmeath By-Election of 1723’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 7-30.
This article discusses the dispute over the 1723 by-election for County Westmeath, in which two rivals in the Irish Parliament, Speaker William Conolly and Lord Chancellor Midleton, patronized opposing candidates. Continue reading Vol. 4: Hayton, David
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Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon ‘Eachtra an Amadáin Mhóir (The Story of the Great Fool)’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 75-81.
This article, which is in Irish, gives an account of one of the most famous stories in the Irish tradition, The Story of the Great Fool. Continue reading Vol. 4: Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon
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Barnett, Louise K. ‘Swift and Religion: Notes Towards a Psychoanalytic Interpretation’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 31-40.
The charge that he was not entirely religious followed Swift throughout his lifetime, and persists to the present. According to Barnett, Being a priest was Swifts job, not his chief Continue reading Vol. 4: Barnett, Louise K.
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White, Harry. ‘Carolan and the Dislocation of Music in Ireland’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 55-64.
This article discusses the achievements of Irish composer and poet, Turlough Carolan (1670-1738) and the polarized perceptions of the native music tradition. For those few who wrote about music in Ireland Continue reading Vol. 4: White, Harry.
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Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa. ‘Irish Scholars and Scribes in Eighteenth-century Dublin’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 41-54.
In 1728, Irish scribe and poet Tadhg Ó Neachtain wrote a versified list of various Irish scholars and scribes of his acquaintance in Dublin. This article discusses the careers of Continue reading Vol. 4: Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa.
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Mokyr, Joel and Cormac Ó Gráda. ‘The Height of Irishmen and Englishmen in the 1770s: Some Evidence from the East India Company Army Records’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 83-92.
This article compares the heights of 1,000 Irish and English men recruited for service in India by Continue reading Vol. 4: Mokyr, Joel and Cormac Ó Gráda.
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Lyons, J.B. ‘Sylvester OHalloran, 1728-1807’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 4 (1989), pp 65-74.
Sylvester OHalloran was a surgeon, antiquarian and prolific letter writer, whose publications contributed to the medical advancement of Ireland in the eighteenth-century. He was one of the few who managed to turn the prohibition on Continue reading Vol. 4: Lyons, J.B.
