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Type: Notes

Woods, C.J. ‘The authorship of a letter received by Tone in America in 1795’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 192-194.

In 1795 during his exile in America, Wolfe Tone received a series of letters from Ireland that persuaded him to go to France to represent the United Continue reading Vol. 5: Woods, C.J.

Type: Article

Deane, Seamus. ‘Swift and the Anglo-Irish Intellect’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 9-22.

The purpose of this essay is to provide a context for some of Swift’s writings and to ‘demonstrate the advantages to be gained from seeing him as a member of the Anglo-Irish ascendancy of the eighteenth century’. Moral philosophies and contemporary attitudes towards travel literature, as well as economic theories, consumption of popular fashion, Epicureanism, libertinism, benevolence, atheism, despotic power, and ‘national love’ are discussed in relation to Gulliver’s Travels and A Modest Proposal. These themes and their relation to Swift’s writings are further analysed within the context of the writings of Francis Hutcheson, Edmund Burke, the earl of Shaftesbury and John Mandeville. Also discussed are Swift’s A Tale of a Tub and John Toland’s Christianity Not Mysterious. Deane’s wide-ranging essay indicates, in outline, the complexity and importance of the Irish intellectual tradition in the eighteenth century.

Type: Article

Williams, N. J. A. ‘Dermot O’Connor’s Blazons and Irish Heraldic Terminology’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 61-88.

This essay considers one side of the career of Dermot O’Connor, the eighteenth-century translator of Geoffrey Keating’s Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn, and an accomplished heraldic artist in Dublin and London. Continue reading Vol. 5: Williams, N. J. A.

Type: Notes

Benson, C.J. ‘Anatomizing early printed books in Trinity College, Dublin’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 195-198.

Discusses the library’s method of cataloguing texts printed before 1900, and ways of accessing and using the information contained in the catalogues. Also provides a short history of the library’s early printed books cataloguing system.

Type: Article

Watson, Seosamh. ‘Laoi Chab an Dosáin: Background to a late Ossianic Ballad’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 37-44.

This article discusses fourteen manuscript versions of Laoi Chab an Dosáin, “perhaps the most obscene literary piece in pre-modern Irish literature”. Included is a summary of the plot Continue reading Vol. 5: Watson, Seosamh.

Type: Article

Robinson, Nicholas. ‘Caricature and the Regency Crisis: an Irish perspective’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 157-176.

This article discusses how caricaturists portrayed the two most important Irishmen in the Westminster parliament, Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Edmund Burke, during the Regency Crisis of 1788-89. Robinson gives evidence of the immense popularity of caricatures in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century in Ireland and England, and suggests that caricatures are an important source of information for Irish history that are often neglected and overlooked by historians. He details the mental illness of King George III, the events that led up to the Regency Crisis of 1788, the ‘propaganda battle’ which ensued between the Tories and Whigs, and the ‘swift and scurrilous’ reaction of the caricaturists, particularly in their portrayal of the battle between Sheridan and Burke. Included are eight plates of caricatures of the Regency Crisis; Robinson summarizes and analyses each, noting the prejudice in the caricaturists’ depiction of ‘Irishness’. Also included are two appendices: A note on the Dublin print trade, and The caricaturists, containing biographical information on the artists noted in the text.

Type: Notes

Woods, C. J. ‘An unnoticed pamphlet by Charles O’Conor at Belanagare: A vindication of the political principles of Roman Catholics (1761).’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 7 (1992), pp147-148..

This is a corrected version of the note published, inadvertently, in an uncorrected form in Eighteenth Century Ireland volume 6 (1991), Continue reading Vol. 7: Woods, C. J.

Type: Article

Turpin, John. ‘French Influence on Eighteenth-Century Art Education in Dublin’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 105-116.

This article discusses drawing schools in Ireland and their development as a direct result of “the political, social and economic circumstances of Georgian Ireland, together with the influence of the French Continue reading Vol. 5: Turpin, John.

Type: Article

O’Brien, Gerard. ‘The Grattan Mystique’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 177-194.

This article investigates the longstanding mystique surrounding the ‘patriot tradition’ of Henry Grattan. O’Brien challenges the view that ‘Grattan almost single-handedly won the free trade dispute and secured the leadership of the patriots’. O’Brien discusses the ‘hagiographical’ five-volume Memoirs of the Life and Times of Henry Grattan (1839-43) written by Henry Grattan Jr. which, due to the destruction of the personal papers of those Grattan corresponded with, became the chief source for biographers. O’Brien suggests that all Grattan’s subsequent biographers have contributed to the maintenance of the mystique with their ‘unimaginative and uncritical’ treatment of the politician. He questions the authenticity of Grattan’s 16 April 1782 speech, later published by Grattan Jr. in 1822, in which Grattan is said to have made the famous pronouncement: ‘Spirit of Swift, spirit of Molyneux, your genius has prevailed; Ireland is now a nation’. O’Brien provides evidence to suggest that Grattan rewrote the famous speech which for all historians has been the touchstone of ‘patriot tradition’ and which, as printed, ‘contained phrases which were never uttered by him and forwarded ideas and sentiments which he did not, at the crucial period, entertain’.

Type: Notes

Woods, C.J. ‘An unnoticed pamphlet by Charles O’Conor at Belanagare: A vindication of the political principles of Roman Catholics (1761)’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 6 (1991), pp 161.

Please see Eighteenth-Century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr 7 (1992) for the corrected text of this note which discusses the Continue reading Vol. 6: Woods, C.J.

Type: Article

Severens, Kenneth ‘Emigration and Provincialism: Samuel Cardy’s Architectual Career in the Atlantic World’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 21-36.

In 1752, Dublin master builder and carpenter Samuel Cardy emigrated to Charleston, South Carolina. Though involved in some successful buildings in Dublin, Cardy’s departure for America was Continue reading Vol. 5: Severens, Kenneth

Type: Notes

Berman, David. ‘Berkeley’s Siris and the ‘Whiskey Patriots”, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 200-203.

In Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions Concerning Tar-water (1744), George Berkeley recommends tar-water as a universal panacea; but the work is also part of the author’s campaign against ‘pernicious’ spirits and ‘Whiskey patriots’. Berman discusses Berkeley’s curious belief in tar-water as a universal medicine and ‘healthy alternative to spirits’.

Type: Article

Reece, Bob. ‘Irish Anticipations of Botany Bay’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 12 (1997), pp 116-136..

In 1786, with the need for an alternative to trans-Atlantic transport of convicts from Britain to America, the British government announced plans for the establishment of a convict settlement in Botany Bay, New South Continue reading Vol. 12: Reece, Bob.

Type: Article

Wheatley, Christopher J. ‘Heroic Palimpsest: Robert Ashton’s The Battle of Aughrim’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 53-73..

This article gives an account of Robert Ashton’s play The Battle of Aughrim (1728), and its enduring appeal over a century and a half to both protestants and catholics. Based Continue reading Vol. 11: Wheatley, Christopher J.

Type: Article

O’Brien, Gerard. ‘The Unimportance of Public Opinion in Eighteenth-Century Britain and Ireland.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 115-127..

This article assesses the extent to which the ‘insiders’ (i.e., political decision-makers) in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland, were not listening to the ‘outsiders’ (i.e., the general public), and why. Continue reading Vol. 8: O’Brien, Gerard.

Type: Notes

Trainor, Charles. ‘Henry Fielding and Ireland’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 7 (1992), Pp 136-140..

This note discusses Fielding’s contempt for foreigners and draws attention to the negative Irish stereotypes in works such as Tom Jones. However, as a magistrate, Fielding showed sympathy for and fair treatment to Continue reading Vol. 7: Trainor, Charles.

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.

Type: Article

O’Halloran, Clare. ‘“‘The Island of Saints and Scholars’: Views of the Early Church and Sectarian Politics in Late-Eighteenth Century Ireland.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 7-20.

This article analyses the difficulties faced by both Catholic and Protestant historians of Ireland in the late eighteenth century. Continue reading Vol. 5: O’Halloran, Clare.

Type: Notes

Williams, N. J. A. ‘Thomas Wilson, Francis Hutchinson agus Litriú na Gaeilge’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), .

This note is in Irish. It considers the catechism printed in a phonetic form of Irish in 1722 for Francis Hutchinson, bishop of Down and Connor, and asks whether this method of representing a Celtic language was copied from that used by Thomas Wilson, bishop of Sodor and Man, in his Manx Gaelic and English catechism of 1707.

Type: Article

O’Connor, Thomas. ‘Surviving the Civil Constitution of the Clergy: Luke Joseph Hooke’s Revolutionary experiences’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 129-145..

The French Civil Constitution reforms of 1790 forced ancien regime ecclesiastics to take the civic oath or be sacked from their posts. Among those who refused Continue reading Vol. 11: O’Connor, Thomas.

Type: Article

Ó Buachalla, Breandán. ‘Irish Jacobitism in official documents.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 128-138..

The author of this article deplores the lack of interest among historians of eighteenth-century Ireland in Jacobitism and provides a list of documents which he considers should be consulted for any study of Continue reading Vol. 8: Ó Buachalla, Breandán.

Type: Article

O’Donnell, Ruan and Bob Reece. ‘‘A Clean Beast’: Crofton Croker’s Fairy Tale of General Holt’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 7 (1992), Pp 7-42.

This article discusses Thomas Crofton Croker’s Memoirs of Joseph Holt…(1838), edited by Croker from Joseph Holt’s own autobiographical manuscript ‘The Live [sic] and Adventures of Joseph Continue reading Vol. 7: O’Donnell, Ruan and Bob Reece.

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.

Type: Article

McLoughlin, T. O. ‘Edmund Burke’s Abridgment of English History’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 45-59.

In 1757, Robert Dodsley contracted Edmund Burke to write the Abridgment of English History, which Burke never finished and which went unpublished until after his death. According to McLoughlin, “Little attempt Continue reading Vol. 5: McLoughlin, T. O.

Type: Article

Ó Muirithe, Diarmaid ‘Dán in Ómós do Shilbheastar Ó hAllmhuráin, 1728-1807. (An Irish poem in honour of Sylvester O’Halloran, 1728-1807)’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 1 (1986), pp 85-88.

This article, which is in Irish, prints the text of a poem written by Tomás Ó Míocháin in honour of one of the great surgeons of eighteenth-century Ireland, Sylvester O’Halloran. O’Halloran lived in Limerick and the poem was probably written in Ennis.

Type: Article

Mac Craith, Mícheál. ‘Fingal: eipic thosaigh James Macpherson’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 12 (1997), pp 77-86.

In this article (which is in Irish), Mac Craith considers the vexed question of vernacular Gaelic influence on the pseudo-epic poetry of James MacPherson, especially on Fingal (1761). The author considers Continue reading Vol. 12: Mac Craith, Mícheál.

Type: Article

Murphy, Seán. ‘Charles Lucas, catholicism and nationalism.’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 8 (1993), Pp 83-102..

This article suggests that historians have overstated Charles Lucas’s anti-catholicism and asserts that his stress on the need for Irish autonomy entitles him to be called a patriot. Murphy considers Lucas’s political career Continue reading Vol. 8: Murphy, Seán.

Type: Review Article

Ó Buachalla, Breandán. ‘Poetry and Politics in Early Modern Ireland’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 7 (1992), Pp 149-175..

This article takes as its starting point The Gaelic Mind and the Collapse of the Gaelic World by Michelle O Riordan (Cork University Press, 1990), in which the author selects Continue reading Vol. 7: Ó Buachalla, Breandán.

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.

Type: Article

Kelly, James ‘Eighteenth-Century Ascendancy: A Commentary’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 173-187.

Diverse views have been expressed in the pages of Eighteenth-Century Ireland about both the development of the concept of ‘Protestant ascendancy’ and the use of the term itself. In this article, James Kelly responds Continue reading Vol. 5: Kelly, James