Type: Article
Nic Eoin, Máirín. ‘Secrets and Disguises? Caitlín Ní Uallacháin and other female personages in eighteenth-century Irish political poetry’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 7-45.
This article discusses the use of vernacular names as the female personification of land and sovereignty in eighteenth-century Irish political poetry. The Continue reading Vol. 11: Nic Eoin, Máirín.
Type: Article
Maguire, W. A. ‘Castle Nugent and Castle Rackrent: fact and fiction in Maria Edgeworth’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 146-159..
An obituary printed in the August 1789 issue of Gentlemans Magazine on the death of Elizabeth Malyn, Lady Cathcart, reveals that her husband, Colonel Hugh Maguire, held Continue reading Vol. 11: Maguire, W. A.
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Legg, Marie-Louise. ‘Money and Reputations: The Effects of the Banking Crises of 1755 and 1760’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 74-87..
Following the failure of a number of Dublin banks, 1759 was a year in which the whole banking system of Ireland was on the brink Continue reading Vol. 11: Legg, Marie-Louise.
Type: Article
Kuti, Elizabeth. ‘Rewriting Frances Sheridan’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 120-128.
This article discusses Frances Sheridans career as a playwright in eighteenth-century Ireland. Renowned for her novels The Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph and Nourjahad, Sheridans plays have been overshadowed by her accomplishment as a novelist Continue reading Vol. 11: Kuti, Elizabeth.
Type: Article
Bric, Maurice J. ‘Ireland, America and the Reassessment of a Special Relationship, 1760-83’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 88-119.
This article discusses the relationship between Ireland and America and themes of Atlantic Patriotism born out of the Anglo-American conflict. In the eighteenth century, Irish patriots Continue reading Vol. 11: Bric, Maurice J.
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Wheatley, Christopher J. ‘Heroic Palimpsest: Robert Ashtons The Battle of Aughrim’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 53-73..
This article gives an account of Robert Ashtons 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.
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OConnor, Thomas. ‘Surviving the Civil Constitution of the Clergy: Luke Joseph Hookes 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: OConnor, Thomas.
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Garnham, Neal. ‘The Short Career of Paul Farrell: A Brief Consideration of Law Enforcement in Eighteenth-Century Dublin’, Eighteenth-century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr, Vol. 11 (1996), pp 46-52.
Dublin in the early 1730s was a city experiencing many difficulties: famine threatened, the textile industry was in depression, and angry weavers and tradesmen Continue reading Vol. 11: Garnham, Neal.
