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Vol. 4: Sherry, T.F.

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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 andVol. 4: Sherry, T.F.

Vol. 4: McCormack, W. J.

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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 aVol. 4: McCormack, W. J.

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

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

Vol. 9: Kelly, James.

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Kelly, James. ‘The Abduction of Women of Fortune in Eighteenth-Century Ireland’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 7-43..

The abduction of women of fortune, which took place at least intermittently between the fifth and the nineteenth centuries in Ireland, was particularly prevalent in the eighteenth century. StiffVol. 9: Kelly, James.

Vol. 9: Lowe, N. F.

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Lowe, N. F. ‘Mary Wollstonecraft and the Kingsborough Scandal’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 44-56..

In October 1797, the family of one of Ireland’s wealthiest peers, the Earl of Kingston, was involved in a scandal alleging adultery, incest and murder. A few weeks prior toVol. 9: Lowe, N. F.

Vol. 9: Mac Craith, Mícheál.

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Mac Craith, Mícheál. ‘Filíocht Sheacaibíteach na Gaeilge: ionar gan uaim?’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), pp 57-74..

[Summary of an article in Irish] Jacobite poetry in the Irish language has for too long only been considered within the terms of reference of Gaelic literature. ToVol. 9: Mac Craith, Mícheál.

Vol. 9: Murphy, Seán.

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Murphy, Seán. ‘Irish Jacobitism and Freemasonry’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 75-82..

Only recently have historians recognized the subject of Jacobitism in Ireland, and the history of Freemasonry has been even more overlooked. Formerly believed to have originated in England, Irish Freemasonry has been shownVol. 9: Murphy, Seán.

Vol. 9: Kennedy, Máire.

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Kennedy, Máire. ‘The Distribution of a Locally-Produced French Periodical in Provincial Ireland: The Magazin à La Mode, 1777-1778’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 83-98..

By the eighteenth-century, the Irish booktrade was firmly established with a complex system of distribution channels and trading networks, linking Dublin booksellersVol. 9: Kennedy, Máire.

Vol. 1: Craven, Kenneth.

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Type: Article Craven, Kenneth. ‘A Tale of a Tub and the 1697 Dublin Controversy’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 97-110. This article considers the intellectual atmosphere of late seventeenth-century Ireland as… Vol. 1: Craven, Kenneth.