Vol. 6: Watson, Seosamh.

Type: Article

Watson, Seosamh. ‘Filíocht Shéamais Daill Mhic Cuarta – Nótaí Teanga (“Linguistic Notes on Séamas Dall Mac Cuarta’s Poetry”).’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 77-92.

This article, which is in Irish, analyses the rich assonantal rhymes in the published verse of the Co. Meath poet Séamas Mac Cuarta Continue reading Vol. 6: Watson, Seosamh.

Vol. 6: O’Flaherty, Éamon.

Type: Article

O’Flaherty, Éamon. ‘Urban Politics and Municipal Reform in Limerick, 1723-62’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 105-120..

O’Flaherty selects Limerick as a case study for a consideration of the issues involved in the calls for Irish municipal reform in the eighteenth century. He outlines the facts of Continue reading Vol. 6: O’Flaherty, Éamon.

Vol. 6: Ó Muirithe, Diarmaid.

Type: Article

Ó Muirithe, Diarmaid. ‘‘Tho Not In Full Stile Compleat’: Jacobite Songs From Gaelic Manuscript Sources’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), 93-103..

This article reprints eleven Jacobite songs in English as examples of “linguistically typical” verses of the eighteenth-century. According to Ó Muirithe, these songs are “tentative literary Continue reading Vol. 6: Ó Muirithe, Diarmaid.

Vol. 6: Kinane, Vincent.

Type: Notes

Kinane, Vincent. ‘Les liaisons dangereuses: an unrecorded Dublin edition of 1784 and its counterfeit ‘Geneva’ issue.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 159-160.

A brief discussion of a 1784 Dublin printing of Les liaisons dangereuses (1782) by Pierre Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, issued by Luke White, which has Continue reading Vol. 6: Kinane, Vincent.

Vol. 6: Kelly, James.

Type: Article

Kelly, James. ‘Jonathan Swift and the Irish Economy in the 1720’s’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 7-36..

This article examines Jonathan Swift’s pamphleteering career of the 1720’s which ultimately, “broadened the focus of Irish economic thinking…and stimulated greater interest in and enthusiasm for schemes that encouraged indigenous Continue reading Vol. 6: Kelly, James.

Vol. 6: Geoghegan, Vincent.

Type: Article

Geoghegan, Vincent. ‘A Jacobite History: The Abbé MacGeoghegan’s History of Ireland’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp37-55.

This article examines the political theories behind Abbé James MacGeoghegan’s History of Ireland and looks at possible sources to shed light on his political thinking. MacGeoghegan’s beliefs in divine right, indefeasible Continue reading Vol. 6: Geoghegan, Vincent.

Vol. 6: Fagan, Patrick.

Type: Article

Fagan, Patrick. ‘The Population of Dublin in the eighteenth century with particular reference to the proportions of protestants and catholics.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 121-56..

This article examines transformation in the population of Dublin in the eighteenth-century from a mainly protestant city at the beginning of Continue reading Vol. 6: Fagan, Patrick.

Vol. 6: Bartlett, Thomas.

Type: Article

Bartlett, Thomas. ‘Religious rivalries in France and Ireland in the age of the French Revolution.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 57-76..

This article compares and contrasts domestic religious feuding in Ireland and France during the 1790’s. Bartlett examines the religious history of France and the counter-revolution in Continue reading Vol. 6: Bartlett, Thomas.