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Eighteenth Century Ireland, Georgian Ireland

Author : Desmond Keenan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781664128590

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The 18th century tended to be neglected by Irish historians in the 20th century. Irish achievements in the 18th century were largely those of Protestants, so Catholics tended to disregard them. Catholic historians concentrated on the grievances of the Catholics and exaggerated them. The Penal Laws against Catholics were stressed regardless of the fact that most of them affected only a small number of rich Catholics, the Catholic landowners who had sufficient wealth to raise a regiment of infantry to fight for the Catholic Stuart pretenders. The practice of the Catholic religion was not made illegal. Catholic priests could live openly and have their own chapels and mass-houses. As was the law at the time, the ordinary workers, Catholic or Protestant, had no vote, and so were ignored by the political classes. Nor had they any ambitions in the direction of taking control of the state. If they had local grievances, and in many places they had, especially with regard to rents and tithes, they dealt with them locally, and often brutally, but they were not trying to overthrow the Government. If some of them looked for a French invasion it was in the hope that the French would bring guns and powder to assist them in their local disputes. It is a peculiarity, as yet unexplained, that most of the Catholic working classes, by the end of the century, had names that reflected their ancestry as minor local chiefs. The question remains where did the descendants of the former workers, the villeins and betaghs go? The answer seems to be that in times of war and famine the members of even the smallest chiefly family stood a better chance of surviving. This would explain the long-standing grievance of the Catholic peasants that they were unjustly deprived of their land. We will perhaps never know the answer to this question. Penal Laws against religious minorities were the norm in Europe. The religion of the state was decided by the king according to the adage cuius regio eius religio (each king decides the state religion for his own kingdom). At the end of the 17th century, the Catholic landowners fought hard for the Catholic James II. But in the 18th century they lost interest and preferred to come to terms with the actually reigning monarch, and became Protestants to retain their lands and influence. Unlike in Scotland, support for the Catholic Stuarts remained minimal. Nor was there any attempt to establish in independent kingdom or republic. When such an attempt was made at the very end of the century it was led by Protestant gentlemen in imitation of their American cousins. Ireland in the 18th century was not ruled by a foreign elite like the British raj in India. It was an aristocratic society, like all the other European societies at the time. Some of these were descendants of Gaelic chiefs; some were descendants of those who had received grants of confiscated land; some were descendants of the moneylenders who had lent money to improvident Gaelic chiefs. Together these formed the ruling aristocracy who controlled Parliament and made the Irish laws, controlled the army, the judiciary and the executive. Access to this elite was open to any gentleman who was willing to take the oath of allegiance and conform to the state church, the Established Church but not the nonconformists. British kings did not occupy Ireland and impose foreign rule. Ireland had her own Government and elected Parliament. By a decree of King John in the 12th century, the Lordship of Ireland was annexed to the person of the king of England. When not present in Ireland in person, and he rarely was, his powers were exercised by a Lord Lieutenant to whom considerable executive power was given. He presided over the Irish Privy Council which drew up the legislation to be presented to the Irish Parliament. One restraint was imposed on the Irish Parliament. By Poynings’ Law it was not allowed to pass legislation that infringed on the rights of the king or his English Privy Council. The British Parliament had no interest in the internal affairs of Ireland. The Irish Council were free to devise their own legislation and they did so. The events in Irish republican fantasy are examined in detail. The was no major rebellion against alleged British rule. The vast majority of Catholics and Protestants rallied to the support of their lawful Government. The were local uprisings easily suppressed by the local militias and yeomanry. Atrocities were not all on one side. Ireland at last enjoyed a century of peace with no wasteful and destructive wars within its bounds. No longer were its crops burned, its buildings destroyed, its cattle driven off, its population reduced by fever and famine. Its trade was resumed and gradually wealth accumulated and was no longer dispersed on local wars. Gentlemen, as in England, could afford to build great country and town houses. The arts flourished as never before. Skilled masons could build great houses. Stone cutters could carve sculptures. The most delicate mouldings could be applied to ceilings. The theatre flourished. While some gentlemen led the life of wastrels, others devoted themselves to the promotion of agriculture and industry. Everywhere mines were dug to exploit minerals. Ireland had not the same richness of minerals as England, but every effort was made to find and exploit them. Roads were improved, canals dug, rivers deepened, and ports developed. Market towns spread all over Ireland which provided local farmers with outlets for their produce and increased the wealth of the landlords. This wealth was however very unevenly spread. The population was ever increasing and the poor remained miserably poor. In a bad year, hundreds of thousands of the very poor could perish through cold and famine. But the numbers of the very poor kept on growing. Only among the Presbyterians in Ulster was there emigration on any scale. Even before the American Revolution they found a great freedom and greater opportunities in the American colonies. Catholics, were born, lived and died in the same parish. Altogether it was a century of great achievement.

The Building Site in Eighteenth-century Ireland

Author : Arthur Gibney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1846826381

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Based on the author's PhD thesis, Studies in eighteenth-century building history, Trinity College Dublin, 1998.

A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108024464

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A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky Pdf

Lecky's History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century remains an important work, particularly for its use of lost archival sources.

Eighteenth-century Ireland

Author : Ian McBride
Publisher : Gill Books
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0717116271

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Eighteenth-century Ireland by Ian McBride Pdf

The eighteenth century is in many ways the most problematic era in Irish history. The years from 1700 to 1775 have been short-changed by historians, who have concentrated on the last quarter of the period. Ian McBrides new survey seeks to correct that balance.

The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : James Anthony Froude
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : British
ISBN : MINN:31951002411632L

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A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : London : Longmans, Green
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UOM:39015008801378

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A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky Pdf

Eighteenth-Century Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 4)

Author : Ian McBride
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717159277

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Eighteenth-Century Ireland (New Gill History of Ireland 4) by Ian McBride Pdf

The eighteenth century is in many ways the most problematic era in Irish history. Traditionally, the years from 1700 to 1775 have been short-changed by historians, who have concentrated overwhelmingly on the last quarter of the period. Professor Ian McBride's survey, the fourth in the New Gill History of Ireland series, seeks to correct that balance. At the same time it provides an accessible and fresh account of the bloody rebellion of 1798, the subject of so much controversy. The eighteenth century was the heyday of the Protestant Ascendancy. Professor McBride explores the mental world of Protestant patriots from Molyneux and Swift to Grattan and Tone. Uniquely, however, McBride also offers a history of the eighteenth century in which Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter all receive due attention. One of the greatest advances in recent historiography has been the recovery of Catholic attitudes during the zenith of the Protestant Ascendancy. Professor McBride's Eighteenth-Century Ireland insists on the continuity of Catholic politics and traditions throughout the century so that the nationalist explosion in the 1790s appears not as a sudden earthquake, but as the culmination of long-standing religious and social tensions. McBride also suggests a new interpretation of the penal laws, in which themes of religious persecution and toleration are situated in their European context. This holistic survey cuts through the clichés and lazy thinking that have characterised our understanding of the eighteenth century. It sets a template for future understanding of that time. Eighteenth-Century Ireland: Table of Contents Introduction Part I. Horizons - English Difficulties and Irish Opportunities - The Irish Enlightenment and its Enemies - Ireland and the Ancien Régime Part II. The Penal Era: Religion and Society - King William's Wars - What Were the Penal Laws For? - How Catholic Ireland Survived - Bishops, Priests and People Part III The Ascendancy and its World - Ascendancy Ireland: Conflict and Consent - Queen Sive and Captain Right: Agrarian Rebellion Part IV. The Age of Revolutions - The Patriot Soldier - A Brotherhood of Affection - 1798

Charity Movements in Eighteenth-century Ireland

Author : Karen Sonnelitter
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783270682

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Charity Movements in Eighteenth-century Ireland by Karen Sonnelitter Pdf

Relates charity movements to religious impulse, Enlightenment 'improvement' and the fears of the Protestant ruling elite that growing social problems, unless addressed, would weaken their rule.

The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : James Anthony Froude
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:758836162

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The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : James Anthony Froude
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385435100

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The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1885.

Clubs and Societies in Eighteenth-century Ireland

Author : James Kelly,Martyn J. Powell
Publisher : Four Courts Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Clubs
ISBN : 1846822297

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Clubs and Societies in Eighteenth-century Ireland by James Kelly,Martyn J. Powell Pdf

Clubs and societies emerged as a distinct feature of the Irish social landscape from the end of the 17th Century, and flourished in the 18th Century. The most notable early organization was the Dublin Philosophical Society, founded in the 1680s. But it was merely the first manifestation of a phenomenon that produced a vast array of clubs and societies shaping social, political, and intellectual life in the 18th Century. Some - the Hell-Fire Club, the Free Masons, the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick, and the RDS - have left a legacy that continues to echo. However, there is a vast array of philanthropic and charitable bodies, intellectual societies, political bodies such as the Aldermen of Skinners Alley, dining and drinking clubs, sports and hunting clubs, and many more that have been all but forgotten. The contributions in this book reveal the richness of the associational impulse in 18th-Century Ireland.

The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : James Anthony Froude
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : British
ISBN : UOM:39015010554668

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The Economic History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

Author : George O'Brien
Publisher : Philadelphia : Porcupine Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924008033080

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The Economic History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by George O'Brien Pdf

Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century

Author : Stephen Conway
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199210855

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Britain, Ireland, and Continental Europe in the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Conway Pdf

Stephen Conway's study offers a different perspective on eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland's relationship with continental Europe, acknowledging areas of difference and distinctiveness, but also pointing to areas of similarity.