Vol. 8: Geoghegan, Vincent and Yves Le Juen.

Type: Article

Geoghegan, Vincent and Yves Le Juen. ‘An Early Work by James MacGeoghegan: Oeuvres mêlées en Latin, Anglois et François sur divers sujets en prose et vers.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 59-72..

This article discusses a little-known text by James MacGeoghegan, author of the famous History of Continue reading Vol. 8: Geoghegan, Vincent and Yves Le Juen.

Vol. 8: O’Brien, Gerard.

Type: Article

O’Brien, Gerard. ‘The Unimportance of Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century Britain and Ireland.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 115-127..

This article assesses the extent to which the ‘insiders’ (i.e., political decision-makers) in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland, were not listening to the ‘outsiders’ (i.e., the general public), and why. Continue reading Vol. 8: O’Brien, Gerard.

Vol. 8: Ó Buachalla, Breandán.

Type: Article

Ó Buachalla, Breandán. ‘Irish Jacobitism in official documents.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 128-138..

The author of this article deplores the lack of interest among historians of eighteenth-century Ireland in Jacobitism and provides a list of documents which he considers should be consulted for any study of Continue reading Vol. 8: Ó Buachalla, Breandán.

Vol. 8: Murphy, Seán.

Type: Article

Murphy, Seán. ‘Charles Lucas, catholicism and nationalism.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 83-102..

This article suggests that historians have overstated Charles Lucas’s anti-catholicism and asserts that his stress on the need for Irish autonomy entitles him to be called a patriot. Murphy considers Lucas’s political career Continue reading Vol. 8: Murphy, Seán.