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The Making of the Irish Protestant Ascendancy
The life and political career of William Conolly, a key figure in the establishment of the eighteenth century protestant ascendancy in Ireland. William Conolly (1662-1729) was one …
Ruling Ireland, 1685-1742
Essays offer a chronological survey of the development of English policy towards Ireland in the late 17th - early 18th century. In a series of studies, David Hayton offers a …
Irish Migrants in New Zealand, 1840-1937
"Study of individual experiences of migration through personal correspondence of emigrants from Ireland to New Zealand"--Provided by publisher.
Hugh de Lacy, First Earl of Ulster
The extraordinary life story of an ambitious, thirteenth-century adventurer. This book charts the striking rise, fall and restoration of the first earl of Ulster, Hugh II de Lacy, …
Elite Women in Ascendancy Ireland, 1690-1745
Provides a thorough examination of the role of women in Ascendancy Ireland. The late seventeenth and early eighteenth century was a period of great social and political change …
Aristocratic Women in Ireland, 1450-1660
An in-depth analysis of the key contribution made by the women members of this important ruling family in maintaining and advancing the family's political, landed, economic, social …
Catholic Survival in Protestant Ireland, 1660-1711
Overturns established thinking that the Catholic elite were all expropriated and excluded from civil and political life as the Protestant Ascendancy was established. Traditional …
The Fenian Ideal and Irish Nationalism, 1882-1916
Demonstrates that separatist thinking in Ireland was crucial even when the political focus was on home rule. This book analyses Fenian influences on Irish nationalism between the …
The Old English in Early Modern Ireland
Examines the divided loyalties of the descendants of Ireland's Anglo-Norman conquerors during the wars against the Irish confederate rebels. WINNER of the NUI Publication Prize in …
Popular Protest and Policing in Ascendancy Ireland, 1691-1761
The book highlights the scale of disorder and the many difficulties faced by the authorities. This book explores the connexion between collective action, popular politics and …
Ireland’s English Pale, 1470-1550
Challenges the argument that the English Pale was contracting during the early Tudor period. A key argument of this book is that the English Pale - the four counties around Dublin …
Charity Movements in Eighteenth-Century Ireland
Relates charity movements to religious impulse, Enlightenment 'improvement' and the fears of the Protestant ruling elite that growing social problems, unless addressed, would …