A New History of Ireland: Volume V: Ireland under the Union, I: 1801-1870 Eighteenth Century Ireland 1691-1800 New History of Ireland Series, Vol. 5

This ten-volume series covers the history of Ireland from earliest times to the present. Representing a harvesting of modern scholarship on the subject, its contributors are mainly historians, but include historical geographers and specialists in other related disciplines such as languages and literature, the visual arts, and music. The present volume opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, with a survey of 'Land and people, c 1841'. Further chapters cover the economy, legal developments, literature in English, education, administration and the public service, and emigration, ending with a study of Ireland in 1870. Contributors: D. H. Akenson, J. C. Brady, R. V. Comerford, S. J. Connolly, James S. Donnelly, jr., David Noel Doyle, Thomas Flanagan, T. W. Freeman, Oliver MacDonagh, R. B. McDowell, Patrick J. O'Farrell, Cormac Ó Gráda, W. E. Vaughan. Volumes published to date: II Medieval Ireland 1169-1534 III Early Modern Ireland 1534-1691 IV Eighteenth-Century Ireland 1691-1800 VIII A Chronology of Irish History to 1976 A Companion to Irish History Part I IX Maps, Genealogies, Lists A Companion to Irish History Part II

Introduction: Eighteenth-Century Ireland. 1. The Establishment of Protestant Ascendancy, 1691-1714. 2. The Social Structure and Social Life 1714-60. 3. The Political Structure, 1714-60. 4. The Ecclesiastical Structure, 1714-60. 5. Protestant Ascendancy and the Rise of Colonial Nationalism, 1714-60. 6. Economic Development 1691-1750. 7. Economic Development 1750-1800. 8. Colonial Nationalism and the Winning of Parliamentary Independence 160-82. 9. Land and People c.1780. 10. Parliamentary Independence 1782-9. 11. The Age of the United Irishmen: Reform and Reaction 1789-94. 12. The Age of the United Irishmen: Revolution and the Union 1794-1800. 13. Irish Language and Literature 1691-1845. 14. Literature in english 1691-1800. 15. The Visual Arts 1603-1740. 16. The Visual Arts 1740-1850. 17. Music Before 1700. 18. Music 1700-1850. 19. The Irish on the Continent 1691-1800. 20. Ireland in 1800.