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Vol. 2: McCormack, W. J.

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Type: Article McCormack, W. J. ‘Vision and Revision in the Study of Eighteenth-Century Irish Parliamentary Rhetoric’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987) . This essay is a critical assessment of two articles published… Vol. 2: McCormack, W. J.

Vol. 2: McLoughlin, T.O.

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McLoughlin, T.O. ‘The Context of Edmund Burke’s The Reformer’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 37-55.

This essay deals with the successes and failures of one of Edmund Burke’s earliest publications, The Reformer, a weekly paper edited and for the most part written by Burke when he wasVol. 2: McLoughlin, T.O.

Vol. 2: Breatnach, Pádraig A.

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Breatnach, Pádraig A. ‘Oral and Written Transmission of Poetry in the Eighteenth Century’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 57-65.

This article discusses Seanachas Phádraig Í Chrualaoi (1982), a collection of oral and written poetry in Irish tradition dating back to the close of the seventeenth century. Vol. 2: Breatnach, Pádraig A.

Vol. 2: Ó Catháin, Diarmaid.

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Type: Article Ó Catháin, Diarmaid. ‘Dermot O’Connor, Translator of Keating’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 67-87. Geoffrey Keating’s Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn (1633), a compilation of Irish seanchas (lore) and Gaelic… Vol. 2: Ó Catháin, Diarmaid.

Vol. 2: Stewart, M.A.

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Stewart, M.A. ‘John Smith and the Molesworth Circle’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 89-102.

This article explores the 1722 controversy surrounding the Dublin printing of A Short Account of the Late Treatment of the Students of the University of G—w, which described a confrontation between rebel studentsVol. 2: Stewart, M.A.

Vol. 2: McMinn, Joseph.

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McMinn, Joseph. ‘A Weary Patriot: Swift and the Formation of an Anglo-Irish Identity’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 103-113.

This article discusses the literary career of Jonathan Swift from 1720-1730 and his role as an Irish pamphleteer, which would “define and dramatize the constitutional identity of ‘theVol. 2: McMinn, Joseph.

Vol. 2: Fitzgerald, Desmond.

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Fitzgerald, Desmond. ‘Early Irish Trade-Cards and Other Eighteenth-Century Ephemera’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 115-132.

This essay by Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, explores the importance of Irish trade-cards, labels, bill-heads and other trade ephemera and shows their ability to “evoke vividly the daily lives of theVol. 2: Fitzgerald, Desmond.

Vol. 2: Greene, John.

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Greene, John. ‘The Repertory of The Dublin Theatres, 1720-1745’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 133-148.

In 1938, theatre historian La Tourette Stockwell wrote of eighteenth-century Dublin that the policy of Dublin theatre managers was to ‘copy’ London stage productions and that the taste of Dublin audiences wasVol. 2: Greene, John.

Vol. 2: Mahony, Robert.

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Mahony, Robert. ‘The Pamphlet Campaign against Henry Grattan in 1797-99’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 149-166.

This article discusses the anti-Grattan pamphlet campaign following Grattan’s withdrawal from the Irish House of Commons in May 1797, and his subsequent Address to the Citizens of Dublin. Grattan’s apparent ‘desertion’Vol. 2: Mahony, Robert.

Vol. 2: Passman, Dirk F.

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Passman, Dirk F. ‘‘Many Diverting Books of History and Travels’ and A Modest Proposal.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 167-176.

Considers eighteenth-century travel and historical literature containing reports of infanticide and cannibalism as possible sources for Swift’s A Modest Proposal. Discusses those works either read by orVol. 2: Passman, Dirk F.