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Volume 09

Abstracts from Volume 9 of Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an dá chultúr. Volume 9 was published in 1994.

Vol. 9: Ross, Bianca.

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Ross, Bianca. ‘Of Prejudice and Predilection: Lady Morgan and her ‘Annals of St. Grellan’’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 99-113..

This article discusses the problems associated with Lady Morgan’s use of Irish history in The O’Briens and the O’Flahertys: A National Tale (1827). OfVol. 9: Ross, Bianca.

Vol. 9: Silke, John J.

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Silke, John J. ‘Bishop Coyle’s Pious Miscellany’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 114-128..

Irish catholics writing in the eighteenth century believed there was a ‘common cause’ between catholicism and the Irish language. The fact that Anthony Coyle, bishop of Raphoe wrote his Collectanea sacra: orVol. 9: Silke, John J.

Vol. 9: Lurbe, Pierre.

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Lurbe, Pierre. ‘Epsom as emblem: John Toland’s Description of Epsom.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 9 (1994), Pp 129-136..

This article discusses The Description of Epsom (1711) by John Toland, a far lesser known work than his ‘scandalous’ Christianity not Mysterious (1696), and a surprising departure from his usualVol. 9: Lurbe, Pierre.

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.