A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century

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

William Edward Hartpole Lecky (Author)

9781108024464, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

568 pages
21.6 x 3.2 x 14 cm, 0.71 kg

W. E. H. Lecky (1838–1903) was one of the most distinguished Victorian historians. He was unusual in the extent to which he made use of archival sources, and noted for his ability of do justice to both sides of an argument. His History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century was first published as part of A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, but was reissued in 1892 as a five-volume work. He has been described as the first revisionist Irish historian, as the aim of the book was partly to respond to Froude's The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century, which is markedly anti-Irish in its sentiments. Lecky was no nationalist, and opposed Home Rule, but wanted to provide a more truthful and balanced account, and his account of the United Irishmen and the events of 1798 was highly regarded. Volume 3 covers the period 1790–1796.

Part VI. 1790–1793: 1. Viceroyalty of the Earl of Westmorland
2. Session of 1793
Part VII. Contrast Between the Sentiments of Parliament and of the Country in 1793: 1. Defenderism
2. The Fitzwilliam episode
Part VIII. Camden Arrives March 31, 1795: 1. Maynooth
2. Agrarian system of Ireland
3. Rise of Orangism
4. Parliamentary proceedings, Spring of 1796
5. Parliamentary proceedings, Oct. and Nov. 1796
6. Influence of foreign affairs on Ireland.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]