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Volume 05

Abstracts from Volume 5 of Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an dá chultúr. Volume 5 was published in 1990.

Vol. 5: Gargett, Graham.

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Type: Article

Gargett, Graham. ‘Voltaire and Irish History’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 117-141.

Despite his reputation as “the Enlightenment’s greatest and most universal figure” and as one of the most accomplished historians of the eighteenth century, Voltaire has remained a figure of controversy. While Gargett focuses onVol. 5: Gargett, Graham.

Vol. 5: Davies, Simon.

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Davies, Simon. ‘The Northern Star and the propagation of enlightened ideas.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 143-152.

The first issue of The Northern Star in Belfast on 4 January 1792 effectively launched, “the organ of the founding fathers of the Society of United Irishmen”. This articleVol. 5: Davies, Simon.

Vol. 5: Alsop, J.D.

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Type: Notes

Alsop, J.D. ‘A Whig Attack on A Tale of a Tub, 1711.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 189-191.

This note discusses the publishing of various Whig attacks on Jonathan Swift’s A Tale of a Tub. These, according to Alsop, were politically inspired criticisms “from the WhigVol. 5: Alsop, J.D.