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
Williams, N. J. A. ‘Dermot OConnors 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 OConnor, the eighteenth-century translator of Geoffrey Keatings Foras Feasa Ar Éirinn, and an accomplished heraldic artist in Dublin and London. Continue reading Vol. 5: Williams, N. J. A.
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
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
Severens, Kenneth ‘Emigration and Provincialism: Samuel Cardys 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, Cardys departure for America was Continue reading Vol. 5: Severens, Kenneth
Type: Article
OHalloran, 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: OHalloran, Clare.
Type: Article
McLoughlin, T. O. ‘Edmund Burkes 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
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
Type: Article
Hick, Vivien. ‘John Wesley and the Irish Rhinelanders’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 89-103.
This article discusses the connections between John Wesley and the Palatine communities in Ireland, which he visited regularly over a period of twenty-nine years. His Methodism appealed to the Palatines, many of Continue reading Vol. 5: Hick, Vivien.
Type: Article
Greene, John and Elizabeth McCrum. ‘Small clothes: The evolution of mens nether garments as evidenced in The Belfast Newsletter Index 1737-1800’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 5 (1990), pp 153-171.
This article gives a general description of The Belfast Newsletter Index to demonstrate the quantity and quality of information in Continue reading Vol. 5: Greene, John and Elizabeth McCrum.
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 Enlightenments 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 on Continue reading Vol. 5: Gargett, Graham.
Type: Article
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 article Continue reading Vol. 5: Davies, Simon.
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 Swifts A Tale of a Tub. These, according to Alsop, were politically inspired criticisms from the Whig Continue reading Vol. 5: Alsop, J.D.
