Abstracts from Volume 2 of Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an dá chultúr. Volume 2 was published in 1987.
Type: Article
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.
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.
Type: Article
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.
Type: Article
McLoughlin, T.O. ‘The Context of Edmund Burkes 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 Burkes earliest publications, The Reformer, a weekly paper edited and for the most part written by Burke when he wasVol. 2: McLoughlin, T.O.
Type: Notes
Williams, N. J. A. ‘A Note on John KEoghs Herbal’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 198-202.
This article examines the problem of identifying plants of Ireland as listed in John Keoghs Botanologia Universalis Hibernica (1735), a book written not in traditional Irish, but in Manx, or inVol. 2: Williams, N. J. A.
Type: Notes
Ward, Robert E. ‘A Letter from Ireland: A Little-Known Attack on David Humes History of England’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 196-197.
This article discusses a letter written in 1762 by Charles OConor of Belanagare, historian and catholic activist, complaining about David Humes History of England. Vol. 2: Ward, Robert E.
Type: Notes
McParland, Edward. ‘A Note on George II and St. Stephens Green.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 2 (1987), pp 187-195.
In 1758, the equestrian statue of George II was unveiled in the centre of St. Stephens Green. This article discusses the aesthetics, modelling, and erection of the statue andVol. 2: McParland, Edward.